Video: Up from the Vaults with Professor Ian McLean

Gordon Bennett at the Potter

In 1993, Gordon Bennett was an artist-in-residence at the University of Melbourne. At the time, he had only been out of art school for four years but was already making waves. Always highly productive, Bennett was also very experimental during this early part of his career. This talk by Professor Ian McLean will discuss Big Romantic Painting: Apotheosis of Captain Cook, a large major painting completed by Bennett during the 1993 residency, along with Bennett’s two-part exhibition of installation art at the Potter titled Mirrorama.

Video: Up from the Vaults with Matthew Martin

The Art of Needlework: An Important Social Narrative

This month’s Up from the Vaults talk is by the University of Melbourne’s Matthew Martin, a lecturer in Art History and Curatorship from the School of Culture and Communication.

Video: Up from the Vaults with Associate Professor Alison Inglis

Rupert Bunny’s ‘Oedipus and the Sphinx’

Esteemed art historian and engaging storyteller Associate Professor Alison Inglis helms our latest Up from the Vaults presentation, where she explores an early twentieth-century oil painting by Australian artist Rupert Bunny titled Oedipus and the Sphinx.

Inside Out

2020

Perhaps more than ever, we’re being shown that the arts make a vital and meaningful contribution to what it means to be human. With this in mind, we are determined to continue to share our work with you as part of our strong and heartfelt belief that the arts matter and make a difference.

Staying at home? The Potter team is busy finding ways to bring our treasures to you during these strange and challenging times. In response to the restrictions of both our closure and the COVID-19 situation, we’re moving our Inside Out program from the real world to the virtual world.

Great Sporting Land

From 20 August 2019

Google Arts & Culture launched Great Sporting Land – the first dedicated celebration of sporting culture on Google Arts & Culture. Collections, stories and knowledge from over 30 renowned institutions across Australia, including the Potter.