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A photograph of a beach with palmtrees, tinted red.

Tue, 10 October 2023

10:00AM

Talanoa Forum: Moana Rising

A public forum on small island ecologies, climate justice, decolonial museology, diasporic and Pacific alliances.

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A person is blurred on the left. They are staring at a silicone mask stretched across an Ipod case, both are very sheer white in tone. Below there is pearls dangled over silicone bra pads, they are both covered in fake blood with needles poking into the silicone.

Fri, 6 October 2023

12:00PM

How to be an art critic

Mariam Arcilla, Neha Kale, and Toni Ross

A workshop on contemporary art writing, designed specifically for University of Sydney students. 

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Toni Ross

A seminar on Finnish performance artist Pilvi Takala, and the current cultural and corporate obsession with wellness.

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Two abstract shapes

Thu, 28 September 2023

2:00PM

Eloquence Prize 2023

A prize for students across Australia addressing French and Australia art history.

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A photograph showing the open-pit workings of the Utah Copper Company, at Bingham Canyon, Utah.

Peta Clancy, Amanda Williams, Simryn Gill, and Brett Neilson

A panel conversation about how contemporary artists engage with photography’s troubled relationship to land, place and Country.

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Peyvand Firouzeh

A presentation about the replication and circulation of the Ka'ba between the Islamic centre and peripheries.

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A drawing of a torso being operated

Emily Brink

A workshop on the relationship between art and health, and the representation of the modern body, led by scholar Emily Brink.

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An artwork showing torn up fragments of a photograph

Wed, 6 September 2023

6:00PM

The Negative

Geoffrey Batchen, Justine Varga, James Tylor, and Anne Ferran

A conversation between artists and scholars about the materials and processes of photographic transformation.

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An FBI agent walks past a glass box containing a small statue from Ban Chiang

Wed, 9 August 2023

6:00PM

Who Owns Ban Chiang?: Revisited

Melody Rod-ari

Academic Melody Rod-Ari reflects on collecting histories and provenance issues in Asian art – focusing on Ban Chiang, an important archaeological site in Thailand.

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A screenshot of the homepage of the Smarthistory website, which shows a sequence of images from different periods in art history

Melody Rod-ari

A workshop for scholars and students, led by our 2023 Sydney Asian Art Series Scholar in Residence Melody Rod-ari

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