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Current exhibitions

The University of Melbourne Art Collection

23 January to 19 September 2010

This exhibition continues the Potter’s recent exploratory approaches to the long-term display of the University of Melbourne Art Collection. Rather than a selection based on theme, collection or historical period, this exhibition will include key...

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The Shilo project

28 November to 14 March 2010

The Shilo project is based on Neil Diamond’s 1970 album, the cover of which features a connect-the-dots portrait of Diamond for fans to complete. The project invites up to 100 contemporary Australian artists to complete a ‘blank’ cover and displays...

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Tim Johnson: painting ideas

11 November to 14 February 2010

This major survey exhibition begins with Johnson’s activities as a conceptual and performance artist in the early 1970s and co-founder of the Inhibodress artists’ collective in Sydney. In addition to performance documentation, films and artists’...

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Texts and textiles

16 October to 18 April 2010

Ancient Greek papyrus and fragments of woven Coptic shawls feature in this exhibition that explores how texts and textiles were produced and used in antiquity. Highlights include papyrus fragments from a book by Thucydides found at Oxyrhyncus and a...

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Art collections

The Rupert Bunny Collection

The Rupert Bunny Collection includes fifteen drawing books of nude studies, sixteen sketchbooks containing preparatory drawings for a number of the artist’s most significant paintings, and over one thousand oil, watercolour, pen, crayon and pencil...

Upcoming events

Ian Potter Museum of Art Orientation Stall

Tuesday 23 February 2010 11am - 3pm North Court Under the sails at the Student Union Building

Come and visit the Potter Museum stall for the Student Services Carnival Orientation Day and meet Potter Student Ambassadors and staff to talk all things art and antiquities. Also try your hand at our drawing competition and go in the running...




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