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Art History Seminar Series at Melbourne University | Semester 1 Program

February 19, 2021
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Art History Seminars at the School of Culture and Communication, Melbourne University Semester 1, 2013 Wednesdays 1-2 pm Venue: ‘The Linkway‘, John Medley Building, 4th Floor All Welcome 6 March | Robert Gunn, George Chaloupka Fellow, Museums & Art Galleries of NT | The Jawoyn rock art project 13 March | Susan Russell | Former Assistant Director, British School...
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Art History Lectures and Discussion at Melbourne Free Uni

February 18, 2021
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Raphael, The Engagement of Virgin Mary, 1504 Oil on panel, 170 x 117 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

The Melbourne Free University is running a series of free lectures and discussions on art history as part of its 2013 program. These will run on Tuesdays from February 19th until March 26th. Details of some of the sessions are below, see the MFU website for further updates. Dates: Tuesdays from 19th February, 6:30-8pm...
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Lecture | ‘Living Up To One’s Teapot: Decorative Arts and Design in the Art Museum Today’ Christopher Menz

February 15, 2021
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Worcester Royal Porcelain co., Worcester (manufacturer) Aesthetic teapot 1882 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne The Dr Robert Wilson Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Robert Wilson, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2002

Collecting and displaying decorative arts and design is a core function of many leading art museums around the world. Christopher Menz looks at how and why these collections have evolved, how they can be interpreted to new audiences, and what their place is in the art museum of the 21st century.
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Floortalks on Love for Valentines Day at NGV International

February 13, 2021
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CHELSEA PORCELAIN FACTORY, London (manufacturer) English c.1744-1769 Joseph WILLEMS (modeller) Flemish/English c.1715-1766 Masqueraders, pair of figures c.1758-60 porcelain (soft-paste) (a) 19.1 x 8.2 x 7.4 cm (b) 19.6 x 7.4 x 61. cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Collection of Mr Kenneth Reed

The NGV is holding three floortalks around the theme of love for Valentines Day this Thursday (February 14th). For further information see the website. 11.30am Love, lust and desire | Speaker Elizabeth Cross, Senior Researcher, International Art 12.30pm Sex in ceramics: Soft porn in hard paste | Speaker Dr Matthew Martin, Assistant Curator, Decorative...
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Symposium | The Uses of Art in Public Space

February 12, 2021
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Since public art’s emergence as a distinct form of art practice in the late 1960s, the subsequent explosion in its varieties of medium, form and location has prompted multi-disciplinary research into its conception, production and reception.
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The Power of Luxury: Art and Culture at the Italian Courts in Machiavelli’s Lifetime

February 6, 2021
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Symposium The Power of Luxury: Art and Culture at the Italian Courts in Machiavelli’s Lifetime This symposium argues that the real Renaissance took place in the realms of politics, fashion and the refinement of everyday living, rather than in the commissioning of paintings by Botticelli and Bellini. The symposium has been arranged in partnership...
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Seminar | ‘Magical Transparencies: Seeing the Divine in Glass’ Peter French

February 5, 2021
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Magical Transparencies: Seeing the Divine in Glass Peter French This seminar examines key elements of the religious iconography of Australian contemporary glass artist, David Wright (b.1948). Following a brief introduction to the artist and the context in which the artist is working, especially concerning Australian religiosity in the latter part of the twentieth century,...
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Forums | Melbourne Now at NGV

January 25, 2021
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In anticipation of the Melbourne Now exhibition later this year, the NGV is holding a series of free forums about the latest art, design, architecture, music and film in Melbourne . Each Sunday in February, a range of speakers including Phip Murray, Simone LeAmon, Gideon Obarzanek, Melissa Loughman, Jon Campbell and others will explore...
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Lecture | ‘Broken Pastoral and the English Folk’ Professor Tim Barringer

January 21, 2021
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‘Broken Pastoral and the English Folk’ Professor Tim Barringer, Paul Mellon Professor of Art History, Yale University This paper examines the revived interest in folk culture in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain, exploring the relationships between ethnography, musicology and the study of historical arts and crafts. It places within this matrix the work of photographers, painters...
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UPDATED | NGV Event | Drop By Drawing

January 11, 2021
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Every Sunday in January the NGV is holding public drawing sessions. Particpants will be able to work with guidance from Australian artists Louise Hearman, Juan Ford,  and John Wolseley. Materials are provided and your own grey-lead pencils and sketch pads are welcome (no larger than A3). Come and go as you like between each session....
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