August 2017 - AAANZ | The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand

AAANZ Advocacy Working Groups – Call For Participation

August 28, 2017News

The AAANZ is aiming to increase its efforts to advocate for art history and the visual arts. As there are many issues that the Association could potentially address it is important to prioritise these and to enlist members to assist with the work of researching, communicating, and organising advocacy efforts. The Association will establish several advocacy working groups to address issues which have been identified by the membership and the executive as crucial. If you are interested to join one of these working groups please write to us and let us know. We will then put you in touch with other interested […]

Postgraduate Symposium – Gerhard Richter: Questions for Painters – Griffith University

August 28, 2017News

10 AM – 7 PM MONDAY 16 OCTOBER 2017 $65pp Register here Interested postgraduate students, early-career researchers and academics from universities throughout Australasia are invited to attend and contribute to a dynamic dialogue on art practice as framed through Richter’s example. This postgraduate symposium focuses on practice-based research, and provides an opportunity to meet and hear from distinguished artists working at the nexus of practical and theoretical approaches to contemporary painting. Speakers will use their own research and practice-based methodologies as case studies in shaping this discussion. The symposium is organised around two central themes […]

Call for Papers | Association for Art History Conference | London April 2018

August 18, 2017News

2018 Annual Conference Courtauld Institute of Art & King’s College London 5 – 7 April 2018, London About The 2018 AAH Annual Conference for art history and visual culture will be co-hosted by the Courtauld Institute of Art and King’s College London. Academic sessions that papers will respond to the idea of ‘looking outwards’. This international 3 day event will look at art history in the broadest sense, and will incorporate a diverse range of speakers and perspectives. Call for Papers The 2018 Annual Conference for art history and visual culture will be co-hosted by the Courtauld Institute of Art […]

Art and Its Directions – Early Bird Registration Now Open

August 9, 2017AAANZ Conference, Conference, News

We are pleased to announce that the early bird registration for the 2017 AAANZ conference is now open until October 22. Late registration will be from October 23 – November 26. A reminder that the CFP closes on the August 14. Art and Its Directions | Registration

Art and Its Directions – AAANZ Conference Bursaries

August 3, 2017News

GENERAL INFORMATION | KEYNOTE SPEAKERS | SPECIAL EVENT | CALL FOR SESSIONS CALL FOR PAPERS | REGISTRATION & ACCOMODATION | POSTGRADUATE DAY | POSTGRADUATE BURSARIES | CONFERENCE PROGRAM The Art Association of Australia New Zealand is happy to announce that it will award five bursaries to currently enrolled postgraduate students studying art history, art, or curatorship to deliver a paper at the Perth Annual Conference in December 2017. Each award will be a cash grant of $500 to be used towards travel expenses to attend the conference and give a paper. In order to be eligible for consideration applicants must be members of the […]

Statement on the closure of the Castlemaine Art Museum

August 1, 2017Advocacy, News

A letter from Professor Charles Green and Dr Lyndell Green, endorsed by AAANZ President Anthony White: We are writing to express our deep and grave concern at the closure of the Castlemaine Art Museum and the sacking of its staff, due to the long-running crisis in the Museum’s finances. The Board of the Gallery has emailed all its members announcing the Gallery’s closure (into a state akin to hibernation or mothballing, as opposed to being wound up) and, it seems, the sacking of the staff due to the Gallery’s inability to continue professional operations within its tiny income. The Board hopes this […]

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