Exhibition opening, Albrecht Dürer's Material Renaissance. Arts West Gallery, University of Melbourne. Photo: Drew Echberg.

The exhibition Albrecht Dürer’s Material Renaissance was launched at the University of Melbourne on 1 August 2024 by the University's Chancellor, Jane Hansen, and to the accompaniment of a mesmerising performance by lutenist Rosemary Hodgson. Complementing the 2023-24 exhibition curated by members of the project team at the Whitworth in Manchester, the Melbourne exhibition displays over 90 prints and books from the collections of the University of Melbourne and the State Library Victoria, drawing together elements of Dürer's world: Renaissance Nuremberg; music; fashion; the household and the body; the Renaissance book; weaponry and conflict; and piety and persecution. Invited guests included internationally renowned experts on Dürer, students and scholars from across disciplines and organisations, and representatives of Melbourne's cultural institutions. Jenny Spinks and Matthew Champion, speaking on behalf of the curatorial team, thanked representatives of lending institutions and curators and staff of the University of Melbourne's Special Collections, the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, and the State Library Victoria. The exhibition has already been reviewed and publicised in the local and national press, drawn thousands of visitors from the campus and the wider community, and is open to view at the University of Melbourne's Arts West Gallery, 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday until November 29.
For further details: https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/about/arts-west-gallery/albrecht-durers-material-renaissance