Category Archives: News

Dr Melissa Chiu announced as Keynote Speaker for 2016 AAANZ Conference

July 21, 2016AAANZ Conference, NewsKeynote

The conference committee is delighted to announce that this year’s keynote speaker will be Dr Melissa Chiu, Director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C. AAANZ 2016 Conference | The Work of Art Dr Melissa Chiu How has the work of art changed in the 21st century? Keynote Speaker for AAANZ 2016 December 1, National Gallery of Australia Dr. Melissa Chiu is Director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the national museum of modern art, a Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. She was previously Museum Director and Senior Vice President, Global Art Programs at Asia Society […]

Museums Australia (Victoria) – Roving Curator Info Session + The Art of Curation

July 19, 2016News

Info Session: Roving Curator Program The Roving Curator Program is an initiative by Museums Australia (Victoria) to help museums and galleries develop engaging and dynamic exhibitions. Find out how the Roving Curator Program could assist you in 2017, with tips on putting together a strong application and avoiding common mistakes. Free session but bookings essential. Date: Thursday 18 August Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm Venue: Melbourne Museum Cost: Free, bookings essential > Book now to secure your place Seminar: The Art of Curation A panel of curators will share their experiences and views on the importance of curating, […]

Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Heritage of the Built of Environment – The University of Melbourne

July 18, 2016Jobs, News

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Heritage of the Built Environment Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Australia Salary: AUD66,809* – AUD90,657 p.a. (*PhD Entry Level AUD84,458 p.a.) plus 17% superannuation The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to conduct interdisciplinary research on the Heritage of the Built Environment. This position is located in the Australian Collaboratory for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage (ACAHUCH). Working alongside industry, academic and government partners, ACAHUCH fosters a collaborative approach to the critical study of architectural history, heritage conservation […]

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Research Symposium, Archives: the Ethics of Keeping

July 6, 2016News

Research Symposium, Archives: the Ethics of Keeping Tuesday 26 July 2016, 9am–12.30pm Explore the central and sometimes difficult topics concerning judgments and the place of the archive in contemporary society. In this symposium, speakers question and reconceptualise the idea of the archive. They will interrogate and upend understandings and practices of access, control, agency, power, choice, including the act of repurposing in the creative process. Private, public, cultural, legal, factual, interpreted and other categorisations of the archive are discussed by a series of experts offering different ways of thinking. How are cultural institutions and others addressing these ethical issues and taking […]

iDARE RMIT Workshop 2016 – CREW

July 6, 2016News

CREATIVE RESEARCH ETHICS WORKSHOP (CREW) Running from early August through late September, 2016 Activities will occur in multiple locations in the Melbourne CBD/inner north Website Interested in participating? Let us know by Monday July 18, 2016. EOI What should I do to be part of the CREW? Send an email to mcpherson.m@unimelb.edu.au with the following: – a 100-200 word statement indicating your interest in being involved in this project. Additionally, please confirm whether you are able to commit to the two full days of the intensive (Phase 1), and what days/times of the week you would be available for the […]

Launch: emaj 9

July 5, 2016News

Announcing emaj 9, the newly published 2015/16 edition of the peer-reviewed online art journal Please feel free to join the editors of online art journal emaj (electronic Melbourne art journal) for a drink this Friday, to celebrate the launch of the 2015/16 edition, emaj 9. Rex Butler, Professor (Art History & Theory) Monash University, will officially launch this edition. Details: The Lincoln Hotel, Cnr Cardigan Street & Queensberry Street, Carlton. Friday the 8th of July, from 6pm. www.emajartjournal.com

Terrence and Lynette Fern Cité Internationale des Arts Residency Fellowship

June 21, 2016News

The Cité Internationale des Arts in the Rue de L’Hotel de Ville, in the Marais quarter of Paris, was opened in the early 1960s. It provides studio accommodation for foreign and provincial art students, including musicians, painters, sculptors and graphic artists. One of the first decisions of the Power Institute was the purchase of a studio for the use of Australian artists. Each year the Institute offers residencies in its studio to artists, art scholars and art writers. Information for applicants Selection Criteria and Categories of Awards Category A: Power Institute Award for Artists Applicants may be from any of […]

UniSA Vacancy – Head of School: Art, Architecture and Design

June 21, 2016Jobs, News

Head of School: Art, Architecture and Design The University of South Australia is an enterprising and dynamic, outward-looking institution established in 1991, built on more than 150 years of teaching, learning and research excellence of our antecedent institutions. We are South Australia’s largest university, and continue to enjoy a strong upward trajectory across a number of key indicators and global rankings – we are ranked amongst the top 3% of universities worldwide and in the top 50 international universities under 50 years of age. The School of Art, Architecture and Design is the oldest and most well-established school of its […]

Sheridan Palmer – Hegel’s Owl: The Life of Bernard Smith

June 14, 2016News

From Power Publications: Sheridan Palmer’s landmark biography of Bernard Smith launches at the Victorian Artists’ Society, site of ‘The Antipodeans’ exhibition of 1959. ‘Better to make history than to write about it. What is needed is a brotherhood of some kind, compact, devoted, with a colourful title . . .’ Bernard Smith, letter to Robin Boyd, 1957 Key dates: Thursday 16 June 2016 National Library of Australia, Canberra book launch & public talk by Sheridan Palmer Wednesday 20 July 2016 Art Gallery of NSW Sydney joint book launch with The Legacies of Bernard Smith (Power Publications, 2016) & public […]

University of Melbourne – Hugh Ramsay Chair of Australian Art History

June 14, 2016Jobs, News

School of Culture & Communication Faculty of Arts Salary: $181,308 p.a.plus 17% superannuation The Hugh Ramsay Chair of Australian Art History is a professorship within the Faculty of Arts and the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. This position has been created by a visionary endowment from Faculty of Arts alumna Patricia Fullerton, the grand-niece of the Australian artist Hugh Ramsay (1877-1906); now memorialised in this important, endowed chair that will be based in the University’s Art History Program. The School is seeking to appoint a leading scholar in the area of Australian art history, with […]