AAANZ has written a statement in support of Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagastino and calls on Creative Australia to reverse their decision. Also see the open letter from Memo Review https://www.memoreview.net/articles/letters/open-letter-re-the-withdrawal-of-australia-s-2026-venice-biennale-representatives NAVA Statement: https://visualarts.net.au/news-opinion/2025/nava-statement-support-artist-khaled-sabsabi/
An invitation to participate in a survey about Pacific Representation at the National Portrait Gallery. Survey blurb: We are seeking community insights to help guide a partnership between the National Portrait Gallery, the Australian Association for Pacific Studies, and the Oceania Working Party of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Your responses will inform how we can meaningfully celebrate Pacific peoples and cultures. When answering the following questions, please don’t be constrained by traditional notions of portraiture or art galleries. We would like to develop partnerships that extend beyond the walls of the National Portrait Gallery, and beyond the boundaries of […]
The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand stands in solidarity with Māori people and supporters in Aotearoa to voice opposition to the New Zealand’s government controversial Treaty Principles Bill. This bill sets out to introduce changes to the Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) signed by British officials and 500 Māori chiefs on the 6 February 1840. This important founding document enshrines rangatiratanga, (Māori self-determination) ensuring Māori people have the right to govern themselves. Through the Treaty Aotearoa is recognised as a world leader in supporting Indigenous rights. The Treaty Principles Bill will undermine the Te Tiriti and […]
AAANZ is proudly celebrating 50 years as the leading organisation that represents, art historians, practice-led researchers, arts writers and curators. Since 1974 it has fostered the dissemination of knowledge and debate about art, curatorship, and artistic practice throughout the region. As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations – to be marked at the annual conference in December – we are calling on our community to contribute to a digital publication. This 50th anniversary digital edition will: showcase the breadth of arts-focused research and writing across the region it will reflect on how our disciplines have changed since the 1970s invite […]
The Call for Papers is now open! Who should apply The AAANZ Conference is held every year, and is the region’s major conference for art historians, artists and researchers. You should apply to present at the conference if you are an art historian, artist or a curator. Outside these core areas, we also welcome architecture, design and moving image historians, museum studies academics, and arts and design professionals. Read more about the conference and its format here. Questions about specific panels and submission of papers to panels should be directed to the conveners listed below. Any general questions about the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Special Issue of Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion ‘Menswear and Performance’, 2024 Guest editor: Will Visconti, University of Technology, Sydney Abstracts due: 31 August 2023 Authors notified of decisions: 30 September 2023 Completed articles due: 30 November 2023 In the wake of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis and ongoing press attention surrounding the sartorial choices of performers like Harry Styles, Lil Nas X and Billy Porter, new questions are being asked about menswear and performance: precisely who is wearing what, how, and why. So too might one ask questions about what constitutes performance in an age of celebrity culture and ubiquitous social […]
The Tyler Visiting Fellowship is a biennial residential fellowship for scholars, art historians, artists, and arts practitioners living anywhere to travel to Tasmania for two weeks to conduct research utilising the Tyler Collection, housed within the University of Tasmania. Applications close 31 July 2023. The Fellowship is to be undertaken in 2024. For full details see: https://www.utas.edu.au/community-and-partners/tyler-visiting-fellowship/_nocache The Tyler Collection is a private collection developed by University of Tasmania alumnus Geoffrey Tyler during his work with the International Monetary Fund in Europe, while Romania struggled under the oppressive communist rule of Nicolae Ceausescu. Bequeathed to the University by Frances and Geoffrey […]
Continuing, part time appointment (0.5 FTE) Teaching Focused Academic Level A – up to $106,933 pa (pro rata) Plus 17% superannuation and 6 weeks annual leave (pro rata) Alice Springs Campus, NT Deadline: Monday 17 July 2023 Apply your visual arts experience – ideally with specialist skills in ceramics – to deliver training to students at CDU’s Academy of the Arts. About Charles Darwin University’s Academy of the Arts Charles Darwin University (CDU) believes in the transformative power of training, education and research to change people’s lives for the better. We are a deeply connected university, working in partnership and […]
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