Alexandra Nitschke
'Entities: The Concepts and Post-Object Exhibitions' Exhibition essay
Aug 13

Aug 13 'Entities: The Concepts and Post-Object Exhibitions' Exhibition essay

Alexandra Nitschke
Collections, Curatorial, Exhibition

‘Entities’ highlights the work of two, related Adelaide art spaces: the Contemporary Art Society of South Australia (CAS (SA)) and the Experimental Art Foundation (EAF).

Apr 20
Apr 20 Revisiting archival subversions: Artist-collection projects in Australia in the 1990s

Alexandra Nitschke
Australian artist, Collections, Curatorial, Exhibition
Past practices future challenges: Exhibition-making in South Australia
Oct 4

Oct 4 Past practices future challenges: Exhibition-making in South Australia

Alexandra Nitschke
Collaborative Authorship, Curatorial, Exhibition, Review

This paper examples the ways exhibition-making is expanding beyond traditional frameworks and aligning with the ambitious objectives described by the discipline’s surrounding discourse.

Achieving Environmental Sustainability in Preventive Conservation Practice: Learning from the National Portrait Gallery, Australia
Jan 28

Jan 28 Achieving Environmental Sustainability in Preventive Conservation Practice: Learning from the National Portrait Gallery, Australia

Alexandra Nitschke
ARC Journal, Collections, Conservation, Preventive Conservation, Registration, Sustainability

This paper considers the NPG's measures to increase and maintain environmentally sustainable preventive conservation practices in line with accepted benchmarks and guidelines. 

'Always, Always, Others: Non-Classical Forays into Modernism' exhibition review
Jun 1

Jun 1 'Always, Always, Others: Non-Classical Forays into Modernism' exhibition review

Alexandra Nitschke
Europe, Exhibition, Modernism, Mumok, Review

Demonstrating a polyvocal modernism, the exhibition showcases works from the vast Mumok collection with unexpected ends. 

May 31
May 31 Museums Australasia Conference

Alexandra Nitschke
Collaborative Authorship, Conference, Museums Australasia, Partnership, Presentation, Sustainability

Notes on ‘Facing the Future: Local, Global and Pacific Possibilities’  Museums Australasia Conference, Auckland New Zealand.

Mar 30
Mar 30 Exhibition and conservation: practices for handling and display

Alexandra Nitschke
Art Handling, Collections, Conservation, Preventive Conservation, Registration

Industry accepted practices to enable continued care and access to contemporary and heritage Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections.

Mar 22
Mar 22 Gwyn Hanssen Pigott exhibition essay

Alexandra Nitschke
Biography, Ceramicist, Curatorial, Queensland artist

Australia's most celebrated potter. 

Her works built on the tradition of functional ceramics and bridged the assumed divide between craft and fine art.
 

Mar 20
Mar 20 Museums Australia National Conference

Alexandra Nitschke
Access, Collaborative Authorship, Conference, Digital Future, Engagement, Museums Australia, RGAQ

Notes on ‘Connecting the Edge: within and beyond the Museum’: Museums Australia Conference, Launceston Tasmania.

The Hermannsburg School exhibition essay
Mar 19

Mar 19 The Hermannsburg School exhibition essay

Alexandra Nitschke
Australian artist, Curatorial

The Hermannsburg Mission was established in 1877 at the base of Mount Hermannsburg,125km west of Alice Springs, NT.

Mar 18
Mar 18 Ellis Rowan exhibition essay

Alexandra Nitschke
Australian artist, Biography, Curatorial, Painter

An emancipated woman ahead of her time, Ellis Rowan earned an international reputation as a flower painter, naturalist and adventurer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Mar 10
Mar 10 Inaccessible public museum and gallery collections

Alexandra Nitschke
Access, Collections, Digital Future, Digital Innovation, Engagement, Museums Victoria, NGA, Registration

The digital capability exists but our important gallery and museum collections remain largely inaccessible.

Mar 10
Mar 10 Public Art in Brisbane

Alexandra Nitschke
Australian artist, Queensland artist, Public Art, The Culture Trip, Travel and Leisure

Numerous policies supporting public art in Brisbane has produced a central business district bursting with contemporary art in public places. While some are common sights, the best are nestled in spaces you’d be excused for missing.