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src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/02a-brown-portsea-120x120.jpg" alt="Just digitised: Aileen Brown’s linocuts" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/just-digitised-aileen-browns-linocuts/" title="Permalink to Just digitised: Aileen Brown’s linocuts" rel="bookmark">Just digitised: Aileen Brown’s linocuts</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">December 22, 2023</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/collection-care/digitisation/" rel="category tag">Digitisation</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Just digitised: Aileen Brown's linocuts' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/just-digitised-aileen-browns-linocuts/' data-summary='Explore the wonderful summery artworks of Aileen Brown, and see how her intricate linocut prints are made.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Explore the wonderful summery artworks of Aileen Brown, and see how her intricate linocut prints are made. </p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Just digitised: Aileen Brown's linocuts' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/just-digitised-aileen-browns-linocuts/' data-summary='Explore the wonderful summery artworks of Aileen Brown, and see how her intricate linocut prints are made.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-69839 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arts-literature category-collection-spotlights category-such-was-life category-uncategorized category-visual-arts category-war-such-was-life"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/uncategorized/fred-lowen-dunera-boy/" title="Fred Lowen, Dunera boy."><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/FL16537489-120x120.jpg" alt="Fred Lowen, Dunera boy." class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/uncategorized/fred-lowen-dunera-boy/" title="Permalink to Fred Lowen, Dunera boy." rel="bookmark">Fred Lowen, Dunera boy.</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">August 16, 2023</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/arts-literature/" rel="category tag">Arts & literature</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/collection-spotlights/" rel="category tag">Collection spotlights</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/" rel="category tag">Such was life</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/war-such-was-life/" rel="category tag">War</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Fred Lowen, Dunera boy.' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/uncategorized/fred-lowen-dunera-boy/' data-summary='The Dunera internees - the Dunera Boys - made a significant contribution to Australian cultural life - Fred Lowen was one of these men, read on to learn some of his story, and see his evocative artworks. Image: The potato peelers, H91.350/8' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>The Dunera internees – the Dunera Boys – made a significant contribution to Australian cultural life – Fred Lowen was one of these men, read on to learn some of his story, and see his evocative artworks.<br /> Image: The potato peelers, H91.350/8</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Fred Lowen, Dunera boy.' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/uncategorized/fred-lowen-dunera-boy/' data-summary='The Dunera internees - the Dunera Boys - made a significant contribution to Australian cultural life - Fred Lowen was one of these men, read on to learn some of his story, and see his evocative artworks. Image: The potato peelers, H91.350/8' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-66093 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-collection category-new-books category-arts category-visual-arts tag-graphic-novels tag-helen-mcpherson-smith-trust tag-prints tag-women-in-history tag-women-writers-fund tag-woodcuts tag-wordless-graphic-novels"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/helena-bochorakova-dittrichova-a-pioneer-of-the-wordless-form/" title="Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichova – a pioneer of the wordless form"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221209_135200-1-120x120.jpg" alt="Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichova – a pioneer of the wordless form" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/helena-bochorakova-dittrichova-a-pioneer-of-the-wordless-form/" title="Permalink to Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichova – a pioneer of the wordless form" rel="bookmark">Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichova – a pioneer of the wordless form</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">January 18, 2023</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/news/collection/" rel="category tag">Collection</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/new-books/" rel="category tag">New books</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/" rel="category tag">Rare Books & Arts</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichova – a pioneer of the wordless form' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/helena-bochorakova-dittrichova-a-pioneer-of-the-wordless-form/' data-summary='The Library’s Rare Books Collection holds many wordless graphic novels by masters of the form, including the recent addition of the first wordless graphic novel by a woman.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>The Library’s Rare Books Collection holds many wordless graphic novels by masters of the form, including the recent addition of the first wordless graphic novel by a woman.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichova – a pioneer of the wordless form' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/helena-bochorakova-dittrichova-a-pioneer-of-the-wordless-form/' data-summary='The Library’s Rare Books Collection holds many wordless graphic novels by masters of the form, including the recent addition of the first wordless graphic novel by a woman.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-54422 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-painting category-visual-arts tag-arts tag-diaries tag-drawing tag-painting"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/vali-myers-australian-artist/" title="Vali Myers: Australian artist"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/H208.466.173-Vali-and-Foxy-1972-120x120.jpg" alt="Vali Myers: Australian artist" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/vali-myers-australian-artist/" title="Permalink to Vali Myers: Australian artist" rel="bookmark">Vali Myers: Australian artist</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">March 1, 2022</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/" rel="category tag">Painting</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Vali Myers: Australian artist' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/vali-myers-australian-artist/' data-summary='Vali Myers (1930-2003) was known as a free-thinking artist and dancer who lived a unique bohemian life that was true to herself. Her archive held by the Library spans her life overseas and her return to Australia.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Vali Myers (1930-2003) was known as a free-thinking artist and dancer who lived a unique bohemian life that was true to herself. Her archive held by the Library spans her life overseas and her return to Australia. </p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Vali Myers: Australian artist' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/vali-myers-australian-artist/' data-summary='Vali Myers (1930-2003) was known as a free-thinking artist and dancer who lived a unique bohemian life that was true to herself. Her archive held by the Library spans her life overseas and her return to Australia.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-50676 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-collection-spotlights category-victorian-history category-visual-arts tag-artists-books tag-george-rossi-ashton tag-melbourne-history"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/ashton-sketchbook/" title="Journey through the collection: Ashton’s 19th century sketchbook"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ashton_mikado-sketch-p9-120x120.jpg" alt="Journey through the collection: Ashton’s 19th century sketchbook" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/ashton-sketchbook/" title="Permalink to Journey through the collection: Ashton’s 19th century sketchbook" rel="bookmark">Journey through the collection: Ashton’s 19th century sketchbook</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">November 26, 2021</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/collection-spotlights/" rel="category tag">Collection spotlights</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/victorian-history/" rel="category tag">Victorian history</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Journey through the collection: Ashton’s 19th century sketchbook' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/ashton-sketchbook/' data-summary='A little sketchbook with a lot of stories. How did the newsworthy events of the 1880s go from pocket sketches to newspaper illustrations?' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>A little sketchbook with a lot of stories. How did the newsworthy events of the 1880s go from pocket sketches to newspaper illustrations?</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Journey through the collection: Ashton’s 19th century sketchbook' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/ashton-sketchbook/' data-summary='A little sketchbook with a lot of stories. How did the newsworthy events of the 1880s go from pocket sketches to newspaper illustrations?' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-51900 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-new-books category-arts category-visual-arts"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/a-modernist-pastiche-matisses-etchings-for-joyce/" title="A modernist pastiche: Matisse’s etchings for Joyce"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/matisse1-3-120x120.jpg" alt="A modernist pastiche: Matisse’s etchings for Joyce" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/a-modernist-pastiche-matisses-etchings-for-joyce/" title="Permalink to A modernist pastiche: Matisse’s etchings for Joyce" rel="bookmark">A modernist pastiche: Matisse’s etchings for Joyce</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">September 13, 2021</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/new-books/" rel="category tag">New books</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/" rel="category tag">Rare Books & Arts</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='A modernist pastiche: Matisse's etchings for Joyce' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/a-modernist-pastiche-matisses-etchings-for-joyce/' data-summary='Read about an audacious collaboration between Henri Matisse and James Joyce for the Limited Editions Club.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Read about an audacious collaboration between Henri Matisse and James Joyce for the Limited Editions Club.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='A modernist pastiche: Matisse's etchings for Joyce' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/a-modernist-pastiche-matisses-etchings-for-joyce/' data-summary='Read about an audacious collaboration between Henri Matisse and James Joyce for the Limited Editions Club.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-50180 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-collection-spotlights category-photography category-visual-arts tag-fashion-photography tag-henry-talbot tag-photography"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/photography/swinging-60s-melbourne-through-the-lens-of-henry-talbot/" title="Journey through the collection: swinging ‘60s Melbourne through the lens of Henry Talbot"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Margaret-Tabberer-in-studio-120x120.png" alt="Journey through the collection: swinging ‘60s Melbourne through the lens of Henry Talbot" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/photography/swinging-60s-melbourne-through-the-lens-of-henry-talbot/" title="Permalink to Journey through the collection: swinging ‘60s Melbourne through the lens of Henry Talbot" rel="bookmark">Journey through the collection: swinging ‘60s Melbourne through the lens of Henry Talbot</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">September 10, 2021</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/collection-spotlights/" rel="category tag">Collection spotlights</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/photography/" rel="category tag">Photography</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Journey through the collection: swinging ‘60s Melbourne through the lens of Henry Talbot' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/photography/swinging-60s-melbourne-through-the-lens-of-henry-talbot/' data-summary='Muse over the iconic, mid-century photographs of Henry Talbot. Featuring the fashion and advertising world of 1950s and 60s Melbourne.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Muse over the iconic, mid-century photographs of Henry Talbot. Featuring the fashion and advertising world of 1950s and 60s Melbourne.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Journey through the collection: swinging ‘60s Melbourne through the lens of Henry Talbot' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/photography/swinging-60s-melbourne-through-the-lens-of-henry-talbot/' data-summary='Muse over the iconic, mid-century photographs of Henry Talbot. Featuring the fashion and advertising world of 1950s and 60s Melbourne.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-32169 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-painting category-arts category-visual-arts tag-australian-artist tag-betty-roland tag-colin-colahan tag-justus-jorgensen tag-max-meldrum tag-montsalvat tag-percy-leason"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/max-meldrum-the-meldrumites-and-montsalvat/" title="Max Meldrum, the Meldrumites and Montsalvat"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/download-120x120.jpeg" alt="Max Meldrum, the Meldrumites and Montsalvat" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/max-meldrum-the-meldrumites-and-montsalvat/" title="Permalink to Max Meldrum, the Meldrumites and Montsalvat" rel="bookmark">Max Meldrum, the Meldrumites and Montsalvat</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">October 31, 2018</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/" rel="category tag">Painting</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/" rel="category tag">Rare Books & Arts</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Max Meldrum, the Meldrumites and Montsalvat' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/max-meldrum-the-meldrumites-and-montsalvat/' data-summary='One of Australia's most famous artists of the time, Max Meldrum even had followers with their own nickname, the Meldrumites. But with his vocal opinions he was not without detractors and controversy. Read about his influence on the artists that formed Montsalvat.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>One of Australia’s most famous artists of the time, Max Meldrum even had followers with their own nickname, the Meldrumites. But with his vocal opinions he was not without detractors and controversy. Read about his influence on the artists that formed Montsalvat.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Max Meldrum, the Meldrumites and Montsalvat' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/max-meldrum-the-meldrumites-and-montsalvat/' data-summary='One of Australia's most famous artists of the time, Max Meldrum even had followers with their own nickname, the Meldrumites. But with his vocal opinions he was not without detractors and controversy. Read about his influence on the artists that formed Montsalvat.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-31010 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-music category-rock-music category-arts category-visual-arts tag-art tag-arts tag-cds tag-documentary tag-dvds tag-film-music tag-jazz tag-music tag-musicals tag-opera tag-popular-music"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/new-sight-and-sounds-rigoletto-walkabout-and-much-more/" title="New Sights and Sounds: Rigoletto, Walkabout, and much more"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/rigoletto-sutherland-120x120.jpg" alt="Decca, 2016, c1971" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/new-sight-and-sounds-rigoletto-walkabout-and-much-more/" title="Permalink to New Sights and Sounds: Rigoletto, Walkabout, and much more" rel="bookmark">New Sights and Sounds: Rigoletto, Walkabout, and much more</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">April 2, 2018</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/music/" rel="category tag">Music</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/rock-music/" rel="category tag">Popular music</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/" rel="category tag">Rare Books & Arts</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='New Sights and Sounds: Rigoletto, Walkabout, and much more' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/new-sight-and-sounds-rigoletto-walkabout-and-much-more/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Some great new arrivals in Arts include latest releases in art documentary, pop, rock, jazz, classical, opera, musical theatre and film soundtracks in various audio and video formats such as CD, DVD, Blu-Ray and online… <a class="read-more" href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/new-sight-and-sounds-rigoletto-walkabout-and-much-more/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='New Sights and Sounds: Rigoletto, Walkabout, and much more' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/new-sight-and-sounds-rigoletto-walkabout-and-much-more/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-24948 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-photography category-arts category-updates-2 category-visual-arts tag-ireland tag-irish-arts"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/news/updates-2/out-of-ireland-have-we-come-the-arts-in-a-century-of-change/" title="Out of Ireland have we come: the arts in a century of change"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/irish-art-228x300.jpg" alt="Out of Ireland have we come: the arts in a century of change" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/news/updates-2/out-of-ireland-have-we-come-the-arts-in-a-century-of-change/" title="Permalink to Out of Ireland have we come: the arts in a century of change" rel="bookmark">Out of Ireland have we come: the arts in a century of change</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">March 18, 2016</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/photography/" rel="category tag">Photography</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/" rel="category tag">Rare Books & Arts</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/news/updates-2/" rel="category tag">Updates</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Out of Ireland have we come: the arts in a century of change' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/news/updates-2/out-of-ireland-have-we-come-the-arts-in-a-century-of-change/' data-summary='As the State Library celebrates the anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, 1916, it seems appropriate to look at how Irish artists have transformed their culture over the course of a not uneventful century.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>As the State Library celebrates the anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, 1916, it seems appropriate to look at how Irish artists have transformed their culture over the course of a not uneventful century.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Out of Ireland have we come: the arts in a century of change' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/news/updates-2/out-of-ireland-have-we-come-the-arts-in-a-century-of-change/' data-summary='As the State Library celebrates the anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, 1916, it seems appropriate to look at how Irish artists have transformed their culture over the course of a not uneventful century.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="navigation"><span aria-current="page" class="page-numbers current">1</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/page/2/">2</a> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/page/3/">3</a> <span class="page-numbers dots">…</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/page/7/">7</a> <a class="next page-numbers" href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/page/2/">Next &rsaquo;</a></div> </div> </section> <section 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