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Job | Curator Contemporary Art | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Jobs, News

Curator Contemporary Art Collections, Knowledge and Communities – Te Papa Tongarewa This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join Te Papa’s art curatorial team as Curator Contemporary Art (1980 to present). We are seeking an experienced, collaborative and creative colleague with deep understanding of contemporary art in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region. As Curator Contemporary Art you will provide leadership for contemporary art research and exhibition concept development, interpretation and delivery. You will hold and maintain strong relationships with key contemporary art stakeholders, including artists, curators, dealers, collectors and benefactors. You will also have the unique responsibility […]

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AAANZ 2026 Conference Haereka | First Nations Stream: On Country | Proposals Close 4 September

AAANZ Conference, First Nations Stream

FIRST NATIONS STREAM: ON COUNTRY NOW OPEN DEADLINE FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER E aku nui, e aku rahi, tēnā koutou katoa. First Nations Stream: On Country invites Māori, Pacific, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, historians, researchers, curators and knowledge holders to propose papers, workshops, wānaka (discussion forum), or alternative presentations about working on or with ancestral lands/country/whenua. In Te Waipounamu, the earliest marks made by the First Peoples of this island – Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, and Kāi Tahu – continue to act as a rich source of connection, inspiration and inquiry for their descendants. In what ways are Indigenous artists around Te […]

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2026 AAANZ PhD Prize Practice-led | Entries Close Friday 25 September

Prizes

AAANZ is pleased to offer an opportunity for recently graduated practice-led PhD students to enter the 2026 AAANZ PhD Prize. The $1,000 prize is supported by Taylor and Francis. In 2023 the annual PhD Prize was reviewed by the AAANZ Prize Committee in consideration of feedback received from the judging panel. In 2024 the PhD Prize was 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 2025 AAANZ PhD Prize was research-based with the eligible period for award of PhD from July 2023 to the prize […]

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Cover of ANZJA vol 26 issue 1

Latest ANZJA now available | Special issue on ‘Object Mobilities’ edited by Robert Wellington and Ariel Kline

ANZJA

ANZJA | Vol 26 Issue 1 2026 ‘Object Mobilities’ Edited by Robert Wellington and Ariel Kline Contributors include: Pauline Reynolds, Mary Roberts, Bronislava Prakhiy, Ksenia Radchenko & Ekaterina Heath, Kate Fullagar, Robert Wellington, Ariel Kline, Sushma Griffin, Alex Burchmore, Kailani Polzak, Luke Naessens, Catherine De Lorenzo. Link to Vol. 25.1 at Taylor and Francis here 

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ENTRIES for the 2026 AWAPAs close Friday 28 August

AWAPA, Award, Prizes

Recognising the best in art writing and research across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand ENTRIES for the 2026 AWAPAs are NOW OPEN Highlighting the vitality of art writing and publishing in the region, the AWAPAs acknowledge the contribution of both emerging and established scholars, curators and artists. The Awards play a pivotal role in promoting the bredth of knowledge and understanding of the visual arts, craft and design, celebrating achievements writers make to the field through: Originality and rigour of scholarship Contribution to knowledge in the area and impact on scholarly debate in the field Significance of the topic to the […]

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ANZJA Open Issue | Call for Submissions

ANZJA, Call for Articles

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art Call for Papers: Open Issue The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (ANZJA) invites submissions for its next open issue, to be published in July 2027. Deadline for submission is 15 January 2027. ANZJA is Australasia’s principal refereed art history journal, published by Taylor & Francis in association with the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ). The journal provides a forum for scholarship across art history, art theory, art historiography, and curating. The editors welcome research that engages with critical debates across historical periods and fields of art theoretical enquiry. […]

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2026 AAANZ PhD Prize Practice-led Now Open

Prizes

AAANZ is pleased to offer an opportunity for recently graduated practice-led PhD students to enter the 2026 AAANZ PhD Prize. The $1,000 prize is supported by Taylor and Francis. In 2023 the annual PhD Prize was reviewed by the AAANZ Prize Committee in consideration of feedback received from the judging panel. In 2024 the PhD Prize was 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 2025 AAANZ PhD Prize was research-based with the eligible period for award of PhD from July 2023 to the prize […]

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AAANZ 2026 Conference Haereka | First Nations Stream: On Country | Proposals Close 4 September

AAANZ Conference, Call for Panels, Call for Papers, First Nations Stream

FIRST NATIONS STREAM: ON COUNTRY NOW OPEN DEADLINE FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER E aku nui, e aku rahi, tēnā koutou katoa. First Nations Stream: On Country invites Māori, Pacific, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, historians, researchers, curators and knowledge holders to propose papers, workshops, wānaka (discussion forum), or alternative presentations about working on or with ancestral lands/country/whenua. In Te Waipounamu, the earliest marks made by the First Peoples of this island – Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, and Kāi Tahu – continue to act as a rich source of connection, inspiration and inquiry for their descendants. In what ways are Indigenous artists around Te […]

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Symposium | Migrating modernisms | University of Sydney

Conference

Migrating Modernisms, Migrating Ideas – A symposium about transnational exchanges in architecture and art 26 – 28 August Chau Chak Wing Museum University of Sydney and State Library of NSW This symposium traces modern and contemporary exchanges across artistic and architectural cultures, professional networks, and the making of private and public commissions, asking what “migration” produces in terms of identity, authorship, and agency. Speakers include curators and scholars Prof. Barry Bergdoll (Columbia University) and Dr Lynne Cooke explore, among many others. Registration here: https://www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats-on/talks-and-events/migrating-modernism-migrating-ideas-seidler-symposium.html Co-presented by the Chau Chak Wing Museum (CCWM), the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design […]

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ENTRIES for the 2026 AWAPAs close Friday 28 August

AWAPA, Award, Prizes

Recognising the best in art writing and research across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand ENTRIES for the 2026 AWAPAs are NOW OPEN Highlighting the vitality of art writing and publishing in the region, the AWAPAs acknowledge the contribution of both emerging and established scholars, curators and artists. The Awards play a pivotal role in promoting the bredth of knowledge and understanding of the visual arts, craft and design, celebrating achievements writers make to the field through: Originality and rigour of scholarship Contribution to knowledge in the area and impact on scholarly debate in the field Significance of the topic to the […]

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