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Birth Rites Collection Summer School 2026

May 25, 2026Teaching and Learning

The world’s only contemporary art collection dedicated to childbirth invites you to a programme of lectures, workshops, seminars and one-to-one tutorials. This Year’s theme: Reproduction and the State How do artists contest dominant narratives of birth and maternity? Whose bodies are heard, treated and believed in maternal healthcare? How do states instrumentalise reproduction through policy, imagery and ideology? How can the maternal become a site of resistance and reimagining? Led by artist and BRC Curator Dr Helen Knowles and artist Dr Leni Dothan, the course brings you into dialogue with the collection, this year’s themes, and your own practice. You’ll leave […]

Research Degree Opportunity | Aesthetics of the Exhibited Body: Transnational Circuits of Race, Beauty, and Ugliness in European Human Zoos (1851–1913)

May 25, 2026Opportunity

One fully funded project on the study of Aesthetics of the Exhibited Body: Transnational Circuits of Race, Beauty, and Ugliness in European Human Zoos (1851–1913) is available. This Joint PhD project will be primarily based at the University of Melbourne with a minimum 12-month stay at KU Leuven. Applications will close once a suitable candidate is identified. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their application as early as possible. Submit Expression of Interest The successful applicant will receive a scholarship package which includes a tuition fee waiver, living allowance, health insurance, and relocation support. Project Details: This PhD project investigates […]

AAANZ 2025 Conference: Haereka | Call for Sessions Deadline Extended to 22 May

May 18, 2026AWAPA, Call for Panels

AAANZ 2026 Conference | Haereka Ōtautahi Christchurch Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 December 2026 Call for Sessions | Proposal deadline EXTENDED to Friday 22 May Call for Sessions Information Hosted by University of Canterbury Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, the 2026 AAANZ conference theme is Haereka (pronounced high-reh-kah), meaning journey. The theme honours the journeys of those who have come before us, including many generations of Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, and Ngāi Tahu people who have traversed and first settled the mountain ranges, plains, and coastlines of Te Waipounamu South Island. We invite proposals that engage with […]

Job | Kaiwhakarākei (Te Pātaka Toi) | Curator

May 11, 2026Jobs

Job Description Have you got 3+ years’ experience in gallery work and/or the museum environment? Do you hold a postgraduate degree in art history, curatorial/museum studies, or fine/visual arts? Are you interested in the visual arts and have the ability to think creatively, with eagerness to work in a university environment? Kōrero mō te tūranga – About the role Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting for a Kaiwhakarākei (Te Pātaka Toi) – Curator to join the Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery team on a permanent, part-time (0.5 FTE) basis. The role involves working alongside the Manutaki – […]

Job | Kaiwhakarākei (Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka) | Curator Collections

May 11, 2026Jobs

Kaiwhakarākei (Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka) | Curator Collections Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand (On-site) Job Description Do you have a postgraduate qualification in Art History, Museum Studies, or similar? Have you got knowledge of New Zealand art history, and experience working in art galleries/museums? Are you familiar with Vernon Systems, cataloguing procedures, and copyright, insurance and valuation processes? Kōrero mō te tūranga – About the role Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting for a Kaiwhakarākei (Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka) – Curator Collections to join the Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery team on […]

AAANZ 2025 Conference: Haereka | Call for Sessions Deadline 18 May

May 11, 2026AAANZ Conference, Call for Panels

AAANZ 2026 Conference | Haereka Ōtautahi Christchurch Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 December 2026 Call for Sessions | Proposal deadline Monday 18 May Call for Sessions Information Hosted by University of Canterbury Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, the 2026 AAANZ conference theme is Haereka (pronounced high-reh-kah), meaning journey. The theme honours the journeys of those who have come before us, including many generations of Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, and Ngāi Tahu people who have traversed and first settled the mountain ranges, plains, and coastlines of Te Waipounamu South Island. We invite proposals that engage with ideas of […]

Job | Lecturer in Art History & Museums and Cultural Heritage | University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau

May 11, 2026Jobs

University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Art History & Museums and Cultural Heritage, in a permanent full-time position commencing prior to Semester 1, 2027 (or by negotiation). The successful candidate will contribute to teaching, research, and service within the School of Humanities, supporting the continued development of the Art History & Museums and Cultural Heritage programmes. Teaching responsibilities will include contributing to a first-year course covering 15th to mid-20th-century art, primarily in Europe and America; an advanced undergraduate course on art curation and collections management; the development of an advanced undergraduate course aligned […]

Call of Papers | 2026 Auckland Symposium | The Cost of Art Crime

May 11, 2026Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Auckland Symposium 19 September 2026 The theme of the 2026 New Zealand Art Crime Research Trust’s symposium is ‘The Cost of Art Crime’. We are looking for papers, 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for Q&A, relating directly to the symposium’s theme. Specific areas that we are hoping to find speakers for include:  Conservation  Public Art  Artificial Intelligence  Indigenous Art Although we are a New Zealand organisation, we welcome papers that have a global reach. All papers are to be given in person. Please send a 250-word abstract, 150-word biography, contact details by 1 […]

AAANZ 2025 Conference: Haereka | Call for Sessions Deadline 18 May

May 4, 2026AAANZ Conference, Call for Panels

Exhibition | Unspoken Contributions | Cowra Japanese Garden

May 4, 2026Exhibition

Unspoken Contributions, curated by Flinders University cultural historian Dr Tets Kimura opened this weekend and will run until Sunday 28 June at Cowra Japanese Garden. The photo exhibition “Unspoken Contributions” shines a light on the overlooked stories of Japanese migrants and diasporas who helped shape Australia’s modern nationhood between 1867–1946. Through archival photographs, visitors are invited to see these individuals not as “them”, but as part of “us” — contributors to the communities that built our shared Australian story. Read about the exhibtion in this article Homage to Japanese migrants in Australia Image: Cowra Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre