Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Thursday 28 October
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
We’re very quick to celebrate our sporting culture as a reflection of the very qualities we think of as Australian. But isn’t football sexist? Isn’t it racist? Isn’t it homophobic? This is a footy town, but how well does the game foster attitudes of tolerance, of diversity and inclusiveness?
In partnership with the AFL Players’ Association and the Basil Sellers Art Prize, we take an honest look at the culture of football.
Featuring
Pippa Grange
Pippa Grange is the AFL Players Association’s former General Manager of Culture and Leadership.
Caroline Wilson
Caroline Wilson was The Age’s chief football writer for 20 years, stepping down in 2017. A trailblazer and fearless journalist, she held the AFL and clubs to account – notably on behalf of Adam Goodes over 2012 and 2013 ...
Chris McAuliffe
Dr Chris McAuliffe is Director of the Ian Potter Museum of Art at The University of Melbourne. Prior to that he was for ten years a lecturer in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne.
Dr McAuliffe has researched and written extensively in the area of contemporary art, and is the author of Art and Suburbia, 1996, Linda Marrinon: let her try, 2007, and Jon Cattapan: possible histories, 2008.
He is a regular media commentator on the arts and currently appears on ABC TV’s ‘Sunday Arts’ programme.
A graduate of the University of Melbourne and of Harvard University, Dr McAuliffe is currently researching the interaction of art and popular music.