Past events
RGB+: Film and re-enactment events
Event
A curated selection of significant Australian and international abstract colour films will be projected in the Light Source exhibition. Beginning with early orchestrated works by Oskar Fischinger and Mary Ellen Bute; the synesthetic films of Jordan Belson and James Whitney; sonic and chromatic…
2025 ANU School of Art & Design Drawing Prize: Winner Announcement
Event
Please join us to celebrate the Winner of the 2025 ANU School of Art & Design Drawing Prize at the exhibition's opening reception.The Drawing Prize showcases and celebrates the breadth and depth of drawing practice within the ANU School of Art & Design. The Prize is an annual event open to…
Seminar | RGB+: Colour and its beyonds
Seminar
These days most colour we experience is funnelled through the three channels of our LED screens, but the meaning of colour has always exceeded its manufactured gamut.In association with the Drill Hall Gallery exhibition Light Source, this seminar will bring together scholars exploring the…
Seminar Series | Robert Tulip
Seminar
Leonardo, The Last Supper and the StarsLeonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper is perhaps the most renowned and enigmatic artwork in the world. My research shows that Leonardo constructed the painting by observing the star patterns of the zodiac constellations and using them — in order — to shape the…
Seminar Series | David Greenhalgh
Seminar
Pop Art, the Atmosphere and Printmaking: Reconsidering James Rosenquist’s Welcome to the Water Planet SeriesIn 1989, the American artist James Rosenquist embarked on the Welcome to the water planet series, followed by one of the print world’s most ambitious editioned prints, Sky dust…
Seminar Series | Tets Kimura
Seminar
Wool and Silk: Raw Fashion Materials to Build an Initial Australia-Japan Relationship Within the Asia-PacificThis presentation examines the foundational role of raw fashion materials—specifically Australian wool and Japanese silk—in establishing initial Australia-Japan relations. Before the…
Seminar Series | Min-Haeng Kang
Seminar
Glass as Living Matter: Devitrification, Waste, and the Ethics of MaterialsIn the world of glassmaking, transparency is typically seen as the material’s essential value. Devitrification—the process in which glass becomes opaque due to surface crystallization—is commonly treated as a technical…