Author Archives: Rebecca Renshaw

AAANZ End of Year Newsletter

December 21, 2020News

Newsletter | President’s Report | December 2020 As the end of the year quickly approaches I think most of us will be pleased to say farewell to a year more akin to a dystopian science fiction novel. It is a year that has changed everyone. A year that art historians, writers and artists are likely to interrogate for decades into the future. And unfortunately it has been a year that has seen our discipline, and the arts sector as a whole, come under threat. At first this was from the lack of government support through the JobKeeper and […]

AAANZ 2020 Prizes │AWAPAs │ Research In Focus │ AIAH Research Grants

December 21, 2020AWAPA, Prizes

The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand is pleased to announce the winners, highly commended and grant recipients for 2020. Congratulations to all recipients for the 2020 Prizes and Grants and those who were highly commended. AWAPAs The 2020 AWAPAs acknowledge the best in art writing, publishing and research across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. This year entries were received from over 25 institutions and organisations from 11 cities and regions. The Awards are generously supported by our sponsors and we thank Professor Terry Smith FAHA, CIHA; Art Monthly Australia; Australian Institute of Art History; Christchurch Art Gallery Te […]

Essay Competition | Feminist Art in an International Art Curriculum

December 11, 2020Prizes

Essay competition Feminist Art in an International Art Curriculum Deadline for submissions 1 March 2021 This competition will be awarding 4 prizes of £230 (to 4 individual authors) Judges Katy Deepwell (Middlesex University), Alexandra Kokoli (Middlesex University), Anne Swartz (Savannah College of Art and Design), Kathleen Wentrack (Queensborough, CUNY), Catherine Harrington (Tokyo University of the Arts). This essay competition is open to anyone working, or recently working (i.e. last two years), in Higher Education, whether or not they are members of Advance HE Connect. This is an international competition, inviting contributions from anywhere in the world. This essay competition is […]

Call for Papers | Perspective : actualité en histoire de l’art, Habiter // Inhabiting, vol. 2021-2

December 11, 2020Call for Papers

Perspective : actualité en histoire de l’art devotes its no. 2021 – 2 to the ways in which artists, art historians, and their colleagues from neighboring disciplines examine the multiple ways in which one can inhabit or be inhabited, and take on these interrogations in a time when, across the globe, entire populations are confined to their homes. This invitation to revisit the visual and imaginary plasticity of inhabiting calls for a wide variety of approaches, both in terms of thematic and fields of study. All proposals will be studied as long as submissions remain in line with the journal’s editorial policy. Investigations into the fields of history of architecture, urbanism, landscaping, visual arts, […]

Review | ‘Wild enchantment’: how Daniel Thomas’s writings conveyed the joy of art to Australians

December 11, 2020Book

‘Wild enchantment’: how Daniel Thomas’s writings conveyed the joy of art to Australians The Conversation 10 December, 2020 Editors Misha Ketchell Review Daniel Thomas, recent past: writing Australian art (Thames & Hudson Australia) In 1958, when the young Daniel Thomas was first appointed at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the word “curator” was not in the Public Service Board lexicon. He felt his official title of “professional assistant” was inaccurate so he signed his letters “curatorial assistant”. read more Image Robert Walker, Daniel Thomas in his apartment at Elizabeth. Bay, from the Robert Walker archive 1965 black […]

Database of Experts | Directory of Art Historians and Art Researchers in the Asia Pacific Region

November 27, 2020Resources

The Directory of Art Historians and Art Researchers in the Asia Pacific Region is now live and accessible through the AAANZ website. This is an important resource that provides 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. A joint initiative of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ), the Australian Institute of Art History (AIAH), and the International Committee for the History of Art (CIHA), the Directory of Art Historians and Art Researchers in the Asia Pacific […]

Event | Upping the Anti-museum: Covid-19 and its Aftermath | Sir William Dobell Lecture 2020

November 13, 2020Events

Annual Sir William Dobell lecture Upping the Anti-museum: Covid-19 and its Aftermath Wednesday 25 November 2020 Prof. Adrian Franklin, Professor of Creative Industries and Cultural Policy, University of South Australia Prof. Franklin is known for his work on MONA and the development of para- and anti-museums. His most recent book, Anti-Museum (Routledge 2020) is an analysis of alternative museum practices in Australia, Europe and the USA. Franklin’s presentation reflects on how both he and his research field have been directly and rapidly transformed by the COVID-19 crisis. What was, in Anti-Museum, a challenge to reassess exhibitions, audiences and engagement has […]

PRIZE | AAANZ RESEARCH IN FOCUS ONLINE PRIZE 2020 | ENTRIES CLOSE 12 NOVEMBER

November 6, 2020Prizes

AAANZ RESEARCH IN FOCUS ONLINE PRIZE 2020 Due to Covid-19 the 2020 AAANZ Conference is not proceeding this December. The AAANZ Executive Committee has proposed to run the annual PhD prize in an alternative mode. With consideration regarding feedback received around the prize format from previous years, the 2020 prize will be based upon a video presentation of research and will be open to all current PhD candidates and recent graduates. Early career researchers are invited to prepare a short video that focuses on their research. They can talk to their entire PhD project, or choose a sub topic. Videos […]

Call for Submissions | Context and Meaning XX: Art and Crime | Queen’s University

October 23, 2020Call for Papers, Conference

Call for Submissions | Context and Meaning XX: Art and Crime | Graduate Visual Culture Association | Queen’s University Extended submission deadline | 1 November 2020 The Graduate Visual Culture Association (GVCA) at Queen’s University is seeking submissions for a graduate research conference exploring the intersections of art and crime. Hosted by the Department of Art History and Art Conservation and the GVCA, this year’s conference will take place from 22 January 2021 to 23 January 2021. Details about format and keynote speaker will be announced in the coming weeks. Call for papers and further details about the conference themes […]

Advocacy Letter | Art History MA program and for the Humanities | University of Hawai’i at Manoa

September 25, 2020Advocacy

As is the case with many other Humanities-related programs at UH-Manoa, the administration is considering “temporarily stopping out” the MA program in Art History until “the faculty can modify the program to attract more students.” This is despite the fact that the department has already successfully corrected every concern listed in the administration’s own recommendation document. In short, like other programs, the decision is not based on the actual value and health of the program, but purely on low graduate student enrolment and a low prioritization of the Humanities at the university. I argue that the MA program in Art […]