Past events
Thu, 12 September 2024
3:00PM
Missionary Position / Looking Forward to the Past
India Urwin and Robert Miller
Two presentations of new research on Yuki Kihara's stunning 2020 work Paradise Camp, and the little known collection of art at Australia's Parliament House.
Thu, 12 September 2024
1:30PM
Divine Felines: The Cat in Japanese Art
Rhiannon Paget
A seminar celebrating the launch of a new book by University of Sydney graduate Rhiannon Paget.
Wed, 11 September 2024
7:15PM
Queer Powerpoint ft. McKenzie Wark
The Power Institute has lent its support again to the amazing Queer PowerPoint, which is making its first foray at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Thu, 5 September 2024
3:00PM
Thresholds of Art in Renaissance Italy
Robert Brennan
Renaissance scholar Robert Brennan discusses the circulation of the ideas about "art" between Italy, Africa and the Middle East.
Thu, 29 August 2024
3:00PM
Modernist Photobooks, Propaganda & the Everyday
Donna West Brett
A presentation by Donna West Brett on art, politics and modernist aesthetics
Thu, 29 August 2024
1:00PM
Power Reading Group: Afro Asia
The Power Institute's regular reading group, focusing on new ideas and research in art history and visual culture.
Thu, 8 August 2024
12:00PM
Collective Grieving in Art: A Seminar on Transoceanic Collaboration toward Repair
Jung Joon Lee
A seminar on the multisensorial and affective experiences of art making and viewing in Asian diasporas.
Wed, 7 August 2024
6:00PM
Black Portraiture from the Streets of Dongducheon: Rethinking Race, Intimacies, and the Visuality of the Korean Camptown
Jung Joon Lee
A lecture on Korean photographer Yong Suk Kang’s long forgotten 1982 camptown photography series, From Dongducheon, and the racial capitalism undergirding camptown service economies.
Wed, 31 July 2024
4:00PM
Reading Group: Visions
The Power Institute's regular reading group, focusing on new ideas and research in art history and visual culture.