By specialising in Fine Art you can find and develop your own artistic voice, preparing you for a career as a contemporary artist. Art History and Curating can help you develop your eye for art and your understanding of its origins and significance, ready to work in art history, criticism, curating and cultural production.

Monash University's highly focused Art, Design and Architecture environment offers engaging, exciting and challenging opportunities to extend your talents and support your transition to a creative occupation.

Art history and curating will prepare you to operate effectively within the expanded field of art history, criticism, curating and cultural production more generally. You will be able to situate visual art in relation to broad social, cultural, environmental, historical and theoretical developments, explore forms of writing about art and visual culture, and study curatorial theories and practice related to the presentation, interpretation and promotion of art works in exhibition settings.

• Art historian
• Curator
• Arts journalist
• Writer
• Museum director
• Gallery teacher
• Gallery owner
• Publisher
• Arts programmer
• Collections manager
• Museum education officers
• Researchers