Visual Understanding Initiative
The Visual Understanding Initiative (VUI) combines creative enquiry and expression with scientific examination and experimentation to decode how we see and the visual worlds that make us
Programs
Powerful Ideas: New Research in Art History at the University of Sydney
A program supporting new ideas and research within the University of Sydney's discipline of art history.
The entrance to the RC Mills building at the University of Sydney, home to the Power Institute and the discipline of art history.
Schaeffer Library Art Program
Exhibitions, residencies and events drawing on the unique collection of the Schaeffer Fine Arts Library.
Sydney Asian Art Series 2024
A series bringing together researchers from across the world to discuss critical issues in early, modern and contemporary Asian art. In 2024, the series focus is on the theme of community.
The Womanifesto Way
A publishing project exploring the history of Womanifesto, the first feminist Southeast Asia-based international art biennial founded by Varsha Nair, Phaptawan Suwannukudt and Nitaya Tuk.
Karla Sachse and Khun Pikul, Womanifesto Workshop, Boon Bandarn Farm, Kantharaluk, Thailand, 2001. Photograph by Varsha Nair; image courtesy of Womanifesto and Asia Art Archive.
Powered by Power
A program for supporting projects and initiatives within Australia’s broader art history and artistic community.