Author Archives: Katrina Grant

Job | Contemporary Art Curator, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

July 5, 2023Jobs

This is a rare opportunity to join Te Papa’s Art Curatorial team. You will work closely with others in the organisation to: provide curatorial leadership for contemporary art research, exhibitions, publications, collection development and programmes maintain strong relationships with key contemporary art stakeholders in particular artists, curators, dealers, collectors and benefactors provide stewardship for the contemporary art collection as a key decision maker for the ongoing care, documentation and use of this collection. The Toi art team are currently consolidating their programme of research outputs including exhibitions, publications, and acquisitions to further build on their recent successes in the Toi […]

Symposium | Collecting and conserving early Australian Maps Symposium

June 22, 2023Events

Please join us for a public symposium exploring three of the most important early map collections in Australia with a particular focus on Dutch Golden Age maps showcasing recent innovations in their care and conservation. This symposium will feature engaging presentations from historians and researchers formative in the development of the map collections of the National Library of Australia, the Kerry Stokes Collection, and MONA as they discuss the history, significance, and motivation for these collections in the context of Australian mapping. Conservators from the University of Melbourne will describe their recent award-winning journey to conserve two different copies of […]

Job | Curator, Prints – University of Melbourne

June 22, 2023Jobs

Deadline: 16th July 2023 Website: https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/913163/curator-prints Job no: 0036365 Location: Parkville Role type: Full-time; Continuing Department/School: Archives and Special Collections Salary: UOM 7 – $102,338 – $110,780 p.a. plus 17% super Curate, and enhance access to historically significant artworks, fostering engagement and innovative strategies. Work with one of the most prestigious print and drawing collections within Australia, featuring renowned artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, and William Hogarth. $102,338 – $110,780 p.a., 17% super, benefits, and a flexible hybrid work environment! About the Role As the Curator, Prints, you will work with a team of specialist curators, collection managers, and engagement professionals to oversee the […]

Job | Curatorial Assistant, Gordon Darling Graduate Intern, National Gallery of Australia

June 22, 2023Jobs

Deadline: Applications close at midnight on Sunday, 2 July 2023 and should be emailed to recruitment@nga.gov.au Website: https://nga.gov.au/about-us/jobs/curatorial-assistant-gorgan-darlings-graduate-intern/ This position is situated in the Curatorial and Programs Portfolio, within the department of Prints and Drawings. It reports to the Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings and is responsible for the cataloguing of Australian prints and drawings. The collection of Australia prints, drawings, watercolours, artist books and illustrated books brings together works on paper by non-Indigenous artists that begins with pre-colonial contact, in Australia. Due to their immediacy and portability, drawings and watercolours provide the basis for the collection’s most historically significant depictions of […]

Symposium | Nineteenth-Century Worlds of Vision, 1820s-1870s, Canberra, July 16-18

June 22, 2023Events

This symposium brings together artists, curators and scholars of nineteenth-century visual culture who work across and beyond traditional art historical methods. The nineteenth century was a period of increased mechanisation and innovation for the visual arts. In the Global South, and the Australian colonies particularly, it was also a period of frontier violence and dispossession where sophisticated Indigenous practices of visualising Country and Kin were devastatingly upset. The papers in this symposium consider visual worlds in flux and tumult during the middle decades of the nineteenth-century. With panels on expanded portraiture; colonial science and the visual imaginary; photography and archival […]

Job | Assistant Curator of Art – Australian War Memorial

June 3, 2023JobsCanberra, Curator, Jobs

Under general direction, the Assistant Curator participates in the care, custody and day to day administration of the Art Collection. The work involves: responding to enquiries and liaising with clients, artists, institutions and organisations; contributing to collection development; and performing a range of tasks associated with control, maintenance and care of the collection using the Memorial’s collection management system. A Tertiary qualification in the field of Art History is required for this position. Core Responsibilities Under general direction and professional supervision participate in the control, maintenance, care and development of the art collection, including: Prepare recommendations related to acquisitions; Undertake […]

Call for Papers | Sound, Image, Text Symposium, Australian National University

June 2, 2023Call for PapersANU, Call for Papers

Date: Thursday 24 and Friday 25 August 2023. Location: Australian National University, Canberra. Deadline: Friday 23 June. This symposium hosted by the Centre for Art History and Theory in the ANU School of Art and Design will be of interest to scholars, curators, or creative practitioners interested in the relationship between sound, image, and text in the history of music, art, and literature. The event is inspired by the digital critical edition of Jean-Benjamin de la Borde’s Choix de Chansons (1773), developed by an interdisciplinary team of art historians, musicologists and literary scholars from the Australian National University, University of […]

ANZJA now indexed by Scopus

May 31, 2023ANZJA

We are pleased to announce that the ANZJA’s application to be indexed by Scopus (and Scimago) has been approved. Scopus has become a vital index of scholarly journals, often seen by universities and funding bodies as a measure of research quality. In its letter of approval, Scopus praised the ANZJA’s high citation rate and disciplinary and regional relevance. Being listed by Scopus will help ensure we continue to attract excellent scholarship. The Journal will appear in Scopus and Scimago by the end of June. We thank the current editor in chief Verónica Tello for her work on this.

Job Opportunity | PhotoAccess Director

January 12, 2023Jobs

Hours of work: 4 – 4.5 days per week (negotiable) Term: 2 years (with 6 months’ probation and possibility of extension) Reports to: Board Responsible for supervising: PhotoAccess staff, contractors and volunteers Remuneration: $ 85,000 – $100,000 pro rata plus superannuation. Remuneration will be negotiated to reflect the experience and skills of the successful applicant. Website: https://www.photoaccess.org.au/about/job-vacancy/ ABOUT PHOTOACCESS PhotoAccess is the ACT and region’s centre for contemporary photography, film and video and media arts. Located at the Manuka Arts Centre in Canberra, ACT, we’re an established non-profit, member-based organisation fostering excellence in the photographic arts and developing understanding and appreciation of photographic culture. Each […]

Submissions to the Australian Research Council review

December 5, 2022Advocacy

The Australian Research Council (ARC) is currently undergoing review and AAANZ is encouraging submissions from our members on the experiences and concerns of researchers working in art history, practice-led research and related fields. Members from non-university institutions may like to make a submission reporting on how Linkage schemes can support the goals of their work in partner instiutions. The terms of reference are as follows: whether the role and purpose of the ARC as set out in the legislation remains relevant, including consideration of the contribution the ARC can make to identifying reforms to its programs to actively shape the […]