Professor Joan Kerr b. 21 February 1938

Also known as Eleanor Joan Lyndon
  • Curator
Joan Kerr was the editor for two important publications on Australian artists, The Dictionary of Australian Artists: Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870 (Oxford UP, 1992) and Heritage: the National Women's Art Book: 500 Works by 500 Australian Women Artists from Colonial Times to 1955 (Craftsman House, 1995). She was responsible for a handful of exhibitions and mentor to many other researchers.
Tags: Art history, Feminism
participated in
Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901-2001
Date
2001
Description

Joan Kerr was a consultant for the exhibition

curator of
Australians in Black and White (the most public art
Date
February 1999
Description

With Craig Judd and Jo Holder

curator of
Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White (the most public art)
Date
January 1999 - March 1999
Place
National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

With Jo Holder and Craig Judd. Joan Kerr initiated the exhibition, wrote the catalogue and with Jo Holder, prepared the hand-list of exhibits.

participated in
AAAR! (Australian Artists Against Racism!),
Date
1997
Description

Curator: Merryn Gates. Joan Kerr was an exhibition committee member.

participated in
The National Women's Art Exhibition
Date
c.1995 - 1996
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Joan Kerr initiated this project which comprised approximately 150 exhibitions throughout Australia. With Jo Holder she compiled, published and distributed the National Exhibition Calendar.

Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
curator of
Mary Morton Allport (1806-1895): Retrospective
Date
September 1994 - March 1995
Place
Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
curator of
At Least It’s Gone To A Good Home’: Women Artists and Collectors at the University of Sydney, 1971-199
Date
1991
Place
Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

with T. Kenyon, B. Hanna & S. Best.

participated in
Lyndhurst: 150th anniversary exhibition,
Date
1988
Place
S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Curators were Dinah Dysart & Helen Proudfoot. Joan Kerr was a member of curatorial committee and catalogue writer.

participated in
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Australia's Places of Confinement 1788-1988,
Date
1988
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Curator: James Semple Kerr. Joan Kerr was a member of the curatorial committee and a catalogue writer.

curator of
Designing Lights: Drawings for colonial lighthouses 1817-1899
Date
1986
Place
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

With C. Peake & I. Anderson. Australia’s first exhibition on lighthouse design.

curator of
Edmund Thomas Blacket (1817-1883): Our great Victorian architect
Date
1983
Place
S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Winner of the 1983 Museums’ Australia Best Exhibition Award.

curator of
: Exhibition of Edmund Blacket’s designs for the Great Hall of Sydney University.
Date
1982
Place
Sydney University, Sydney, NSW
participated in
In Memoriam: Cemeteries and Tombstone Art in NSW
Date
1981
Description

Curated by M. Stapleton.

curator of
Colonial Gothick: the Gothic Revival in NSW 1800-1850
Date
April 1979 - July 1979
Place
Elizabeth Bay House, Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, NSW
Description

With James Broadbent. Inaugural exhibition at the newly-restored Elizabeth Bay House, Sydney NSW.

Type
Exhibition