The film highlights Maria Anna Mozart’s legacy, as well as the struggles women musicians faced in the 18th century (and continue to today).
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Australia’s first major Magritte exhibition, held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, provides an in-depth look at the surrealist icon.
The surrealists rejected traditional modes of understanding. They attempted to upend the established order of things by championing freedom and the unconscious mind.
Modern art is big business, but some artists endure throughout the ages thanks to a combination of skill, style, and context.
Repatriation of looted African art is no longer a marginalised topic, but reaps few rewards.
The southern lights have inspired artists for more then 200 years. Here are some of the best examples from across the decades.
These artworks can teach us many things about a society’s attitudes towards the human body, perceptions of the western and wider world and political supremacy.
Should a public art gallery exhibit his work, highlighting the fact he was a seriously flawed human being? Or is this to quietly condone domestic violence and paedophilia? I do not know the answer.
British monarchs have grappled with issues of representation, accuracy and flattery in portraits since the Middle Ages.
The Mona Lisa has traditionally been associated with Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant. But there’s plenty of evidence pointing to a different identity.
The Bible is full of strong men and pumped prophets.
What changing artistic depictions of women’s alopecia tells us about hair loss today.
Philosophers of art have, at times, entertained quite seriously the claim that art can come to an end.
Early restoration decisions were influenced by changing fashions and politics, or practical necessities such as difficulty with cleaning.
The Modern, a debut novel centred on an Australian researcher at New York’s MoMA, muses on modern art and relationships – riffing off MoMA artists like Grace Hartigan and Nan Goldin.
The new game takes liberties with what medieval Baghdad looked like but reveals more about Islamic art and architecture as a result.
Digital archives can have an important part in creating more inclusive art histories, but paying attention to ethical research practices when sharing and circulating resources is critical.
Rublev, active around 1400 in and near Moscow, was a monk and painter of icons, frescoes and (possibly) manuscripts in the tradition of the Orthodox Church
Art and science may seem like opposites, but throughout history the disciplines have fed off each other − and still do today.
How did George Stubbs, one of England’s foremost painters of horses and dogs, get Australian animals so wrong?
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Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
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Professor emerita of the Social and Critical Histories of Art, University of Leeds
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Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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PhD Candidate, Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Art, Curtin University
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Associate Professor of Art History and Museum Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Master of Art in Gallery and Museum Management Program Director, Western Colorado University
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Assistant Professor in the School of Social Sciences, University College Dublin
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Associate Director Student Experience, Monash University
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Lecturer, School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University
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Personal Chair of 19th-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh