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
Held every two years, the fair has deservedly earned a reputation as on of the pre-eminent trade fairs in our region and without doubt is one of the most important events in the contemporary Australian art calendar.
Michael Reid, The Australian, Wednesday 29 September 2004
The convenience alone would justify the event, as you get to see and compare galleries of a great range that would take you many kilometres and days to cover, especially, of course, the international galleries.
Robert Nelson, Melbourne Art Fair, The Age, Entertainment, Page 3, Wednesday 30 July 2008
