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B - Publishing and papers

This appendix shows the National Gallery’s engagement in broader social and cultural discourses on the visual arts, nationally and internationally, through its publishing activities and public and education initiatives and through research published in external publications or presented in other arts and education institutions.

Major publications

American masters
Anthony Grudin, James Lawrence, Lucina Ward
August 2018
242 pages, 229 images
Staff contributors: Jaklyn Babington, Robert Bell, Bronwyn Campbell, Alice Desmond, Sally Foster, Jane Kinsman, Shaune Lakin, Simeran Maxwell, Anne O’Hehir, Emilie Owens, Lucina Ward, Bianca Winataputri
Works from the collection: 229

California cool
October 2018
176 pages, 159 images
Staff contributors: Alice Desmond, Sally Foster, Jane Kinsman, Shaune Lakin, Anne O’Hehir
Works from the collection: 159 images

Love and desire: Pre-Raphaelite masterpieces from the Tate
Carol Jacobi and Lucina Ward
December 2018
224 pages, 114 images
Staff contributors: Rebecca Blake, Carol Cains, Bronwyn Campbell, Deborah Hart, Bianca Hill, Simeran Maxwell, Lara Nicholls, Anne O’Hehir, Katherine Russell, Rebecca Scott, Gerard Vaughan, Lucina Ward, Bianca Winataputri

Works from the collection: 13

Tā moko: Māori markings
Crispin Howarth
March 2019
73 pages, 74 images
Staff contributors: Crispin Howarth
Works from the collection: 21

Monet: Impression sunrise
Marianne Mathieu
June 2019
204 pages, 57 images
Staff contributors: Bronwyn Campbell, Sally Foster, Jane Kinsman, Simeran Maxwell, Lucina Ward
Works from the collection: 3

Contemporary worlds: Indonesia
Jaklyn Babington and Carol Cains
June 2019
140 pages, 97 images
Staff contributors: Jaklyn Babington, Carol Cains, Bianca Hill, Beatrice Thompson, Bianca Winataputri
Works from the collection: 45

Other publications

Sydney Nolan’s Ned Kelly
Deborah Hart
July 2018
36 pages, 34 images
Staff contributors: Deborah Hart
Works in the collection: 34

Art Deco
Lara Nicholls
May 2019
36 pages, 43 images
Staff contributors: Lara Nicholls
Works in the collection: 43

Artonview

Average readership per issue: 34,150

Issue 95, spring 2018
September 2018
64 pages, 91 images
Staff contributions: Rebecca Blake, Yvette Dal Pozzo, Sally Foster, Deborah Hart, Shaune Lakin, Eric Meredith, Nick Mitzevich, Lara Nicholls, Anne O’Hehir, Elspeth Pitt, Lucina Ward, Bianca Winataputri
Works from the collection: 73

Issue 96, summer 2018
December 2018
66 pages, 60 images
Staff contributions: Rebecca Blake, Yvette Dal Pozzo, Crispin Howarth, Shaune Lakin, Nick Mitzevich, Ella Morrison, Lara Nicholls, Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax, Anne O’Hehir, Lucina Ward
Works from the collection: 24

Issue 97, autumn 2019
March 2019
64 pages, 64 images
Staff contributors: Jaklyn Babington, Carol Cains, Crispin Howarth, Jane Kinsman, Shaune Lakin, Nick Mitzevich, Lara Nicholls, Bianca Winataputri
Works from the collection: 28

Issue 98, winter 2019
June 2019
60 pages, 60 images
Staff contributors: Jaklyn Babington, Sally Brand, Carol Cains, Kelli Cole, Franchesca Cubillo, Rebecca Edwards, Crispin Howarth, Shaune Lakin, Simeran Maxwell, Nick Mitzevich, Shane Nelson, Mary-Lou Nugent, Katie Russell
Works from the collection: 52

Education resources

Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly series
Primary school resource
July 2018
22 pages (11 cards), 11 images
Works from the collection: 10

Infinite conversations
Secondary school resource
September 2018
14 pages, 15 images
Works from the collection: 13

Infinite conversations
Chinese language and art resource, Years 7–8
September 2018
20 pages, 9 images
Works from the collection: 8

Infinite conversations
Chinese language and art resource, Years 9–10
September 2018
20 pages, 10 images
Works from the collection: 8

American masters
Secondary school resource
September 2018
32 pages, 33 images
Works from the collection: 33

David Hockney
Secondary school resource
February 2019
22 pages, 21 images
Works from the collection: 20

Art Deco
Secondary school resource
April 2019
21 pages, 28 images
Works from the collection: 26

Corporate publications

National Gallery of Australia Annual Report 2017–18

National Gallery of Australia Foundation Annual Report 2017–18

Symposiums and conferences

Art and Dementia Seminar
15 September 2018
Keynotes: Dr Gail Kenning, UTS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences; Paulene Mackell, Research Fellow, National Ageing Research Institute; Margret Meagher, Arts and Health Australia; Dr Moyra Mortby, ANU College of Health and Medicine
Staff contributors: Adriane Boag, Katie Russell, Margaret Salt, Maryanne Voyazis

Minimalist/Maximalist
19–20 October 2018
Keynote: James Meyer, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Guest speakers: Amelia Barikin, Susan Best, Ann Cleary, Aaron Nyerges, Ann Stephen, Russell Storer, Andrew Ward
Staff contributors: Nick Mitzevich, Shane Nelson, Elspeth Pitt, Lucina Ward

The Aboriginal Memorial 30th Anniversary Symposium
12–13 October 2018
Keynotes: Fiona Foley, artist, curator and lecturer; David Garneau, University of Regina
Guest speakers: Marie-Louise Ayres, Sue Best, Bobby Bununggurr, Roy Burnyila, Wally Caruana, Brenda L Croft, Catherine De Lorenzo, Wulan Dirgantoro, Stephen Gilchrist, Susan Jenkins, Mark Ledbury, Greg Lehman, Desmond Manderson, Ian McLean, Djon Mundine OAM, Bernice Murphy, Craig Ritchie, Matthew Trinca
Staff contributors: Franchesca Cubillo, Nick Mitzevich

National Visual Art Education Conference
‘At the Heart: Inspiration, Bravery, Compassion and Connection’

21–23 January 2019
Keynotes: Anna Carrig, National Gallery of Australia; Flossie Chua, Harvard University; Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Anne Smith, Independent Schools Victoria
Guest speakers: Tony Ameneiro, Margaret Baguley, Robyn Carmody, Natalie Castree, Helen Champion, Gerry Corrigan, Josephine Corrigan, Renee d’Argeavel, Keg De Souza, Terry Deen, Robyn Ewing, Hayley Froggatt, Venus Ganis, Robyn Gibson, Kathryn Hendy-Ekers, Glenda Inglis-Gillespie, Lucy Irvine, John Irving, Andrew Jones, Sharron Jones, Martin Kerby, Krysia Kitch, Abbey MacDonald, Amanda Marshall, Jessica McCarthy, Esther McNaughton, Kylie Neagle, Jane Polley, Ben Quilty, Lisa Reihana, Pia Robinson, Gavin Rogers, Yudha Scholes, Sally Smart, Jane Smyth, Michelle Stockley, Tam Cheung On, Ria Tierney, Karen Vickery
Staff contributors: Adriane Boag, Bronwyn Campbell, Anna Carrig, Margie Kevin, Mirah Lambert, Rose Marin, Nick Mitzevich, Kate Murphy, Shane Nelson, Lara Nicholls, Annika Romeyn, Katie Russell, Frances Wild, Edith Young

Staff contributions to external publications

Baum, Tina, ‘Ryan Presley: the Marri Ngarr moneymaker’, in Madeleine King (ed), Ryan Presley: prosperity, exh cat, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2018, pp 119–23.

Baum, Tina, ‘Janet Fieldhouse’, in The national 2019: new Australian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2019, pp 82–3.

Bullock, Natasha & French, Blair (eds), Shaun Gladwell: Pacific undertow, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, Sydney, 2019.

Bullock, Natasha (ed), Michael Armitage: the promised land, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2019.

Cains, Carol, ‘Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia at the National Gallery of Australia’, TAASA Review, vol 28, no 2, 2019, pp 4–6.

Folan, Lucie, ‘Wisdom of the goddess: uncovering the provenance of a twelfth-century Indian sculpture at the National Gallery of Australia​’, Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, vol 15, no 1, 2019, pp 5–41.

Howarth, Crispin ‘The Rex Nan Kivell Hawaiian kapa cloth’, in In Cook’s wake: tapa cloth from the Pacific, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2018, pp 51–9.

Howarth, Crispin, ‘Brag masks and Kandimbong figures: two sculptural arts of the Sepik-Ramu Delta’, in Ancestral visions: Papua New Guinea art from the Sepik-Ramu, 5 Continents Editions, Milano, 2019, pp 49–63.

Howarth, Crispin, ‘Crispin Howarth on Maori Markings: Ta Moko at the NGA’, interview by Jim Elmslie, OAS Journal, vol 24, no 1, 2019, pp 9–12.

Howarth, Crispin, ‘From the chisel of Mataora: the Maori art of skin marking’, Tribal Art, no 91, 2019, pp 74–82.

Howarth, Crispin, ‘Thoughts upon Elema shields’, in Bill Evans (ed), War art and ritual: shields from the Pacific, private press, vol 2, William Nathanial Evans, Sydney, 2019, pp 300–4.

Lakin, Shaune, ‘Jacky Redgate’s patch of yellow (and blue)’, Artlink, vol 39, no 1, 2019, pp 62–7.

Lakin, Shaune, ‘The photograph as a specifically Australian utterance: a short history of contemporary photography’, in Deborah Klochko (ed), Defining place/space: contemporary photography from Australia, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, 2019, pp 6–18.

Lakin, Shaune, ‘Water and bricks’, in Semiotics club: Angus McGrath, Photoaccess, Canberra, 2019, pp 1–2.

Nicholls, Lara, ‘Duchamp même [meme]’, in Here&Now 18: besides, it is always the others who die, exh cat, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth, pp 16–18.

Noordhuis-Fairfax, Sarina, ‘Close to me’, in Dobell Drawing Prize #21, exh cat, National Art School, Sydney, 2019, pp 11–14.

O’Hehir, Anne, ‘Colour photography in India’, TAASA Review, vol 28, no 1, 2019, pp 14–15.

O’Hehir, Anne, ‘Snap chat’, Portrait, no 62, pp 6–13.

O’Hehir, Anne, ‘The woman behind the lens’, Melbourne Theatre Company, 4 September 2018, available at mtc.com.au/discover-more/backstage/the-woman-behind-the-lens-diane-arbus.

Research presented by staff

The following list includes lectures, presentations, opening addresses and other public addresses such panel contributions and award judging.

Boag, Adriane, ‘How to build dementia-friendly communities through the arts’, paper presented at Arts, Memory and Aging symposium, National Arts Centre, Tokyo, 9 October 2018.

Boag, Adriane, ‘Learning and legacy: NGA Art and Dementia program’, paper presented at 10th Annual International Arts and Health Conference, ‘The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing’, Sails Hotel, Port Macquarie, 14 November 2018.

Boag, Adriane, ‘Hear it for the deaf: multimedia tours, programming and exhibition accessibility’, paper for Australian Museums and Galleries Association National Conference 2019, Alice Springs, 15 May 2019.

Cains, Carol, ‘Discovering the batik collection at the National Gallery of Australia’, lecture for the Textile Study Group, The Asian Arts Society of Australia, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 10 July 2018.

Cains, Carol, ‘Trading Southeast Asia: Chinese and Vietnamese blue and white ceramics’, lecture, School of Art and Design, Australian National University, Canberra, 24 September2018.

Cains, Carol, lecture for Art History and Curatorship students, Centre for Art History and Art Theory, Australian National University, 24 September 2018.

Campbell, Bronwyn, ‘Unravelling Lao textiles’, lecture, School of Art and Design, Australian National University, Canberra, 8 October 2018.

Campbell, Bronwyn, ‘Lao textiles in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia’, Lao New Year talk, The Asian Arts Society of Australia, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 13 April 2019.

Grieve, Stephen, ‘Developing a holistic people strategy’, paper presented at 8th Annual Workforce Planning for the Public Sector Summit, Novotel Canberra, Canberra, 27 November 2018.

Grieve, Stephen, ‘Future of work: automation, remote working and technological advances driving HR transformation’, panellist, Public Sector Forum, 2019 National HR Summit, Luna Park, Sydney, 26 March 2019.

Howarth, Crispin, ‘Tā moko is not tattoo’, lecture, Oceanic Art Society 2018 End of Year Function, Middle Harbour Yacht Club, Sydney, 10 November 2018.

Howarth, Crispin, ‘Sepik art and aesthetics’, paper presented at Oceanic Art Society Forum, ‘Aboriginal and Pacific art: Collections and Artists, Then and Now’, Australian Museum, Sydney, 1 February 2019.

Howarth, Crispin, ‘An old battered hat: pulling together the history of a Hawaiian mahiole feathered helmet’, paper presented at Pacific Art Association XIII International Symposium, ‘Resilience: Sustaining, Reactivating and Connecting Culture’, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 27 March 2019.

Howarth, Crispin, opening address for Ancestral Visions: Papua New Guinea Art from the Sepik Ramu, Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, May 2019.

Lakin, Shaune, ‘War photography’, lecture, Australian National University, Canberra, 14 May 2019.

Lakin, Shaune, opening address for Vanishing Point, ANU Art School Gallery, Canberra, 16 May 2019.

Mitzevich, Nick, opening address for The Ned Kelly Series, National Gallery of Australia travelling exhibition, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 10 August 2018.

Mitzevich, Nick, ‘Let’s work the public space’, panel discussion with Esther Anatolitis and Fiona Foley for National Association for the Visual Arts Conference, ‘Future/Forward’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 14 August 2018.

Mitzevich, Nick, judge for the 2018 Hindmarsh Prize, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, 21 September 2018.

Mitzevich, Nick, welcome address for National History Teachers’ Conference, ‘People, Power and Perspectives’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2 October 2018.

Mitzevich, Nick, ‘In conversation with the Canberra Critics Circle’, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra, 15 October 2018.

Mitzevich, Nick, ‘Beyond the classroom: new models of collaboration’, panelist, All Schools Should Be Art Schools symposium, Kaldor Public Arts Projects, UNSW Art & Design, Sydney, 24 October 2018.

Mitzevich, Nick, special guest speaker at M16’s Sunset Soiree, M16 Artspace, Canberra, 13 November 2018.

Mitzevich, Nick, ‘Fundraising masterclass’, Culture Business Canberra conference, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 20 November 2018.

Mitzevich, Nick, address to Commonwealth Club members, Commonwealth Club, Canberra, 30 November 2018.

Mitzevich, Nick, ‘Director on the couch’, for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association ACT Branch 2019 Annual General Meeting, Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, 27 March 2019.

Mitzevich, Nick, opening address for Lionel Lindsay Art Gallery and Library, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, 6 April 2019.

Mitzevich, Nick, official welcome for premiere screening of Jackson Pollock: Blue Poles, documentary, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 25 April 2019.

Mitzevich, Nick, guest speaker at Australian Consulate-General lunch and dinner, New York, 30 April 2018.

Mitzevich, Nick, opening address for Art Deco from the National Collection: The World Turns Modern, National Gallery of Australia travelling exhibition, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, 31 May 2019.

Mitzevich, Nick, guest speaker at the first preview of the Old Dairy at Retford Park, site of the future Southern Highlands Regional Gallery, Bowral, 14 June 2018.

Mitzevich, Nick, opening address for Margaret Olley, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 29 June 2019.

Nicholls, Lara, ‘Imants Tillers and postmodernity’, lecture, Centre for Art History and Art Theory, Australian National University, Canberra, 8 August 2018.

Nicholls, Lara, ‘Place a pin through the centre and spin: Marcel Duchamp and his influence on Australian art’, paper presented at So Duchamp symposium, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6 October 2018.

Nicholls, Lara, ‘Venus refracted: the pursuit and disavowal of the tropical exotic in the art and exploration of the Pacific’, paper presented at Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference 2018, ‘Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: The Social Context of Art’, RMIT University, Melbourne, 5 December 2018.

Noordhuis-Fairfax, Sarina, ‘Form and function: alternative strategies for narrating research’, paper presented at Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference 2018, ‘Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: The Social Context of Art’, RMIT University, Melbourne, 5 December 2018.

Noordhuis-Fairfax, Sarina, ‘Drawing in the public eye’, panellist, Drawing Festival Symposium, National Art School, Sydney, 29 March 2019.

O’Hehir, Anne, co-judge for National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 22 February 2019.

Underschultz, Simon, ‘Stranger things: collection highlights from the National Gallery of Australia Research Library and Archives’, paper presented at Art Libraries Society of Australia and New Zealand conference, ‘Expanding Our Reach: Art, Research and Access’, National Portrait Gallery & National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 5 October 2018.

Voyazis, Maryanne, lecture on fundraising at the National Gallery of Australia for Masters students in ‘Curatorship theory and practice’, Centre for Art History and Art Theory, Australian National University, Canberra, 19 September 2018.

Wild, Frances, ‘Art and medicine: a surprising synergy’, lecture, Laurence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth, 7 August 2018.

Wild, Frances, ‘What’s in it for you?: an introduction to the NGA’s Artmed program’, ANU Medical School, Australian National University, Canberra, 13 February 2019.

Wild, Frances, ‘Artmed: the visual arts in the world of medicine’, Australian Association of Gallery Guiding Organisations 2019 Conference, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, 28 March 2019.

Wright, Alison. ‘Cash and compromise: navigating the ethical dollar’ The Art of Fundraising, Culture Business Conference, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 21 November 2018.