Category Archives: News

Voice to Parliament: Debunking 10 myths and misconceptions

May 8, 2023News

Voice to Parliament: Debunking 10 myths and misconceptions Lens, Politics and Society, 27 February 2023 The Uluru Statement from the Heart is a generous invitation to all Australians from First Nations peoples to walk together towards a better future. Having a referendum on a First Nations Voice to Parliament is the first step on that walk; a chance to change the Constitution to enable First Nations people to be heard in matters that affect them. It’s that simple. Yet there are many myths and misconceptions muddying the waters, whether intentional or not. Here, Katie O’Bryan, Lecutrer, Faculty of Law and Paula Gerber, PRofessor of […]

Announcement today: Trove has secured funding

April 3, 2023News

The National Library of Australia welcomes the commitment made by the Albanese Government to provide $33m over the next 4 years to maintain Trove, with $9.2m ongoing and indexed funding from July 2027. We are delighted that Trove’s future has been secured. AAANZ would like to thank our members who were involved in the petition and letter writing campaign to save TROVE. Home – Trove (nla.gov.au) National Library of Australia’s Trove saved from closure threat (smh.com.au) Trove saved thanks to $42.2 million Federal lifeline | ArtsHub Australia

Autumn reading: Art Monthly Australasia

March 27, 2023News

WELCOME TO ISSUE 335 As I was about to hit ‘send’ for this Autumn 2023 quarterly edition of Art Monthly Australasia (AMA), our national Board and small team were also busy refining a ‘vision’ for the magazine’s expression of interest for future funding with the Australia Council. Front and centre of this vision is a collective desire to bring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists into the heart of the magazine, and to do this in a culturally safe space. To help get us there, late last year the AMA Board adopted an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Policy and Action Plan prepared […]

Fundraising for the communities of Daguragu, Kalkarindji, Pigeon Hole and Palumpa in the Northern Territory

March 13, 2023News

The recent floods along the Victoria River in the Northern Territory on 1 March that devastated communities of Daguragu, Kalkarindji, Pigeon Hole and Palumpa with hundreds of people evacuated north to Howard Springs; to view some of the devastation click here. Community members discuss the speed with which this inundated homes and buildings including the community’s beloved Karungkarni Art and Culture Centre, click here. Karungkarni will require a monumental clean-up. Colleague/friend Professor Felicity Meakins of Dr Brenda L Croft has set up a fundraising page https://www.pozible.com/profile/karungkarni-art-centre. There are many wonderful items available for donors as you will see on the page. Dr […]

News │ Hon. Assoc. Prof. Charlotte Galloway awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia

February 13, 2023News

Charlotte Galloway, an expert in the art and cultural of Myanmar, who taught art history and curatorship at ANU from 2007 to 2020, and worked closely with museums and collections in Myanmar to document and conserve cultural artefacts, has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2023 Australia Day Honours List. The award recognises Charlotte’s contribution to history and education. Today I received an OAM for my contributions to Education, and History. I have always considered myself so fortunate to have had access to education at all levels and diverse opportunities – and have been very […]

AAANZ END OF YEAR NEWSLETTER

December 19, 2022News

Newsletter | President’s Report | December 2022 2022 has been another difficult year for many people with the devastation caused by extreme flooding events in many parts of the country. Unfortunately floods are still continuing in some parts of the country, which is another troubling sign that the impacts of climate change are undeniable. I hope members have not been caught up in these weather events and express my sympathies to anyone who has been adversely affected. While it has been a difficult couple of years, AAANZ has emerged in a strong position with increased membership and a program that connects […]

2022 AIAH Art History Research Grant Recipients

December 19, 2022Grants, News

Congratulations to the 2022 AIAH Art History Research Grant Recipients. There were four recipients chosen from sixteen submissions. 2022 AIAH Art History Grant Recipients $20,000 ($5,000 per grant) sponsored by the Australian Institute of Art History Judges Louise Box, Melanie Cooper and Susan Lowish Wes Hill Institutional recipient from Southern Cross University Jeff Gibson: Public Pictures About the project ‘Jeff Gibson: Public Pictures,’ involves art history research and publishing, producing the first ever monograph on the Australian artist Jeff Gibson, to be published (confirmed) in 2023 by Perimeter Editions, Melbourne, and Griffith University, Brisbane). As sole editor of the book, the […]

Winner of the 2022 AAANZ PhD Prize

December 19, 2022News, Prizes

Congratulations to the winner of the 2022 AAANZ PhD Prize. There were four shortlisted thesis’ from twenty-three entries. Thesis titles and abstracts will be published on the website under “Awards and Funding”. 2022 AAANZ PhD PRIZE RECIPIENT $1,000 sponsored by Taylor and Francis Judges Katrina Grant, Kate Warren and Raymond Spiteri Kirsty Baker Constituting the ‘Woman Artist’: A Feminist Genealogy of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Art History 1928 – 1989 From the judges This thesis traces written representations of the ‘woman artist’ in published literature, constructing a genealogy to examine the ideologies both embedded in and perpetuated by them. In doing so […]

WINNERS│HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE 2022 AWAPAs

December 19, 2022AWAPA, News, Prizes

Congratulations to the winners and highly commended of the AWAPAs for 2022. This years nominations can be viewed here BEST BOOK PRIZE $1,000 sponsored by Professor Terry Smith, FAHA, CIHA Judges Emeritus Professor Tony Bennett FAHA FAcSS and Emeritus Sasha Grishin AM FAHA JOINT WINNER Susan Ballard, Art and Nature in the Anthropocene: Planetary Aesthetics (New York: Routledge, 2021) From the judges In proposing the perspective of ‘planetary aesthetics’ this immensely scholarly and clearly argued study proposes two major challenges for contemporary art histories. First, it establishes the case for a critical revision of the earlier traditions of art history and aesthetic theory associated […]

Conference | Artists’ colonies in the world / The world in artists’ colonies | The University of Melbourne | 28-30 November

November 14, 2022News

Artists’ colonies in the world / The world in artists’ colonies A conference for imagining the artists’ colony as an alternate model for writing art history Monday, 28 November––Wednesday, 30 November 2022 This three-day conference on artists’ colonies gathers over 30 papers from academics working in Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, the UK and USA. Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne In-person and live-streamed online. Free to attend, registration required. The keynote lecture will be presented by Macgeorge Visiting Speaker, Dr Nina Lübbren, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Dr Lübbren’s […]