Category Archives: News

AAANZ statement on Marriage Equality

September 26, 2017Advocacy, NewsAdvocacy

The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand strongly supports same-sex marriage and encourages all eligible members of the Association to answer “Yes” in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey. As the Association believes that all people should be treated equally under the law, it takes the view that everybody should be able to marry the person they love. In this way, the Association upholds a fundamental human right and respects the freedoms and rights of all members of the community. The Association also strongly and unequivocally supports our LGBTIQ members and encourages all members to reach out to […]

Visiting Professor of Australian Studies – University of Tokyo

September 19, 2017Jobs, News

Visiting Professor of Australian Studies 2018-19 AND/OR 2019-20 Centre for Pacific and American Studies Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo Position: Visiting Professor Open to: Australian citizens and permanent residents Location: Centre for Pacific and American Studies, University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus Salary: Starting Salary ¥600,000 per month (before tax). Duration: Approximately 10 months Commencement of position: Early September 2018 or early September 2019. Applicants may apply for either term or both terms. This must be indicated clearly on your application. Closing date for applications: 5:00 pm, Friday 29 September 2017 Applications: Email applications to: k.darian-smith@unimelb.edu.au with the words “Confidential Visiting Professor Tokyo” in the […]

The Long Dream of Waking – New Perspectives on Len Lye – Eds. Paul Brobbel, Wystan Curnow, Roger Horrocks

September 11, 2017News

The Long Dream of Waking: New Perspectives on Len Lye Recognised internationally as one of the twentieth century’s great modernist innovators, New Zealand artist Len Lye is most famous for his avant-garde experimental films and for his astonishing and playful kinetic sculptures. Always fascinated by the interplay of movement and light, this extraordinary artist also expressed himself in photography, drawing, painting and poetry. During his lifetime he was better known in the art capitals of North America and Europe than in the country of his birth, but that has changed since the establishment of the foundation dedicated to his works […]

ANZJA 17.1 – Open Issue now available online

September 5, 2017ANZJA, News

Please visit Taylor and Francis online to access the latest edition of the ANZJA. This Open Issue was edited by Mark Ledbury and Rachel Kent and features writing by Susan Ballard, Bridget Sutherland, Alex Burchmore and more.

New publication – Rick Amor: An Online Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints by Irena Zdanowicz

September 4, 2017News

Rick Amor: An Online Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints by Irena Zdanowicz was launched on 15 July in Canberra at the National Gallery of Australia during the symposium ‘The Art of Attribution: The Catalogue Raisonné in the 21st Century’, organized jointly by the NGA and the Australian Institute of Art History at the University of Melbourne. This publication is the first online catalogue raisonné of prints to be published in Australia and is a work in progress. Its first phase documents Rick Amor’s intaglio prints and their 900-plus states; the relief prints and lithographs will be added in due course. […]

AAANZ Advocacy Working Groups – Call For Participation

August 28, 2017News

The AAANZ is aiming to increase its efforts to advocate for art history and the visual arts. As there are many issues that the Association could potentially address it is important to prioritise these and to enlist members to assist with the work of researching, communicating, and organising advocacy efforts. The Association will establish several advocacy working groups to address issues which have been identified by the membership and the executive as crucial. If you are interested to join one of these working groups please write to us and let us know. We will then put you in touch with other interested […]

Postgraduate Symposium – Gerhard Richter: Questions for Painters – Griffith University

August 28, 2017News

10 AM – 7 PM MONDAY 16 OCTOBER 2017 $65pp Register here Interested postgraduate students, early-career researchers and academics from universities throughout Australasia are invited to attend and contribute to a dynamic dialogue on art practice as framed through Richter’s example. This postgraduate symposium focuses on practice-based research, and provides an opportunity to meet and hear from distinguished artists working at the nexus of practical and theoretical approaches to contemporary painting. Speakers will use their own research and practice-based methodologies as case studies in shaping this discussion. The symposium is organised around two central themes […]

Call for Papers | Association for Art History Conference | London April 2018

August 18, 2017News

2018 Annual Conference Courtauld Institute of Art & King’s College London 5 – 7 April 2018, London About The 2018 AAH Annual Conference for art history and visual culture will be co-hosted by the Courtauld Institute of Art and King’s College London. Academic sessions that papers will respond to the idea of ‘looking outwards’. This international 3 day event will look at art history in the broadest sense, and will incorporate a diverse range of speakers and perspectives. Call for Papers The 2018 Annual Conference for art history and visual culture will be co-hosted by the Courtauld Institute of Art […]

Art and Its Directions – Early Bird Registration Now Open

August 9, 2017AAANZ Conference, Conference, News

We are pleased to announce that the early bird registration for the 2017 AAANZ conference is now open until October 22. Late registration will be from October 23 – November 26. A reminder that the CFP closes on the August 14. Art and Its Directions | Registration

Art and Its Directions – AAANZ Conference Bursaries

August 3, 2017News

GENERAL INFORMATION | KEYNOTE SPEAKERS | SPECIAL EVENT | CALL FOR SESSIONS CALL FOR PAPERS | REGISTRATION & ACCOMODATION | POSTGRADUATE DAY | POSTGRADUATE BURSARIES | CONFERENCE PROGRAM The Art Association of Australia New Zealand is happy to announce that it will award five bursaries to currently enrolled postgraduate students studying art history, art, or curatorship to deliver a paper at the Perth Annual Conference in December 2017. Each award will be a cash grant of $500 to be used towards travel expenses to attend the conference and give a paper. In order to be eligible for consideration applicants must be members of the […]