The Critical Eye: Responding to Art · Art Criticism

The Gallery Curator

Learning how to select and arrange artworks to convey a specific theme or message.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the way we group these pictures change the story they tell?
  2. 2What information should we give the audience to help them understand the art?
  3. 3Why is it important to show many different kinds of art in one space?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9AVA2R01AC9AVA2R02
Year: Year 1
Subject: The Arts
Unit: The Critical Eye: Responding to Art
Period: Art Criticism

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