The Grand Tour – Noel Shaw Gallery – Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne.
Free exhibition open from 9am-6pm on weekdays, 11am-5pm weekends.
This exhibition explores the rich and complex subject of the Grand Tour, a cultural right-of-passage undertaken by the British upper classes during the eighteenth century, and its long-lasting impact. Presenting material layered with 500 years of imaginative and myopic visions, the exhibition frames the Grand Tour from an historical perspective, showing us how it appeared−and was presented back−to those who participated in it. Interpreting this imagery today gives us the opportunity to comprehend the profound and long-lasting global impact the Grand Tour had on the development of European cultural paradigms and institutions.
Showcasing Terence Lane OAM’s (1946-2024) gift to the University of Melbourne’s Prints and Drawings collection, The Grand Tour presents Lane’s collection alongside some of the treasures the University’s Archives and Special Collections.
