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M.A. in Art History at the University of Hong Kong

January 29, 2019News

The University of Hong Kong will admit its first class to the new M.A. in Art History in September 2019. Hong Kong’s first M.A. devoted to art history, the MAAH has the dual aim of preparing students for further academic study in art history or professional work in the art world. It is a full-time, one-year programme taught entirely in English, composed of six M.A. courses and a dissertation, with instruction in both Asian and western art from early to contemporary periods. Teaching is conducted by art historians trained in top international Ph.D. programmes, along with experts from the museum […]

International Woodcarving Symposium – St. Blasien, Germany

January 29, 2019News

The well known International Woodcarving Symposium in St. Blasien, Germany, invites artists to apply for this years event. St. Blasien is a small city in the beautiful region of the Black Forest. For 24 years we have held our cultural highlight, which is fixed in the planning of the year, and we have lots of public and a wonderful accompaniment with all kinds of press. We have had lots of artists from all over the world, but we are interested in encouraging representation from more countries. The rules are: Each artist will get a tree trunk in a length and […]

2018 AAANZ Conference – keynotes available to watch online

December 20, 2018News

The 2018 AAANZ Conference committee are delighted to make publicly available three of the keynote lectures that were presented at this year’s conference. Follow the links to view online: The State of Art History, with Denmark in Mind – Griselda Pollock Vunilagi Vou – A New Horizon: Curating as Social Inclusion in Moana Oceania – Ema Tavola Festivity and the Contemporary: Worldly Affinities in Southeast Asian Art – David Teh

AAANZ Conference, Prizes, Journal: Thank You

December 10, 2018AAANZ Conference, ANZJA, Conference

Last Friday saw the conclusion of a successful and rewarding Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference at the RMIT University School of Art in Melbourne. The Association would like to thank the RMIT Conference Co-convenors Marnie Badham and Daniel Palmer; Grace McQuilten; and Amy Spiers, the Conference Producer, for producing such an excellent and stimulating event. Gratitude is also due to the entire Conference Committee, and the many Conference Volunteers who worked tirelessly to ensure the smooth running of the event. The sheer number of speakers and delegates (the highest for any conference in the Association’s history), the […]

2018 AAANZ Conference: Schedule and artistic program online

November 30, 2018News

AAANZ Conference 2018 Schedule and Artistic Program Announced The conference committee look forward to welcoming delegates next week to the 2018 AAANZ Conference – Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: The Social Context of Art at RMIT University School of Art city campus. The schedule and artistic program are now available to view and download at the following links: https://aaanz.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AAANZ_Schedule_Final.pdf https://aaanz.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/APH_Artistic_Program_EDM.pdf The final conference booklet, with all the panel and artistic program details and abstracts, will be available early next week. David Teh’s AAANZ Keynote Abstract The 2018 AAANZ Conference Committee are delighted to announce the keynote lecture that David Teh will present at […]

Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: the Social Context of Art – Conference Schedule

November 29, 2018Conference

Next week’s AAANZ conference schedule can be downloaded here: https://aaanz.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AAANZ_Schedule_Final.pdf

ARC Discovery Projects and the National Interest Test

November 29, 2018Advocacy, General, News

Congratulations to the following colleagues working in the Research Fields of Art History, Theory and Criticism who were successful in the latest round of ARC applications: Anne Dunlop Discovery Project The University of Melbourne This project aims to bring European and Chinese art history into dialogue. It explores the early Italian Renaissance in the larger geopolitical context of Mongol Eurasia and the Yuan Empire, to address the questions of influence, contact, and exchange. In reframing the development of early European art as a fundamentally cross-cultural phenomenon, this project aims to offer a better understanding of the roots of our […]

Two weeks until AAANZ conference plus two more keynote lectures

November 20, 2018News

2018 AAANZ Conference – Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: The Social Context of Art, will be held at RMIT University Melbourne city campus in just two weeks. With over 70 panels and artist sessions, more than 270 presenters and 5 keynotes held over three days from 5 to 7 December 2018 this year’s conference is not to be missed. Register now to attend: https://aaanz.info/register-for-the-2018-aaanz-conference/ The 2018 AAANZ Conference Committee are delighted to announce the keynote lectures Gabi Ngcobo and Ema Tavola will present at this years conference: Addressing History in the Present Gabi Ngcobo, curator of the 10th Berlin Biennale. The 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art […]

Book Launch: An Act of Showing – West Space – December 4, 6pm

November 19, 2018Events

Please join the editors for the launch of their new book An Act of Showing: rethinking artist-run initiatives through place co-edited by Maria Miranda and Anabelle Lacroix. The book will be launched by Esther Anatolitis, Executive Director of the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA). Tuesday 4 December at 6pm West Space Level 1/225 Bourke St, Melbourne The book features newly commissioned essays by Paola Balla, Kirsten Lyttle and Dominic Redfern, and includes Chris Kraus’s essay “Kelly Lake Store” as well as creative contributions by ARIs in Australia and the Asia-Pacific on their relationship to place, and more… The book is designed by […]

RMIT University and Arts at CERN: PhD Scholarship in curatorial practice

November 19, 2018Funding, News

RMIT University School of Art and the Arts at CERN program at the European Organization for Nuclear Research have announced a PhD curatorial research program and scholarship in trans-disciplinary curatorial practice. This features a full research tuition fee scholarship for 3 years (with possible extension to 3.5 years) with a stipend valued at a minimum of AUD $31,000 per year. To be considered for this PhD program and scholarship you must be an Australian citizen, and prepared to relocate to Geneva, Switzerland from April 2019 for 6 months. Curating art and physics The PhD program is run by RMIT University […]