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New Publication | Edgar Wind: Art and Embodiment

March 4, 2024Book

Edgar Wind: Art and Embodiment is a collection of essays which interrogates the career of Edgar Wind, the first professor in the history of art at Trinity College, Oxford. A German Jewish refugee of exceptional brilliance, the book explores his intellectual life between Germany, the United States and England. The editors, Jaynie Anderson, Bernardino Branca and Fabio Tononi have collaborated on every aspect of the book’s production. Read more about the publication here The book will be launched 16 April at Trinity College in Oxford. Read more here

Symposium | Louise Bourgeois: Tides and currents | 10 -12 March AGNSW

March 4, 2024Events

Symposium Louise Bourgeois: Tides and currents When: 10, 11, 12 March 2024 Where: Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales Join artists, writers, curators and scholars over three days of talks, performances and screenings as they dive into the work of Louise Bourgeois, one of the most influential artists of the past century. This symposium will explore the ebbs and flows of Bourgeois’s career, which encompassed many themes, practices and mediums, and discuss the circulation and reception of her work in Australia and beyond. Day 1, ‘Sound Waves’, includes a performance and talk by British artist Satch Hoyt on the […]

Call for Proposals | Islands: 40th Annual SAHANZ Conference | Deadline 5 April

February 26, 2024Call for Papers

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Islands The 40th Annual SAHANZ Conference, Brisbane, Australia 2-4 December 2024 Hosted by The University of Queensland (UQ) and The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) https://www.sahanz.net/events/islands/ Call for Proposals From spaces of isolation and independence, to archipelagos of connection and knowledge exchange, islands occupy a complex and evocative place in our terrestrial and imaginary worlds. At once utopian and dystopian—places of refuge and exile, extravagance and exploitation, paradises and prisons—islands contain contradictions and contested spatial histories. They provide distance from which to look back and reflect on one’s place in the world and the journeys that have […]

Job | Editor Art Monthly Australasia | Deadline Wednesday 21 February

February 19, 2024Jobs

Art Monthly Australasia is Australasia’s flagship visual arts publication, providing a critical platform for its artists. Published since 1987, it is Australasia’s only visual arts magazine placing visual arts in a contemporary, historical, and regional context. In 2024, Art Monthly seeks to undertake a focused revision of the magazine, with intent to relaunch with a new vision grounded in local and global Indigenous visual arts and design practices by early 2025. The 2024 print schedule will remain unchanged. Art Monthly is seeking an outstanding Editor to help shape the future of the publication in its fourth decade of publication. The […]

Call for Papers | see/saw | Deadline 29 February

February 12, 2024News

see/saw is an undergraduate print journal devoted to publishing original research in art history and art criticism. Founded at the University of California, Berkeley, our publication shares innovative critical work biannually to foster intellectual discussion among an international network of students. As art historians, we are committed to diversifying the field and developing intersectional critical analyses of the artistic canon. see/saw is especially open to considerations of art and artists that have been historically erased and underemphasized. see/saw welcomes English-language submissions pertaining to all art historical genres and time periods from undergraduate students studying at any institution. To submit, please […]

ANZJA | Vol 23 Issue 2 (2023) | Te Ko Te Moananui-a-Kiwa te wahi whakarahi, The Pacific Ocean Joins Us All

February 12, 2024ANZJA

ANZJA | Vol 23 Issue 2 (2023) | Te Ko Te Moananui-a-Kiwa te wahi whakarahi, The Pacific Ocean Joins Us All Editors: Ngarino Ellis and Heather Igloliorte Link to Vol. 23.2 at Taylor and Francis Introduction Ko Te Moananui-a-Kiwa te wāhi whakarahi. The Pacific Ocean Joins Us All Ngarino Ellis & Heather Igloliorte Exhibition AWA—Building pā tauremu Fish Weirs in the Waiapu River Natalie Robertson Article ʻAi Pōhaku, Stone Eaters: Affirmation, Defiance, and Kānaka ʻŌiwi Visual Culture Today Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick & Josh Tengan Exhibition Review: The Visiting Curators Léuli Eshrāghi, Sarah Biscarra Dilley, Tarah Hogue, Lana Lopesi & Freja Carmichael Article Groundswell in the Gallery: North and […]

Call for Papers | NZ Art Crime Research Trust Annual Symposium | Deadline 1 March 2024

February 9, 2024Call for Papers

Annual Symposium 2024 CALL FOR PAPERS Theme: Art Crime Research Today. [We are specifically looking for papers that are relevant, or can be related to, New Zealand]. Date: Saturday 18 May 2024 Location: Victoria University, Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Wellington. If you’re keen to present a 25 minute paper please send your abstract (maximum 300 words) and a short biography, by 1 March 2024, to: artcrimenz@gmail.com Abstracts will not be accepted beyond this date. We will select and inform all those who offer abstracts of our decision within two weeks of the closing date. Expenses incurred cannot be covered by […]

CALL FOR ARTICLES | ANZJA 25.1 SPECIAL ISSUE: TARRANG | DEADLINE 1 MARCH 2024

February 9, 2024ANZJA, Call for Articles, Call for Papers

Call for Articles | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art 25.1 | Special Issue: Tarrang Submissions due: Papers due Monday 1 March, 2024 Editors: Brian Martin and Jessica Neath Editorial Committee: Dr Diana Baker Smith, Professor Jennifer Biddle, Dr Bianca Hester, Dr Astrid Lorange, José da Silva, Dr Jaye Early and Dr Verónica Tello The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (ANZJA) is calling for submissions for the Special Issue (25.1) Tarrang. The Special Issue builds on the 2023 exhibition More Than A Tarrang (tree): Memory, Material and Cultural Agency, curated by Brian Martin, Jessica Neath, Kimberley Moulton and Brook Andrew for Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Melbourne Museum. We invite […]

UPDATE OR ADD YOUR PROFILE TO THE DIRECTORY OF ART HISTORIANS AND ART RESEARCHERS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION

February 9, 2024General, Resources

Art historians and art researchers practicing in the Asia Pacific Region region are producing significant and innovative research which is of great interest to scholars and to relevant industry sectors including museums and galleries. The Directory of Art Historians and Art Researchers in the Asia Pacific Region enables research, expertise, and contact details for these historians and researchers to be found quickly and easily. The Directory is a searchable database of experts – academics, researchers, teachers, writers, editors, curators, and museum professionals – specialising in art, architecture, and visual culture from all periods and geographic regions. Browse the directory. Update or add your profile

Article │‘The First Homosexuals’: Connecting Australian art and design to the world

February 5, 2024Publication

There is little written about queer Australian art before 1930. Peter McNeil FAHA shares his contribution to the groundbreaking global art exhibition, The First Homosexuals, and discusses the fragmented, solitary and quiet history of queer Australian artists pre-1930. Read the article here https://humanities.org.au/power-of-the-humanities/australian-queer-art-and-design-pre-1930/