Exhibitions

Arts & Culture

Art can be anywhere

Project Anywhere, a ten-year-long global exhibition program, explores the where and when of art outside the traditional exhibition circuits

Arts & Culture

Beauty, wine and death in the ancient world

A new exhibition gives insights into the hidden lives of women, children, slaves and artisans of the ancient Graeco-Roman world

Arts & Culture

Faithfully conserving a Rembrandt

The Three Crosses is Rembrandt’s powerful depiction of Christ’s crucifixion – but how do you stabilise a 350-year-old print for exhibition while preserving the qualities which make it distinct?

Health & Medicine

The carers, advocates and reformers of women’s health

The history of women’s health in Victoria and the establishment of the Royal Women’s Hospital, has been traced through unprecedented access to archival collections

Arts & Culture

How does learning happen in museums?

Bluetooth technology has helped reveal how visitors explore museum exhibitions, and how much they learn in the process

Arts & Culture

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Podcast

Celebrating synths

Synthesizers - those influencers of rock, pop and avant-garde music - are the stars of the Grainger Museum’s latest exhibition

Arts & Culture

Why you should go to MOMA at NGV

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

Arts & Culture

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Q&A

Q&A: The Indigenous design perspective

The Indigenous design perspective has been ignored, replaced or forgotten for too long, says architect Jefa Greenaway - but things are changing

Arts & Culture

The Louvre Abu Dhabi: Why the critics are wrong

The much-anticipated new art museum is opening in the United Arab Emirates later this year; here’s why it should be considered a global art envoy rather than an agent of the West

Arts & Culture

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Podcast

Art on the page

Illuminating some of the illustrious illustrators held deep in the University of Melbourne’s rare books collection, including Matisse and Miró