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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The Spirit of Secular Art
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The Spirit of Secular Art
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Taking to the Field: book launch (Melbourne)
Readings Carlton
Woiworung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, VIC
If asked to name an Australian woman scientist from the past, very few could. Let’s change that. Histories of Australian science largely overlook women. Their absence gives the impression that,...
Free
Monash University Publishing authors at Adelaide Writers’ Week
The 2023 Adelaide Writers’ Festival has announced its early line-up - guests include Inala Cooper, Simon Holmes à Court and Michael Bradley.
Time of Our Lives: book launch (Melbourne)
Readings Hawthorn
Woi Wurrung Country, 701 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, VIC
Join Sian Prior in conversation with Maggie Kirkman to celebrate the release of Time of Our Lives: Celebrating Older Women. ‘A must-read for all those women who refuse to go gentle...
Free
The Big Teal – Net Zero: Investing in the Future (Brisbane)
Playhouse, QPAC
Corner Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Brisbane, QLD
A decade-long climate war and inadequate government action have left a vacuum of opportunities that are being sucked up by an increasing number of business leaders, investors and activists. Respected...
$30 – $35
Taking to the Field: book launch (Melbourne)
Readings Carlton Woiworung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, VICIf asked to name an Australian woman scientist from the past, very few could. Let’s change that. Histories of Australian science largely overlook women. Their absence gives the impression that,...
Monash University Publishing authors at Adelaide Writers’ Week
The 2023 Adelaide Writers’ Festival has announced its early line-up - guests include Inala Cooper, Simon Holmes à Court and Michael Bradley.
Time of Our Lives: book launch (Melbourne)
Readings Hawthorn Woi Wurrung Country, 701 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, VICJoin Sian Prior in conversation with Maggie Kirkman to celebrate the release of Time of Our Lives: Celebrating Older Women. ‘A must-read for all those women who refuse to go gentle...
The Big Teal – Net Zero: Investing in the Future (Brisbane)
Playhouse, QPAC Corner Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Brisbane, QLDA decade-long climate war and inadequate government action have left a vacuum of opportunities that are being sucked up by an increasing number of business leaders, investors and activists. Respected...
