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Celebrating 25 Years of the Schaeffer Fine Arts Library
On Thursday, 22 May 2025, the Schaeffer Fine Arts Library proudly celebrated a major milestone — 25 years of inspiring scholarship, creativity, and cultural memory.
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Schaeffer Fine Arts Library item featuring in Venice Architecture Biennale
Schaeffer Fine Arts Library item featuring in Venice Architecture Biennale
Academic Collaboration Spotlight
Academic collaboration underscores the Schaeffer Library’s growing role in facilitating innovative teaching and learning partnerships, and supporting creative, research-rich learning experiences across the University.
Schaeffer Library imagines its future
The Power Institute’s Schaeffer Fine Art Library at the University of Sydney, which opened in 2000, is marking its 25th anniversary with a celebration of its past and a bold vision for what research on art and visual culture will look like in the future.
Jessica di Costa: Paris Residency Fellow 2025
Artist and filmmaker Jessica di Costa reports on her time as Paris Residency Fellow.
All images: At work on Basic Tension, Jessica DiCosta (artist), Harleigh English (cinematography) and Jessica Meier (sound design).
2026 Paris Art Residencies
Apply for one of our 2026 Paris Art Residencies!
Power Institute Annual General Meeting 2025
The Power Institute's Annual General Meeting will take place on 18 March 2025
End of Year Message 2024
A message from the Director of the Power Institute, Mark Ledbury
Mark Ledbury in conversation with Huey Copeland at the Visions forum, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 15 August 2024.
Review of Ian Burn Collected Writings 1966-1993
The Sydney Review of Books has published a long and engaging review of Ann Stephen's edited volume of Ian Burns writin, by the writer Victoria Perin.