Art History, Art History Online & Curatorial and Museum Studies

'Art is the only way to run away without leaving home'
- Twyla Tharp

Detail: Saatchi Gallery in Adelaide installation view featuring Olivia Plender, The Masterpieces Part 4 - A Weekend In The Country, 2005, Courtesy of the Saatchi Gallery, London (c) Olivia Plender, 2011

The Art Gallery of South Australia, in conjunction with the University of Adelaide, offers a unique graduate program in Art History and in Curatorial and Museum Studies.

Teaching is based around the collections and exhibition program of the Art Gallery. This exciting teaching approach, drawing on the expertise of the Gallery and the University, is an Australian and International 'first' and is now in its eleventh year. Graduates of this nationally acclaimed program are now working in art institutions and galleries across the country.

In 'hands-on' sessions in the Gallery, students find out about works of art in the Gallery's collection, how best to display them, why they are acquired and more. As one of our students commented 'where else in Australia, would I be able to study Art History and attend classes given by the Director and Curators of the Art Gallery'. Students also participate in the exhibitions' public program's events.

2012 Program

Graduate Diploma / MA courses on offer in 2012 include Curatorial and Museum Studies, Modern Australian Art, Contemporary Art, Interrogating Colonial Australian Art and South-East Asian Art.

Online offerings with virtual Art Gallery sessions, are also a 'first' in online teaching. They enable you to view the Director of the Art Gallery and Curators talking about works of art in the Gallery's collection and on display. You will be able to view the artworks themselves in exquisite detail from the comfort of your home. Global travellers, global residents, rural dwellers and the time-poor can access these virtual Art Gallery classes. Online classes also feature audio narrated lectures with extensive image banks and virtual tutorials using state-of-the-art technology.

On-line Courses

• European Art since the Renaissance
• Australian Art
• Indigenous Art
• Japanese Art

2012: courses offered online

For information also about 'study for pleasure' audit program, FEE-HELP and Austudy, phone Associate Professor Catherine Speck on 61 8 8303 5746, email catherine.speck@adelaide.edu.au.

The University of Adelaide & the Art Gallery of South Australia would like to acknowledge the Australia Network, ABC.