Overview | Summary of Courses

Offered By:	ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Areas of Interest:	Art History and Museums and Collections

This minor is available only to students undertaking the Bachelor of Art History and Curatorship degree program. 

In this minor addresses both the academic and practical aspects of the public display of art and collecting.  Students will explore the history, politics and theory of the public display of art, in both short-term exhibitions and permanent collections, and the role of art curators in modern galleries.  They will gain practical professional experience in a gallery environment through and internship with an approved art gallery or museum such as the National Gallery of Australia.

Prerequisites

Students who complete this minor will have the skills and knowledge to:

1. analyse the impact of display context on the understanding and interpretation of a work of art
2. evaluate art exhibitions and permanent collections.
3. critically reflect on  the roles of an art curator in the modern gallery.
4. recognise and make recommendations regarding contemporary cultural, political and legal factors affecting art collection development.
5. evaluate professional norms, practices and techniques associated with practice in a gallery, museum or other collecting institution. 

 

Minor requirements

This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:

 

12 units from the completion of courses from the following list:

ARTH2044 - Art and Its Context: Materials, Techniques, Display (6 units)

ARTH2045 - Curatorship Theory and Practice (6 units)

ARTH2057 - Art and Politics of Collecting (6 units)

 

12 units from completion of an approved internship with a heritage, collecting or arts policy organisation

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