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Job | The Judith Neilson Post-Doctoral Fellow in Contemporary Art | University of New South Wales

January 15, 2021Jobs

The Judith Neilson Post-Doctoral Fellow in Contemporary Art The deadline is 15 January, but completed applications can be added to the long-list, if candidates contact Paul Gladston directly at p.gladston@unsw.edu.au with expressions of interest over the next few days. Please note that the position description encompasses post-doctoral scholars working in particular disciplines or in cross-disciplinary ways within the expanded field of visual cultures and critical theory. Job no: 500618 Work type: Full-time Location: Sydney, NSW Categories: Post doctoral research fellow Overview The Judith Neilson Chair and Post-doctoral Fellow in Contemporary Art were established at UNSW as a result of a gift to the university by […]

Job | Senior Curator of Art | Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

January 15, 2021Jobs

Job Title: Senior Curator of Art Location: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin Work Unit: Curatorial Terms: Full time, four year contract Package: $110,000 + 9.5% super Responsible to: Head of Curatorial (History and Culture) Direct reports: Art Curator/s and Assistant Art Curator/s (two to four anticipated) Closing date: 1 February 2021 The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) is the Northern Territory’s premier cultural institution. It offers a dynamic and diverse arts, science and cultural program to more than 300,000 visitors each year. We are both a museum and art gallery with collections, […]

AAANZ │AWAPAs video

January 15, 2021AWAPA

The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand wishes our Members and colleagues a Happy New Year. We would like to start 2021 with you by sharing a video showcasing the entrants for the 2020 AWAPAs, including the winners and highly commended for each category. Enjoy!

AAANZ End of Year Newsletter

December 21, 2020News

Newsletter | President’s Report | December 2020 As the end of the year quickly approaches I think most of us will be pleased to say farewell to a year more akin to a dystopian science fiction novel. It is a year that has changed everyone. A year that art historians, writers and artists are likely to interrogate for decades into the future. And unfortunately it has been a year that has seen our discipline, and the arts sector as a whole, come under threat. At first this was from the lack of government support through the JobKeeper and […]

AAANZ 2020 Prizes │AWAPAs │ Research In Focus │ AIAH Research Grants

December 21, 2020AWAPA, Prizes

The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand is pleased to announce the winners, highly commended and grant recipients for 2020. Congratulations to all recipients for the 2020 Prizes and Grants and those who were highly commended. AWAPAs The 2020 AWAPAs acknowledge the best in art writing, publishing and research across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. This year entries were received from over 25 institutions and organisations from 11 cities and regions. The Awards are generously supported by our sponsors and we thank Professor Terry Smith FAHA, CIHA; Art Monthly Australia; Australian Institute of Art History; Christchurch Art Gallery Te […]

Essay Competition | Feminist Art in an International Art Curriculum

December 11, 2020Prizes

Essay competition Feminist Art in an International Art Curriculum Deadline for submissions 1 March 2021 This competition will be awarding 4 prizes of £230 (to 4 individual authors) Judges Katy Deepwell (Middlesex University), Alexandra Kokoli (Middlesex University), Anne Swartz (Savannah College of Art and Design), Kathleen Wentrack (Queensborough, CUNY), Catherine Harrington (Tokyo University of the Arts). This essay competition is open to anyone working, or recently working (i.e. last two years), in Higher Education, whether or not they are members of Advance HE Connect. This is an international competition, inviting contributions from anywhere in the world. This essay competition is […]

Call for Papers | Perspective : actualité en histoire de l’art, Habiter // Inhabiting, vol. 2021-2

December 11, 2020Call for Papers

Perspective : actualité en histoire de l’art devotes its no. 2021 – 2 to the ways in which artists, art historians, and their colleagues from neighboring disciplines examine the multiple ways in which one can inhabit or be inhabited, and take on these interrogations in a time when, across the globe, entire populations are confined to their homes. This invitation to revisit the visual and imaginary plasticity of inhabiting calls for a wide variety of approaches, both in terms of thematic and fields of study. All proposals will be studied as long as submissions remain in line with the journal’s editorial policy. Investigations into the fields of history of architecture, urbanism, landscaping, visual arts, […]

Review | ‘Wild enchantment’: how Daniel Thomas’s writings conveyed the joy of art to Australians

December 11, 2020Book

‘Wild enchantment’: how Daniel Thomas’s writings conveyed the joy of art to Australians The Conversation 10 December, 2020 Editors Misha Ketchell Review Daniel Thomas, recent past: writing Australian art (Thames & Hudson Australia) In 1958, when the young Daniel Thomas was first appointed at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the word “curator” was not in the Public Service Board lexicon. He felt his official title of “professional assistant” was inaccurate so he signed his letters “curatorial assistant”. read more Image Robert Walker, Daniel Thomas in his apartment at Elizabeth. Bay, from the Robert Walker archive 1965 black […]

Advocacy | AAANZ support for the Visual Arts program and the Visual Cultures major at La Trobe University

December 2, 2020AdvocacyAdvocacy, La Trobe University

AAANZ president Wendy Garden has written to the Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University to express our concerns over proposed changes to the Visual Arts program and the Visual Cultures major at La Trobe University. AAANZ has expressed its concerns stating that: The Art Association of Australia New Zealand (AAANZ) offers its strong support to the Visual Arts program and the Visual Cultures major at La Trobe University. Now facing major challenges due to the University’s restructuring plans, Visual Arts and Visual Cultures are successful and distinctive units which make an important contribution to research and education in this region. It […]

Database of Experts | Directory of Art Historians and Art Researchers in the Asia Pacific Region

November 27, 2020Resources

The Directory of Art Historians and Art Researchers in the Asia Pacific Region is now live and accessible through the AAANZ website. This is an important resource that provides a searchable database of experts – academics, researchers, teachers, writers, editors, curators, and museum professionals – specialising in art, architecture, and visual culture from all periods and geographic regions. A joint initiative of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ), the Australian Institute of Art History (AIAH), and the International Committee for the History of Art (CIHA), the Directory of Art Historians and Art Researchers in the Asia Pacific […]