Melbourne Art Foundation 2010 Lecture presented by Melbourne Art Foundation, the City of Melbourne's Melbourne Conversations Program and Monash University Museum of Art.
Melbourne Art Foundation presented an afternoon of stimulating forums at the NGV, International, 180 St Kilda Road.
Distinguished local and international artists, curators, directors and writers including Michael Brand (International art museum director, most recently at the J. Paul Getty Museum), Emma Bugden (Director, Artspace, Auckland), Sue Cramer (Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art) and Jon Campbell (artist) lead two lively discussions on the role of collaboration in art practice and the turn to music in Australian visual art.
Chair: Daniel Palmer Senior Lecture, Theory of Art & Design, Monash University Michael Brand International Museum Director, most recently at the J P Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2005–2010) Lisa Havilah Director, Campbelltown Arts Centre Nikos Papastergiadis Professor, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne Gabrielle de Vietri Melbourne-based artist Emma Bugden Director, Artspace, Auckland
Chair: Sue Cramer Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art Glenn Barkley Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Jon Campbell Melbourne-based artist Marco Fusinato Melbourne-based artist Jess Johnson Melbourne-based artist and Co-Director, Hell Gallery Neil Kelly Melbourne-based composer and member of Slave Pianos
For 22 years, the Melbourne Art Fair has linked artists, art industry and discerning consumer in an often provocative, always edifying, forum of international repute. Diverse in medium and concept, the fair must be experienced to be understood.
Robert Doyle, Lord Mayor, City of Melbourne
Rarely is such a diverse collection of artists from so many countries represented under one roof.
