Past events
Thu, 26 March 2026
3:00PM
Who was Luisa Roldán?
Holly Trusted
UK-based curator and scholar Holly Trusted introduces us to the extraordinary but enigmatic 18th century Spanish sculptor Luisa Roldán.
Wed, 25 March 2026
6:00PM
Lockdown: art, justice, and the prison system
Dread Scott and Latoya Aroha Rule
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.
Tue, 24 March 2026
6:00PM
Kajri Jain and Kirtika Kain in conversation
Kajri Jain and Kirtika Kain
Artist and art historian meet in conversation.
Wed, 18 March 2026
6:00PM
“The Constant Staring Eyes of Gods,” or, This Collage Which is Not One
Kajri Jain
A lecture by Kajri Jain, the 2026 Sydney Asian Series Scholar in Residence, on the sensory infrastructures of collage in a religious souvenir from Nathdwara, and a work by modernist Bhupen Khakhar.
Thu, 12 March 2026
6:00PM
Vision Machines: Operations
Anna Munster, Olga Boichak, Michael Richardson, Sian Troath, and Joel Spring
The first 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 answers the question: What is a vision machine, and what does it do?
Thu, 12 March 2026
3:00PM
Montage, montage, монтаж: the career of a word
Ivan Cerecina
Film scholar Ivan Cerecina traces the history of the word "montage" in its movement between French, English, and Russian contexts, and considers its enduring legacy as a key method of modernity.
Thu, 5 March 2026
3:00PM
The Empathic Lens: Art, Animism, and Ecology in Contemporary Southeast Asia
Brianne Cohen
US-based art historian Brianne Cohen will introduce her new book about lens-based art practices across Cambodia, Vietnam, and Singapore, and their commitment to Indigenous land relations and environmental justice.
Wed, 3 December 2025
11:00AM
The Ends of Vision
A set of two panels exploring historical crises in seeing as a means to explore the longer histories of vision.
Wed, 26 November 2025
5:00PM
Celebrating our 2026 Paris Art Residency Fellows!
Brenda L Croft, Farnaz Dadfar, Rosie Isaac, and Kate Just
Join us for food and drink to meet and celebrate our 2026 fellows.
Wed, 19 November 2025
5:00PM
Photography
Yvette Hamilton, Antares Wells, and Jennifer Yang
The second session of Screen Cultures, a new research forum focused on the forms and futures of the screen.