NGV Head is new Melbourne Professorial Fellow

The Director of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Gerard Vaughan, has been appointed to a new post at the University of Melbourne, the Gerry Higgins Professorial Fellowship in Art History. It is aimed at making a significant contribution to teaching, research and engagement in the field. The Fellowship sits within the Faculty of Arts and the Dean, Professor Mark Considine, said Vaughan's leadership would contribute to the new Australian Institute of Art History's role in research and advancement activities. "The creation of this new post and the appointment of Professor Vaughan are exciting developments for the faculty and the University. His experience as a researcher, teacher and arts leader will be of enormous value to the study of art and cultural history at Melbourne," Professor Considine said. Vaughan, a Melbourne alumnus, will leave the NGV in July after 13 years at the helm. After completing his Master's thesis on French post-impressionism, Vaughan taught art history at Melbourne before undertaking doctoral research at Oxford University.