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Report on the 2025 Womanifesto Workshop
Katrina Grant, Power Institute Research Fellow, reports back on the Womanifesto Workshop held in Bangkok, 17-23 November 2025.
The Power and Womanifesto teams working in the archive.
Mark Ledbury receives highest humanities accolade
The Director of the Power Institute, Professor Mark Ledbury, has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities, one of the highest humanities accolades in Australia.
2026 Paris Art Residency Fellows
Meet the artists who will be staying at our Paris studio in 2026.
JW Power: Artist, Benefactor and Legacy
The Schaeffer Fine Arts Library is honoured to present an exhibition "J.W. Power: Art, war and the avant-garde", curated in collaboration with the Chau Chak Wing Museum and Fisher Library, celebrating the life and legacy of JW Power.
Curating New Perspectives: Student-Led Exhibitions at Schaeffer Library
A new suite of exhibitions by University of Sydney postgraduate students. The Schaeffer Library is delighted to showcase highlights from recent curatorial projects led by postgraduate students in collaboration with Dr. Yvonne Low for the ARHT6937: Exhibiting and Collecting Asian Art unit, part of the Master of Art Curating program at the University of Sydney. This practice-led initiative has resulted in four outstanding exhibition proposals selected for the Schaeffer Library Exhibition Series, giving students the opportunity to transform their research into dynamic, audience-facing displays.
Big Power Talks
Give a student floor talk at one of the Chau Chak Wing Museum's new exhibitions (and get paid!)
Big Power Energy, Robin White, A Beginner’s Guide to Gilbertese, 1983 (installation view), Chau Chak Wing Museum, 2025. Photo by David James.
Power Institute supports Blue Art Journal
Blue Art Journal is the first publication in Australia dedicated to critical writing about local and global First Nations art. With support from the University and its Power Institute, the journal will revolutionise how we think about Indigenous art.
Scholar in Residence: Dipti Khera
The Power Institute is proud to be hosting Dipti Khera as our 2025 Sydney Asian Art Series Scholar in Residence.
Australian Small Art Press Collection
This initiative will establish a unique home for Australian small press art publications—offering public access to a rich and diverse range of voices shaping contemporary visual culture. The collection will include past and present titles published by Power Publications, alongside works from emerging and established small publishers across the country.
Schaeffer Fine Arts Library Internship Program 2025
The Schaeffer Fine Arts Library hosted three student interns through the GLAM & FASS3000 Internship Program, offering hands-on experience in metadata enrichment and archival cataloguing. Working with the Noel Gray Artist Book Collection and the Sherman Galleries Ephemera Collection, the interns helped enhance access to and preservation of rare and overlooked materials.