Past events

Art historian Yvonne Low introduces the often overlooked history of society-based, medium-specific exhibition networks, an important parallel to the much-analysed biennale explosion of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Some of Australia's leading art critics share their takes on the Biennale of Sydney, and the importance of art criticism in opening up the nuance of contemporary art and exhibitions.

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A presentation by UK-based art historian Maddie Hewitson drawing together Victorian art, the Hebrew Bible, and Anglo-Jewish identity in the 19th century.

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Join us to celebrate the launch of Blue Art Journal, a new publication in Australia dedicated to critical writing about local and global First Nations art, craft and design.

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Art historian and curatorial scholar Lilian Cameron analyses one of the most prominent and contested components of the exhibition: the wall text.

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The second event in our series on the way technology is changing what it means to see, co-presented with the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. This session explores how vision machines see the world.

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Art historian Ekaterina Heath traces the history of an 18th century sabre, examining its movement across Russian, steppe, and Qing imperial contexts, as part of a broader history of Kalmyk visual culture.

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UK-based curator and scholar Holly Trusted introduces us to the extraordinary but enigmatic 18th century Spanish sculptor Luisa Roldán.

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A lecture by the acclaimed US artist and activist Dread Scott, followed by a conversation with Sydney-based scholar, writer and creative practitioner Latoya Aroha Rule.

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Artist and art historian meet in conversation.

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