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Ursula Hoff Lecture 2018 – University of Melbourne

The Ursula Hoff Lecture 2018     ‘I Can Connect” – the Power of Curating to Share Experiences   Speaker: Professor Michael Tooby, Bath School of Art and Design, Bath Spa University   Ursula Hoff’s career is a vivid example of dedication to curatorial expertise. At the same time, her extraordinary life story warrants retelling and sharing, not least as a warning from history of the need to challenge racism and prejudice towards migrants. In his lecture, Professor Michael Tooby will explore how testimony has played a key role in his recent curatorial projects. His starting point will be the use […]

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Margaret Plant Annual Lecture in Art History – James Meyer The Double: Return and Reenactment – Monash University

Margaret Plant Annual Lecture in Art History – James Meyer The Double: Return and Reenactment – Monash University The upcoming lecture, The Double: Return and Reenactment, presented by U.S.-based curator James Meyer is the inaugural Monash University Margaret Plant Annual Lecture in Art History. Tuesday 23 October 2018 @ 6.30pm The Pavilion, Building H, Level 8 Monash University, Caulfield campus 900 Dandenong Road Caulfield East, VIC In his talk, Meyer will draw from his forthcoming book, The Art of Return: The Sixties and Contemporary Culture (University of Chicago Press) and discuss how movements of the “long Sixties” (1955-1979) – including […]

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Love from Damascus – Art Gallery of South Australia and the University of Adelaide

LOVE FROM DAMASCUS FRI 9 & SAT 10 NOV ART EXHIBITION II BOOK LAUNCH II SYMPOSIUM ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA  THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE Link: https://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/Events/Love_From_Damascus_Symposium Link: https://www.ozasiafestival.com.au/events/love-from-damascus/ Love from Damascus is a half day symposium looking at conceptions of love by an eminent 18th-century Syrian mystic and related stories of art and culture. Hosted by Samer Akkach and James Bennett, the event features invited experts and panels covering Sufism and the evolving nature of Islamic arts and culture across the vast continent of Asia over many centuries. The symposium coincides with a launch for the new book ʿIlm: Science, Religion, […]

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AAANZ Conference Program Now Available and Masterclass EOIs Extended

Draft AAANZ Conference Program Now Available to Download To help conference presenters and delegates plan their travel and conference stay we have released a Draft AAANZ Conference Program. Please be aware this schedule is subject to change. A finalised program will be made available in November. Please note: The official conference dates are 5-7 December 2018 with ancillary events for postgraduates and independent arts workers and artists on 4 December and 8 December.  To download the program visit this link: https://aaanz.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Draft-AAANZ-Conference-Schedule-4-October-2018.pdf Griselda Pollock Masterclass Expressions of interest for Professor Griselda Pollock’s Masterclass have been extended to Monday 15 October. Postgraduate and […]

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Harold Wright and Sarah & William Holmes Scholarships – Call for applications

Prestigious international prints and drawings opportunity- Call for applications   Dear friends and colleagues,   Applications for the $22,000 Harold Wright and Sarah & William Holmes Scholarships are now open. Awarded jointly, the scholarships allow the recipient to carry out an intensive study of prints at the British Museum in London for a period of 3-12 months.   These scholarships are very prestigious, with previous recipients holding positions in museums, galleries and collections throughout the world. The placement will commence in 2019, with exact timing subject to availability at the British Museum.   ELIGIBILITY The opportunity is open to graduates […]

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Symposia: Minimalist/Maximalist, National Gallery of Australia, 19-20 October

  This symposium explores a key period in American art to focus on two tendencies generally regarded as polar opposites—minimalism and photo-realism. Minimalism’s impact is traced in works using light, land and installation art, as well as through feminist practice and in architecture, to examine resonances today. The importance of realism, a much-neglected aspect of the period, is also considered. Building on from two highly successful past events—Action. Painting. Now. (NGA 2012) and Minimal. Conceptual. Pop. (AGNSW 2013)—this symposium seeks to expand the dialogue between American and Australian artists, art historians and cultural critics. Keynote speaker James Meyer, National Gallery of Art, Washington […]

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ANU – Professor of Art History and Curatorship

The Centre for Art History and Theory at the Australian National University is hiring a Professor of Art History and Curatorship (open field). This is a rare and exciting opportunity to lead one of the most exciting art history departments in Australia, if not the world!   Please see the position description below. [gview file=”https://aaanz.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/SOAD-Prof-Art_History_Curatorship-PD_PEWER-2018.pdf”]

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2018 AAANZ Conference Early Bird Registration extended to October 10

Early bird registration for the 2018 AAANZ Conference has been extended to October 10. To register before the early bird rate closes go to: https://aaanz.info/register-for-the-2018-aaanz-conference/ To help delegates plan their visit to the conference a detailed program, with all panel session and keynote scheduled times, will be available from next week. To stay informed about the conference, follow us on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the AAANZ newsletter. https://www.facebook.com/events/193150874673350/ https://twitter.com/ArtAustraliaNZ https://aaanz.info/email-subscribe/ Finally a reminder, postgraduate and early career researchers who wish to participate in Professor Griselda Pollock’s masterclass must apply by 1 October. Full details about the masterclass and how […]

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Graphic Encounters Conference – Arts West, University of Melbourne, 7-9 November 2018

GRAPHIC ENCOUNTERS (MELBOURNE, 7-9 NOV 18) Dr. Liz Conor Arts West, The University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia 11/07/2018-11/09/2018, 9am-5pm To be held 7-9 November in Melbourne, the Graphic Encounters conference will be presented by La Trobe’s Department of Archaeology and History and the Centre for the Studies of the Inland. The conference hopes to provide a welcoming, inclusive forum in which conversations can be started, and in some cases continued, on prints depicting Aboriginal Australians. There are many, diverse people interested in this colonial visual archive within and beyond the academy – scholars, librarians, bibliophiles, art historians, curators, artists, collectors, […]

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