Future Forum #2: Melbourne Tomorrow What will Melbourne’s contemporary art world look like in the future? What differentiates Melbourne’s contemporary art ecosystem from other states? How will it look in the next decade? Is there too much duplication or is abundance our strength? How do we keep it thriving? Speakers Juliana Engberg, Artistic Director, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Max Delany, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria Madé Spencer-Castle, Co-Director, DUDSPACE Bernard Salt, Partner KPMG and social commentator Venue: ABC Centre, Southbank Date: 7pm, Wednesday 16th April…
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Forum | Claire Doherty, The New Rules of Public Art
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MONA and TCotA present a special Arts Forum in Hobart Claire Doherty, The New Rules of Public Art Wednesday 26 March 2021 “Create space for the unplanned; Don’t make it for a community. Create a community; Demand more than fireworks; Get lost.” An organisation born in Bristol, UK, Situations re-imagines what public art can be and where and when it can take place. Claire Doherty, writer, curator and founder Director of Situations, gives a provocative introduction to the New Rules of Public Art – drawn from producing groundbreaking public art…
NGV Forum | How to look good naked – From Antiquity to the Renaissance
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Forum: How to look good naked- From Antiquity to the Renaissance Sat 9 Nov, 1-3.30pm Ancient Greeks Looking Good: Nudity, Clothing and Antiquities at the NGV The ancient Greeks celebrated the body beautiful – which, for males at least, also meant the naked body. Men exercised and competed at athletic games in the nude, and their victories in both sport and war were commemorated with statues of idealised, perfectly formed nude bodies. Women in contrast were depicted clothed, until famously and scandalously the 4th century BC sculptor Praxiteles created the Aphrodite…
Forum | Pacific Arts and Culture
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Contemporary Pacific Arts Festival: Pacific Arts and Culture Forum The CPAF forum series brings together critical thinkers, creative practitioners, academics and arts industry professionals whose work engages with the contemporary Pacific. The program will include three discussion panels around the following themes: Addressing the Archive – Pacific collections in Australian museums and galleries Who Will Claim Me – Authenticity and identity in contemporary art of the Pacific diaspora Mobilizing Pasifika – Intersections of art, activism and community Panel speakers include Jacob Tolo, Kirsten Lyttle, Lia Pa’apa’a, Namila Benson, Taloi Havini…
Film, Feminism and Fun at West Space!
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Film, Feminism and Fun at West Space! September 5 – 15, West Space, Melbourne A Dinner Party: Setting the table – feminist art forum, events and art exhibition A Dinner Party: setting the table, is a collaborative project curated by Caroline Phillips and Victoria Duckett. It is a cross- media forum and series of events that brings a range of feminist artists, scholars, and social commentators together to explore feminist art today. The project is the first step towards the realization of a larger feminist exhibition The F Word which…
Mis-Design Artist’s Forum
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Mis-Design Artist’s Forum Guest curator Dr Grace McQuilten will be joined by local artists Flatland OK, Pacific Women’s Weaving Circle and Slow Art Collective for a discussion about their projects, their collaborations and their ideas. These artists are interested in challenging the “design” of contemporary art and the possibility of critique in contemporary consumer culture. They all employ artistic strategies which maintain a tension between art and contemporary architecture, fashion and interior design, focusing their production on issues of sustainability, human agency and social impact. Date: Saturday, 24 September |…