Monthly Archives: October 2018

AAANZ statement on the interference in the ARC peer review process

October 31, 2018Advocacy

Statement from president Anthony White on behalf of the AAANZ: The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ) condemns in the strongest terms the actions of the former Minister of Education of Training, Simon Birmingham, who in 2017 arbitrarily reversed several grant awarding decisions made by the Australian Research Council (ARC). As has been recently reported in Senate Estimates and in the media, the then Minister intervened in the grant awarding process by going against the expertise and decision-making of the ARC and disallowed a number of grants in the humanities, several of which were in the field of […]

Lecturer – Contemporary Art (Sculpture) – ANU

October 29, 2018Jobs, News

The ANU School of Art & Design (SOA&D) is focused on achieving excellence in research and teaching in accordance with its position within the Australian National University (ANU), an outstanding, research-intensive institution ranked among the great universities of the world. The SOA&D is a supportive and transdisciplinary research and teaching community that prioritises the artistic practices and research of its academic staff, and the development and delivery of rigorous undergraduate and graduate art education and supervision. The successful candidate will contribute to this ecology with their experimental and high profile artistic research and through excellence in teaching, and will have […]

CFP: The Values of Architecture and the Economy of Culture (Brisbane, Australia, 13-15 June 2019)

October 29, 2018Conference

The Values of Architecture and the Economy of Culture Abstract Deadline: 26 November 2018 Architecture has always been found in a space between its monetary and cultural values, but the rise of the concept of the cultural economy asks new questions as to how these values of architecture intersect and affect one another. Discussions of the cultural economy tend to deal with architecture and urban design as the infrastructure of culture, asking questions such as: what building types and land values enable a vibrant popular music culture; or, what landmark cultural flagships drive cultural tourism and city branding. Architecture itself […]

CIHA 2019 – Motion:Transformation (September 1-6, 2019)

October 22, 2018News

The CIHA Italia Committee is working hard to organise the Florentine venue of the 35th CIHA World Congress Motion: Transformation (September 1st – 6th, 2019). We are pleased to present you the Chairs list that has been published at the following link: http://www.ciha-italia.it/ciha-florence-2019/chairs/. Moreover, the Call for Papers is going to be launched on October 31st . Recalling the wonderful experience at the Melbourne Congress in 2008, the CIHA Italia Committee and Marzia Faietti in particular, invites you to join the Florence Congress Motion: Transformation.

Sir William Dobell Professor of Art History and Curatorship – ANU

October 22, 2018Jobs

The ANU School of Art & Design (SOA&D) is focused on achieving excellence in research and teaching in accordance with its position within Australia’s highly ranked university. The School is seeking to employ a Professor of Art History and Curatorship who will have a leadership role as Director of the Centre for Art History and Art Theory (CAHAT) working actively with disciplines in the School of Art & Design. This position is aligned with the Sir William Dobell Chair, a prestigious Chair supported for over 30 years by the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation in memory of the Archibald prize-winning […]

Lecturer – Art History and Curatorship – University of Melbourne

October 18, 2018Jobs

The School of Culture and Communication’s Art History and Art Curatorship Program is seeking to appoint a Level B Lecturer in Art History and Art Curatorship. We are seeking an energetic and committed individual who is able to contribute to the Program’s teaching and research with particular emphasis on the Program’s long-established leadership in the field of Art Curatorial Studies. Applicants will be expected to have a PhD and research and publication profile in Art History and Art Curatorship, with a particular specialisation in an area of art museum/curatorial studies. It is envisaged that you will have some experience in […]

Duldig Lecture 2018 – Charlotte Day ‘Public Art: Out and About’

October 18, 2018Events

Annual Duldig Lecture 2018: Public Art: Out and About Address: Charlotte Day, Director, Monash University Museum of Art In 2014 Monash University unveiled a new public art master plan and began an ambitious program of public art commissions. The University has experimented with a range of models of commissioning and roles for artists in relationship to architectural and landscaping projects. This lecture provides a great opportunity to discuss the commissions undertaken so far, review what has worked well and also the challenges, along with future plans. Public art is a reinvented genre that can be many things – both […]

Australian Art Exhibitions: Opening Our Eyes

October 18, 2018General, Member News

Introducing a new history of Australia art and its exhibitions. Australian Art Exhibitions: Opening Our Eyes (Thames and Hudson https://www.thamesandhudsonaustralia.com/product-page/australian-art-exhibitions) Joanna Mendelssohn, Catherine De Lorenzo, Alison Inglis, and Catherine Speck combine to reveal different histories of Australian art and new visions of an Australia that have been hiding in plain sight. It challenges previous accounts of Australian art history as it combines an analysis of art and its display in public art museums with an examination of the ways exhibitions have been funded as well as the growth of the curatorial and associated professions. The extensive text is […]

Ursula Hoff Lecture 2018 – University of Melbourne

October 18, 2018Events

The Ursula Hoff Lecture 2018 ‘I Can Connect” – the Power of Curating to Share Experiences Speaker: Professor Michael Tooby, Bath School of Art and Design, Bath Spa University Ursula Hoff’s career is a vivid example of dedication to curatorial expertise. At the same time, her extraordinary life story warrants retelling and sharing, not least as a warning from history of the need to challenge racism and prejudice towards migrants. In his lecture, Professor Michael Tooby will explore how testimony has played a key role in his recent curatorial projects. His starting point will be the use […]

Margaret Plant Annual Lecture in Art History – James Meyer The Double: Return and Reenactment – Monash University

October 12, 2018Events

Margaret Plant Annual Lecture in Art History – James Meyer The Double: Return and Reenactment – Monash University The upcoming lecture, The Double: Return and Reenactment, presented by U.S.-based curator James Meyer is the inaugural Monash University Margaret Plant Annual Lecture in Art History. Tuesday 23 October 2018 @ 6.30pm The Pavilion, Building H, Level 8 Monash University, Caulfield campus 900 Dandenong Road Caulfield East, VIC In his talk, Meyer will draw from his forthcoming book, The Art of Return: The Sixties and Contemporary Culture (University of Chicago Press) and discuss how movements of the “long Sixties” (1955-1979) – including […]