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Call of Papers | 2026 Auckland Symposium | The Cost of Art Crime

May 11, 2026Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Auckland Symposium 19 September 2026 The theme of the 2026 New Zealand Art Crime Research Trust’s symposium is ‘The Cost of Art Crime’. We are looking for papers, 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for Q&A, relating directly to the symposium’s theme. Specific areas that we are hoping to find speakers for include:  Conservation  Public Art  Artificial Intelligence  Indigenous Art Although we are a New Zealand organisation, we welcome papers that have a global reach. All papers are to be given in person. Please send a 250-word abstract, 150-word biography, contact details by 1 […]

AAANZ 2025 Conference: Haereka | Call for Sessions Deadline 18 May

May 4, 2026AAANZ Conference, Call for Panels

AAANZ 2026 Conference | Haereka Ōtautahi Christchurch Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 December 2026 Call for Sessions | Proposal deadline Monday 18 May Call for Sessions Information Hosted by University of Canterbury Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, the 2026 AAANZ conference theme is Haereka (pronounced high-reh-kah), meaning journey. The theme honours the journeys of those who have come before us, including many generations of Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, and Ngāi Tahu people who have traversed and first settled the mountain ranges, plains, and coastlines of Te Waipounamu South Island. We invite proposals that engage with ideas of […]

Exhibition | Unspoken Contributions | Cowra Japanese Garden

May 4, 2026Exhibition

Unspoken Contributions, curated by Flinders University cultural historian Dr Tets Kimura opened this weekend and will run until Sunday 28 June at Cowra Japanese Garden. The photo exhibition “Unspoken Contributions” shines a light on the overlooked stories of Japanese migrants and diasporas who helped shape Australia’s modern nationhood between 1867–1946. Through archival photographs, visitors are invited to see these individuals not as “them”, but as part of “us” — contributors to the communities that built our shared Australian story. Read about the exhibtion in this article Homage to Japanese migrants in Australia Image: Cowra Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre

Event | Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts and Australia

April 27, 2026Events

The Australian Institute of Art History and Newman College invite you to a presentation by Christopher de Hamel, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts and Australia: From Sir George Grey to the Kerry Stokes Collection 5.00 – 6.30pm, Tuesday 12 May 2026 Allan and Maria Myers Academic Centre Newman Academic Centre via Newman College, 887 Swanston Street, Parkville Christopher de Hamel is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was responsible for all sales of illuminated manuscripts at Sotheby’s for 25 years and was later librarian of the Parker Library in Cambridge. His first of very many books on manuscripts […]

AAANZ 2025 Conference: Haereka | Call for Sessions Now Open

April 27, 2026AAANZ Conference, Call for Panels

Prize | Goulburn Art Award 2026 | Applications Open

April 27, 2026Award, Prizes

Applications for the Goulburn Art Award 2026 are open! The Goulburn Art Award 2026 is open to artists living within a 120km radius of Goulburn working in any medium, representing the talent and diversity of artists of our region. The Gallery encourages submissions from artists at all stages of their careers. There is a total prize pool of $15,000 on offer. We are delighted to announce that the guest judge of the Goulburn Art Award 2026 is Rachel Kent, CEO, Bundanon. Applications close 5pm Friday 1 May, 2026. The announcement and official exhibition opening event will be held at 6pm Friday 19 June 2026 at Goulburn […]

Event | Rehearsing the City’ at the Victorian Archives Centre Gallery Click to teach Gmail that this conversation is important

April 20, 2026Events

Rehearsing the City opens Thursday 21 May 2026, 5-7pm. Victorian Archives Centre Gallery, 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne Through archival and contemporary photography we examine how public space is not just shaped by architects and urban planners, but also by protest, improvisation, and even neglect. Communities and individuals constantly use the built environment in creative or unexpected ways, reinterpreting or subverting its intended design. These acts of resistance show that urban environments are not static, they grow and adapt with their inhabitants. Featuring: Chris Bekos, Melanie Cobham, Michael Currie, Mark Forbes, Sande Harsa, Adrian Leung, Hashem McAdam, Suzanne Phoenix, Ted Richards, […]

Film | Raphael as Architect and Archaeologist

April 20, 2026Film

Ideas Roadshow has released a short film Raphael as Architect and Archaeologist (free access) on the Exploring Art History YouTube channel.

AAANZ 2025 Conference: Haereka | Call for Sessions Now Open

April 20, 2026AAANZ Conference, Call for Panels

Launch | Blue Art Journal | Chau Chak Wing Museum

April 16, 2026Events

Blue Art Journal is holding a free event in Sydney on Thursay 23 April to launch Volume One. The Indigenous Turn we are living through is not a temporary wave: it is a deep tide, carried by the waters and skies that have always connected our nations. The work ahead is to ensure that these connections are not merely symbolic, but sustained. – Gerald McMaster To celebrate the launch of Blue Art Journal Volume 01: Rise of the Global Indigenous there will be a free panel discussion in Sydney. Speakers include Jocelyn Flynn (Volume One Contributor), Warraba Weatherall (Blue Art Journal Board member […]