Category Archives: Prizes

Congratulations to the winner and shortlisted entries for the 2024 AAANZ PhD Prize: Practice-Led

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The AAANZ PhD prize is judged on the merits of the final submitted thesis or exegesis and documentation of a recently graduated PhD student The prize alternates yearly between research-based and practice-led. In 2024 the PhD Prize was open to practice-led PhD entries, of which, three were shortlisted. WINNER $1000 sponsored by Taylor and Francis Yvette Hamilton,  ‘Photography at the Event Horizon: The Appearance and Disappearance of a Medium’, (University of Sydney) Abstract On April 10th, 2019, scientists unveiled the world’s first ever photograph of a black hole, declaring, “we have seen what we thought was unseeable.”* The photograph of […]

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WINNERS│HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE 2024 AWAPAS

AWAPA, Prizes

Congratulations to the winners and highly commended of the AWAPAs for 2024 BEST BOOK The AAANZ Best Book prize is a premier award of the association which sets the highest criteria in our discipline: significant and original art historical scholarship and a benchmark in academic publishing. With this in mind, the judges looked for new historical research that positioned its argument within current art historical scholarship. After careful consideration, the judges recommend that the prize not be awarded this year. Judges: Associate Professor Catherine de Lorenzo and Professor Ian McLean BEST ANTHOLOGY Sponsored by the Australian Institute of Art History, University of Melbourne The […]

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AAANZ PHD PRIZE: PRACTICE-LED IS NOW OPEN FOR 2024 | DEADLINE THIS COMING FRIDAY 23 AUGUST

Prizes

AAANZ is pleased to offer an opportunity for recently graduated practice-led PhD students to enter the 2024 AAANZ PhD Prize. The $1,000 prize is supported by Taylor and Francis. In 2023 the annual PhD Prize received feedback from the judges and will be split between research-based PhDs and practice-led PhDs, alternating each year, with the eligible application period being extended to the previous two years. The 2024 AAANZ PhD Prize will be practice-led but the eligible period will remain 12 months for this year only (due to practice-led eligibility in the 2023 AAANZ PhD Prize). In 2023 there were twelve entries, of which, four were […]

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AAANZ PHD PRIZE: PRACTICE-LED IS NOW OPEN FOR 2024 | DEADLINE FRIDAY 23 AUGUST

Prizes

AAANZ is pleased to offer an opportunity for recently graduated practice-led PhD students to enter the 2024 AAANZ PhD Prize. The $1,000 prize is supported by Taylor and Francis. In 2023 the annual PhD Prize received feedback from the judges and will be split between research-based PhDs and practice-led PhDs, alternating each year, with the eligible application period being extended to the previous two years. The 2024 AAANZ PhD Prize will be practice-led but the eligible period will remain 12 months for this year only (due to practice-led eligibility in the 2023 AAANZ PhD Prize). In 2023 there were twelve entries, of which, four were […]

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AAANZ PHD PRIZE: PRACTICE-LED IS NOW OPEN FOR 2024 | DEADLINE FRIDAY 23 AUGUST

Prizes

AAANZ is pleased to offer an opportunity for recently graduated practice-led PhD students to enter the 2024 AAANZ PhD Prize. The $1,000 prize is supported by Taylor and Francis. In 2023 the annual PhD Prize received feedback from the judges and will be split between research-based PhDs and practice-led PhDs, alternating each year, with the eligible application period being extended to the previous two years. The 2024 AAANZ PhD Prize will be practice-led but the eligible period will remain 12 months for this year only (due to practice-led eligibility in the 2023 AAANZ PhD Prize). In 2023 there were twelve entries, of which, four were […]

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AAANZ PHD PRIZE: PRACTICE-LED IS NOW OPEN FOR 2024 | DEADLINE FRIDAY 23 AUGUST

Prizes

AAANZ is pleased to offer an opportunity for recently graduated practice-led PhD students to enter the 2024 AAANZ PhD Prize. The $1,000 prize is supported by Taylor and Francis. In 2023 the annual PhD Prize received feedback from the judges and will be split between research-based PhDs and practice-led PhDs, alternating each year, with the eligible application period being extended to the previous two years. The 2024 AAANZ PhD Prize will be practice-led but the eligible period will remain 12 months for this year only (due to practice-led eligibility in the 2023 AAANZ PhD Prize). In 2023 there were twelve entries, of which, […]

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PRIZE │ THE EVAN WEBB AWARD FOR LEN LYE RESEARCH │ DEADLINE AUGUST

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This award, offered by the Len Lye Foundation, commemorates the artist Evan Webb (1952-2023) who was a key figure in the research and restoration of the work of Len Lye. The award will be open to any researcher. The sum of $1500 will be given annually to the best original contribution to Lye scholarship from at least one of the following categories: An unpublished research essay on some aspect of Len Lye’s sculpture, film-making, or work in other genres, or his ideas, or his aesthetics; An unpublished research essay which makes an original contribution to knowledge of Lye’s life and […]

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS │ EARLY CAREER PUBLISHING PROGRAM │DEADLINE FRIDAY 30 AUGUST

Opportunity, Prizes, Publication

AAANZ is calling for proposals for book publications from recently submitted doctorates in the fields of art history, art theory, art curatorship or art practice. The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand is calling for proposals for book publications from recently completed doctorates in the fields of art history, art theory, art curatorship or art practice. This initiative has been developed by AAANZ in association with publishing house Taylor & Francis, with the intention of publishing a series of five monographs. The series has been divided into two rounds, with proposals for the first two monographs selected during the […]

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS │ EARLY CAREER PUBLISHING PROGRAM │DEADLINE FRIDAY 30 AUGUST

Funding, Prizes, Publication

AAANZ is calling for proposals for book publications from recently submitted doctorates in the fields of art history, art theory, art curatorship or art practice. The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand is calling for proposals for book publications from recently completed doctorates in the fields of art history, art theory, art curatorship or art practice. This initiative has been developed by AAANZ in association with publishing house Taylor & Francis, with the intention of publishing a series of five monographs. The series has been divided into two rounds, with proposals for the first two monographs selected during the […]

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Prize │ The 2024 Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize │ Deadline 15 July

Prizes

Submissions to the 2024 Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize closes in two weeks. The Prize aims to support writers in their early career and promote new writing and research in contemporary art, and we are grateful for all your support. If appropriate, it would be most helpful if you could circulate a reminder for the closure of the Prize. The winner of the Prize receives £1,000, their review is published on Burlington Contemporary and they have the opportunity to publish a review of a future contemporary art exhibition in The Burlington Magazine. This year’s judges are the scholar and author Julia Bryan-Wilson and the artist Trevor […]

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