Symposium:
The Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay
Saturday 19 June 2004, 9.30am–4.00pm
RMIT Capitol Theatre, Swanston Street
Paris in the 19th century was one of the most vibrant and exciting cities in the world. French art of the time reflected the sophisticated nature of this society.
International and Australian experts will deliver a series of papers examining the work of individual artists such as Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Paul Cézanne, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and the Australian painter John Russell, in the context of The Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay.
Program
9.30-10.15am |
Registration and refreshments |
10.15-10.30am |
Welcome by Dr Gerard Vaughan, Director, National Gallery of Victoria |
10.30-11.15am |
Anne Roquebert, Conservateur, Musée d’Orsay |
11.15-11.45am |
Dr Alan Krell, Associate Professor, School of Art History and Theory,
College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney |
11.45am-12.15pm |
Professor Roger Benjamin, Power Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Power Institute, Sydney |
12.15-2.15pm |
LUNCH |
2.15-2.45pm |
Dominique Lobstein, Chargé d’études documentaires, au Musée d’Orsay |
2.45-3.15pm |
AFTERNOON TEA |
3.15-3.45pm |
Dr Peter Rudd, Art Historian, Sydney |
3.45-4.15pm |
Dr Ann Galbally, Professorial Associate of the School of Art History, Archaeology and Cinema, The University of Melbourne |
4.15pm |
Acknowledgements, Robert S McKay, Chairman, Art Exhibitions Australia |
Symposium sponsored by the Australian International Cultural Foundation
COST OPTIONS:
Option 1 Ticket including symposium, exhibition viewing, refreshments & exhibition catalogue
$90 Adult / $80 NGV Members / $60 Student
Option 2 Ticket including symposium, exhibition viewing & refreshments
$50 Adult / $40 NGV Members / $25 Student
Bookings essential, telephone: (03) 8662 1555 - Event Code M045
