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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 […]

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 […]