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Penelope Jackson

Dr Penelope Jackson MNZM is an award-winning art historian. She has published three books about art crime, including The Art of Copying Art (Palgrave Macmillan), which won Best Book in the 2023 Art Writing and Publishing Awards in the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand. A former public art gallery director and curator, Jackson was awarded a Sir William Dobell Fellowship at the Australian National University in 2024 and was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2023 for her services to art crime research and the visual arts. She is an Adjunct Research Associate at Charles Sturt University.

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Events

  • Book Launch: 50 Years/50 Works

    MUMA 900 Dandenong Rd (building F), Caulifield, VIC, Australia

    MUMA hosts a relay of talks to celebrate the launch of 50 Years/50 Works: A MUMA Collection Index. MUMA hosts a relay of talks to celebrate the launch of 50...

  • Sonia Orchard at Readings SLV

    Readings State Library Victoria 285 Russell St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Join Sonia Orchard for a conversation with journalist and author Louise Milligan, about her new book, Before the Harm: Preventing Abuse, Protecting Children, the latest in our In the National...

  • 2026 John Cain Memorial Oration: Gareth Evans

    State Library Victoria, Conversation Quarter 328 Swanston St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    The 2026 John Cain Memorial Oration will be delivered by Professor the Honourable Gareth Evans, AC KC FASSA FAIIA The evening will include a two course meal and drinks in...

  • Sonia Orchard at Gleebooks

    Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales

    Sonia Orchard in conversation with Jess Hill and Grace Tame Stories of child sexual abuse appear in the media weekly, often framed as isolated incidents. But child sexual abuse and...

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