Category Archives: Events

Event | She Carried On: Women’s Power, Erasure, and Legacy in Victoria’s History | 25 March

February 23, 2026Events

She Carried On: Women’s Power, Erasure, and Legacy in Victoria’s History brings together Dr Scarlette Nhi Do, Professor Zoë Laidlaw and PhD candidate Kacey Sinclair for a timely conversation about women’s influence in shaping Victoria’s past. From Lady Gladys Nicholls’ overlooked Indian-Australian heritage and activism, to Janet Biddlecombe’s pastoral wealth and philanthropic power rooted in colonial dispossession, to Fanny Finch’s resistance as a woman of colour in gold-rush Victoria, this event interrogates how women’s labour, leadership and legacies are remembered. Together, these historians ask: whose histories endure, whose are erased and how should we reckon with them today? When: 6:00pm -7:15pm Wednesday […]

EVENT | ILLUMINATING MINDS SYMPOSIUM AND CONCERT | 14 FEBRUARY

February 9, 2026Events

ILLUMINATING MINDS: A Symposium Celebrating the legacy of Professor Margaret Manion IBVM AO FAHA (1935-2024) Invitation to attend the forthcoming symposium and concert celebrating the legacy of Professor Margaret Manion IBVM AO (1935-2024), who pioneered the study of Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts in Australia. The symposium brings together many of Professor Manion’s former students and colleagues, who will be presenting papers on aspects of their research and reflecting on her influence. The symposium will be followed by a concert at Newman College’s Chapel of the Holy Spirit. Date: Saturday 14th February 2026 Symposium venue: Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building, The […]

EVENT | Women’s Art Register Roundtable: Things That Keep Us Together | 21 February

February 9, 2026Events, Publication

Event: Women’s Art Register Roundtable: Things That Keep Us Together When: 21 February, 2.30pm–3.15pm Where: The Bubble, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre More info: https://melbourneartfair.com.au/events/womens-art-register-things-that-keep-us-together/ The Women’s Art Register recently turned 50 — a major milestone for an archive shaped by a collective vision and sustained by volunteers. The new book, Keeping things together: 50 years of the Women’s Art Register, brings the Register’s history and ongoing impact on Australian culture to life. Join panellists Meredith Rogers, Lesley Dumbrell, Maya Hodge and Azza Zein, with moderator Anna Daly, for a lively discussion on art, archives and feminism, and to celebrate the things that […]

Exhibitions | Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove and Bridget Baskerville | Goulburn Regional Art Gallery

February 2, 2026Events, Exhibition

Join Goulburn Regional Art Gallery on Friday 13 February with an artist tour with Brenda L Croft and Prue Hazelgrove commencing at 5:30pm, and the opening event commencing at 6pm to celebrate the launch of the Gallery’s brand new exhibitions! 5:30pm Exclusive exhibition tour with exhibiting artists Brenda L Croft and Prue Hazelgrove as they walk audiences through their brand new bodies of work on display which, in distinct ways, explore family, memory and place. 6-8pm Celebrate the opening of all of our new exhibitions including Brenda L Croft’s after/image, Prue Hazelgrove’s Re:Generation & Bridget Baskerville’s Conduit. The exhibition will be […]

Event | Perth Festival exhibitions for 2026 | Birrundudu Drawings and Gracie Greene – It’s Time

February 2, 2026Events, Exhibition

Invitation for major Perth Festival exhibitions for 2026, the monumental Birrundudu Drawings of rarely seen works from 1945 created at a remote cattle station by sixteen men, and a long overdue and first solo retrospective of paintings by Gracie Greene – It’s Time (curated by Lynley Nargoordah and Lee Kinsella ), both at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. Please feel free to share far and wide and particularly with mob! These exhibitions have both been many years in the works, and the Berndt Museum is thrilled that many descendants, artists, and those with cultural ties to the works, will be travelling down to join what […]

EVENT | 2026 International Women’s Day Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon | 7 March Richmond Library

February 2, 2026Events

2026 International Women’s Day Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Sat, 7 Mar, 10:30am – 2pm AEDT Richmond Library Sign up here: https://events.humanitix.com/2026-international-women-s-day-art-feminism-wikipedia-edit-a-thon In 2026, celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) by helping Yarra Libraries and the Women’s Art Register close the gender gap in Wikipedia articles and editors in our Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. As the largest general reference work on the internet, Wikipedia is hugely popular but just 20% of biographies on Wikipedia are about women. The Women’s Art Register works to improve the prominence of women artists online and with their archive at Richmond Library. Join us to amplify the […]

Event | Names in the Margins: Women’s Stories Rediscovered Through Melbourne’s Ghost Signs

January 19, 2026Events

Names in the Margins: Women’s Stories Rediscovered Through Melbourne’s Ghost Signs Behind Melbourne’s fading advertisements lie stories that were never meant to survive. In this talk, author and historian Sean Reynolds uncovers the hidden lives of women revealed through his Melbourne Ghost Signs research – stories found not only on walls, but in rate books, police files, directories, inquests, and the deep holdings of PROV – Victoria’s State Archives. From motor-garage pioneers and migrant shopkeepers to reinvention artists and women mis-recorded or misunderstood by history, Sean traces how small archival fragments can illuminate extraordinary lives. A lively journey through the […]

Slade Lectures 2026 | Terry Smith – Frames of Vision

December 8, 2025Events

Terry Smith has been appointed Slade Professor of Fine Arts, University of Cambridge, 2025-2026. During Lent Term, January 27 to March 17, 2026, he will present a public lecture series entitled FRAMES OF VISION: THE INTELLIGENCE OF ARTISTS Flyer attached here The Slade Professorship of Fine Art at Cambridge was founded in 1869 as the result of a bequest from the art collector Felix Slade (1788-1868). At the same time, similar chairs were founded in the Universities of Oxford and London. Holders of the Chair usually deliver eight public lectures and four classes for students in the department of the […]

EVENT | A Curator’s Legacy: A Symposium in Honour of Terence Lane OAM

October 13, 2025Events

A Curator’s Legacy: A Symposium in Honour of Terence Lane OAM Saturday 1 November 2025 Forum Theatre, Arts West, Parkville Campus, University of Melbourne The symposium is free but registration is essential. Register your attendance at: https://events.humanitix.com/symposium-a-curator-s-legacy Leading academics and curators will present papers reflecting Terence Lane’s many interests during his lifetime in a symposium that will honour his lasting legacy. Speakers include Tim Bonyhady, James Broadbent, Alisa Bunbury, Jane Clark, Amanda Dunsmore, Kirsty Grant, Alison Inglis, Matthew Martin, Christopher Menz, Diana Morgan, Michael Varcoe-Cocks and Gerard Vaughan. For enquiries, please contact: asi@unimelb.edu.au

Event | Art History and Curatorship Seminar | Friday 10 October

October 6, 2025Book, Events

You are invited to a special Art History and Curatorship Seminar discussion to celebrate the release of two new books, on Friday, 10 October, at 10:00 – 11:00 am AEDT, in person and via Zoom. This seminar will comprise a lively discussion based on the publications: Writing Borderless Histories of Art: Human Exceptionalism and the Climate Crisis, the latest monograph by Claire Farago, and Transcultural Histories of Art and Artisanal Epistemologies: Knowledge to Be Made, a new edited volume from Claire Farago, Susan Lowish and Jens Baumgarten. Speakers: Claire Farago, Professor Emerita at the University of Colorado Boulder. Jens Baumgarten, Professor of Art History at the Federal […]