Art Curatorship and Art History

Contact

Coursework

Dr Catriona Moore
Phone: +61 2 9351 6905
Email: catriona.moore@sydney.edu.au

Research

Semester 1:
Dr Laleen Jayamanne
Phone: +61 2 9351 4084
Email: laleen.jayamanne@sydney.edu.au

Semester 2:
Associate Professor Mary Roberts
Phone: +61 2 9351 4213
Email: mary.roberts@sydney.edu.au

See also: Film Studies

Awards and Requirements

Graduate Certificate in Arts (Art History)

4 units of study = 24 credit points

Graduate Diploma in Arts (Art History)

6 units of study = 36 credit points

Master of Arts (Art History)

8 units of study = 48 credit points

Graduate Certificate in Art Curatorship

4 units of study = 24 credit points

Graduate Diploma in Art Curatorship

6 units of study = 36 credit points

Master of Art Curatorship

8 units of study = 48 credit points

Master of Arts (Research)

Master of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy

Units of study

Art Curatorship program

Cores

• ARHT6914 Art and Curatorship
• ARHT6935 The Art Museum: Past, Present and Future

Internship Units of Study

• ARHT6923 Gallery Internship~
• ARHT6942 Art Gallery Internship 2~

Recommended Electives for Art Curatorship students (may take one or all)

• ARHT5908 The Business of Art (Winter School unit)
• ARHT6937 Curating Asian Art
• ARHT6953 Backstage at the Mitchell Library

Art History program

There are no core units for Art History. Students may choose from the list of Electives as well as from the Summer and Winter School units.

Electives – (for all Art History and Art Curatorship students)

• ARHT6916 American Art: Pollock to Warhol
• ARHT6920 Dissertation Part 1*
• ARHT6921 Dissertation Part 2*
• ARHT6925 Cinematographic Performance
• ARHT6930 Film Theory: Art, Industry, Culture
• ARHT6936 Biennales, Triennales & Contemporary Art
• ARHT6937 Curating Asian Art
• ARHT6952 Modern & Contemporary Art & Aesthetics
• ARHT6939 The Documentary Film
• ARHT6953 Backstage at the Mitchell Library
• ARHT6941 Aesthetic Debates & Curatorial Practices
• ARTS7000 Academic Communication for Postgraduates
• USSC6919 American Film and Hollywood

Summer School units

• ARHT6932 Picasso: Cult and Critique
• ARHT6934 The Eighteenth Century: Art, Text, Film
• ARHT6940 Editing the Moving Image

Winter School unit

• ARHT5908 The Business of Art

Candidates in both programs may elect to undertake some units of study offered in the postgraduate program in Museum Studies; please see separate entry
~Gallery Internships are available to Master of Art Curatorship and Graduate Diploma in Art Curatorship candidates only.
*Department permission required – the dissertation is available to MA (Art History) and Master of Art Curatorship candidates only. Please discuss your proposed topic for the dissertation with the postgraduate coordinator prior to enrolling in these units of study.