Monthly Archives: June 2024

AAANZ 2024 CONFERENCE | ANNOUNCEMENT OF KEYNOTE DAVID J.GETSY

June 26, 2024AAANZ Conference

The AAANZ 2024 conference convenors are delighted to announce international keynote David J. Getsy. David J. Getsy is a historian of art and performance whose research focuses on queer and transgender themes in modern and contemporary art. His books have charted modern sculpture’s relationship to the human body: Body Doubles: Sculpture in Britain, 1877–1905 (Yale University Press, 2004); Rodin: Sex and the Making of Modern Sculpture (Yale University Press, 2010); Abstract Bodies: Sixties Sculpture in the Expanded Field of Gender (Yale University Press, 2015/2023); and Queer Behavior: Scott Burton and Performance Art (University of Chicago Press, 2022), winner of the 2023 Robert Motherwell Book Award for outstanding publication in […]

CALL FOR PAPERS | AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ART 25.2: OPEN ISSUE

June 24, 2024ANZJA, Call for Articles, Call for Papers

Call for Papers | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art 25.2: Open Issue Submissions of essays DUE: December 20, 2024. Editor in Chief: Dr Verónica Tello Managing Editor: Dr Anastasia Murney Editorial Committee: Dr Diana Baker Smith, Professor Jennifer Biddle, Dr Bianca Hester, Dr Astrid Lorange, Dr Kasia Jezowska, Dr Shuxia Chen, Dr Jaye Early The editors of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (ANZJA) are calling for submissions for the Journal’s next open issue, published in December 2025. We seek original essays, dialogues, visual essays, and other texts that engage with artists, visual culture, exhibitions, critical debates, frameworks, and methodologies […]

Keynote address for the 7th Annual Conference of The International Art Market Studies Association | Franchesca Cubillo

June 17, 2024Conference, Events

Franchesca Cubillo, Executive Director, First Nations Arts and Culture, Creative Australia, to present the keynote address for the 7th Annual Conference of The International Art Market Studies Association at the University of Melbourne Multiple Art Markets in an Expanding World: Artists, Agents, Networks, Exchange Wednesday 10 July 2024 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm AEST, Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Arts West, University of Melbourne TIAMSA Conference Melbourne 2024 is delighted to announce Franchesca Cubillo, Executive Director, First Nations Arts and Culture, Creative Australia, as the 2024 keynote speaker for the 7th Annual Conference of the International Art Market Studies Association at […]

VALE IAN NORTH AM (1945-2024)

June 17, 2024Obituary

Ian North AM, a widely esteemed artist, curator, academic and writer, sadly passed away on 14 May 2024 after a long illness. Ian had a special relationship with AAANZ. He was an inaugural member of the Art Association of Australia (1974) and as President (1997-99) and New Zealander, he reached across the ditch to bring his fellow New Zealanders into the fold. He rewrote the constitution and thus a rebranded Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ) was born in 2000. Ian North touched many as Curator of Paintings at the Art Gallery of South Australia (1971-1980) and Founding […]

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

June 17, 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 […]

Expression of Interest: SHAPE Futures EMCR Network Executive Committee Positions

June 17, 2024News

The SHAPE Futures EMCR Network aims to support, connect and advocate for early and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) working in the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts for People and Environment (SHAPE) disciplines across Australia. The SHAPE Futures Executive Committee is recruiting EMCRs interested in these objectives to take on a role within the Network Executive. All members of the executive are expected to attend the monthly meetings (held via Zoom), with other tasks allocated that are aligned to the position description. The time commitment will vary each month and depending on the role held by an individual. On average, it is […]

Call for Papers | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art 25.2: Open Issue

June 17, 2024ANZJA, Call for Papers

International Artist Residencies | Arquetopia Decolonial Scholarship

June 17, 2024Opportunity

Are you passionate about exploring a decolonial framework and expanding your artistic practice while driving social change? We have exciting subsidized scholarships available for the Fall of 2024 and Winter/Spring of 2025 in Cusco, Oaxaca, or Puebla! Arquetopia invites visual artists, designers, writers, and students aged 22 and over to apply for our special artist-in-residence scholarships. Our residencies offer a unique space where resistance, knowledge, and ethics intersect. We are dedicated to imagining a collective present, past, and future that prioritizes the well-being of all participants. Residents are encouraged to challenge dominant forms of knowledge, including tourism, art history, and […]

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

June 3, 2024AWAPA, Prizes