31 events Coming up
09 Mar 2012
Adventure and Art - the fine press book from 1450-2011
Adventure & Art, curated by poet and fine press printer Alan Loney, is about the printer's craft, evidenced from the first printed books in the 15th century, and given a hugely influential impetus by William Morris and the Arts & Craft movement at...
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Seminar/Forum03 Apr 2012
10:30AM–5:00PM
Centre for Ideas present 'In Flesh and Blood: The Animal in Art and Philosophy'
A symposium series in 3 parts with leading artists, writers and philosophers, focusing on animals. Part 1: Translating The Animal: philosophy, schema, chimera. Key note speaker: Peter Singer Morning: 10.30am – 11.40am: Panel around the work ...
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Conference24 Apr 2012
10:30AM–5:00PM
Centre for Ideas present In Flesh and Blood: The Animal in Art and Philosophy
A symposium series in 3 parts with leading artists, writers and philosophers, focusing on animals. Part 2. “The Philosopher’s Dog” Key note speaker: Raimond Gaita Raimond Gaita (Melbourne Law School and the Faculty of Arts, University of Melb...
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Seminar/Forum27 Apr 2012
Understanding and Engaging Artists and Musicians in the 21st Century
To gain a better understanding of artists and musicians in the 21st century we must first expand the lens through which we view their artistic and musical worlds. Drawing on recent studies by Research for Youth, Music and Education (RYME) that inv...
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Free Public Lecture28 Apr 2012
The Psychology of Portraiture
A symposium to coincide with the exhibitions Hide and Seek and Inner Worlds: Portraits & Psychology running concurrently at the Dax Centre and the Potter respectively. This halfday symposium will elaborate on themes raised by the exhibitions and ...
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Symposium01 May 2012
6:00–7:30PM
Centre for Ideas present From Fear to Instability: On the Philosophy of Photography - Part 1
Part 2: How the instability of photography both as document and art revels the truth of the photographic image. Presented by the Centre for Ideas Art & Philosophy project funded by the Sidney Myer Foundation
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Free Public Lecture11 May 2012
11:00AM–5:00PM
Centre for Ideas present "In Flesh and Blood: The Animal in Art and Philosophy - Part 3"
A symposium series in 3 parts with leading artists, writers and philosophers, focusing on animals. Part 3: Of Jews and Animals Key note speaker: Andrew Benjamin, Monash University Presented by the Centre for Ideas Art & Philosophy project funde...
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Seminar/Forum15 Mar 2012
15 Mar – 15 May 12:30–1:30PM
Weekly Art Forum Series
The School of Art is pleased to invite you to attend this semester's weekly Art Forum Series. Every Thursday from 12.30pm a guest speaker will present in the School of Art Auditorium. Come along, bring your lunch and engage in the question and an...
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Free Public Lecture19 Jul 2012
Michelangelo and 'masculine love'
In this lecture Michael Rocke brings greater understanding of Michelangelo and, what some of his contemporaries called, 'l’amore masculino'. He will look at aspects of the artist's life, art, and relationships in the context of the distinctive mal...
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Free Public Lecture03 Aug 2012
Basil Sellers Art Prize 2012: Artist talk
Take part in a conversation between senior curator Bala Starr and exhibiting artists in the Basil Sellers Art Prize 2012. Listen to the finalists respond to their works and their experience of the prize. Gain insights into the artists’ processes:...
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Other20 Sep 2012
The Legacies of Bernard Smith
“The Legacies of Bernard Smith” A Collaborative International Symposium Thursday, 20 & Friday 21,September 2012 I The Australian Institute of Art History, University of Melbourne Friday, 9 & Saturday, 10 November 2012 I Power Institute, Univers...
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Symposium07 Sep 2012
7 Sep – 6 Oct 12:00PM–5:00PM
Radio Alice
Radio Alice focuses on the legacy of the Italian extraparliamentary mass movements that surfaced over the course of Italy’s ‘Creeping May,’ a decadelong wave of intense popular unrest, repression and social upheaval during the 1970s. Working acro...
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Exhibition15 Oct 2012
15 – 19 Oct 9:00AM–2:45PM
Evocations of Spain - Evocaciones españolas
“Evocations of Spain” Exhibition of paintings by Jayne McKelvie depicting the trajectory of Spain from the Second Republic to the 21st Century” The Exhibition covers the tumultuous events of the Spanish Civil War, Franco dictatorship, the sufferi...
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Exhibition25 Oct 2012
The science of conserving Gija art
This lecture will offer a unique insight into the art and science of Indigenous cultural materials conservation and the culture of the Gija people. In March 2011, floods destroyed the Warmun Community and seriously damaged the significant Warmun ...
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Free Public Lecture30 Oct 2012
6:30–7:30PM
The Margaret Manion Lecture - Snakes in Paradise: The Blake Prize and its Religious and Artistic Controversies
Founded in 1951 to bring art and artists to the sacred spaces of (Christian) religion, the Blake Prize now carries little of its original dream. The Australian social and religious contexts have since shifted radically. The works which crowd the a...
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Free Public Lecture02 Nov 2012
Art Wine Lunch
Hosted by the Shelmerdines, enjoy a two course lunch of locally sourced produce and a delicious dessert, served with matched wines. Complete the picture by joining us to celebrate the good life. Potter Director, Dr Chris McAuliffe, recently retur...
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Other23 Nov 2012
Colonial Art Exhibitions: past, present, future
The last decade has witnessed a resurgence of interest in Australian colonial art, with an unprecedented number of important exhibitions being held in our major art galleries (national, state and regional) and libraries. This symposium brings toge...
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Symposium20 Nov 2012
School of Art Graduate Exhibition
Graduating students from each of the School’s studios – Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture and Spatial Practice – as well as those completing Honours and the Postgraduate Diploma of Visual Art – present some of the highlights f...
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Exhibition05 Dec 2012
Faces of Emotion: Medieval to Postmodern
What’s in a face? And how do faces communicate emotion? The Mona Lisa captivates us again and again, not only for what her smile communicates, but also for what it leaves unspoken and unreadable. Faces can express emotions, or withhold them, just...
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Conference28 Nov 2012
Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Devlopment 10 Year Celebration Exhibition
Daring, honest works from Thomas Ahwang, Lorraine Austin, Paola Balla, Ben McKeown, Brian McKinnon, Lin Onus, Aunty Dot Peters, Ngardarb Riches and Janawirri Yiparrka. Curators Tiriki Onus and Léuli Eshraghi create a special space for celebration...
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Exhibition04 Dec 2012
4 – 9 Dec 11:00AM–5:00PM
School of Art Masters Exhibition
At the VCA School of Art Masters Exhibition, presented by graduating students from the Master of Contemporary Art and Master of Fine Art, audiences will navigate a dynamic exhibition roaming through the Margaret Lawrence Gallery into the School of...
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Exhibition19 Feb 2013
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. Save the date to hear about the sugar scu...
25 Feb 2013
6:00–7:30PM
Philippe Mora: Art and Politics - Free Public Lecture
Internationally renowned L.A based filmmaker Philippe Mora was born in Paris in 1949 to Georges and Mirka Mora, who moved to Melbourne in 1951. In 1967, Philippe moved to London where he worked both as an artist and filmmaker. In 1973, he began a...
14 Mar 2013
12:30–1:30PM
Junk: Art and Politics of Trash
Dr. Gillian Whiteley, visiting UK artist, curator and author of ‘Junk: Art and politics of Trash’ (based at Loughborough University School of the Arts), will introduce a series of talks in conjunction with the Regimes of Value exhibition. This fi...
Tiffin Talk: The Jewel in the Crown
Jewellery has been a powerful symbol of the West's fascination for India. And today, India continues as the world's largest jewellery market. The wedding season is known to affect the world's gold prices. But as well as entrenching class and caste...
19 Mar 2013
12:30–2:00PM
Gillian Whiteley Forum: Material/Materialist Culture
Dr Gillian Whiteley, visiting UK artist, curator and author of ‘Junk: Art and politics of Trash’ (based at Loughborough University School of the Arts), will introduce a series of talks in conjunction with the Regimes of Value exhibition This seco...
26 Mar 2013
12:00–2:00PM
Gillian Whiteley Forum: The Sustainability Conundrum of the Prosumer Artist
Dr Gillian Whiteley, visiting UK artist, curator and author of ‘Junk: Art and politics of Trash’ (based at Loughborough University School of the Arts), will introduce a series of talks in conjunction with the Regimes of Value exhibition. In this ...
15 Mar 2013
15 Mar – 13 Apr 12:00PM–5:00PM
Regimes of Value
An exhibition over two venues investigating the appropriation of urban detritus and ephemera as a contemporary art strategy. Artists include: Lauren Berkowitz, Ryan Foote, Michael Georgetti, Nathan Gray, Matt Hinkley, Lou Hubbard, Christopher LG ...
18 Apr 2013
The game of nationhood: Art, sport and politics in the Federation Era
Sport is an Australian obsession, entwined with ideas about climate, leisure, egalitarianism and national identity. Art, while not an Australian obsession, has often used sport to create icons of national character. But how are these three element...
19 Apr 2013
Pathways 2013
Join us for a professional development symposium especially for emerging artists and explore the different pathways to a sustainable arts career. Over two packed days, Pathways 2013 will stimulate with a series of panel discussions, workshops and...
26 Apr 2013
26 Apr – 25 May 6:00PM–5:00PM
Backflip: Feminism and humour in Contemporary Art
Featuring work by Australian and international artists, BACKFLIP: Feminism and Humour in Contemporary Art seeks to challenge the ongoing stereotype of feminism as dry, dull and humourless. The exhibition affirms laughter as an important and poten...