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AAANZ PHD PRIZE: PRACTICE-LED IS NOW OPEN FOR 2024 | DEADLINE FRIDAY 23 AUGUST

July 29, 2024Prizes

AAANZ is pleased to offer an opportunity for recently graduated practice-led PhD students to enter the 2024 AAANZ PhD Prize. The $1,000 prize is supported by Taylor and Francis. In 2023 the annual PhD Prize received feedback from the judges and will be split between research-based PhDs and practice-led PhDs, alternating each year, with the eligible application period being extended to the previous two years. The 2024 AAANZ PhD Prize will be practice-led but the eligible period will remain 12 months for this year only (due to practice-led eligibility in the 2023 AAANZ PhD Prize). In 2023 there were twelve entries, of which, four were […]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS │ EARLY CAREER PUBLISHING PROGRAM │DEADLINE FRIDAY 30 AUGUST

July 29, 2024Funding, Opportunity, Publication

AAANZ is calling for proposals for book publications from recently submitted doctorates in the fields of art history, art theory, art curatorship or art practice. The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand is calling for proposals for book publications from recently completed doctorates in the fields of art history, art theory, art curatorship or art practice. This initiative has been developed by AAANZ in association with publishing house Taylor & Francis, with the intention of publishing a series of five monographs. The series has been divided into two rounds, with proposals for the first two monographs selected during the […]

Call for papers | British art, Pacific subjects, Contemporary values

July 29, 2024Call for Papers

British art, Pacific subjects, Contemporary values: The Modern Saga and Forgotten History of Reynolds’ Mai Portrait 17-18 Oct. 2024 CALL FOR PAPERS A workshop associated with the Sir William Dobell Visiting Chair 2024 Centre for Art History and Art Theory Australian National University, ACT Convenor: Kate Fullagar, ACU & ANU Keynote: Peter Brunt, Assoc. Prof of Art History, Victoria University at Wellington, New Zealand In March 2023 the longstanding battle for ownership of Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Mai (1775) was resolved. After more than two decades of struggle to retain the work in public British hands for its “historical significance […]

Scholarship | Discovering and sharing the stories of the Stolen Generations through the Carrolup artworks | Curtin University

July 29, 2024Opportunity, Research Fellowship

2025 RTP round – Discovering and sharing the stories of the Stolen Generations through the Carrolup artworks Applications open: 1/07/2024 Applications close: 18/08/2024 About this scholarship Description/Applicant informationProject Overview The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork is a unique collection of artworks created by Aboriginal children of the Stolen Generations in the 1940s at the Carrolup Native Settlement in Western Australia. As custodian of the Carrolup artworks, the John Curtin Gallery presents exhibitions and programs that offer a rare glimpse into the lived experiences of Aboriginal children in Western Australia. Aims The social and educational context in which the Carrolup artworks were […]

Event | Perth Art Weekend | 9-11 August

July 29, 2024Events

Perth Art Weekend is a 3-day curated programme of exhibitions and events for families and art enthusiasts to engage with artists, curators, collectors and art professionals. The event’s focus is activating Perth’s arts ecosystem with a rich and diverse annual program of activities, which will transform the city into an unmissable platform to experience arts and culture and discover the latest trends from the local and international contemporary art world. Find the program here

CALL FOR PAPERS | AAANZ 2024 CONFERENCE | PAST, PRESENT, POSSIBLE FUTURES | DEADLINE WEDNESDAY 31 JULY

July 22, 2024AAANZ Conference, Call for Papers

AAANZ 2024 CONFERENCE | PAST, PRESENT, POSSIBLE FUTURES Australian National University, Canberra, Wednesday 4 – Friday 6 December 2024 CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN The 2024 AAANZ Conference coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand. This year the conference encourages participants to explore the past, present, possible futures of art history, curating, and creative practice in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. We now have 35 panels seeking paper proposals, and a further 15 panels being specially curated with speakers from across the region. If you would like to deliver a paper at the conference, […]

AAANZ PHD PRIZE: PRACTICE-LED IS NOW OPEN FOR 2024 | DEADLINE FRIDAY 23 AUGUST

July 22, 2024Prizes

Publication │ Protecting Indigenous Art

July 15, 2024Book

Protecting Indigenous Art: From t-shirts to the flag by Colin Golvan Discover how copyright law is empowering Indigenous creatives There is the country non-Indigenous people can see, and then there is the country Indigenous people see that the rest of us can barely comprehend, but glimpse through the vivid colours, shapes and imagery of their artworks, and their visual recounting of ancient stories and settings. The unauthorised use of Indigenous artworks is a global industry that damages cultural integrity and harms the livelihoods of artists and their communities. While the western idea of private or individual ownership can be at […]

FORUM │ VISIONS: THE ART, SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF SEEING │15 – 17 AUGUST

July 15, 2024Events

Visions: The art, science and politics of seeing Co-presented by the Power Institute and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia as part of the Visual Research Program 15 – 17 August at the Museum Contemporary Art Tickets How do our visions shape the world, and how does the visual world shape us? Over the course of three days, this public forum will bring together a group of international and local experts to share their thoughts on the art, science and politics of vision. How do scientists and engineers understand vision today? What is its history? And what utopian or dystopian visual […]

PRIZE │ THE EVAN WEBB AWARD FOR LEN LYE RESEARCH │ DEADLINE AUGUST

July 15, 2024Prizes

This award, offered by the Len Lye Foundation, commemorates the artist Evan Webb (1952-2023) who was a key figure in the research and restoration of the work of Len Lye. The award will be open to any researcher. The sum of $1500 will be given annually to the best original contribution to Lye scholarship from at least one of the following categories: An unpublished research essay on some aspect of Len Lye’s sculpture, film-making, or work in other genres, or his ideas, or his aesthetics; An unpublished research essay which makes an original contribution to knowledge of Lye’s life and […]