Art is made to be looked at, to be objectified. But people are not. So what could this mean for those painted onto canvasses that are then flaunted around museums across the world? This week on Uncurated, Yimin Qiang and Angus Thomson venture into Melbourne University’s Arts West to look at 100 women’s faces, all of which were painted by men. Who are these women? And where are all the female artists?

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Music for this week’s episode was sourced with permission from Jack Burmeister:
“Tundra” / Jack Burmeister  

All additional music is by Jack Burmeister as part of Melbourne University’s Living Instruments project.

Art is made to be looked at, to be objectified. But people are not. So what could this mean for those painted onto canvasses that are then flaunted around museums across the world? This week on Uncurated, Yimin Qiang and Angus Thomson venture into Melbourne University&rsquo;s Arts West to look at 100 women&rsquo;s faces, all of which were painted by men. Who are these women? And where are all the female artists?
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Music for this week&rsquo;s episode was sourced with permission from Jack Burmeister:
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<li>&ldquo;<a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-839269279/jack-burmeister-tundra">Tundra</a>&rdquo; / Jack Burmeister &nbsp;</li>
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All additional music is by Jack Burmeister as part of Melbourne University&rsquo;s <a href="https://livinginstruments.grainger.unimelb.edu.au/">Living Instruments</a>&nbsp;project.

An oil painting lost in a storeroom for decades, a dusty student card, a misplaced animal skull; these are some of the objects in the University of Melbourne's twelve museums. Each was forgotten in a different way. Join students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism on a journey of unforgetting as they ask why some objects - or people - are lost from history. And what that says about Australia. 

An oil painting lost in a storeroom for decades, a dusty student card, a misplaced animal skull; these are some of the objects in the University of Melbourne's twelve museums. Each was forgotten in a different way. Join students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism on a journey of unforgetting as they ask why some objects - or people - are lost from history. And what that says about Australia.

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