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Robert Nelson

Robert Nelson is Associate Dean in the Faculty of Art and Design at Monash University, Australia, where he lectures in art history and research methods. He is the author of many scholarly and polemical essays and reviews in journals such as Photofile and Artlink. Robert Nelson is also the art critic for The Age, a major Australian newspaper, and is the author of over 700 published newspaper articles. In 2000 he was the recipient of the national Pascal Prize, which recognises the contribution of arts criticism to Australian culture. He is the author of The Visuality of Painting (forthcoming, IB Tauris).

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Events

  • Politics in the Pub: Asbestos Nation with James Watson

    Verity Lane Market 50 Northbourne Ave, Canberra, ACT

    A ‘magic mineral’ impervious to fire, Australia was the highest per capita consumer of asbestos in the world, using it to create flat sheeting, pipes, brake linings, insulation, and other...

  • Sydney Book Launch: Space XX

    Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales

    Elise Stephenson in conversation with Doone Roisin As countries and powerful companies compete in a new space race, humanity’s future is being decided right now – and women are being...

  • Book Launch: Space XX by Elise Stephenson

    Readings Hawthorn Woi Wurrung Country, 701 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia

    We are delighted to host the launch of Dr Elise Stephenson's Space XX: Gender, Power and the New Space Race. The Hidden Figures of the modern space industry: inside the fight...