Category Archives: Events

Event | Stateless: Trans-National Histories of Diasporic Art | Thursday 18 Spetember | University of Melbourne

September 8, 2025Events

Event title: Stateless: Trans-National Histories of Diasporic Art Date and time: Thursday 18 September – 6.00-7.00pm Location: Forum Theatre, Arts West Building (Building 148), Parkville Campus, University of Melbourne How has statelessness shaped art in the 20th and 21st centuries? Join Dr Banai as she considers the artistic, visual, and textual representations of statelessness, the practices of stateless artists, and how our understanding of statelessness and history are intertwined. For more infomration and to register click here

YIRRAMBOI / THE MOB JOURNAL // E03

September 8, 2025Events, Grants, News

As the days get a little longer we’re finding ourselves in that buzzy moment of stirring awake from the cold at the tail end of Guling (Orchid) Season. The wattles are bursting yellow, caterpillars are marching and the frosty mornings are (hopefully) behind us. In team news, fresh from YIRRAMBOI 2025’s spotlight on Northern Turtle Island, two of our deadly team members have just returned from Toronto, where they honoured reciprocal relations with Joelle Peters, Artistic Director at Native Earth Performing Arts—the oldest First Nations performing arts company in Canada. Together, they reflected on the importance of the next generation […]

Event | Masculinity, Art and Fashion: from Renaissance Europe to Contemporary Australia

July 28, 2025Events

Masculinity, Art and Fashion: from Renaissance Europe to Contemporary Australia Where Harold White Theatrette, University of Melbourne, 757 Swanston Street, Parkville When Friday 1 August Register here Morning Session 9:30 – 12:30 John Gagné, Italian men, French shirts, and the problems of belonging John Gagné is Cassamarca Associate Professor of History at the University of Sydney. Sarah A. Bendall, New styles and global novelties: The influence of French and East Indies goods on men’s fashion in the late 17th century Sarah A. Bendall FRHistS is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian Catholic University and was appointed as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society […]

Event | Art + Crime : A panel discussion | Tuesday 6 May, 5.30pm

May 2, 2025Events

Tue, 6 May, 5:30pm – 7pm AEST Art + Crime : A panel discussion. Art and crime have always intersected in Australian art history and culture, from early convict artists to contemporary thefts, forgeries, and the illicit trade of cultural artifacts. Some of our most famous artworks are centred on outlaws, like Nolan’s Ned Kelly series; others document and critique our legal systems, taking up colonial violence, corruption, and the fight to find justice for marginalized communities. In 2025-2026, the Australian Institute of Art History is focusing on Art + Crime. This panel discussion is the first in a series of events […]

Call for publishers, designers and distributors | Object Book Fair

April 28, 2025Book, Events, Publication

Calling all publishers, designers and distributors This is an invitation to join us and promote your publications at an upcoming book fair in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. The Object Book Fair will take place at Objectspace as part of Object Book Space; an events programme celebrating an object of design – the book – through a full-day symposium, book fair and more. Ahead of launching to the public, we warmly invite designers, publishers and distributors to book a table and share your publications during the Object Book Fair, taking place Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 June, 11am – 4pm both days. For more information, and to […]

Event | DYSPLA_Chat with Dr Ruth Gibbons | 5 May

April 28, 2025Events

DYSPLA_Motion online workshop Monday 5th May, 7–8.30am NZST / Sunday 4th May, 8–9.30pm GMT+1 Registration is completely free – simply sign up here! The theme of next week’s discussion will be Movement, and joined by Dr Ruth Gibbons, whose sensory anthropology work continues to shape the direction of DYSPLA_motion. Workshop paticipants will gather to reflect on practice, exchange ideas, and explore the concept of physicality in relation to neurodivergent people’s creative work. Up-to-date FAQs document on the project. CURRENT PROJECTS SurgeryScript – Subsidised Script Development DYSPLA Chat – Monthly Online Peer to Peer meetings for neurodivergent creatives

Event | Whangarei Heads Arts Trail

March 24, 2025Events

The Whangarei Heads Arts Trail is celebrating its 13th year this Easter Saturday and Sunday. Showcasing 45 plus artists in home studios and three community venues from Onerahi, Whangarei, to Ocean Beach, Whangarei Heads. We would like to invite you all to come along. The event is free and there are maps available for $5 which includes a raffle ticket to go into the draw to win three prizes valued at $1,000. For more information please go to our website: www.whangareiheadsartstrail.org

Call for neurodivergent creatives

March 17, 2025Call for Artists, Call for Creatives, Events, Exhibition

DYSPLA London is embarking on a new digital art project in New Zealand and we are putting some feelers out to see if anyone is able to introduce us to local artists, (actors, writers, visual artists, dancers, musicians, etc) from New Zealand. Project Details Below: DYSPLA, in collaboration with Sensory Anthropologist Dr Ruth Gibbons, will create a series of 3D Augmented Reality (AR) Performative Digital Sculptures, focusing on the neurodivergent body in movement. The project, entitled DYSPLA Motion, seeks to address stigma around the disabled body, while also exploring the concept of ‘Neurodivergent (ND) Physicality’ and how the ND body generates thought. DYSPLA is looking […]

Event │Dark Renaissance │Friday 28 February

February 10, 2025Events

Dark Renaissance 28 February 2025, 10am-5pm and online via Zoom Lecture Theatre 2, Old Geology Building, Parkville Campus, University of Melbourne The Renaissance period is associated with so many artistic and cultural innovations that it can be easy to overlook its darker aspects. But there is another side to this history, from toxic materials and techniques to violent images and social isolation. For this symposium, early modern specialists from across Australia and New Zealand will come together to take a new look at Renaissance, and a different lens on this fascinating and troubled period. The event is organised by the Australian […]

Terry Smith appointed Slade Professor 2025-26

December 16, 2024Events, News

Terry Smith has been appointed Slade Professor of Fine Arts, University of Cambridge, 2025-2026. During Lent Term, January 27 to March 19, 2026, he will present a lecture series entitled IMAGE AS IDEA: SEEING, SHOWING, THINKING IN THE HISTORY OF ART 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 […]