Author Archives: Katrina Grant

Remembering Roger Blackley (1953–2019)

June 17, 2019NewsNews

This piece by Rebecca Rice first appeared on the Te Papa website. Read it in full here: https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2019/06/11/remembering-roger-blackley-1953-2019/ Our thanks to Rebecca for allowing us to repost it here in memory of the art historian and curator Roger Blackley. ‘Roger was many things to many of us: a scholar, mentor, colleague, teacher, and friend. He was, like his artist-hero Goldie, a national taonga, and he will be greatly missed.’ New Zealand art historian and curator, Roger Blackley, passed away on the 15 May 2019. Here, Rebecca Rice acknowledges his legacy. Roger Blackley, 2018 Roger and I both began our careers […]

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 […]

Call for Participation | Survey on social media use by artists, art educators and academics

July 12, 2018Call for Papers, NewsCall for Participation

Call for participation in a research survey. Artists, Art Educators and Academics we would like to invite you to contribute to a survey about your use of social media in your practice. We are investigating how different groups of professionals use social media. Social media has changed how we engage with and reach our audiences. But what does this look like across disciplines that naturally require collaboration, feedback, dissemination and profile building as part of your work? Access the link via the profile or at < https://swinuw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0BWwrVDp0Vrp21D> More info about the project: < https://chatwithrellypops.wordpress.com/reach-and-engagement-social-media-use-by-artists-art-educators-academics /> If you would like to […]

Call for Papers | ArtCrime2018 ‘Provenance Matters’ Wellington September 2018

July 6, 2018Call for Papers

The 4th annual New Zealand Art Crime Symposium will take place at the City Gallery Wellington, on Saturday 22 September 2018. Hosted by the NZ Art Crime Research Trust, in conjunction with City Gallery Wellington and our other sponsors, ArtCrime2018 will encompass a wide range of presentations on all aspects of, and explore a range of issues relating to, art crime in New Zealand. The programme will favour New Zealand content, but will also encompass international content that highlights or illustrates material of relevance to a primarily New Zealand audience. There will be a range of presentations, plus ample opportunities for networking. The […]

Call for Papers | DISTANCE LOOKS BACK

July 6, 2018Call for Papers

A Thematic Conference of the European Architectural History Network, held in conjunction with the 36th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand University of Sydney, School of Architecture, Design and Planning 10-13 July 2019 Convened by Andrew Leach and Lee Stickells Distance is both conceptual and actual. It is overcome or exploited in all manner of ways that have consequences for the history of architecture. It is fostered in the critical attitude. And collapsed when history is invoked in the present. It shapes the relationship of Europe to its Antipodes, as well as of Europe […]

Job | Professor Art History & Curatorship, Director Centre for Art History and Art Theory

June 25, 2018JobsJobs

ANU is looking for a new professorial position in Art History and Curatorship. Deadline 13th July 2018. Website: http://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/522451/professor-art-history-curatorship-director-centre-for-art-history-and-art-theory Classification: Academic Level E1, Salary package: $171,386 to $181,646 plus 17% Superannuation Term: Full-time, Continuing Position overview The Director will be a leading scholar with recognised expertise in Art History and Curatorship and is expected to promote excellence in research, teaching, and lead professional activities. The position will provide research leadership in the Centre and School, connect to the studio disciplines and pursue strategic engagement across the University, nationally and with international research partners, building on the Centre and School’s reputation. […]

Job | Photography Lecturer ANU School of Art & Design

June 25, 2018Jobs

Deadline: 13th July 2018 Website: http://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/522259/photography-lecturer-anu-school-of-art-design Classification: Academic Level B or C Salary package: B – $96,087 – $109,181 plus 17% super C – $$115,729 – $128,825 plus 17% super Term: Full-time, Continuing Position overview The position will contribute to teaching and research supervision within this dynamic institution. The ANU School of Art & Design fosters an environment to support individual and collaborative research and the position will undertake education development and delivery of coursework in the Bachelor and Master program in the Visual Arts, which are taught alongside the Design and Art History and Theory programs, as well as […]

Job | Painting Lecturer ANU School of Art & Design at ANU

June 25, 2018Jobs

Deadline: 13th July 2018 Website: http://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/524777/painting-lecturer-anu-school-of-art-design Classification: Academic Level B or C Salary Package: Academic Level B $96,087 to $109,181 plus 17% superannuation Academic Level C $115,729 to $128,825 plus 17% superannuation Term: Full time, Continuing Position overview The position will involve the coordination of Painting at the ANU School of Art & Design and contributing to teaching and research supervision within this dynamic institution. The programs taught at the ANU School of Art & Design offer a combination of engaged hands-on production and leading-edge digital practice, unique in the Australian tertiary sector. The successful candidate will contribute to the research […]

Applications Open: Terrence and Lynette Fern Cité Internationale des Artes, Paris Residency Fellowship

May 1, 2018Funding

Applications are now open for the Power Institute 2019 Terrence and Lynette Fern Cité Internationale des Arts Residency Fellowships. We are accepting applications online via submittable. All information including criteria, eligibility and residency details can be found on the submittable form. Applications are open in the following categories: a) Participating artists / craftspeople b) Art critics, art writers, art curators, art historians or art administrators c) Staff of the University of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art and PhD research students of the Department of Art History & Film Studies and Sydney College of the Arts A three or six-month residency […]

Susan Best and Catherine Speck elected to the Australian Academy of the Humanities

November 20, 2017Member News, News

Congratulations to Susan Best and Catherine Speck on their election to the Australian Academy of the Humanities From the AAH: Leading experts in arts and culture are among 23 leading figures in the humanities to be elected to the Australian Academy of the Humanities – the highest honour for achievement in the humanities in Australia. “I am delighted to welcome our new Fellows, elected in recognition of their outstanding scholarship and practice in the humanities disciplines,” said newly elected President of the Academy, Professor Joy Damousi FASSA FAHA. “Their expertise is central to our capacity to understand and engage with […]