BACKBONE
Gallery
A group exhibition featuring work by technical staff at the ANU School of Art & Design. Our technical staff are makers, artists and creatives. They are the quiet workforce behind our creative studios - who share their knowledge, ensure integrity of process and provide fundamental…
Seminar Series | David Greenhalgh
Seminar
Pop Art, the Atmosphere and Printmaking: Reconsidering James Rosenquist’s Welcome to the Water Planet Series In 1989, the American artist James Rosenquist embarked on the Welcome to the water planet series, followed by one of the print world’s most ambitious editioned prints, Sky…
What Shapes Our Understanding of the Past? Deconstructing Settlement and Cultic Models in Early Iron Age Attica
Seminar
CCS Research Seminar 3Our understanding of the past is always predicated on previous interpretations of evidence. This talk presents two case studies that demonstrate the importance of evaluating where our interpretations come from. These are the 8th century BC so-called ‘Sacred house’ of the…
Classics Museum Free Monthly Tour - September 2025
Tour
Monthly tours Join us for a free guided tour of the Classics Museum led by one of our knowledgeable volunteer guides. The museum features examples of ancient art and objects of daily life from Greece and the Roman world, including Egypt and the Near East. The museum's areas of strength include…
Seminar Series | Robert Tulip
Seminar
Leonardo, The Last Supper and the Stars Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper is perhaps the most renowned and enigmatic artwork in the world. My research shows that Leonardo constructed the painting by observing the star patterns of the zodiac constellations and using them — in order — to shape…
The Second Sophistic in the Egyptian Hinterland or How Can Papyri Contribute to Our Understanding of Graeco-Roman Intellectual Culture
Seminar
CCS Research Seminar 4We generally associate the cultural movement of the so-called Second Sophistic with names such as Lucian of Samosata, Favorinus of Arelate or Philostratus. In his Lives of the Sophists, the latter draws a picture of wandering orators who travel through the Mediterranean world…
2025 ANU School of Art & Design Drawing Prize: Winner Announcement
Event
Please join us to celebrate the Winner of the 2025 ANU School of Art & Design Drawing Prize at the exhibition's opening reception. The Drawing Prize showcases and celebrates the breadth and depth of drawing practice within the ANU School of Art & Design. The Prize is an annual event open…