Author Archives: Rebecca Renshaw

Statement of associations of humanities and social sciences academics across Aotearoa New Zealand on the disbanding of humanities and social sciences panels of Marsden Fund

December 9, 2024Advocacy

Press release Thursday 5 December 2024 Professional associations representing fields in the humanities and social sciences across Aotearoa New Zealand are appalled and saddened at the decision announced on 4 December 2024 by the Hon. Judith Collins, Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology concerning a ‘refocus’ of Marsden funding. From 2025, the panels supporting humanities and social sciences research are to be disbanded. This means that the only significant and focused government funding for wide ranging research will no longer be available to budding and established academics in these fields. All successful nations fund research in the humanities and social […]

Call For Papers | Queries #2 | Deadline 1 January

December 2, 2024Call for Papers

Queries #2: Call For Papers Queries is a twice-yearly online journal home to academic writing old and new, by or about Australian artists identifying as gay, lesbian or queer. Queries #1 is available for download here Queries #2 is seeking any of the following: reviews of current exhibitions; extracts of recent postgraduate exegeses; recent essays on queer theory or art history; r eprints of old catalogue essays from the 1990s and 2000s; profiles on (or interviews with) contemporary artists. Deadline 1st January 2025 queriesjournal@gmail.com

2024 AAANZ Pre-Conference Online Event | Wednesday 27 November

November 25, 2024AAANZ Conference, Events

2024 AAANZ Pre-Conference Online Event | Past, Present, Possible Futures DATE Wed, 27 Nov, 10:15am – 4pm AEDT FREE EVENT | REGISTER HERE Event description Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ), this year’s conference will encourage participants to explore the past, present, and possible futures of art history and arts practice in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. In advance of the main conference program, scheduled to take place at the Australian National University from Wednesday 4 to Friday 6 December, this online-only pre-conference event is intended to provide those who are unable to […]

AAANZ 2024 conference | Registration closes Wednesday 27 November

November 25, 2024AAANZ Conference

AAANZ 2024 CONFERENCE | PAST, PRESENT, POSSIBLE FUTURES Australian National University, Canberra, Wednesday 4 – Friday 6 December 2024 Registration closes this Wednesday 27 November, costs are $580 for non-member full rate, $410 for member full rate, and $190 concession. Registration is complimentary for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pasifika conference convenors and presenters. Registration closes Wednesday 27 November.

AAANZ Conference | Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori, Pasifika caucus | 4 December

November 25, 2024AAANZ Conference

Dear Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori, Pasifika friends, Please find the link to the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ) Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori, Pasifika caucus, to be held at the AAANZ annual conference on Ngunnawal /Ngambri country at Australian National University (ANU), 4-6 December 2024 https://aaanz.info/aaanz-home/conferences/2024-conference-australian-national-university/ We are proposing that this Indigenous caucus is an annual gathering at the AAANZ conference. Please feel free to share with Indigenous members of the Arts sector who might be interested in joining AAANZ and participating in this caucus. The Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pasifika caucus is a closed […]

UPDATE OR ADD YOUR PROFILE TO THE DIRECTORY OF ART HISTORIANS AND ART RESEARCHERS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION

November 25, 2024News

Art historians and art researchers practicing in the Asia Pacific Region region are producing significant and innovative research which is of great interest to scholars and to relevant industry sectors including museums and galleries. The Directory of Art Historians and Art Researchers in the Asia Pacific Region enables research, expertise, and contact details for these historians and researchers to be found quickly and easily. The Directory is a searchable database of experts – academics, researchers, teachers, writers, editors, curators, and museum professionals – specialising in art, architecture, and visual culture from all periods and geographic regions. Browse the directory. Update or add your profile

Notice of AAANZ 2024 annual general meeting

November 18, 2024News

The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ) is the peak professional body for art writers, academics, curators, and artists providing a platform for advocacy, critical thinking and the sharing of knowledge. Notice of AAANZ 2023 annual general meeting You are notified that the Annual General Meeting of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand will be held at: Venue Australian National University, Coombs Theatre, HC Coombs Building (Building #8). Enter from Fellows Road Date Thursday 5 December 2024 Time 4.15 – 5.00 pm Documents Agenda 2024 Proxy Form Minutes from the Annual General Meeting 2023 Item 9: […]

CALL FOR PAPERS | AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ART 25.2: OPEN ISSUE | Deadline 20 December

November 18, 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 […]

AAANZ declaration of election for appointment to positions on the Executive Committee including President – Nominations close this Friday

November 11, 2024Member News

At the AGM in December this year a number of positions on the Executive Committee will come up for renewal. The President Wendy Garden is stepping down so the position of President will become vacant and we will need to elect a new President this year. If you are interested in nominating for any of the positions listed below please complete a Nomination form and return it to the Business Manager by Friday 15 November. President Australian Capital Territory Representative New South Wales Representative Queensland Representative South Australian Representative Tasmanian Representative Victorian Representative Western Australian Representative Indigenous Australian Representative Student Representative Advocacy Representative If you […]

Obituary Leon Paroissien

November 11, 2024Obituary

Leon Paroissien, 5 March 1937- 5 November 2024 Leon Paroissien was the first Director of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, the founding Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, a former editor of Art and Australia, and the Director of the 1984 Biennale of Sydney. With his partner, Bernice Murphy, he was an active enabler of the establishment of what is now the AAANZ. It is fair to say that any examination of Australian visual culture will find evidence of Leon Paroissien’s benign intervention. We now take it for granted that when priceless works of art travel […]