Tag: State Library of Victoria

State Library of Victoria Fellowships | Applications Open and Information Night

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If you are thinking of applying for a State Library Fellowship they are holding an information night on Tuesday 28 February, 6pm to 7.30pm in the Village Roadshow Theatrette, where they will share information about the 2017 fellowships program, including application dates, selection criteria and Q&A with previous fellows. Fellowship applications now open The State Library’s fellowship program is one of the most substantial in Australia. Each year, the Library offers Creative Fellowships to encourage the original and imaginative use or development of the Library’s collections for new work. The Library also provides a number of specialist fellowships to support and recognise the importance of scholarly endeavour in areas ranging from children’s literature and social history to the visual arts, theatre, 19th-century Victoria and Ukrainian studies. This year, a new Digital Fellowship will be offered for the first time, established to…

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News | New gallery for the State Library of Victoria

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A new gallery space will be constructed at the State Library of Victoria, which will include the re-opening of the Russell Street entrance. Full details below or read more here. A partnership between the Victorian State Government and the John and Myriam Wylie Foundation is delivering a funding boost of $13 million to State Library Victoria and is set to reinvigorate an historic Melbourne precinct. The John and Myriam Wylie Foundation has donated $8 million to reopen the Russell Street entrance and to thoroughly transform the eastern end of the Library with the creation of a new world-class exhibition gallery and state-of-the-art collaborative spaces, along with a vibrant café and retail area on Russell Street. This donation is one of the largest in the State Library’s history and will be a major driver in achieving the aim of increasing the…

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MUMA Boiler Room Lecture | Outlaw Territories – Felicity D. Scott | State Library of Victoria

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Outlaw Territories Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) is pleased to present a special lecture by visiting international curator and writer, Felicity D. Scott. Felicity D. Scott will discuss her book, Outlaw Territories: Environments of Insecurity/Architectures of Counter-insurgency (Zone Books, 2016), which outlines the historical and contemporary legacy of the American counterculture from the 1960s and ‘70s and its effects on environmental governance and the management of populations globally. During this lecture Scott will draw connections between many subjects including Kevin Roche’s designs for the Ford Foundation Headquarters and One United Nations Plaza in New York; the Open Land communes and Earth People’s Parks; two major UN world conferences (the Human Environment in Stockholm of 1972 and the Human Settlements or Habitat in Vancouver of 1976); Nicholas Negroponte’s founding of the Architecture Machine Group at MIT; and Gerard K O’Neill’s…

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Lecture | André Lepecki André Lepecki The Future of Disappearance | MUMA Boiler Room Lecture at SLV

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Image: André Lepecki © Studium Generale Rietveld Academie

The Future of Disappearance – Reflections on the ephemeral and the precarious at the 20th Biennale of Sydney 2016 Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) in association with Sharing Space and the Biennale of Sydney are pleased to present a special lecture by André Lepecki, Associate Professor at the Department of Performance Studies, New York University. Following the lecture Hannah Mathews, Senior Curator, MUMA and curator, Sharing Space will convene a Q&A session. Performance theory has conceived disappearance as a movement towards the past. But what if disappearance is the condition for making futures – the necessary act through which the struggles over present conditions of living take place? In this case, the future of disappearance would have to be planned, diagrammed and choreographed. In this talk, Lepecki addresses the chronopolitics of disappearance in contemporary art by discussing the works of…

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Lecture | Céline Condorelli – The Artist As… | MUMA Boiler Room Lecture at SLV

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Image: Céline Condorelli, Average Spatial Compositions 2015. Installation view, Henie Onstadt Museum, Oslo.

Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) in association with the Institute of Modern Art (IMA), Brisbane and Curatorial Practice at Monash Art Design and Architecture (MADA) are pleased to present a special illustrated lecture by visiting international artist, Céline Condorelli. Condorelli’s work is fundamentally informed by architecture, a discipline in which she holds numerous degrees, including a PhD from Goldsmiths College, London. Her broad practice often merges ideas of exhibition-making, politics, public space, fiction, discussion and installation across a variety of projects. Throughout the artist’s work there is an overarching interest in the nature of ‘support’ or ‘supporting’. Date: Thursday 10 March 2016, 6.00-7.30pm   Venue: Village Roadshow Theatrette State Library of Victoria, Conference Centre, 179 La Trobe Street, Melbourne FREE. Bookings required on muma.rsvp@monash.edu or ph. 03 9905 1618 Condorelli’s lecture is part of The Artist As…, a year-long…

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Lecture | Art from the Front – panel discussion chaired Alison Inglis | State Library of Victoria

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Several Australian artists enlisted during WWI, both to serve in military roles and also to use art to capture the experiences at the front line. Hear historian Ross McMullin, author and illustrator Jo Oliver, print scholar Dr Colin Holden and curator Ann Carew discuss some of our most notable war artists, including cartoonist and official war artist Will Dyson; painter and military hospital nurse Jessie Traill; and Norman Lindsay, whose wartime work included producing recruitment posters and cartoons. The panel will be chaired by academic and art historian Professor Alison Inglis. Date: 8th March 2016, 6:00pm–7:15pm Venue: Village Roadshow Theatrette (Accessibility Has wheelchair access) Free. Bookings on the State Library of Victoria website. Email: inquiries@slv.vic.gov.au

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Fellowship | Fellowships at the State Library of Victoria | Applications for 2016 now open

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The State Library’s fellowship program is one of the most substantial in Australia. Each year, the Library offers Creative Fellowships to encourage the original and imaginative use or development of the Library’s collections for new work. The Library also provides a number of fellowships to support and recognise the importance of scholarly endeavour in areas ranging from children’s literature and colonial history to Victorians’ experience of World War I. The fellowships are funded by the State Library Victoria Foundation and other program partners, and are awarded annually on the advice of independent expert panels. The 2016 fellowship program is now open: Creative Fellowships Centenary of WWI Fellowship Children’s Literature Fellowship Georges Mora Foundation Fellowship Redmond Barry Fellowship Russell Beedles Performing Arts Fellowship The Amor Residency at Baldessin Press Studio Ukrainian Studies Foundation in Australia Fellowship Note: Applications for the 2016–17…

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Conference | ST Gill and the colonial world conference | State Library of Victoria

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In this free conference, curators and art historians discuss the art, life and times of the nineteenth-century Australian artist ST Gill, whose work is showcased in the Australian sketchbook: Colonial life and the art of ST Gill exhibition (17 July to 25 October 2020). The conference will feature papers and discussions presented by Professor Sasha Grishin, art historian and curator of Australian sketchbook; David Hansen, Associate Professor, Centre for Art History and Art Theory, Australian National University; Dr Gerard Vaughan, Director, National Gallery of Australia; Angus Trumble, Director, National Portrait Gallery; Daniel Thomas, art historian and curator; Dr Isobel Crombie, Assistant Director, National Gallery of Victoria; Alisa Bunbury, Curator, National Gallery of Victoria; Associate Professor Alison Inglis, University of Melbourne; Shane Carmody, University of Melbourne; and Professor Andrew J May, University of Melbourne. Keynote lecture | Sheila O’Connell George Cruikshank (1792-1878):…

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Floortalk | Inspiration by Design| State Library of Victoria

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Floor talk: Exhibition co-curator Elizabeth James, Victoria and Albert Museum Join special guest Elizabeth James from the Victoria and Albert Museum as she shares her intimate knowledge of the exhibition. Elizabeth James is the Senior Librarian in charge of National Art Library Collections, and one of the lead curators for the exhibition Inspiration by Design. Her research interests centre on the history of the book and book arts since 1800, including museum publications and artists’ books. About the Exhibition Inspiration by Design: Word and Image (until 14th June) from the Victoria and Albert Museum showcases some of the world’s finest book art, graphics, photography and illustration. The exhibition celebrates 150 years of collecting by the Victoria and Albert Museum’s National Art Library. See over 100 treasures including original hand-drawn illustrations from Beatrix Potter, a Pablo Picasso artist book, fashion sketches from…

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News | State Library of Victoria Receives Important Rare Book Collection

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Yesterday the State Library of Victoria announced a that they have received the most significant bequest of rare books in their 160 year history. The collection was put together by the late John Emmerson, an Oxford physicist and later a Melbourne barrister. The collection of over 5000 rare books is described as one of the most significant collections of early modern printed books and pamphlets in the world. The collection is particularly strong on rare English books and printed materials surrounding the King Charles I era and the English Civil War of the 1640s, with the only comparable collections belonging to the British Library and Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Not only does the collection include a number of important rare books, many of them also come with an impressive provenance. For instance, the 1485 Bible printed in Nuremburg from Emmerson’s collection  once belonged to William Juxon (1582-1663), the Bishop of London and later…

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Lecture | ‘Inspiration by Design: the Victoria and Albert Museum and its Library’ Julius Bryant | State Library of Victoria

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Julius Bryant, Keeper of Word and Image at the Victoria and Albert Museum will share stories about the National Art Library, and discuss the future of the institution. The founding mission of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s National Art Library was to be an encyclopaedic visual resource for the creative industries and designers of the future, conceived as part of an educational project to reform arts and manufacturing in Britain following the Great Exhibition of 1851. The State Library’s exhibition Inspiration by Design (from 20 March to 14 June) showcases some of the world’s finest book art and design, on loan from the acclaimed Victoria and Albert Museum’s National Art Library. Date: 23rd March 6-7pm Venue: Village Roadshow Theatre, State Library of Victoria Book online: Free to attend but bookings requested online http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/‘inspiration-design-victoria-albert-museum-its-library’-lecture-julius-Bryant

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Exhibition | Inspiration by Design: Word and Image from the Victoria and Albert Museum| State Library of Victoria

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A new exhibition opens next week at the State Library of Victoria. This free exhibition showcases some of the world’s finest book art, graphics, photography and illustration. From London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, Inspiration by Design celebrates 150 years of collecting by the National Art Library. Th exhibition will include a range beautiful books, from historic illustrated manuscripts and rare artists’ books to modern graphic design and fashion photography. The exhibition will present over 100 treasures including original hand-drawn illustrations from Beatrix Potter, a Pablo Picasso artist book, fashion sketches from Dior and Comme des Garçons, rare medieval manuscripts and much more. The exhibition will be complemented by a host of free public programming, including exhibition tours, film screenings, creative workshops and illuminating discussions. Opening hours This free exhibition is open 10am–5pm (until 9pm Thursday). Exhibition organised by the Victoria and…

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Lecture |Big ideas under the dome: Maurizio Seracini | State Library Of Victoria

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Eds note: Many art historians (Leonardo expert Martin Kemp among them – more here) find Seracini’s claims over-the-top and his techniques rather questionable. At the time that this hit the press in 2011 a group of 150 art historians from museums including the New York Met and the National Gallery in London  signed a petition to stop the work. However, this talk may be of interest to readers. Some suggested pre-talk reading here and here that counters many of Seracini’s claims. Leonardo’s lost Battle of Anghiari mural is one of the biggest mysteries in the history of Western art. The artwork was painted by Leonardo in 1505, in the Hall of the 500 in the Palazzo Vecchio, the seat of government in Florence. The painting was considered one of the highest achievements of the Renaissance. Nevertheless, just a few decades…

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Help the State Library of Victoria purchase La Fin du Monde

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The State Library of Victoria holds an annual appeal to help acquire, conserve and display significant collection items. This year one of the items they wish to acquire is an important twentieth-century illustrated book ‘La Fin du Monde’. La Fin du Monde The State Library of Victoria holds one of the most significant collections of secondary material on art history in the country. Since its foundation it has striven to bring the civilisations of Europe and Asia here to the people of Victoria and to make this a centre of knowledge and culture. One of the key identified gaps in the Rare Printed Collection is the modern illustrated book representing key developments of the modernist movement. In 2011, the State Library began to redress this gap with the acquisition of a work by surrealist artist Max Ernst Une semaine de…

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Exhibition Review | Rome: Piranesi’s Vision | Katrina Grant

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Rome: Piranesi’s Vision Katrina Grant  State Library of Victoria, 22nd February until 22nd June 2014. Free exhibition. ‘When I first saw the remains of the ancient buildings of Rome lying as they do in cultivated fields or in gardens and wasting away under the ravages of time, or being destroyed by greedy owners who sell them as materials for modern buildings, I determined to preserve them for ever by means of my engravings’ – Giovanni Battista Piranesi Piranesi wrote this in his preface to the Antichità romane and it is just one of his many statements that declare his dedication to Rome. His views of Rome stand as a record of the past glories of Ancient Rome, each engraving carefully labelled so that we can identify the fragments of ruined monuments. They also record aspects of the Early Modern city of Rome that…

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