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Renew your AAANZ membership for one or two years before 31 May to receive your discount

Membership

The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ) is the peak professional body for art writers, academics, curators, and artists providing a platform for advocacy, critical thinking and the sharing of knowledge. In recognition of the ongoing financial pressures felt within the arts and cultural sector, AAANZ is offering discounted membership for the month of May. Current and lapsed members are encouraged to renew their memberships and support AAANZ to continue the vital role it plays in the sector. Renew your AAANZ membership for one or two years before 31 May to receive your discount. Individual                                     $160 $140 (one […]

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Call for Sessions | AAANZ 2025 Conference: Unruly Objects | Close Monday 5 May

AAANZ Conference, Call for Panels

The call for sessions for the 2025 AAANZ Conference ‘Unruly Objects’ is now open. Proposal due date extended: Monday 28 April  Monday 5 May Enquiries and questions to the conference committee conf@aaanz.info Submit a Proposal Conference Theme | Unruly Objects The 2025 conference looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or lost, or brimming with vitality, power or ancestral subjectivity. Panel convenors […]

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Call for Papers | The Avant-Garde, Affectively | Deadline 1 September

Call for Papers

Call for Papers:  THE AVANT-GARDE, AFFECTIVELY Symposium hosted by the MDRN Lab of the University of Leuven, Belgium Conference dates: 2 – 4 February 2026 Convened by Zanë Hadri (University of Leuven) & Susan Best (Griffith University), with Sascha Bru (University of Leuven). Keynote: Prof Thierry de Duve This interdisciplinary symposium aims to explore how the avant-garde (be it historical, neo or contemporary) intersects with affect. Adopting a methodologically inclusive approach to affect, feeling and emotion, we seek (i) to investigate if and how the artistic experimentation of the avant-garde throughout the 20th and 21st centuries has given aesthetic shape […]

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Event | Art + Crime : A panel discussion | Tuesday 6 May, 5.30pm

Events

Tue, 6 May, 5:30pm – 7pm AEST Art + Crime : A panel discussion. Art and crime have always intersected in Australian art history and culture, from early convict artists to contemporary thefts, forgeries, and the illicit trade of cultural artifacts. Some of our most famous artworks are centred on outlaws, like Nolan’s Ned Kelly series; others document and critique our legal systems, taking up colonial violence, corruption, and the fight to find justice for marginalized communities. In 2025-2026, the Australian Institute of Art History is focusing on Art + Crime. This panel discussion is the first in a series of events […]

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Applications Open | Save Venice Fellowships | Deadline 6 June

Research Fellowship

Australian Centre for Italian Studies – Save Venice Fellowships As part of its commitment to fostering postgraduate and early career researchers, the Australasian Centre for Italian Studies, in collaboration with Save Venice Inc., supports Fellowships in the city of Venice for current MA, PhD students or postdoctoral researchers from the universities of Australia and New Zealand, for the period September to December on an annual basis. Up to two Fellowships are awarded, to the value of AU$8,000 each. The Fellowships are designed for those researchers and scholars working in Italian studies, broadly conceived, whose research and/or career could benefit in […]

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Call for artists | 6th Tamworth Textile Triennial | Deadline 5 May

Call for Artists

Expressions of Interest to have artworks exhibited in the 6th Tamworth Textile Triennial will close at 5pm (AEST), Monday 5 May, 2025. This is a major national touring exhibition showcasing and celebrating textile-based artworks. The Triennial is held every three years and typically features textile art from across Australia, created by either emerging or established artists. Artists are invited to express their interest via an online form. If selected, artists will be able to propose a new artwork in the second stage of the selection process expected to take place from June. The 6th Triennial will be curated by Sydney based artist Blake […]

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Deadline Extended to 5 May | Call for Sessions | AAANZ 2025 Conference: Unruly Objects

AAANZ Conference, Call for Panels

The call for sessions for the 2025 AAANZ Conference ‘Unruly Objects’ is now open. Proposal due date extended: Monday 28 April  Monday 5 May Enquiries and questions to the conference committee conf@aaanz.info Submit a Proposal Conference Theme | Unruly Objects The 2025 conference looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or lost, or brimming with vitality, power or ancestral subjectivity. Panel […]

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Call for publishers, designers and distributors | Object Book Fair

Book, Events, Publication

Calling all publishers, designers and distributors This is an invitation to join us and promote your publications at an upcoming book fair in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. The Object Book Fair will take place at Objectspace as part of Object Book Space; an events programme celebrating an object of design – the book – through a full-day symposium, book fair and more. Ahead of launching to the public, we warmly invite designers, publishers and distributors to book a table and share your publications during the Object Book Fair, taking place Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 June, 11am – 4pm both days. For more information, and to […]

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Event | DYSPLA_Chat with Dr Ruth Gibbons | 5 May

Events

DYSPLA_Motion online workshop Monday 5th May, 7–8.30am NZST / Sunday 4th May, 8–9.30pm GMT+1 Registration is completely free – simply sign up here! The theme of next week’s discussion will be Movement, and joined by Dr Ruth Gibbons, whose sensory anthropology work continues to shape the direction of DYSPLA_motion. Workshop paticipants will gather to reflect on practice, exchange ideas, and explore the concept of physicality in relation to neurodivergent people’s creative work. Up-to-date FAQs document on the project. CURRENT PROJECTS  SurgeryScript – Subsidised Script Development DYSPLA Chat – Monthly Online Peer to Peer meetings for neurodivergent creatives

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Call for Sessions | AAANZ 2025 Conference: Unruly Objects | Deadline 28 April

AAANZ Conference, Call for Panels

            The call for sessions for the 2025 AAANZ Conference ‘Unruly Objects’ is now open. Proposal due date: Monday 28 April Enquiries and questions to the conference committee conf@aaanz.info Submit a Proposal Conference Theme | Unruly Objects The 2025 conference looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or lost, or brimming with vitality, power or […]

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