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Vale Professor Virginia Spate

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AAANZ is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Professor Virginia Spate AC FAHA, one of Australia’s most distinguished art historians. Her legacy to the nation includes the Museum of Contemporary Art. She played an important role advocating for the museum during her career as Director of the Power Institute at the University of Sydney. Her scholarship received critical acclaim and in addition to significant monographs on Tom Roberts and John Olsen are award winning publications such as her book on Monet which won the prestigious Mitchell Prize. She will be greatly missed. You can read a full obituary […]

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Podcast | Paint it black | Caroline Baum’s ‘Life Sentences’ series

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Caroline Baum’s ‘Life Sentences’ podcast series focuses on Australian biographers. In the recent episode titled ‘Paint it black’, ABC presenter Daniel Browning interviews Alec O’Halloran about his authorised biography of Pintupi artist Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, ‘The master from Marnpi’. You can listen to the podcast at this link https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/paint-it-black/id1559400094?i=1000571460968

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Book | European Vision and the South Pacific Third Edition | Bernard Smith, Sheridan Palmer (editor)

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From Australia’s greatest art historian and pioneer of post-colonialism Bernard Smith comes a new edition of the Australian classic. Featuring a new introduction by Sheridan Palmer and Greg Lehman. Bernard Smith (1916-2011) was arguably Australia’s greatest art historian and one of the most important humanist thinkers internationally on ideas concerning cultural contact. His European Vision and the South Pacific, first published in 1960, showed how the ideas of the Enlightenment and the empirical structuring of scientific and geographical knowledge during the great eighteenth-century voyages of discovery affected notions of identity-both for Europeans and the Indigenous peoples with whom they came in […]

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Call for Applications | Assistant Professor of Global Contemporary Art History | Fordham University, New York

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The department of Art History and Music at Fordham University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the field of global contemporary art history, to begin in Fall 2023. We welcome candidates who examine contemporary art since 1945 from a global and transnational perspective and understand the effects of globalization, migration, and racism on contemporary artistic practices. We anticipate that our new colleague will further strengthen course offerings on non-Western art in our department and develop elements of our curriculum focused on curatorial studies, a key area of students’ interest. Commitment to anti-racist pedagogy, diversity, equity, and inclusion […]

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AAANZ / AIAH ART HISTORY RESEARCH GRANTS ARE NOW OPEN FOR 2022

Funding

The AIAH Art History Research Grants are now open for 2022. There will be four grants offered of $5,000. Institutional art historian (i.e. working in an academic or cultural institution such as a university, art museum, public library) Independent art historian Emerging art historian (PhD student or Early Career Researcher in Art History i.e. PhD granted no earlier than 1 January 2016) Indigenous Australian, New Zealand Maori or Pasifika art historian Deadline: Friday 23 September 2022 For more information and to apply visit https://aaanz.info/aiah-art-history-research-grants/ Please contact the AAANZ Business Manager with any queries admin@aaanz.info The AIAH Art History Research Grants are funded by the Australian Institute of […]

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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST ADVOCACY REPRESENTATIVE | AAANZ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Opportunity

AAANZ is looking for a passionate member to join our executive team as the Advocacy Representative to assist with promoting and supporting visual arts research and art history across Australia and New Zealand. The Advocacy Representative will work with the President, the Advocacy Committee and other working groups to address critical issues, Indigenisation, make submissions and provide support on current concerns for the sector as they arise. The Association aims to address these matters in the public domain, ensuring the concerns of its members are heard. In pursuit of this goal AAANZ seeks to foster productive working relationships between members, […]

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AAANZ / AIAH ART HISTORY RESEARCH GRANTS ARE NOW OPEN FOR 2022

Grants

The AIAH Art History Research Grants are now open for 2022. There will be four grants offered of $5,000. Institutional art historian (i.e. working in an academic or cultural institution such as a university, art museum, public library) Independent art historian Emerging art historian (PhD student or Early Career Researcher in Art History i.e. PhD granted no earlier than 1 January 2016) Indigenous Australian, New Zealand Maori or Pasifika art historian Deadline: Friday 23 September 2022 For more information and to apply visit https://aaanz.info/aiah-art-history-research-grants/ Please contact the AAANZ Business Manager with any queries admin@aaanz.info The AIAH Art History Research Grants are funded by the Australian Institute of […]

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Job | Associate Professor / Professor in Art (Head of Discipline) | University of Tasmania

Jobs

About the Role Contributing critical support and innovative leadership at either Academic Level D or E, the successful candidate will join the School of Creative Arts and Media as Head of Discipline, Art. Leading the strategic alignment and operational management of the Art program, a priority will be the creation and implementation of a strategy to enhance research and teaching capacity. In addition to contributing high-quality research of international standing, the successful candidate will supervise higher degree students and lead curriculum innovation and exemplary teaching, committed to enhancing the student experience and securing student load targets. As a contemporary leader […]

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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST ADVOCACY REPRESENTATIVE | AAANZ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Advocacy, Opportunity

AAANZ is looking for a passionate member to join our executive team as the Advocacy Representative to assist with promoting and supporting visual arts research and art history across Australia and New Zealand. The Advocacy Representative will work with the President, the Advocacy Committee and other working groups to address critical issues, Indigenisation, make submissions and provide support on current concerns for the sector as they arise. The Association aims to address these matters in the public domain, ensuring the concerns of its members are heard. In pursuit of this goal AAANZ seeks to foster productive working relationships between members, […]

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AAANZ / AIAH ART HISTORY RESEARCH GRANTS ARE NOW OPEN FOR 2022

Grants

The AIAH Art History Research Grants are now open for 2022. There will be four grants offered of $5,000. Institutional art historian (i.e. working in an academic or cultural institution such as a university, art museum, public library) Independent art historian Emerging art historian (PhD student or Early Career Researcher in Art History i.e. PhD granted no earlier than 1 January 2016) Indigenous Australian, New Zealand Maori or Pasifika art historian Deadline: Friday 23 September 2022 For more information and to apply visit https://aaanz.info/aiah-art-history-research-grants/ Please contact the AAANZ Business Manager with any queries admin@aaanz.info The AIAH Art History Research Grants are funded by the Australian Institute […]

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