Category Archives: News

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 […]

ARI Remix Newsletter | Spring 2022 | Ten Year Anniversary Issue # 6 | (Re) Presenting 2020-2022 | Celebrating a Decade of Collaborative Memory Work

November 14, 2022News

This year ARI Remix are working on a new series of artist/ARI memory contributions in a digital/physical zine format. All community-based archivists including artists and artist-run communities have stories that demonstrate the importance of their work to the communities they serve. Yet these stories of impact can be difficult to systemically track and use, this is a key focus of the memory work perform at ARI Remix + EXTRA Zine. Read the newsletter here Image: Christopher Street NYC Pride ’88, AXIS Art Projects series, Paul Andrew [ Interdisciplinary Artist], 1988-2022

Celebrating Emeritus Professor Virginia Spate, 1937-2022

November 7, 2022News

Art History and the Power Institute invite you to a celebration of Virginia Spate’s significant contribution to art history at the University of Sydney and beyond. 10 NOVEMBER 2022 6:00pm – 8:00pm MacLaurin Hall, The Quadrangle University of Sydney, Camperdown Drinks and light finger food will be provided Click here to learn more from Power Institute Director, Mark Ledbury about Virginia’s importance as an art historian, educator, colleague and friend. RSVP HERE Image: Virginia Spate, Professor of Contemporary Art, Sydney University, 30 August 1988, TheSydney Morning Herald. Photographer: Paul Miller, FXB1318390.

Vale Angus Trumble

October 17, 2022News

It is with great sadness that AAANZ informs its members of the death of Angus Trumble, the distinguished art historian, writer, curator and museum director, and good friend and colleague to many of you. For those of you who did not know Angus Trumble, here is a brief summary of his career: Angus studied Fine Arts and History at the University of Melbourne graduating in 1986 and went on to undertake an internship at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in 1987. He then served as ADC to the Governor of Victoria at that time, Dr Davis McCaughey until 1991, during which […]

AAANZ NEWSLETTER 1 │ 2022

September 12, 2022News

The AAANZ Newsletter 1 │ 2022 is available to read here The Newsletter opens with the Presidents Report and contains updates regarding the Association. This includes the conference, awards and prizes and the journal. Updates from the Australian Indigenous Representative and regional representatives from Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Queensland include publication news, appointments, seminars and acknowledgements.

Vale Professor Virginia Spate

August 22, 2022News

AAANZ is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Professor Virginia Spate AC FAHA, one of Australia’s most distinguished art historians. Her legacy to the nation includes the Museum of Contemporary Art. She played an important role advocating for the museum during her career as Director of the Power Institute at the University of Sydney. Her scholarship received critical acclaim and in addition to significant monographs on Tom Roberts and John Olsen are award winning publications such as her book on Monet which won the prestigious Mitchell Prize. She will be greatly missed. You can read a full obituary […]

Expression of Interest Advocacy Representative | AAANZ Executive Committee

August 1, 2022News

AAANZ is looking for a passionate member to join our executive team as the Advocacy Representative to assist with promoting and supporting visual arts research and art history across Australia and New Zealand. The Advocacy Representative will work with the President, the Advocacy Committee and other working groups to address critical issues, Indigenisation, make submissions and provide support on current concerns for the sector as they arise. The Association aims to address these matters in the public domain, ensuring the concerns of its members are heard. In pursuit of this goal AAANZ seeks to foster productive working relationships between members, […]

Event | BARREENG YIRRAMBOI | 19 to 20 JULY | Monash University Caulfield Campus

June 20, 2022News

BARREENG YIRRAMBOI 19 to 20 JULY 2022, Monash University Caulfield Campus Barreeng Yirramboi is a research symposium and exhibition program presented by the Wominjeka Djeembana Indigenous Research Lab at Monash Art Design and Architecture (MADA). It aims to highlight the relationality between practice-led research and Indigenous ways of knowing. Barreeng Yirramboi are Boon Wurrung words translating as tracks towards tomorrow or as Senior Boonwurrung Elder, N’arweet Professor Carolyn Briggs AM explains “it’s about the journey of coming into knowledge and envisioning new futures”. Keynote speakers: Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker (Mirning) and Dr Faye Rosas Blanch (Yidinyji/Mbararam) will speak together […]