Chance encounters with Australian art
A chance encounter at a recent art auction viewing re-acquainted me with the lovely work of Dora Wilson, and I was delighted to find her work well represented in our… Read More ›
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Victor Hugo: Les Misérables – From Page to Stage now open
Victor Hugo: Les Misérables – From Page to Stage, a world-first exhibition and the biggest ever staged by the State Library of Victoria, is now open. The exhibition explores the… Read More ›
Paris and its people: “La plus ça change…”
Anna Welch from our History of the Book collection whets our appetite for all things Victor Hugo: To complement the library’s upcoming major new exhibition in the Keith Murdoch Gallery,… Read More ›
Family History Feast 2014 bookings open Monday 14 July!!
Family History Feast 2014, Family matters:
Bookings for the annual Family History Feast event hosted by the State Library of Victoria open on Monday 14 July 2014. The eleventh Family History Feast will be held at the Library… Read More ›
State Library welcomes new Creative Fellows – funds creative use of collections
Announcements, Collection, Grants, News:
The State Library of Victoria has announced the recipients of the 2014-15 Creative Fellowships, a program started eleven years ago to foster the creative use of the State Library’s collections… Read More ›
Woof woof woof: or the dog in art…..woof
Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Now for some total self-indulgence! Having just welcomed two beautiful Whippets into the family (don’t get me started…), it seems like the ideal time to explore the central, if under-appreciated,… Read More ›
Music here, there and everywhere: on a stream near you!
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
It is simply amazing the type of library we can have in our own homes, and without taking up all that shelf space! This opera gala from Cologne comes… Read More ›
Savill Index of The Advertiser Funeral Notices 1971 – 1990 and 1997 – 2013
The State Library of South Australia has recently published on their website the Savill Index of The Advertiser Funeral Notices covering 1971 -1990 and then from 1997 to 2013. From… Read More ›
New books: pulps, punks and posters
The mining of popular culture continues apace…… Alternative movie posters : film art from the underground by Matthew Chojnacki No, not posters for “alternative” movies, but alternative posters for mainstream… Read More ›
Charles Marville and the changing face of Paris
Photography, Rare Books & Arts:
With the State Library’s major Victor Hugo exhibition coming up in July, the name of Charles Marville has been getting mentioned in despatches recently. One of the very greatest photographers… Read More ›
