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25: 322:, John R. Neeson and Domenico de Clario. Burke moved to Florence where she studied Italian at the British Institute. In 1984, she sojourned in Paris, where she befriended artists Stephen Benwell, Anton Hart, Bronwyn Oliver and Don Walters (all resident at the Cite Internationale des Arts) and translator Julie Rose. She then returned to Australia for the publication of 464:(2006) which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Award. In 2007, with the Freud Museum of London, she curated "An Archaeology of the Mind: Sigmund Freud's Art Collection" for Monash University Museum of Art and the Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney. Burke also curated "Freud and Eros: Love, Lust and Longing" at the Freud Museum London in 2014. 410:
was Burke's doctoral dissertation and the first biography of Tucker. Barbara Tucker, Tucker's widow, objected to the book and refused to allow copyright permission to reproduce his paintings. The book was illustrated with Tucker's photographs which were not subject to copyright, as they were taken
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Burke's papers are in the collections of the State Library of Victoria and the University of New South Wales Library, Canberra. Her photographs are in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia Library, Heide Museum of Modern Art and Monash University of Modern Art.
477:(Allen & Unwin 2012) was also an exhibition of the same title which Burke curated for McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery in 2013. The nests were selected from the collection of Museum Victoria and the private collection of Gay Bilson. 440:(2004) takes its title from a small, heart-shaped garden of forget-me-nots and chamomile that Reed planted to commemorate her relationship with Sidney Nolan. In the biography, Burke wrote that Reed had likely assisted Nolan in painting the 390:. Tucker made his photographs available for Burke to illustrate the book. Sunday, Hester's closest friend, had, with her husband John, adopted Hester's son, Sweeney. In 1981, Sunday and John Reed's home and their art collection became the 418:
In late 2001, when the issues about the book became public, Burke was asked to resign from the Heide MoMA board. It was believed that the Tucker Gift to Heide MoMA was in jeopardy. The controversy is discussed by Katrina Strickland in
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had lived in the 1940s. She continued to write fiction, both novels and short stories, as well as contributing art reviews and essays to journals and newspapers. She was an advisory editor to art and literary journals including
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Australian Women Artists, One Hundred Years, 1840-1940 (1975) Ewing Gallery and George Paton Galleries, University of Melbourne; Art Gallery of NSW; Newcastle Region Art Gallery; Art Gallery of South Australia.
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where she designed and taught the art history course for undergraduate and postgraduate students. During that time she curated retrospectives of Joy Hester and Bea Maddock at the National Gallery of Victoria.
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From 1996 to 2004, Burke was a trustee of Heide MoMA. She was a member of the committee which oversaw the restoration of Heide I, the Reed's original home on the property, which opened to the public in 2001.
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In 2014, Burke organised the conference "Kiffy Rubbo and the George Paton Gallery: Curating the 1970s" at the University of Melbourne. In 2016, she co-edited a book of the same name with Helen Hughes.
434:(1918–1976). Burke based her comments on conversations with Tucker, Sweeney, Gray Smith (Hester's second husband), Peregrine Smith (her second son) and Nadine Amadio, a close friend of Sunday Reed's. 471:, was held at VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne (now Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery). A book of the same name was published by Monash University Publishing to coincide with the exhibition. 222:
Burke attended Catholic Ladies College, East Melbourne (1965-1967), then Malvern Girls High School (1967-1970). She won a Commonwealth Government Scholarship which enabled her to attend the
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With Adrian Martin, she organised "Impresario: Paul Taylor Art & Text POPISM" at Monash University in 2012. Edited by Helen Hughes and Nicholas Croggan, the papers were published as
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A Room of One's Own : Three Women Artists (1974: co-curated with Kiffy Rubbo and Lynne Cook) Ewing Gallery, University of Melbourne. Lesley Dumbrell, Julie Irving and Ann Newmarch.
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Burke's biography of Tucker, written with Tucker's approval, encountered problems prior to its publication in 2002. Tucker died in 1999 without reading the manuscript.
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In 1986, Burke was appointed to the inaugural board of the Melbourne Writers Festival held at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne's CBD. Her novel,
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An Archaeology of the Mind: Sigmund Freud's Art Collection (2007–2008) Monash University Museum of Art; Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney.
448:(c.1946-1947, Heide MoMA) that is dedicated to Sunday. With film producer Richard Keddie, Burke is a consultant to a film project about Heide. 756:
Lost and Found: Objects and Images (1978) Ewing Gallery and George Paton Galleries, University of Melbourne. Co-curated with Meredith Rogers.
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halfway between Pisa and Florence. Judith Blackall had established the Boyd home as a studio and residency for artists, administered by the
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Personal View: Photographs 1978–1986, Margaret Lawrence VCA Gallery, Melbourne, (now Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery) 20 May–11 June 2011.
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Currently, she is writing a memoir for which she was awarded an Australia Council for the Arts (now Creative Australia) grant in 2022.
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Book of the Year. Between 1994 and 1997, she was a member of the programming committee of the Melbourne Writers Festival.
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for fiction. In 1986, she was writer-in-residence in Hobart and in 1989 at the University of New England, Armidale.
86: 391: 42: 667:(2016) Curated and with essay by Burke. Catalogue of artworks by Penny Teale. McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery 271:. The artists were Lesley Dumbrell, Julie Irving and Ann Newmarch. In 1975, Burke was a founding member of the 310:, Burke left Australia for Tuscany. She had a residency at Paretaio, the house belonging to Australian artist 93: 272: 268: 223: 187: 852: 344: 75: 690: 536: 264: 231: 191: 772:
The Eye of the Beholder: Albert Tucker's Photographs (1998) Heide Museum of Modern Art and tour.
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Human/Animal/Artist: Art Inspired by Animals (2016-2017) McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery.
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Self-Portrait, Self-Image (1980) Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne and tour.
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before the 1950s. In 1998, Burke had curated an exhibition of Tucker's photographs, titled
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In 1973, Burke began to publish art reviews and essays. The following year, she co-curated
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Still Lives: Eight Women Realists (1978) Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne.
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The Heart Garden: A Portrait of Sunday Reed at Heide (2004) Heide Museum of Modern Art.
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Freud and Eros: Love, Lust and Longing. (2014-2015) Freud Museum, London.
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From 1977 to 1982, Burke was the inaugural art history lecturer at the
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Australian author, art historian, biographer, photographer and novelist
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Nest: The Art of Birds. (2013) McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery.
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Field of Vision, A Decade of Change: Women's Art in the Seventies
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In 1975, she was a founding member of the feminist arts journal
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Between Literature and Painting: Three Australian Women Writers
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Australia Council for the Arts Established Writers Grant (2014)
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Shortlisted 2007 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Non-fiction
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In the mid-80s, Burke settled in Robe Street, St Kilda, where
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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Shortlisted 2003 Queensland Premier's Award for Non-Fiction
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Burke's engagement with the natural world lead her to write
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She resigned to become a novelist and independent scholar.
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Affairs of the Art: Love, Loss and Power in the Artworld
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Essay and catalogue of works by JB. Freud Museum London
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which opened at Heide MoMA and then toured nationally.
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Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne
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Sigmund Freud's Collection: An Archaeology of the Mind
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Impresario: Paul Taylor The Melbourne Years 1981-1984
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The Eye of the Beholder: Albert Tucker's Photographs
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The Eye of the Beholder: Albert Tucker's Photographs
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Dear Sun: The Letters of Joy Hester and Sunday Reed
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Dear Sun: The Letters of Joy Hester and Sunday Reed
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