Arts

Noting the importance of music in the Great War

Volume 11 Number 5 May 11 - June 7 2015

Catriona May reviews a new exhibition at the University’s Grainger Museum which explores the role of music in World War 1.

Hollywood to the rescue

Volume 11 Number 5 May 11 - June 7 2015

Over the course of her studies Jessica Freame made a virtual journey – from the far south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne where she grew up, to Hollywood, and on to the centre of Victorian government. Proof positive that an arts degree can take you places, not least to the job of your dreams. By Gabrielle Murphy.

Classics Chair to provide students with a personal odyssey

Volume 11 Number 5 May 11 - June 7 2015

Chris Weaver reports on a gift to the Arts Faculty to fund a Chair in Classics.

Brian Brown Recording Studio continues the legacy of a visionary Australian artist

Volume 11 Number 4 April 13 - May 10 2015

State-of-the-art sound recording facilities are now available to students at the VCA and MCM. By Alix Bromley.

Getting your Monet’s worth: how the international art market is changing

Volume 11 Number 3 March 9 - April 12 2015

 

Art. It’s prestige, it’s investment, it’s a globally traded commodity and some of it is inspirational, provocative and beautiful. But it’s also a useful indicator of where money is. In a recent episode of the University of Melbourne’s research talk show Up Close, host Lynne Haultain spoke with the Arts and Cultural Management Program’s Dr Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios about the changing landscape of the international art trade. Following is an edited extract.

Climarte: addressing climate change through art

Volume 11 Number 3 March 9 - April 12 2015

 

Joanna Bosse, curator at the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne introduces a new exhibition on show from 31 March to 5 July as part of Climarte Festival which explores the role art can play in creating a safer climate.

Synthi 100 comes out of retirement

Volume 11 Number 3 March 9 - April 12 2015

 

Kieran O’Shea learns about an expert’s career fascination with one of the world’s few operational Synthi 100 electronic modular synthesisers.

Light shines on contemporary art from the Wesfarmers Collection

Volume 11 Number 3 March 9 - April 12 2015

 

A new exhibition to open at the Potter Museum late in March will feature works from the Wesfarmers Collection, acquired by the company over three decades. By Katherine Smith.

Acclaimed Indigenous artist joins the VCA & MCM

Volume 11 Number 3 March 9 - April 12 2015

 

Richard Frankland has recently been appointed Director of the Wilin Centre at the VCA, to lead the development of Indigenous arts and artists. By Alix Bromley and Louise Bennet.

Activate, animate, complicate, grow: what new acquisitions can do to and for the collection

Volume 11 Number 2 February 9 - March 8 2015

 

The Ian Potter Museum of Art houses and manages the University of Melbourne Art Collection. Comprising over 16,000 objects this collection documents Australian artistic practice since the early 19th century and includes holdings of European art, Australian and International Indigenous art and classics and archaeology objects. The collection continues to grow through acquisitions and donations ensuring the ongoing documentation of artistic practice. By Margee Glover

VCA Art – the ultimate show

Volume 11 Number 2 February 9 - March 8 2015

 

Every year final year undergraduate students from the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art) and those studying Honours from the Victorian College of the Art’s School of Art present some of the highlights from their final year of study.