Art History

Didar: Stories of Middle Eastern Manuscripts is a new exhibition from the Grimwade Centre bringing together themes of making and cultural knowledge

An Italian-born princess and sole heir to the Sforza dukedom, Queen Bona helps us understand how elite Renaissance women acquired, maintained and negotiated power

The Jagiellonian arrases – tapestries that decorate the walls of Wawel Castle in Poland – may be one of the earliest known artistic representation of the long-extinct dodo

Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, known as the Lady with an Ermine, is one of Poland’s national treasures, but the painting has had an extraordinary history

Between the eighth and thirteenth centuries, Islamic thinking and literature was at its height, and one text in particular attempted to catalogue life, the universe and everything

Michelangelo’s statue of David is an iconic statement on physical perfection and continues to inspire emerging artists, says a University of Melbourne expert.

Some of the greatest art works of the 20th and 21st centuries have taken up (temporary) residence in Melbourne; here’s your expert guide to ten of the best

VCA dance students are recreating a seminal work from the founder of Australia’s first modern dance company, nearly 90 years after it was first performed in London

The Victorian College of the Arts is marking one of Australia’s most influential moments in art, the 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition of 1889, which saw some of the country’s best known artists displaying on cigar box lids

Some of the opulent palace’s most stunning objects are on display outside Versailles for the first time, in an exhibition led by Melbourne alumnus Gerard Vaughan