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Event | Masculinity, Art and Fashion: from Renaissance Europe to Contemporary Australia

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Masculinity, Art and Fashion: from Renaissance Europe to Contemporary Australia Where Harold White Theatrette, University of Melbourne, 757 Swanston Street, Parkville When Friday 1 August Register here Morning Session 9:30 – 12:30 John Gagné, Italian men, French shirts, and the problems of belonging  John Gagné is Cassamarca Associate Professor of History at the University of Sydney. Sarah A. Bendall, New styles and global novelties: The influence of French and East Indies goods on men’s fashion in the late 17th century  Sarah A. Bendall FRHistS  is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian Catholic University and was appointed as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society […]

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AAANZ 2025 Conference: Unruly Objects | Call for Papers Deadline Extended to 23 July

AAANZ Conference, Call for Papers

The call for papers for the 2025 CONFERENCE | UNRULY OBJECTS are now open. If you would like to speak at the conference, apply to join one of the panels detailed below.  To apply, read the instructions, and then submit your proposal form to the relevant panel convenor/s. Call for papers deadline extended: Wednesday to 23 July, 2025 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 […]

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AAANZ ARTS WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS FOR 2025 | ENTRIES CLOSE 8 AUGUST

AWAPA, Book, Prizes

AAANZ Art Writing and Publishing Awards (AWAPAs) recognise the best in arts writing and research across Australia and New Zealand. AWAPAs Entry Form ENTRIES for the 2025 AWAPAs are NOW OPEN The AWAPAs highlight the vitality of arts publishing in the region and acknowledges the contribution of both emerging and established scholars, curators and artists. The Awards play a pivotal role in promoting the importance of writing and publishing in disseminating knowledge and understanding of the visual arts, craft and design. They are the only prizes in the Australasia region to celebrate the publishing achievements writers make to the field. […]

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Call for Papers | Queries #3: Call For Papers | Deadline 15 August 2025

Call for Papers

Queries is a twice-yearly online journal home to academic writing old and new, by or about Australian artists identifying as gay, lesbian or queer. Queries is available for download at queriesjournal.com Queries #3 is seeking any of the following: reviews of current exhibitions; extracts of recent postgraduate exegeses; recent essays on queer theory or art history; reprints of old catalogue essays from the 1990s and 2000s; profiles on (or interviews with) contemporary artists. Deadline 15th August 2025 queriesjournal@gmail.com

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AAANZ 2025 Conference: Unruly Objects | Call for Papers Deadline Extended to 23 July

AAANZ Conference, Call for Papers

The call for papers for the 2025 CONFERENCE | UNRULY OBJECTS are now open. If you would like to speak at the conference, apply to join one of the panels detailed below.  To apply, read the instructions, and then submit your proposal form to the relevant panel convenor/s. Call for papers deadline extended: Wednesday to 23 July, 2025 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 […]

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AAANZ ARTS WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS FOR 2025 | ENTRIES CLOSE 8 AUGUST

AWAPA, Prizes

AAANZ Art Writing and Publishing Awards (AWAPAs) recognise the best in arts writing and research across Australia and New Zealand. AWAPAs Entry Form ENTRIES for the 2025 AWAPAs are NOW OPEN The AWAPAs highlight the vitality of arts publishing in the region and acknowledges the contribution of both emerging and established scholars, curators and artists. The Awards play a pivotal role in promoting the importance of writing and publishing in disseminating knowledge and understanding of the visual arts, craft and design. They are the only prizes in the Australasia region to celebrate the publishing achievements writers make to the field. […]

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ARI REMIX | WINTER JOY ISSUE 12

News

Coinciding with the 35th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Queensland, this year Ari Remix draws attention to and present untold stories, hidden histories and marginalised narratives about Queer Trans and  multiperspectival LGBTQIA+ communities of practice.  Access Winter Joy Issue 12 here  

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Call for Papers | Queries #3: Call For Papers | Deadline 15 August 2025

Call for Papers

Queries is a twice-yearly online journal home to academic writing old and new, by or about Australian artists identifying as gay, lesbian or queer. Queries is available for download at queriesjournal.com Queries #3 is seeking any of the following: reviews of current exhibitions; extracts of recent postgraduate exegeses; recent essays on queer theory or art history; reprints of old catalogue essays from the 1990s and 2000s; profiles on (or interviews with) contemporary artists. Deadline 15th August 2025 queriesjournal@gmail.com

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AAANZ 2025 Conference: Unruly Objects | Call for Papers Now Open | Deadline 16 July

AAANZ Conference, Call for Papers

The call for papers for the 2025 CONFERENCE | UNRULY OBJECTS are now open. If you would like to speak at the conference, apply to join one of the panels detailed below.  To apply, read the instructions, and then submit your proposal form to the relevant panel convenor/s. Call for papers deadline: Wednesday 16 July, 2025 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 – […]

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AAANZ ARTS WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS FOR 2025 | ENTRIES CLOSE 8 AUGUST

AWAPA, Prizes

AAANZ Art Writing and Publishing Awards (AWAPAs) recognise the best in arts writing and research across Australia and New Zealand. AWAPAs Entry Form ENTRIES for the 2025 AWAPAs are NOW OPEN The AWAPAs highlight the vitality of arts publishing in the region and acknowledges the contribution of both emerging and established scholars, curators and artists. The Awards play a pivotal role in promoting the importance of writing and publishing in disseminating knowledge and understanding of the visual arts, craft and design. They are the only prizes in the Australasia region to celebrate the publishing achievements writers make to the field. […]

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