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Call for Sessions | AAANZ 2024 Conference

April 15, 2024AAANZ Conference, Call for Panels

AAANZ 2024 Conference Wednesday 4 to Friday 6 December 2024, Australian National University, Canberra Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of AAANZ, this year’s conference will encourage participants to explore the past, present, and possible futures of art history and arts practice in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The call for sessions for the 2024 AAANZ Conference ‘Past, Present, Possible Futures’ is now open. Proposal due date: Sunday 12 May 2024 Submit a Proposal Enquiries and questions to the conference committee conf@aaanz.info Conference Theme | Past, Present, Possible Futures Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of AAANZ, this year’s conference will encourage participants to explore the past, […]

AAANZ ARTS WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS FOR 2024 – ENTRIES CLOSE 21 JUNE

April 15, 2024AWAPA, Prizes

The AWAPAs highlight the vitality of arts publishing in the region and acknowledges the contribution of both emerging and established scholars, curators and artists. The Awards play a pivotal role in promoting the importance of writing and publishing in disseminating knowledge and understanding of the visual arts, craft and design. They are the only prizes in the Australasia region to celebrate the publishing achievements writers make to the field. Categories for the AWAPAs include prizes for books, exhibition catalogues, artist led publications, Indigenous Australian, Māori and Pasifika art writing. AWAPAs recognise: Originality and rigour of scholarship Contribution to knowledge in the area […]

AAANZ ARTS WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS FOR 2024 – ENTRIES CLOSE 21 JUNE

April 8, 2024AWAPA, Prizes

Magazine | Garland #34 The Street

April 8, 2024Publication

Garland is a platform for stories about what we make across the wider world. Each issue of the magazine reaches more than 50,000 readers. So far, we’ve published 1722 articles by 853 writers from 78 countries. The Street is the first issue of the Together Spaces series that features the role of makers in creating spaces where we come together. We need this more than ever as we retreat into our private bubbles. According to editor Kevin Murray, “Work made for the street—for the public eye—can help reactivate our urban commons. In this issue, we share stories that demonstrate the creative capacity of […]

Book | The Adelaide Art Scene: Becoming contemporary 1939-2000

March 25, 2024Book

The Adelaide Art Scene: Becoming contemporary 1939-2000 Margot Osborne published by Wakefield Press, Adelaide 2023 in association with Guildhouse and Carrick Hill, with financial support of the South Australian Government’s Department of Premier and Cabinet through Arts South Australia. Hardback 744 pages, 325 illustrations ISBN 9781923042025 265 x 225mm RRP $120 This landmark anthology of new and archival writing on the Adelaide art scene across six decades is a compelling, multi-faceted account of the milieu in which progressive art evolved in Adelaide — through the roles of key artists and of landmark exhibitions, through bursts of maverick art criticism and […]

Global Call for Entries | 2025 Taoyuan International Art Awards

March 25, 2024Prizes

“The Taoyuan International Art Award” (TIAA) was launched in 2020 and is organized by the Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, established in 2018. It aims to encourage cultural heterogeneity in contemporary art worldwide. The core mission of TIAA is to promote cultural diversity in contemporary art globally and to discover artistic propositions that embody modern viewpoints. Selected artists will receive support from the museum to realize their exhibition plans. We hope that this international project will transcend geographical boundaries and attract artists from various nationalities, regions, backgrounds, ages, and stages of their artistic careers. Through this international competition and creative […]

A kind of future: the theme of the ninth edition of the Graphic DaysⓇ festival | 17 and 18 May – 25 and 26 May

March 18, 2024Events

A kind of future: the theme of the ninth edition of the Graphic DaysⓇ festival The ninth edition of the international visual and social design festival Graphic DaysⓇ will take place from 16 to 26 May at the Flashback Habitat spaces in Turin. An exhibition itinerary, a permanent work space and a calendar of events including conferences, workshops, live performances, DJ sets and activities for children, in the main headquarters and spread throughout the city, will interpret the title “A kind of future”. The Graphic DaysⓇ festival is an initiative dedicated to Italian and international visual design promoted in Turin […]

AAANZ ARTS WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS FOR 2024 – ENTRIES CLOSE 21 JUNE

March 11, 2024AWAPA, Prizes

Job | Visiting Professor of Australian Studies 2024-25 | Seoul National University

March 4, 2024Jobs, Opportunity

Visiting Professor of Australian Studies 2024-25 Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University Position: Visiting Professor Open to: Australian citizens and permanent residents Location: Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, Gwanak Campus, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Salary: ₩72,000,000 KRW (approx. $82,000 AUD) + additional compensation for teaching. See also Section 5. Duration: Approximately 10-12 months. Commencement of position: January – February 2025 Closing date for applications: 15 April 2024 Applications: Email applications to Professor Anna Johnston anna.johnston@uq.edu.au and cc Josh Szymanski a.szymanski@uq.edu.au with the words “Confidential: Seoul National University Visiting Professor” in the subject line. Applicants must […]

Obituary | David Hansen

March 4, 2024News

David Hansen (12.05.1958—13.01.2024), one of the most gifted and accomplished art historians in Australia, has died unexpectedly in Hobart, Tasmania. An alumnus of the University of Melbourne, his commitment to historical enquiry underlay much of his astonishing range of contributions to art history, curatorship, and the artistic community. In recognition of the quality and extent of his scholarly publications, the University of Melbourne awarded him a Doctor of Letters (PhD by publication) in 2004. In 1980, at the age of 21, David was appointed Director of the Warrnambool Art Gallery where he oversaw the building of a new gallery, wrote […]