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Welcome to the latest What’s On programme.
For our first Fairhall exhibition we are delighted to present BEING
MODERN | William Johnston: His Residence & Collection which will
re-present the original arrangement of William Johnston’s collection,
as it was first presented over twenty-five years ago. BEING MODERN is
an opportunity to go back to the future and see how we first thought of
displaying the collection to the public.
BEING MODERN will be accompanied by our lecture series, introducing
some new special-interest speakers and themes. At the same time, we
look forward to welcoming back our regular speakers, along with some
new ones. We hope that all the talks offer wonderful insights through
their individual knowledge.
We are delighted to be participating partners with special events VIRGIN
AUSTRALIA Melbourne Fashion Festival Arts Program Series 2017 and
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2017 that adds to our ongoing wider
community engagement.
Once again, The Friends have planned a tremendous series of events and
activities. They are also assisting the exhibition-house tours and lecture
series by sponsoring out-of-town lecturers to be part of our programmes.
Thank you to all who have supported and followed us since we first
opened our doors. Watch us as we continue to build on our successes in
the future. We continue to provide a unique venue to explore new ideas
and offer the chance to converse with inspiring guest lecturers. So we
look forward to seeing you soon as we continue to open doors, introduce
and inspire visitors to the Collection.
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HISTORY
About The Johnston Collection
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TOUR
Fairhall exhibition-house
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SPECIAL EVENTS at Fairhall
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MENU TOURS
Fairhall exhibition-house
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MASTERCLASS
Wolf Burchard
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LEARNLectures
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LEARNSylvia Sagona page
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LEARNEugene Barilo Von Reisberg
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LEARNMelbourne Stories
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LEARN
Jane Austen 200
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LEARN
‘Capability’ Brown
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LEARNAdrian Dickens series
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TOURS
Dates for your diary
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GIVE
OPENING DOORS page
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FRIENDS of The Johnston Collection
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PLANAdmission information & costs
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PLAN
Your visit page
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SPECIAL EVENT: VIRGIN AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE FASHION FESTIVAL
ARTS PROGRAM SERIES 2017
SPECIAL EVENT:
MELBOURNE FOOD AND
WINE FESTIVAL 2017
see page 9
see page 13
EXCLUSIVE MASTERCLASS:
UNLOCKING INTERNATIONAL
TREASURES
JANE AUSTEN 200
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see page 16
BY POPULAR DEMAND:
IN PRAISE OF LANCELOT
‘CAPABILITY’ BROWN
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Friends EVENTS
see page 52
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WHAT’s ON | history | about the JOHNSTON COLLECTION
The Johnston Collection is an exhibition-house
of fine and decorative arts centred in an
historic Melbourne townhouse.
William Robert Johnston was born in Lilydale, Victoria in 1911, the only
child of Robert Alexander Johnston and Louise Friedrichs. His father
was a boot-maker and his mother, before her marriage, worked as a
maid at Stanford House, East Melbourne. Around the age of eight,
William was given a Minton cup by his grandmother Mary Theresa
Friedrichs (née Clarke). This became the first piece of his collection, and
provided the inspiration for a career in antiques that took Johnston
around the world.
After an early career in window merchandising in Melbourne, Johnston
relocated to London to begin a full-time business dealing in antiques.
He purchased Fairhall in 1952 with money made from the sale of
antiques brought back from England. Originally named Cadzow, built
in 1860 and extended ten years later, Johnston renamed it Fairhall and
remodelled it in order to create the appearance of a late 18th century
Georgian-style townhouse; simultaneously the interior rooms were
converted into three rental flats.
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By 1972, Johnston decided to return to live part-time in Melbourne,
and gathered his expanding collection of Georgian, Regency and Louis
XV fine and decorative arts into Fairhall and other rental properties he
owned in the area. At the same time, he opened Kent Antiques in High St,
Armadale.
Johnston’s house, collection and estate, were bequeathed to the
people of Victoria after his death in 1986 ‘as a place of historical and
educational interest,’ now administered as an independent not-forprofit museum by The WR Johnston Trust. Fairhall was converted into
an exhibition-house and a courtyard garden was designed in the English
manner to highlight Johnston’s love of gardening. The Trust also acquires
new works for the permanent collection and now cares for over 1300
items.
For over twenty-five years, Fairhall has displayed works from Johnston’s
collection, and is currently rearranged for three themed tours per year.
The Johnston Collection incorporates a lecture space offering an active
and engaging range of lectures, workshops and events for all, as well as
a reference library and retail shop.
Minton, Stoke-on-Trent, est. 1793 –
(Thomas Minton period, circa 1809 – 17),
cup, circa 1815
The Johnston Collection (A0660-1989)
WHAT’s ON | TOUR | Fairhall Exhibition-house
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BEING MODERN | WILLIAM
JOHNSTON: His Residence
& Collection
The annual William Johnston
exhibition-house tour
Monday 13 February 2017 – Tuesday 30 May 2017
BEING MODERN | William Johnston: His Residence &
Collection will restage the original arrangement of William
Johnston’s collection in the exhibition-house, Fairhall.
WHAT’s ON | TOUR | Fairhall Exhibition-house
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As part of our ‘Rearranging William Johnston’s collection’ series and
working in-house using photographs, floorplans and layouts of the
original arrangement from our archives, Fairhall will be re-presented as a
‘modern’ iteration of an English Georgian-inspired domestic interior, just
as it was introduced to the public over twenty-five years ago.
BEING MODERN considers ideas around modernity - how ‘every age
thinks, and introduces itself as the modern age’ as well as allowing us
to see how we first thought of displaying the Collection, in addition to
continuing to explore one of the themes underpinning The Johnston
Collection, that ‘Old is New’.
When Fairhall opened the doors to its first exhibition, it wanted ‘to
celebrate the artistic accomplishments and style of the Georgian
and Regency periods’, as well as recognise that the 18th century saw
a new interest in the arts, architecture and design. This grand era
of Enlightenment produced such designers as Adam, Chippendale,
Hepplewhite, Sheraton and Wedgwood and their patrons who delighted
in the exchange of ideas and whose modernity still influence us today.
Following such invitees including Lady Potter AC, Francis Dunn, Jamie
Allpress, Pascale Gomes-McNabb, Barb Brownlow & Alexandra Brownlow,
David McAllister AM, Martin Allen and HECKERGUTHRIE design studio
our ‘rearranging’ series, BEING MODERN offers an opportunity to
continually see William Johnston’s collection through another person’s
eyes and aesthetic.
This exhibition-house tour is very generously supported by The Friends of The Johnston Collection
WHAT’s ON | SPECIAL EVENTS
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VIRGIN AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE FASHION
FESTIVAL
Arts Program Series 2017 | 1–19 March 2017
We are delighted to be a participant in the Virgin Australia
Melbourne Fashion Festival Arts Program Series 2017 with
three special lectures at The Johnston Collection in March.
The Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival is an annual celebration
of fashion, arts, ideas and creative endeavour for everyone to enjoy.
The Festival presents the country’s largest consumer fashion event
including world-class runway shows featuring Australia’s established
and emerging designers, state-of-the-art production, beauty
workshops, retail events, industry seminars, forums, live
entertainment and much more.
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HOW DOES A CHARACTER IN FICTION
BECOME A FASHION ICON? | Fashion in
Literature - Out Loud with Lise Rodgers
Thursday 2 March 2017 | 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm
How does a character in fiction, become a fashion icon? Why do we
describe certain styles as being very Breakfast at Tiffany’s, very Gone
with the Wind, or even, very Jane Austen, very Nancy Mitford.
How does a character’s clothing in a novel, become such an identifiable
look in our minds that it takes on a life of its own, often outliving the
popularity of the original book itself. Was this ever the author’s intention
and what is it about the way they chose to dress their characters that has
struck such a reverberating chord?
Going back to the source – the stories themselves – let’s meet some of
these icons as they first appeared on the page.
LISE RODGERS is an accomplished Melbourne actress whose career has
spanned stage, screen and radio. An interest in the world and characters of Jane
Austen is the inspiration behind her series of ‘Jane’ performances.
A still featuring Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Paramount Pictures, (film, 1961)
WHAT’s ON | SPECIAL EVENTS
HAUTE COUTURE HOUSES with Paola di Trocchio
Tuesday 7 March 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
The history of haute couture will be traced from its early beginnings in
the nineteenth century to its contemporary manifestation as a site for
elite craftsmanship and conceptual experimentation. The construction
of garments often engages interdisciplinary innovation as well as their
often performative presentation. Currently at the forefront of design
and experimentation, haute couture bridges an evocative intersection
between past and future.
PAOLA DI TROCCHIO is Curator, Fashion and Textiles at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
She has curated numerous exhibitions that have recently included 200 Years of Australian Fashion
and Italian Jewels: Bulgari Style. Di Trocchio has recently completed her MA at RMIT University on
curatorial practice, which incorporated research from internships at The Museum at the Fashion
Institute of Technology in New York and also at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Laura Marie Cieplik, Viktor&Rolf, Performance of Sculptures haute couture collection, spring–
summer 2016, published in L’Officiel Spain, March 2016 © Laura Marie Cieplik
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REPRO RETRO | Channelling 40s, 50s
and 60s fashion styles revamped for
the 21st century with Lesley Sharon Rosenthal
Thursday 9 March 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
A curious phenomenon of 21st century fashion is repro retro. Throughout
Australia and the world, in workshops, private sewing rooms and sold
online, stunning styles are being re-birthed as reproduction retro.
With accents stolen from history and fabric prints plucked particularly
from the 40s, 50s and 60s, garments are reinterpreted for people
nostalgic for a lost world of glamour, who wish to channel colour,
character and charisma.
Can repro retro even top the vintage originals? Is repro retro a backlash
to today’s functional utilitarian sportswear looks? Lesley Sharon
Rosenthal’s lecture will make you burn your puffer jacket!
LESLEY SHARON ROSENTHAL is a writer and filmmaker with a passion for Melbourne’s
fashion social history. Her films Boutique Magnifique, and Chapel of Chic documented the history of
Collins Street’s fashion through its high-end boutiques and Chapel Street’s history of fashion over
a hundred years. She also wrote the book SCHMATTES: Stories of Fabulous Frocks, Funky Fashion
and Flinders Lane (2005) documenting Flinders Lane’s colourful history of the rag trade.
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MELBOURNE
FOOD AND WINE
FESTIVAL 2017
Ôter au Musée: Minimalist French
cuisine in a maximalist museum
Monday 3 April | 6:00 pm
Monday 3 April | 7:30 pm
Monday 3 April | 9:00 pm
The contemporary and pared-back cuisine of the team at Ôter celebrates
a departure from traditional French fare and contrasts with the highly
embellished room settings of Fairhall exhibition-house.
Guests will enjoy five small courses with matched wines as they are
guided through the exquisite Georgian and Regency interiors of Fairhall
for this hour-long experience.
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MENU TOURS
Our intimate and personalised Menu Tours offer
further ways to visit and enjoy The Johnston Collection.
Choose one of these specialised guided exhibitionhouse tours and discover even more intriguing
insights that are sure to nourish the mind.
BLOOM
Wednesday 22 February 2017 | 12 noon
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | 12 noon
Wednesday 24 May 2017 | 12 noon
Let the flowers bloom! Be beguiled by the beauty of botany and the
language of flowers on this exhibition-house tour. Fairhall is full of flowers
and foliage, floral and plant motifs used as embellishment and patterns
on objects to bring the outside in all year round.
Swansea potteries
vase, Wales, circa 1815-1820
porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration | 335 x 145 x 90 mm
The Johnston Collection (Foundation Collection, A0643-1989)
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UNLOCKING THE COLLECTION
Monday 27 February 2017 | 12 noon
Thursday 30 March 2017 | 12 noon
Monday 10 April 2017 | 12 noon
Thursday 18 May 2017 | 12 noon
By ‘unlocking’ the doors, lids and covers of objects, this specially
developed tour offers visitors the opportunity to see hidden aspects and
interior details of items in Fairhall.
Jean-David Fortainer and J.C. Ellaume (Ebeniste)
bureau plat, France, circa 1745-1749
The Johnston Collection (Foundation Collection, A0029-1989)
DATES and times don’t suit? Call us and we can organise
another suitable time for a group of four or more.
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EXCLUSIVE MASTERCLASS:
UNLOCKING INTERNATIONAL TREASURES:
Furniture in the National Trust
of England Houses with Wolf Burchard
Tuesday 21 March 2017 | 6.30 for 7.00 pm until 8.00 pm
PLEASE NOTE: The lecture will be held in the upstairs Meeting Room
at the East Melbourne Library, 122 George St, East Melbourne.
Attendees are able to go directly to this venue.
Taken as a whole, The National Trust of England, Wales and Northern
Ireland (the Trust) is looking after one of the largest furniture collections
in the world. This lecture will give an overview of the highlights in that
collection – such as the royal chairs at Knole, the Congress of Vienna desk
at Mount Stewart and the Italian suite at Attingham Park – and discuss
the numerous new discoveries the Trust is making with its research.
WOLF BURCHARD is the Furniture Research Curator at the National Trust of England, Wales
and Northern Ireland overseeing the research and cataloguing of the Trust’s vast furniture
collection. He was Curatorial Assistant at the Royal Collection Trust from 2009 to 2014 where he
co-curated The First Georgians: Art & Monarchy, 1714-1760 at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham
Palace. In 2016 he published The Sovereign Artist on the artistic relationship between Louis
XIV and his principal painter Charles Le Brun. Dr Burchard publishes and regularly lectures
on the art and architectural patronage at the British, French and German courts.
The lecture is kindly presented in conjunction with The Furniture History Society (Victoria).
Louis XIV ebony, marble and marquetry cabinet-on-stand, circa 1670, Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire (Public Domain)
WHAT’s ON | lectures
LECTURES
Agostino Brunias (1728 - 1796) (Italian, active in Britain (1758-1770; 1777-1780s),
Planter and his Wife, with a Servant, circa 1780, oil on canvas | 305 x 248 mm, Yale
Center for British Art, B1981.25.81 (Wikimedia Commons | Google Art Project)
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EMPEROR NERO AND THE OTHER
FIRE | five glass collectors and
collections of renown with Geoffrey Edwards
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
This discussion of famous collectors of ancient, antique and modern glass
includes commentary on public institutions that became, in time, the
ultimate and fortunate repositories of the respective collections. Subjects
range from 19th century collector, philanthropist and lawyer, Felix Slade,
whose fabulous bequests enriched the British Museum, British Library
and Oxford University; to the Ware Collection of ‘Glass Flowers’ at
Harvard University’s Museum of Natural History. A famous Melbourne
collection also features in the narrative.
GEOFFREY EDWARDS was Director of the Geelong Gallery for fifteen years. In mid2016, he retired to pursue freelance lecturing, writing and advisory work. Prior to his
Geelong Gallery position, Geoffrey held senior curatorial positions at the NGV. His most
recent lecture at The Johnston Collection was Giant, Ancient & Historic Trees in 2016.
Abraham Janssens van Nuyssen (Flemish, 1575-1632), Nero (1620), image by Ralf Roletschek, (Public Domain)
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WILLIAM MORRIS and the interiors
of Adelaide’s most fashionable
houses 1880-1929 with Rebecca Evans
Tuesday 21 March 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
The Art Gallery of South Australia holds the most comprehensive
collection of Morris & Co. furnishing outside of the United Kingdom. This
collection is due to Adelaide’s wealthy Barr Smith family, who furnished
their large houses with Morris designs. This lecture will examine the
interiors of these houses and how they signified the taste, status and
identity of the Barr Smith family and by extension proclaimed Adelaide as
cosmopolitan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
REBECCA EVANS is the Curator of Decorative Arts, Art Gallery of South Australia. In 2016 she
curated an exhibition on South Australian artist Catherine Truman and a display celebrating
50 years of the Guildhouse organisation. She is currently preparing for an exhibition featuring
Linda Jackson’s creative collaborations with Utopia and Santa Teresa. Her previous lecture at
the Collection was Scottish Migration and the Wool Industry in Colonial Australia in 2016.
This lecture is generously supported by The Friends of The Johnston Collection.
designed by William Morris (English, 1834-1896) for MORRIS & COMPANY, London, specimen of Wreath wallpaper,
wood-block print on paper, collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia, 20032D1, (used with permission)
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NATURE AS MODEL: The Italian
Renaissance Garden with Luke Morgan
Tuesday 28 March 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
This lecture will survey Italian garden design of the 15th and 16th
centuries. Most villa gardens of the 15th century, even those of the Medici
family in Tuscany, were essentially orti (orchards). Their main function
was productive rather the provision of pleasure. The lecture will propose
that what we are accustomed to think of as the Italian Renaissance
garden does not genuinely emerge until the 16th century when three key
concepts begin to inform its layout: first, the demonstrable application of
a design process; second, a new humanist understanding of the garden
as a ‘third nature’ (terza natura); and, third, the development of the idea
of villeggiatura (the withdrawal to the country).
LUKE MORGAN is Associate Professor of Art History & Theory at Monash University. His books
include The Monster in the Garden: The Grotesque the Gigantic in Renaissance Landscape Design (2015)
and Nature as Model: Salomon de Caus and Early Seventeenth-Century Landscape Design (2007), both
published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. His current research, which focuses on the theme of
enchantment in early modern landscape experience, is funded by the Australian Research Council.
Giusto Utens (Justus Utens) (Flemish, - died 1609), Lunette of Villa di Castello (as it appeared in 1599), (Public Domain)
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AT TABLE with Sophia Errey
Tuesday 4 April 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
The ‘setting’ of tables, those sites intimately associated with our
daily nourishment and family and social lives has provided abundant
opportunities for crafting objects in metal, ceramic, textiles and wood.
We will explore a rich variety of these objects and their meanings within
personal and cultural contexts.
SOPHIA ERREY is an artist, art educator and writer. She has lectured widely in the visual arts both
historical and contemporary. She is particularly interested in objects, and the ways in which we craft and
use them. Her most recent lecture at The Johnston Collection was CHINOISERIE | A Dream of Cathay.
Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702 - 1789), Still Life: Tea Set. circa 1781-1783, oil on canvas mounted on board
378 x 516 mm, collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 84.PA.57 (Getty Open Content Program)
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SHERLOCK HOLMES | A collection
or an obsession? with John Byrne
Thursday 6 April 2017 | 12.00 noon to 1.30 pm
What, if any, is the connection between Samuel Johnson & James Boswell
and Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson? Both pairs of men are forever linked
in our minds and appear alive to us through and by their friendship. But
Johnson and Boswell were actual historical figures who lived in 18th
century England whilst Holmes and Watson sprang, fully formed, from
the fertile imagination of Arthur Conan Doyle a century later. Holmes
& Watson are currently the subject of two high ranking television
programmes whilst Johnson’s last appearance was as a figure of fun in
an episode of Blackadder. Why is this so and is it a just treatment of two
towering figures of 18th century literature? Is Watson a ‘Boswell’ to Holmes?
John Byrne is known to you as a collector of Johnson & Boswell but he
is also an avid Sherlockian (as are many Johnsonians). He will tell you
why this is so and will display treasures from his library to illustrate his
lecture. Those attending are encouraged to wear ‘deer stalkers’!
JOHN BYRNE is a retired solicitor and founding member of the Johnson Society of Australia. He is
currently a Governor of Dr Johnson’s House, London, former President of The Johnson Society, Lichfield,
England (2008-9), and former President of The Samuel Johnson Society of The West USA (2008-9). He
has been a Johnson collector for over four decades and lectured widely in USA, UK and Australia. His
most recent lecture at The Johnston Collection was DREAM LIBRARIES | My own & those I have visited.
Illustration by Frederic Dorr Steele (American, 1873-1944), “Act 4”, as published in William Hooker
Gillette (American, 1853-1937), Sherlock Holmes - A Play, Doubleday, New York, 1935 edition
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WHY DO WE COLLECT? with Padraic Fisher
Tuesday 11 April 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
Come on a psycho-emotional romp through the compulsive pathology
of ‘collector personality archetypes’ and the covetous urge to gather,
assemble, accumulate and jealously protect. Through humour (and
perhaps a touch of naivety), you will be taken on the ponderous journey
from first teacup to all consuming obsession. Together we will explore
questions such as: collector vs hoarder and ‘If an object falls into a
collection, and no one ever sees it again, does it still make a sound?’
PADRAIC FISHER is Director, National Wool Museum in Geelong. A New York
native his background in arts, culture and heritage includes roles as producer, artist,
curator, collector and educator. A decorative arts generalist his personal collection
exceeds 2,000 objects of art and artefacts from the 11th century to the present.
bowerbird (Public Domain)
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COLOURING THE CARIBBEAN:
representing a new
world with Trevor Burnard
Tuesday 23 May 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
When the English ventured overseas in the late 16th and early 17th
centuries, they established a variety of colonial settlements that,
especially in the 17th century, were bewildering in their political and social
diversity.
Artists, writers and historians recorded these new lands, people and
places so as to see English settlement as an encounter with peoples,
alongside the representations of the effects colonisation, endeavour and
enterprise.
This lecture will revisit plantations in the Americas, consider the Haitian
Revolution and other representations of African in European art, as well
considering works held in The Johnston Collection.
TREVOR BURNARD is professor and head of the School of Historical and Philosophical
Studies at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Mastery, Tyranny, and Desire
and Creole Gentlemen, as well as coeditor of The Routledge History of Slavery.
after Agostino Brunias (1728 - 1796) (Italian, active in Britain (1758-1770; 1777-1780s)),
The Linen Market at St Domingo, engraved print on paper, published by
John P. Thompson (London), 6 October 1804, (Public Domain)
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HOW MUCH COLOUR IS THERE IN
YOUR LIFE? with Ian George
Thursday 25 May 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
Where do colours come from and how do they get their names? What
was the ‘Venetian secret’ of the 18th century? Were the Impressionists
more than seekers after transitory sensations – to what extent were
they exploring the optical science of perception according to the colour
theories of Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786 –1889)? Do artists select their
colours or do the colours choose themselves as Matisse suggests?
Ian George helps us look at recent studies showing us how observant (or
unobservant) we are: what are our favourite colours and why: where do
our colours come from: and asks how much colour there is in our life.
DR IAN GEORGE AO has been an art critic and historian since the 1960’s. His postgraduate work
was in aesthetics. Since then he has served on the Visual Arts Committee of the Festival of Perth,
as a Trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery and Vice-President of the Queensland Festival, had
two terms on the Community Arts Board of the Australia Council and is a regular lecturer at the
National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of SA and the National Gallery of Victoria.
Michel Eugène Chevreul (French, 1786-1889), Colour Wheel, Paris, 1861 (Public Domain)
[C. B. (Claude Boutet)], Traité de la peinture en mignature, [publisher, Christophe Ballard],
The Hague, 1708, courtesy collection of Werner Spillmann, Basel, Switzerland (Public Domain)
WHAT’s ON | lectures
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A PRINCESS FOR SCOTLAND:
Marie Duchess of Hamilton
with Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Tuesday 30 May 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
Her birth spelled the end of a German princely dynasty; her marriage
resulted in the partial loss of her social position; the wayward lives of her
children ended the long line of Scottish dukes and ultimately led to the
dispersal of family fortunes. The lecture traces the highs and lows in the
life and times of Marie, Princess of Baden, Duchess of Hamilton.
EUGENE BARILO VON REISBERG is a Melbourne-based lecturer, researcher, and art consultant with
a passion for 19th century art, history, and culture. He is currently completing a doctoral dissertation
on Franz Xaver Winterhalter, the 19th century elite portrait specialist, at the University of Melbourne.
Richard Buckner (English, 1812-83), Marie Duchess of Hamilton (1818-88), with her son, Lord
William Douglas-Hamilton (1845-1895), oil on canvas, private collection (Public Domain)
See also
NAPOLEON’S CHILDREN
with Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
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WHAT’s ON | Sylvia SagonA Series
GREAT COLLECTIONS
OF VENICE AND ROME
This series will investigate the ideas behind
collecting in 17th and 18th century Italy and their
political and cultural influence on the English
aristocracy undertaking the Grand Tour.
SYLVIA SAGONA is an internationally recognised specialist on 19th century French
society. She retired from the French Department at The University of Melbourne to
work on historical documentaries for French and Australian television and is currently
researching a book on the invention of the restaurant in Paris in the 18th century.
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LECTURE 1 | THE ENGLISH OF
THE 18th CENTURY GRAND TOUR:
The politics of display
Thursday 27 April 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
In the 18th century the Grand Tour became a rite of passage for young
English Protestant aristocrats destined to assume their rightful place
in government with an increased appreciation of the solidity and
uprightness of English institutions. The art they brought back testified to
refinement as well as familiarity with the decadence and sensuality of
Catholic Europe. Portraits encoded reference to the sitter as inheritor of
the wisdom of ancient Rome and survivor of the sinful vices of Venice.
Canaletto’s veduta would fill private collections as testimony that taste
was not just a virtue but a duty to one’s country.
Johan Zoffany (German, 1733 –1810), The Tribuna of the Uffizi, 1772-8, Royal Collection RCIN 406983 (Public Domain)
WHAT’s ON | Sylvia SagonA Series
LECTURE 2 | THE BORGHESE COLLECTION,
ROME | ‘An Elysium of Delight’
Thursday 4 May 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
Cardinal Scipio Borghese, used the immense wealth and influence he
wielded as Papal Nephew in 17th century Rome to assemble one of the
largest and most impressive private collections in Europe. Based on the
idea of the theatrum mundi, he placed prize pieces from the ancient
world next to contemporary art by Caravaggio, Raphael and Titian in
order to stimulate conversation and reflection on art and life. Although
a ruthless collector who would seize works commissioned for churches
and other patrons, it was his keen eye which first recognised the talent
of Gian Lorenzo Bernini whose masterpieces are still on display in the
magnificent villa surrounded by landscaped gardens.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598-1680), David, 1623–24, Galleria Borghese, Rome (Public Domain)
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LECTURE 3 | THE CA’ REZZONICO
COLLECTION IN VENICE | The last
glory days of the Serenissima
Thursday 11 May 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
The Ca’ Rezzonico on the Grand Canal, dedicated to exploring 18th
century Venice, is one of the lesser known museums of the city offering a
glimpse behind the scenes of life in Venice’s great days. The chequered
history of the Ca Rezzonico, passing from hand to hand as families grew
wealthy then fell from power, is a micro history of Venice itself.
The Rezzonico bought their way into the aristocracy and commissioned
Tiepolo and Guarana to create ceiling frescos and trompe l’oeil
decorations for their magnificent reception rooms and chapel. By the 19th
century the palazzo was home to Robert Browning and Singer Sargent
before an eccentric Count went bankrupt adding to the lush furnishings
and art collection. It now houses entire rooms salvaged from distressed
Venetian palazzi that have crumbled beyond repair.
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), (Italy, 1697-1768), The Return of the Bucintoro to the Molo
on Ascension Day, 1732, The Royal Collection, England, RCIN 404417 (Public Domain)
WHAT’s ON | EUGENE BARILO VON REISBERG Series
NAPOLEON’S CHILDREN
Eugene Barilo Von Reisberg is a Melbourne-based
lecturer, researcher, and art consultant with a
passion for 19th century art, history, and culture.
He is currently completing a doctoral dissertation
on Franz Xaver Winterhalter, the 19th century elite
portrait specialist, at the University of Melbourne.
Andrea Appiani (Italian, 1754-1817), Napoleon I of France, 1804, oli on canvas,
995 x 750 mm, collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna,2346
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PART I | THE ADOPTED
Tuesday 2 May 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
Upon proclaiming himself Emperor, Napoleon wanted desperately to
ally himself with the reigning dynasties of Europe. The lack of unmarried
siblings did not stop him. After placing his brothers and sisters on the
thrones of conquered nations, he formally adopted Eugène, Hortense,
and Stéphanie de Beauharnais - the children and a niece of his wife,
Empress Josephine - to use them as pawns in his Game of Thrones.
Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French, 1767-1855), Portrait of Hortense, Queen of Holland (1783-1837), 1813, watercolor
on cardboard | 130 × 95 mm, collection of the Musée National du Château de Malmaison (Public Domain)
PART II | THE LEGITIMATE
Tuesday 9 May 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
Napoleon’s second marriage in 1810 to the Archduchess Marie Louise,
daughter of the Emperor Franz I of Austria, satisfied his ultimate
ambition - to ally himself with a reigning European dynasty. His longing
to establish his own dynasty was realised when the new Empress was
delivered of a son. However, Napoleon’s relentless military ambition soon
led to his downfall which turned his trophy wife and the cherished child
into fugitives.
WHAT’s ON | EUGENE BARILO VON REISBERG Series
PART III | THE BASTARDS
Tuesday 16 May 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
Napoleon’s alleged sexual conquests were said to rival his military
achievements, and throughout the 19th century there was no shortage
of those who proudly claimed their descent from the Emperor. The
lecture focuses on three of the people with the most reputable claim
to Napoleon’s DNA - Charles Leon, Alexandre Walewski, and Emilie
Pellapra.
Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73), Portrait of Emilie, Princesse de Chimay
(1808-71), 1849, oil on canvas, private collection, (Public Domain)
See also
A PRINCESS FOR SCOTLAND:
Marie Duchess of Hamilton
with Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Tuesday 30 May 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
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MELBOURNE STORIES
DRESSING FOR THE CAMERA:
photography and the colonial
portrait with Laura Jocic
Wednesday 17 May 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
The invention of photography allowed a wide range of people, who
previously could not afford to commission a painter, to have their
portraits taken. Surviving images of 19th century Australian settlers
provide an insight into changing styles of dress and the nuances in the
way garments and accessories were worn. Dressed for the camera,
many of these portraits also unlock stories of emigration and the role
photography played in maintaining ties with families who had been
divided through emigration.
LAURA JOCIC is undertaking a PhD at the University of Melbourne, researching dress
and its role in Australian colonial society. She was formerly a curator in the department of
Australian Fashion and Textiles at the National Gallery of Victoria where she curated a number
of exhibitions including Australian Made: 100 Years of Fashion. In 2016 Laura curated the
exhibition LOUIS KAHAN: art, theatre, fashion for the Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn.
Paterson Bros., Melbourne (photographer), Young woman wearing a crinoline,
circa 1862, albumen print, private collection (used with permission)
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LEARN | JANE AUSTEN 200
It is the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death on
18 July 1817 and to commemorate this significant
event we begin a year-long programme of
activities honouring the ongoing interpretation
and influence of Jane Austen’s life and works.
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DRESS IN THE AGE OF JANE AUSTEN
with Hilary Davidson
Wednesday 22 March 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
Jane Austen’s novels have become synonymous with early 19th century
fashion, especially through filmed adaptations of her work. But what did
people in this period really wear? How would Austen, her family and her
characters have dressed as they moved through the countryside, villages
and cities of late Georgian England? This lecture explores the world of
Regency clothing to bring to life the fashionable world behind Austen’s
immortal words.
HILARY DAVIDSON is a dress and textile historian & curator who was formerly curator of fashion
and decorative art at the Museum of London. She has researched Austen-age fashion for a decade and
is currently completing a major book on dress in the British Regency world for Yale (2018). Her most
recent lecture at The Johnston Collection was DREAMS OF RED SHOES | Magic and Escape in 2016.
Cassandra Austen (English, 1773–1845), portrait of Jane Austen (1775-1817),
circa 1804, watercolour on paper, private collection (Public Domain)
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‘MY EMMA’ with Lise Rodgers
Thursday 27 April 2017 | 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm
“… for my next, I have taken a heroine whom
no one but myself will much like”
Jane Austen, 1814
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Emma in
1816, this new production reveals a more mature Jane, confident in
her abilities as a novelist and for the first time taking an active role in
managing her own affairs.
Based on her letters of the period and of course the novel itself, here
is the opportunity to celebrate the folk of Highbury and none more
fascinating than Miss Emma Woodhouse herself.
LISE RODGERS is an accomplished Melbourne actress whose career has
spanned stage, screen and radio. An interest in the world and characters of Jane
Austen is the inspiration behind her series of ‘Jane’ performances.
Sir William Beechey RA (English, 1753-1839), Portrait of Marcia Fox, circa 1810 (Public Domain)
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IN PRAISE OF LANCELOT
‘CAPABILITY’ BROWN
2016 marked the 300th anniversary of the birth of
Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown who changed the face
of 18th century England, designing country estates
and mansions, moving hills and making serpentine
lakes and flowing rivers, a magical world of green.
‘Capability’ Brown (1716–1783) is best remembered for landscape on an
immense scale, constructing not only gardens and parkland, but planting
woods and building farms linked by carriage drives, or `ridings’, many
miles from the main house.
Although his work is continually reassessed, every landscape gardener
and landscape architect since, both in Britain and around the world, has
been influenced in one way or another by Brown.
after Nathaniel Dance, (later Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Bt) (1735- 1811),
Lancelot (‘Capability’) Brown, (circa 1773), oil on canvas, 610 mm x 508 mm (oval)
collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 1490, purchased 1908 (Public Domain)
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BLENHEIM & PETWORTH with Ian George
Thursday 23 March 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
We celebrated the 300th anniversary of the birth of ‘Capability’ Brown in
2016. Brown was the key genius behind the development of the English
landscape garden style which swept over Europe and the USA and
continues to dominate a great deal of Western garden design today. It
brought the ‘sublime and the beautiful’ from painting into the landscape
in a revolutionary way. He was involved in no less than 140 different
British gardens.
In our first lecture we look at Brown’s life and art, and especially
the great gardens of Blenheim and Petworth, perhaps his greatest
achievements.
DR IAN GEORGE AO has been an art critic and historian since the 1960’s. His postgraduate work
was in aesthetics. Since then he has served on the Visual Arts Committee of the Festival of Perth,
as a Trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery and Vice-President of the Queensland Festival, had
two terms on the Community Arts Board of the Australia Council and is a regular lecturer at the
National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of SA and the National Gallery of Victoria.
Pieter Tillemans (1684-1734), A panoramic view of Petworth House and Park,
turn of the 17th / 18th century, oil on canvas, 663 x 1731 mm (Public Domain)
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PAINSHILL PARK with Ian George
Thursday 30 March 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
In the second lecture we look at the recently restored and reopened
eighteenth century Surrey garden at Painshill designed by the Hon.
Charles Hamilton between 1738 and 1773 which breathes much of the
same unique British spirit. John Wilkes wrote to his daughter in 1772:
‘I … sauntered through the elysium of Mr Hamilton’s gardens till eight in
the evening, like the first solitary man through Paradise.’
DR IAN GEORGE AO has been an art critic and historian since the 1960’s. His postgraduate work
was in aesthetics. Since then he has served on the Visual Arts Committee of the Festival of Perth,
as a Trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery and Vice-President of the Queensland Festival, had
two terms on the Community Arts Board of the Australia Council and is a regular lecturer at the
National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of SA and the National Gallery of Victoria.
A peaceful view across the water of Painshill’s ruined abbey, courtesy of Fred Holmes, Painshill (Public Domain)
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THE ADRIAN
DICKENS SERIES
Elizabeth Taylor’s greatest love
affair-with jewels with Adrian Dickens
Wednesday 19 April 2017 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am
Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor has long been associated with jewels
– diamonds in particular, but the true extent of her staggering collection
is not so well known. Said to be worth over $200 million at the star’s
death, her collection has only gained in stature. Many pieces have
become as legendary as the star who wore them, and the man who
bought most of them – Richard Burton. Adrian Dickens has compiled a
fascinating talk on the stories behind such jewels as the great Bulgari
Sapphires, La Peregrina Pearl, the Mike Todd tiara, the Taj Mahal
pendant and the unforgettable Taylor-Burton Diamond.
ADRIAN DICKENS trained in the United Kingdom for six years and has been a fixture on the Melbourne
and Sydney fine jewellery scene for over 30 years. Dickens’ knowledge of historical and recent jewellery
trends are insightful. He regularly gives talks and presentations nationally and internationally. He
has managed some of Australia’s fine jewellery houses and now runs Circa AD Jewels. Dickens’ most
recent lecture at the Collection was Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | The Jewels of Camelot
Elizabeth Taylor on the set of The V.I.P.s (film, 1963) (Public Domain)
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DATES FOR YOUR
DIARY | TOURS 2017
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HISTORIC HOUSES AND GARDENS OF
THE UK with Dr James Broadbent
20 May-8 June 2017
Visit wonderful historic houses, gardens, interiors and collections in the
south of England, from Kent to Cornwall and Oxfordshire to Norfolk, and
finishing in the lake district of Cumbria, with an emphasis on the period
1780-1930 and the work of architects, designers, gardeners and patrons
whose work, from the late Georgian and Regency to the Arts & Crafts
Movement and the work of the Bloomsbury Group, influenced 19th and
early 20th century Australia.
This three week tour is led by historian and writer Dr James Broadbent
who has led numerous tours for HHA members and brings with him a
lifetime’s interest and exceptional knowledge of historic interiors and
gardens. The tour will also provide an opportunity to meet owners,
curators and gardeners of historic properties.
Staying several days in each location you will visit a large number of
properties in proximity to each other and enjoy free time in a number
of historic towns. We have chosen to visit this part of England during
late spring / early summer to provide the perfect season to enjoy the
wonderful gardens and to allow you the option to visit the Chelsea
Flower Show.
INFORMATION | To request an itinerary please contact:
Historic Houses Association of Australia Inc.
[email protected] | 02 9252 5554 | www.hha.net.au
The Johnston Collection proudly supports the work of The Historic Houses Association of Australia,
a volunteer organisation that promotes public interest in historic houses and properties.
previous page | Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, courtesy of HHA, Sydney
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EXPLORING THE LITERATURE OF PARIS
4 - 13 June 2017
A 10-day tour of the districts, markets, boulevards and galleries which
have inspired the great writers of Paris from Rabelais to Hemingway.
These tours will be led by Sylvia Sagona, specialist in 19th century French
art and literature, who has been leading cultural tours to Italy and France
for the past twelve years.
INFORMATION | To discuss all aspects
of the tour itinerary please contact:
Sylvia Sagona | Travels Through Time
[email protected] | www.travelsthroughtime.com
Jean Beraud (French, 1849-1935), Boulevard des Capucines, France, 19th century (Public Domain)
WHAT’s ON | OPENING DOORS fundraising appeal
Opening
Doors
Donate to The
Johnston Collection
fundraising Appeal
The Johnston Collection is a vibrant and eclectic part
of Melbourne’s artistic and cultural landscape.
Since its bequest in 1986, The Johnston Collection has provided
transformative exhibition and learning experiences connecting the
people of Victoria and Australia.
The Johnston Collection, including the Fairhall exhibition-house, has
grown in stature to become a valued addition to Melbourne’s cultural
landscape. With over 100,000 people having already visited and
participated in our programmes, we want to see it continue actively to
evolve and be enjoyed well into the future.
As an award-winning and critically acclaimed museum, The Johnston
Collection is promoting an even stronger future that will honour
its notable past while seeking new audiences, sharing stories and
inspiring communities, as well as improving access to the collection.
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In 2015, The Johnston Collection celebrated 25 years of being open
to the public, providing enriching experiences to everyone who walks
through our doors and visits us online.
We look forward to continuing our dynamic range of programmes
through the support of our friends, enthusiasts, and project partners.
The Johnston Collection is OPENING DOORS to the future.
WE NEED YOUR HELP
The generous gift of William Johnston is vulnerable.
The endowment that supports us covers 80% of the running costs and
now needs to be augmented by other means.
The Trustees have therefore launched this first ever
appeal with a target of $1 million to be raised over
the next two years. This work will enable us to:
• revitalise and upgrade Fairhall house-museum
and its under-utilised garden
• generate three themed tours for Fairhall so that
we continue to present an innovative, educational
and culturally rich and diverse programme
• commission new works that showcase and celebrate
the unique talents and contributions of Australia’s
dynamic creative individuals and communities
• encourage participation in The Johnston
Collection’s activities to the public at large
We invite you to join us in supporting this important task to ensure that
William Johnston’s gift is protected for future generations.
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BE PART OF THE JOHNSTON
COLLECTION FUTURE
The Fundraising Appeal to open doors enables you to give
The Johnston Collection a long and invigorated future.
Your support can be recognised among the following categories
of donors:
ANNUAL AND REGULAR GIVING
Minton© $50000 +
Chippendale $10000 +
Chelsea $5000 +
Sheraton $1000 +
Coalport© $500 +
to contribute please click
here for a donation FORM
Further details of benefits are available at
www.johnstoncollection.org/donate
or contact us on +61 (03) 9416 2515
The Minton and Coalport brands are copyright ©2015 WWRD Group and used with permission.
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THANKS
The Johnston Collection applauds the following
individuals and foundations for their generous
inaugural financial support of our Opening Doors
fundraising campaign launched in May 2015.
MINTON© 50000+
Marjorie M. Kingston Charitable Trust +
CHELSEA 5000 +
Lisa & Neil Arrowsmith +
Andrew Dixon +
Lady Potter AC
The Sir Wilfred Brookes
Charitable Trust +
Maggie Cash +
Anne & Graham Hodges +
Sirius Foundation Ltd +
SHERATON 1000 +
anonymous (1)
Holly & Joseph Barbaro +
Christine Bell +
Louise Box +
Bernadette Dennis +
Anne & Peter Glynn +
Jan & Walter Heale +
Karina & Sholto James +
Dorothy Morgan +
Kate & Stephen Shelmerdine
Cathy & Philip Trinca +
Peter Watts AM +
ADFAS Melbourne +
Dagnija & John D Balmford +
Graeme Black
Carol des Cognets +
Diana English +
Stephen & Sandy Gumley +
Robyn & Bill Ives +
Irene Kearsey +
Robert Thomson & Hugh Ratten +
Rosemary Stipanov +
Peter Walsh +
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COALPORT© 500 +
anonymous (1)
Jennifer Carty +
Sally Cooper +
John Hamilton
Donna Jones +
Zara Kimpton OAM +
Heather Mallinson +
Rosemary (Posey) O’Collins +
P Anthony Preston
Virginia Walsh
Bronwen Cavallo +
John S Chambers +
Sharon & Joe Groher +
Irene Irvine +
Vivien Knowles +
Sue Logie-Smith +
Patricia Nilsson +
Anna & Terry Paule
Bruce Trethowan
OTHER
anonymous (1)
Pamela Bailie Palmer +
Barbara Beard +
Sheila Butler +
Diana Dolan +
Keira Gee +
Pamela Hartman +
Allan Hamilton +
Sally Holdsworth +
Helen Hunwick +
Gillian Lambert +
Robyn Lateef +
John & Andrea Maynard +
John Nairn +
Sue O’Flynn +
Susan Perry +
Bill Anderson
James Baxter +
John Brookes
Adrian Dickens +
Denise & John Farmery +
Maxine Glennan
Julia Hare
Darren Head +
Donna Hoyle
Victoria Jennings +
Caroline Lannan
Lynette McAllister +
Leonie Moran +
Julie Nicholson
Wilma Oxley +
Lisbeth Phillips +
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Anne Preston Flint +
Elspeth Riggall +
Jennifer Ross +
Susan Scollay +
Richard Stuart-Smith +
Christine Sweeney
Margaret Toomey +
Judy Watts +
Leanne Willson
Margaret Ygoa +
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Jesse Raaen +
Anne Riseborough +
Louise Saxton
Pamela Spradbery +
Anne Sylvester
Marjorie Todd +
Jane Walters +
Susan E. Williams +
Kerry Viksne +
Correct as of 31/12/16
In Kind Support
The Johnston Collection acknowledges with great appreciation
the in kind support it has received from the following donors:
Christine Bell
Major Partner
The Friends of The Johnston Collection
Bequests
The Johnston Collection acknowledges with great appreciation the bequests
it has received from the following benefactors. These bequests have been
invaluable in assisting with the vision of The Johnston Collection.
Merell Browne MDIA
Alwynne Jona OAM
to contribute please click
here for a donation FORM
Nina Stanton
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OPENING DOORS Gala Dinner
The Johnston Collection acknowledges with great appreciation the
champions and supporters of our inaugural Gala Dinner.
Read more about our donor programs and sponsorship opportunities
at www.johnstoncollection.org/donate
Bruce
Arnold
Christine
Bell
Rosslynd
Piggott
Robyn
Rich
Kate
Rohde
+ Foundation Donor 2015
* The Minton and Coalport brands are copyright ©2017 WWRD Group and are used with permission.
Information correct as of 31 October 2016
WHAT’s ON | THE FRIENDS OF THE JOHNSTON COLLECTION
THE FRIENDS OF THE
JOHNSTON COLLECTION
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
We look forward to your involvement
in the upcoming events conducted by
The Friends of The Johnston Collection.
These events have three aims: to develop a convivial social programme
that brings together individuals with similar interests in the arts;
to provide access to events, specialists, locations and homes that
normally may not be available to the public; and to assist with support
of the Collection.
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We welcome members to join the following Friends events:
FRIENDS EXCLUSIVE
FAIRHALL PREVIEW
BEING MODERN: William
Johnston: His Residence
& Collection
February 2017
Join us on this evening preview of the
annual William Johnston and his Collection
exhibition-house tour.
ARCHITECTURAL
TOUR & TALK: St James
Old Cathedral
February 2017
Join us for this morning visit to St James’ Old
Cathedral, the oldest church in Melbourne.
It is one of only three buildings in the central
city which predate the Victorian gold rush
of 1851.
FIRST FRIDAY EVENT:
Book Club
March 2017
As we mark the 200th anniversary of Jane
Austen’s death, we will celebrate her
remarkable talent with a discussion on one
of her more complex works, Mansfield Park.
The discussion will look at all the interlinking
smaller incidents, as well as the overall
narrative.
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TOUR & TALK:
The Australian
Tapestry Workshop
March 2017
Join us for this evening event ‘tour and talk’
in the only workshop of its kind in Australia
and one of a few in the world dedicated to
the production of hand-woven tapestries.
FIRST FRIDAY EVENT:
Lola Russell’s City Kid
April 2017
Lola Russell is a true Australian icon from
the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. She was
born over 90 years ago in a little cottage
on the corner of King and La Trobe Street.
She has since spent her life as ‘The City Kid’.
Join Lola Russell in conversation with her
biographer Susan Pierotti
AUTUMN COUNTRY
GARDEN TOUR
April 2017
Enjoy beautiful autumn colours with a
unique and exclusive visit to three significant
and fascinating gardens in the Dandenong
Ranges.
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FIRST FRIDAY EVENT:
Book Club
May 2017
ADELAIDE DISCOVERY
WEEKEND
May 2017
Enjoy a leisurely weekend exploring and
enjoying Adelaide’s rich arts and cultural
heritage with exclusive visits to must-see
houses, gardens and collections.
To avoid disappointment, we remind Friends to book early or register
expressions of interest to attend as numbers are often limited.
BECOME A member
Why not become a Friend of The Johnston Collection and play a
fundamental role in supporting, maintaining and developing The
Johnston Collection for years to come?
If you are interested in joining please contact:
THE FRIENDS OF THE JOHNSTON COLLECTION
PO Box 79 | East Melbourne VIC 8002
E: [email protected] P: (03) 9416 2515
Current members of The Friends can book online
(using The Friends promotion code) or by telephone for FREE!
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ADmission
information
& COSTS
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FAIRHALL Exhibitionhouse tours
Fairhall, the residence of the late William Johnston
(1911-1986), with fine and decorative arts regularly
rearranged within a domestic setting.
Individual and group bookings are available.
FAIRHALL: Weekday guided tours
Open Monday to Friday, with three tours daily at 10.00 am,
12.00 noon and 2.00 pm. We are closed on public holidays.
FAIRHALL: Extended Hours
guided tours
SECOND SATURDAY Fairhall tours are scheduled on the
second Saturday of each month at 10.00 am and 12.00 noon.
TWILIGHT TOURS Fairhall tours are scheduled for
the third Thursday of each month at 6.00 pm.
Weekday Tour Admission Price | February-September 2017
Adults:$25.00
Concession:$23.00Seniors, pensioners & full time students
Group Rate: $21.00per person for groups of 8 or more (maximum 22)
Extended Hours:$32.00Concession and group rates do not apply
Admission price includes tea/coffee and shortbread on arrival.
FREE admission to everyone with the first name ‘William’ for the tours from February to September 2017.
Telephone + 613 9416 2515 for further information. Conditions apply.
BROWse & BOOK TOUR NOW
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FEAST: Christmas at The
Johnston Collection 2017–18
Tuesday 3 October 2017 – Tuesday 30 January 2018
This year we’ve handpicked some great artists who work from sensory
feasts to feats of thought and contemplation to feast your eyes on.
Our Summer show will offer an ‘inspired’ interpretation of the Collection
and will bring the objects to life. FEAST brings together the work of
Melbourne’s best contemporary makers in one magnificent show.
Adults:$27.00
Concession:
$25.00
Seniors, pensioners & full time students
Group Rate: $23.00
per person for groups of 8 or more (maximum 22)
Extended Hours:
$35.00
Concession and group rates do not apply
Admission price includes tea/coffee and shortbread on arrival.
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LECTURES
The Johnston Collection is a venue for a
range of lectures and workshops. Individual
and group bookings are available.
Adults:
$20.00
Concession and group rates do not apply
Students:
$18.00
ID required
Admission price includes Tea/Coffee and shortbread on arrival.
BROWse & BOOK lecture NOW
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NEW | FAIRHALL Exhibition-house
SEASON 2017* SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGE
A visit to Fairhall exhibition-house is a great
experience, so why not purchase our newly
released Season 2017 Subscription Package.
The Package entitles holders to entry to each of the following tours:
William Johnston & His Collection (February – May 2017)
The House of Ideas Series (June – September 2017)
Christmas at The Johnston Collection (October 2017 – January 2018)
SAVE OVER 20% ON REGULAR TICKET PRICES
Season 2017 Subscription Packages**
Adult: $60.00
Concession: $55.00
Under 30: $45.00
* The Season 2017 applies from February 2017 to - January 2018
** The subscription package applies to weekday tours – Monday to Friday at 10am, 12pm, 2pm
Would you like to share the experience of a particular tour with family
or friends? As a Subscription Package holder you also receive a 10%
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discount when booking additional tickets for your guest/s to join you on
the same tour.
And for when plans change, as a Subscription Package holder you may
transfer your existing reservation to another day or another time within
the selected tour period. Transfers are available up to 5 working days
before the tour you currently hold a booking for (subject to availability).
Under 30 Subscription
Our Under 30 series is just $45.00 to see the three exhibition-house tours
on a date and time of your choice.**
Telephone 9416 2515 to purchase a Season 2017 Subscription Package
today, either for yourself or as a wonderful gift idea.
* The Season 2017 applies from February 2017 to - January 2018
** The subscription package applies to weekday tours – Monday to Friday at 10am, 12pm, 2pm
VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT
CARER CARD PROGRAM
The Johnston Collection is a participant in the Victorian Government
Carer Card Program and provides Carer Card holders free entry to all
exhibition-house tours when accompanying the person under their care.
LIBRARY
Incorporating The Copland Decorative Arts Library and The Davidson
Fine Arts Library. Open by appointment.
SHOP
After your visit, enjoy browsing products which have been carefully
selected and inspired by the Collection. Take the opportunity to buy
exclusive gifts, accessories and books and treat yourself or find a
perfect gift.
Every purchase supports our tours, exhibitions, events and
educational projects.
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GIFT VOUCHER
Our popular Gift Vouchers make the ideal gift and can be
ordered via telephone or email.
DONATIONS
The Johnston Collection was bequeathed by William Johnston
(1911-1986) to the people of Victoria and is administered as an
independent not-for-profit museum by The WR Johnston Trust.
The WR Johnston Trust is endorsed by the Commissioner of Taxation as
a Deductible Gift Recipient organisation under Division 30 of the Income
Tax Assessment Act 1997.
All gifts made of $2 and more, other than those made via a testamentary
gift, are fully tax deductible.
ABN 8719 494 0961 | ACN 075 028 287
The Cup that started
a Collection
William Johnston was given a small Minton potteries teacup
(circa 1811), by his grandmother when he was about 8 years
old. He kept it all his life, later recalling that this cup started his
passion for collecting.
Minton & Co. est. 1793-,
cup, circa 1812-15,
The Johnston Collection
(A0660-1989)
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PLan your visit
The Johnston Collection welcomes all visitors,
but please be aware that there are special
conditions applicable when visiting us.
Confirmed bookings are essential.
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address
The Johnston Collection is located in a residential area.
We do not publish our address.
Please note ALL visitors must arrive with Collection staff in our courtesy
bus. All visits begin at the Pullman Melbourne on the Park, East
Melbourne.
We regret entry will not be permitted to those coming directly to the
Collection, including confirmed bookings.
BOOKINGS & ENQUIRIES
Mail: Phone: Fax: Email: Web:
PO Box 79, East Melbourne VIC 8002
+61 3 9416 2515
+61 3 9416 2507
[email protected]
www.johnstoncollection.org
BOOK
ONLINE
TO
SAVE UP
TO 20%
Telephone and online booking and administration fees
do not apply to current members of The Friends.
waitlists
Should the event you wish to attend be fully booked, please contact us by
email [email protected] or by telephone +61 3 9416 2515 and
ask to be placed on a wait list.
Booking Fees
The W R Johnston Trust advises that all telephone bookings will incur
an $8.00 booking fee per transaction. Online booking fees will be
discounted to $3.50 per transaction.
Telephone and online booking and administration fees do not apply to
current members of The Friends (use your online promotion code)
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GETTING HERE
All visitors must arrive via The Johnston Collection
courtesy bus.
We encourage all visitors to arrive at the Pullman Melbourne on
the Park, 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne by public
transport.
From pick-up to return to the Pullman Melbourne on the Park,
Fairhall exhibition-house visits and lectures will take about 1½ hours.
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Public transport
Public transport options to the Pullman Melbourne on the Park:
Train: Transportation by train is easily accessible on the
Hurstbridge or South Morang Lines to Jolimont Station.
Tram : Transportation by tram is easily accessible by tram 48 or 75 to Tram Stop 11.
Parking
Underground public parking is available at the Pullman Melbourne
on the Park, East Melbourne. Telephone +61 3 9419 2000 for rates.
CHILDREN
Fairhall exhibition-house tours are recommended for children aged eight
and above for the safety and comfort of all visitors.
YOUR HEALTH
We care about the health and safety of our visitors. To assist, please
advise us at the time of booking if you have any condition that requires
special consideration.
For visitors with disabilities
To help us make sure you enjoy your visit to The Johnston Collection fully,
please contact us by email or by telephone +61 3 9416 2515 before you
book a ticket online.
Wheelchair access to Fairhall exhibition-house is limited. Disabled car
parking is not available. Please make us aware of any special needs in
advance of arrival so that we can offer every assistance. Telephone
+61 3 9416 2515 for further information.
FAIRHALL exhibition-house DRESS CODE
Please wear appropriate and comfortable shoes for the Fairhall house
tour. All properties have stairs and steps and surfaces are uneven in
places.
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PLEASE NOTE: all efforts have been made to ensure that the details
outlined in this programme are correct at time of publishing but may
be subject to change. Bookings are essential for all programmes.