📢 Announcing 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art.

📆 The gallery will be open Saturday 31 May and Sunday 1 June from 11am to 5pm, with 45-minute talks scheduled across each day. across each day. 🎟️ Free but capacity limited. Bookings essential. 🔗

Across two inspiring days, hear from curators, artists, Indigenous custodians, art historians and anthropologists as they delve into the stories, practices and themes that shape this groundbreaking exhibition.

Celebrate the launch of 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art with a dynamic opening weekend of conversations.

🖼️ Opens 30 May 2025 at the Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne. 📍 Corner of Swanston Street and Masson Road, Parkville. 📆 Tuesday to Saturday, 11am – 5pm plus Sunday 1 June for opening weekend 🎟️ Free Entry

Curated by Associate Provost and Distinguished Professor Marcia Langton AO, Senior Curator Judith Ryan AM, and Associate Curator Shanysa McConville in consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and custodians.

Featuring more than 400 works, including rarely seen Indigenous works of art and cultural objects from the University of Melbourne's collections.

The exhibition reveals the importance and brilliance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and knowledge while confronting the brutality of Australia’s colonial history.

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art features 25 writers discussing the unique art history of Australia and is in association with an upcoming exhibition at the @PotterMuseum of Art.

Our annual Interdisciplinary Forum is back to address the most pressing themes of our time. Bringing together artists and academics, we’ll embark on an engaging day of presentations and discussions on the subject of REPAIR. ❤️‍🩹 https://t.co/fHkiC31tUL

Eager to learn more about the everyday lives of civilians in Ancient Greece and Rome? Visit Ancient Lives, exhibiting Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm at Old Quad!

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📍Here Lives Our Culture New Student Tour 📅Tuesday 26 March 🕓3:00 - 3:40pm 🔗 https://t.co/fLZEyoQtFt Join Curator, #RareEastAsian Collection, Shiqiu Liu as she reveals the origins of the unique collection items on display. #PublicProgram #Exhibition #Library

Today is National Eucalypt Day! Pictured here, Miegunyah Creative Fellow Sophie Cunningham is delving into Russell Grimwade and his profound love for gum trees in the lead-up to our 2026 Eucalyptus exhibition.

Apply for the Miegunyah Student Project Award! We’re offering 6 awards of $2,000 each to @unimelb students for research projects with public outcomes focused on works of art in the Russel and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Collection! Apply by 15 April, 9am. https://t.co/8XEO1yPPP2

Welcome back to campus @UniMelb students! Check out Ancient Lives now showing at Old Quad Monday to Friday, 10am - 5pm!

To celebrate Lunar New Year, join Curator of @unimelb’s Rare East Asian Collection Shiqiu Liu for a unique unrolling of two treasured scrolls within the collection. 📆 Fri 9 February, 3pm – 4pm 📍 Noel Shaw Gallery, Level 1, Baillieu Library 🔗 https://t.co/6hXgGZO8Q7

Immerse yourself in the wolds of ancient Greece and Rome with Ancient Lives now open at Old Quad! Bookings for school groups are essential. Teachers, secure your spot in Term 1, 2024 by emailing school-bookings@unimelb.edu.au!

So important was wine for ancient civilizations, that many stages of the production and consumption of wine were marked with religious festivals. Let's raise a glass and toast to Ancient Lives reopening next week, 22 January at Old Quad. 🍷

Ancient Lives is currently closed for the holiday season so we're bringing it to you digitally with this deep dive video featuring co-curator Dr Caroline Tully.