Category Archives: Book

Upcoming Title │ Iconomy: Towards a Political Economy of Images │ Terry Smith

June 27, 2022Book

The upcoming title ‘Iconomy: Towards a Political Economy of Images’ by Terry Smith Book Summary: Exploring viral imagery of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Presidents Trump and Biden, Black Lives Matter, as well as the rise of a “black aesthetic” in white artworlds, this book shows that iconopolitics — especially constellations of visual images — has become pervasive within contemporary life. It questions the implications for critical thought and political action. ‘Iconomy: Towards a Political Economy of Images’ argues that imagery of all kinds has become a definitive force in the shaping of contemporary life. While immersed in public politics and […]

Call for Proposals │ EARLY CAREER PUBLISHING PROGRAM │Deadline Friday 22 April

April 9, 2022Book, Funding, News, Publication

AAANZ is calling for proposals for book publications from recently submitted doctorates in the fields of art history, art theory, art curatorship or art practice. This initiative has been developed by AAANZ in association with publishing house Taylor & Francis, with the intention of publishing a series of three monographs. The series will be divided into two rounds with proposals for the first two monographs selected in the first round in 2022. A Committee comprising of senior and early career art historians will select two recently completed PhD theses to be revised and published within the next two to three […]

Book | Space Practising Tools | Gail Hastings

April 30, 2021Book

Space Practising Tools by Gail Hastings with an introduction by Jon Roffe Space Practising Tools is much like a storybook. The main character is space. In the beginning, we fear it. As life goes on, we learn to ignore our fear and, as a consequence, we learn to ignore space. This makes it difficult to see space in three-dimensional art in which it is central. In Space Practising Tools, the artist Gail Hastings records a practical way to see and to work with ‘actual’ space in art. Her book documents spatial interactions through photographs, watercolours and diagrams of five space practising tools […]

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 […]

Books | Top 20 Book Facts | Publishing Industry Trends | Friends of the South Australia State Library

June 5, 2020Book

Top 20 Book Facts 1. Did you know, the fear of running out of something to read is called Abibliophobia 2. The world’s smallest book is Teeny Ted from Turnip Town 3. There are four law books bound in human skin at the Harvard University Library 4. Fact has it that former American President Theodore Roosevelt read one book a day 5. People say the longest sentence to ever be printed in literature belongs to Victor Hugo. The claim is that in Les Misérables there is a sentence which is 823 words long 6. 1 in 5 adults around the world cannot read […]

Awards | Entries Open | AAANZ Arts Writing and Publishing Awards

May 15, 2020Book, Prizes

Arts Writing and Publishing Awards (AWAPAs) are now open. 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. Following a review of the Awards earlier this year, AAANZ is pleased to announce a new category, Best Medium Exhibition Catalogue. This […]

Book | 100 Atmospheres: Studies in Scale and Wonder

August 2, 2019Book

100 Atmospheres: Studies in Scale and Wonder is a multi-authored, many-voiced book published by Open Humanities Press in their new Seed Book series. The authors are all members of the MECO Network: Susan Ballard, Louise Boscacci, David Carlin, Anne Collett, Eva Hampel, Lucas Ihlein, Jo Law, Joshua Lobb, Jade Kennedy, Teodor Mitew, Catherine McKinnon, Jo Stirling, and Kim Williams. To think differently, we need to practice differently. At a time when climate panic obscures clear thought, 100 Atmospheres is an invitation to think differently. Through speculative, poetic, and provocative texts, thirteen writers and artists have come together to reflect on human relationships […]

Book | Global Trends in Museum Diplomacy

July 28, 2019BookMuseums, Publication

Global Trends in Museum Diplomacy by Natalia Grincheva Global Trends in Museum Diplomacy features several case studies from the US, Russia and China to explore alternative avenues of contemporary museum diplomacy that no longer depends on government commissions to serve immediate geo-political interests. Drawing on eclectic methodological approaches from traditional desk research to immersive autoethnography, this book shares global research journeys over the last ten years. Starting with revolutionary global expansion activities of the Guggenheim Museum, transformations have been traced, such as, cultural franchising and global corporatization in the context K11 Art Mall in Hong Kong and the International Network of Foundations […]

Book – Exhibition – Events | Bauhaus Diaspora and Beyond

July 19, 2019Book, Events20th century art, Bauhaus, Book Launch, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Modernism

Melbourne Launch next week 25 July, details below. The anthology Bauhaus Diaspora and Beyond, soon to be launched in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane alongside a series of talks and exhibitions, is a major contribution to the centenary of the Bauhaus in 2019. The book, exhibitions and accompanying public events are the culmination of a three-year research project that brought together the region’s leading experts in modern art, design and architecture and has uncovered untold stories of how European modernism’s revolutionary ideas on art, design and architecture came to Australia and New Zealand. Bauhaus Diaspora starts with the Australian reception of […]