Pompeii Exhibition at Melbourne Museum Opening Times Information

On August 24, A.D. 79, the Roman city of Pompeii was buried by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The pumice and thick volcanic ash that ended the lives of so many also encased the city in a virtual time capsule for the next 17 centuries. The city remained largely lost and forgotten until rediscovered by archaeologists in the early 1700s, resulting in Pompeii today being one of the most complete and intact archaeological sites in the world.

‘This exhibition is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see Roman treasures from almost 2000 years ago,’ said Dr Patrick Greene, CEO, Museum Victoria.

The exhibition will be developed by Museum Victoria in partnership with the Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompeii, and will feature over 250 objects from daily life in Pompeii and surrounds, as well as a number of body casts.

A Day in Pompeii will be on display at Melbourne Museum from 26 June to 11 October 2009.

Melbourne Winter Masterpieces is a Victorian Government initiative and is exclusive to Melbourne, Australia.

Pet Portraits Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Perth Adelaide

The old adage, the better the photo, the better painting certainly holds true with pet portraits. As a pet portrait artist, I am continually perusing through photos that people send to me to find the perfect pose to use for a memorable portrait.

The very best view for the photo is to be eye level with the animal you wish to photograph. Try to have their nose tipped downward slightly, otherwise the camera may distort their nose and jaw making them appear larger than they really are. For smaller dogs or cats, I like to place them up on a couch or chair, so that I can be eye level with them. The furniture also makes a nice backdrop to the painting. Even larger dogs look adorable and comfy lounging on a couch, chair or bed. I sometimes use a little squeak from a dog toy to cause a dog to prick up his or her ears. This can backfire, however, if the dog wants to Read the rest of this entry »

Salvador Dali Liquid Desire Exhibition Melbourne NGV information Dates Times

13 June – 4 October 09
Open daily 10am – 5pm
Open until 9pm every Wednesday
Ground Level, NGV International
Admission fees apply

Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters.[1][2] His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. Dalí’s expansive artistic repertoire includes film, sculpture, and photography, Read the rest of this entry »

Jane Austen Fashion Exhibition Persuasion NGV Information Times Opening Hours

Persuasion:

Fashion in the Age of Jane Austen

22 May - 8 November 09
Myer Fashion and Textiles Galleries, Level 2
Free entry

The period from the mid 1790’s to about 1820 (which included all of Jane Austen’s adult life) seems to have been pretty much the only one between the middle ages and the 20th century when women’s clothing styles, in the predominantly Protestant and Catholic countries of Europe, were neither corseted or tightly-fitted from the waist up; nor hoop-skirted, crinolined, heavily full-skirted, or bustled below. Later (Victorian) authors such as Charlotte Brontë Read the rest of this entry »

The 2009 Melbourne Food and Wine Show (Festival) Opening Times and Information.

Melbourne’s Food and Wine festival is a must attend event. Now in its 17th year, the festival includes dinners in Melbourne’s intimate laneways and on its rooftops, the bustling riverside wine market Cellar Door at Southgate and barbecues at the Connex Sizzle. The Langham Melbourne MasterClass draws wine drinkers from across the country, while the World’s Longest Lunch attracts more than 300,000 visitors.

Please visit  www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au for the complete program and timetable!

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Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Dates Timetable Opening Hours Program.

The 2009 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival is on again this year from the 7th - 23rd March.

Launched in 1993, the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival has grown to become the largest annual food and wine festival in the world. Attendances are growing annually with a record attendance of more than 300,000 people attending the 2007 festival meaning the festival rivals other events like the AFL Grand Final and the Australian Open tennis finals.

For the full program please visit  www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au

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 Degas Exhibition Canberra NGA Opening Times and Dates

Degas
Master of French art

12 December 2008 – 22 March 2009

Exhibition hours
10.00 am – 5.00 pm daily
plus Saturday evening 5.00 – 7.00 pm (13 December 2008 – 14 March 2009)

 Location

National Gallery of Australia
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600

For the first time audiences in Australia have the opportunity to see an exhibition devoted to one of the most significant and admired French artists of the nineteenth century, Edgar Degas.

The National Gallery of Australia presents important paintings and sculptures by Degas, as well as drawings, experimental monotypes and photographs. The exhibition draws works from major Degas collections, including Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Musée des Beaux Arts, Pau, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

The exhibition highlights the artist’s favourite themes of modern life in Paris, such as portraits, horseracing, the ballet, laundresses and bathers, and demonstrates his skill as a master painter, sculptor and

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Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917), born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas  was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and Read the rest of this entry »

Never-before-seen photos of the late musician John Lennon will go on exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in February.

Ballarat is the only city in Australia to host John Lennon - Imagine! which comes from London’s Proud Gallery and is a showcase of rare black and white images by world-class photographers such as Dixie Dean, Tom Hanley, Polly Moseley, Terry O’Neill, Michael Peto, Barry Plummer, David Redfern and Jurgen Vollmer.

The exhibition will also include paintings and sculptures from Read the rest of this entry »

With Christmas just around the corner, you are looking for a creative Christmas gift for mum. If you’re having a rough time deciding on what to get her, why not consider a landscape painting?

Buying a landscape painting for mum might be tricky. The last thing you want is to get something that doesn’t Read the rest of this entry »

If you are an art enthusiast and adore a masterful piece, you can have a dramatic insight into the world of art by visiting Melbourne or Sydney art fairs. As well you can get some Christmas gift giving ideas that will be very pleasing to a fellow art lover.

Melbourne art fairs are a type of festival that showcases sometimes many different forms of arts. Works can be found in all Read the rest of this entry »