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2021
Learn more about the work of Australian artist Sam Smith in a conversation with curator and...
This exhibition-history-birdwatching tour considers the knotted histories we find in archives...
Zoë Sadokierski and Timo Rissanen discuss their collaborative design project PRECARIOUS BIRDS.
Join Adelaide-based ceramicist Kirsten Coelho for an intimate tour of the ‘The Return’.
Join Fernando do Campo in conversation with Sophie O'Brien, Head of Curatorial & Learning at...
In this live performance, musicians activate Megan Cope's sound installation ‘Untitled (Death...
Melanie Jame Wolf discusses her new work 'Acts of Improbable Genius' 2021 with curator Miriam...
Sara Morawetz discusses their ongoing project 'All My Anxieties' 2017– with curator Miriam Kelly...
Gerwyn Davies discusses camp as an aesthetic strategy in image-making with curator and writer...
As part of the John Fries Award opening weekend, join curator Miriam Kelly in conversation with...
Climate activist and creative Suzanne Dhaliwal (UK) presents a keynote address on decolonial art...
2020
Macon Reed discusses their installation 'Eulogy for the Dyke Bar' which revisits the legacy of...
Daniel Marshall talks about the ways we try to connect to the queer past and build...
Advocating for the importance of QPOC (Queer People of Colour) party spaces, DJ Sezzo reflects...
Digital media scholar Paul Byron talks Tumblr, TikTok and more, discussing how queer digital...
Part Two: Exploring the productive role of trans and gender diversity within lesbian and queer...
Part One: Traversing the rise, decline and transformation of lesbian and queer spaces
Dani Marti uses the body as a central subject in his work, exploring ideas of vulnerability,...
Helen Grace reflects on her extensive photographic archive, tracking life at the radical, women-...
Leather historian Timothy Roberts discusses the politics, culture and histories of motor clubs...
'Heart On My Sleeve' is a series of online graphic design and printing workshops. Learn to...
Exhibiting artist Frances Barrett discusses her practice with UNSW Galleries Deputy Director,...
Reflecting on the public dimension of private experience, exhibiting artist Nikos Pantazopoulos...
Nick Henderson, Committee Member of the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives (ALGA), will be in...
Join artists Ella Sutherland and Sarah Rodigari, discussing the relationship between printed...
Holly Bates and Tay Haggarty form the collaborative duo, Parallel Park. Together they will...
A ngatu workshop with members of the Fifita family, in partnership with IVI designs. The Ngatu...
Paul Thomas, Mari Velonaki, Alex Davies, and Sean Cubitt unpack perspective on the practice of...
Sydney-based artists Samuel Hodge and Skye Wagner discuss their two new exhibitions at UNSW...
UK-based conservator Louise Lawson discusses the documentation and conservation of performance...
UNSW Galleries hosts the Art Month Sydney opening party for the Paddington and Woollahra...
Leading artist Khadim Ali discusses his newly commissioned site-specific billboard on the...
Internationally renowned Dutch artist Jonas Staal examines forms of 'emancipatory propaganda art...
Artists Sarah Biscarra Dilley and Angela Tiatia are joined in conversation by curator Dr Léuli...
Exhibiting artist Shivanjani Lal and poet Manisha Anjali discuss experiences of diaspora and the...
This one-day symposium draws together diverse perspectives on the Great Ocean as a connector to...
2019
Talks and performances from emerging artists and designers graduating from UNSW Art & Design...
'Discipline, Más allá del fin' represents an effort to map a South–South relationship between...
How are cultural borders depicted and disrupted? This program discusses new media works by three...
In this lecture, Angela Melitopoulos unfolds her cinematic and cartographic practices.
Wonseok Koh discusses past projects and highlights from throughout his curatorial career.
Tania Bruguera examines and exposes the nature of political and social power structures.
UNSW Galleries Director José Da Silva provides an intimate account of Debra Porch’s life and...
In this lecture, Kim-Cohen considers recordings that unlike music, podcasts, or audiobooks, are...
Daniel Mudie Cunningham and José Da Silva discuss the complex and intimate process of working...
Finalists present a series of talks on their work in ‘There is Fiction in the Spaces Between...
Knitting Nannas discuss the use of knitting for non-violent political activism and facilitate a...
In the era of the colonial anthropocene, how do we address histories of loss and disappearance...
Exhibition tours explore key works, themes and ideas, connecting to the history and geography of...
This program convenes artists, thinkers and poets for a conversation about land and space within...
John Fries Award finalists present a series of artist talks to celebrate the opening weekend of...
Learn more about the work of Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer and the development of his practice in...
New Zealand/Aotearoa artist Niki Hastings-McFall presents an artist talk and a lei-bombing walk...
Join Elliott Bryce Foulkes and Ella Sutherland for a panel presenting recent projects completed...
Holger Schulze discusses the possibilities and limitations for acoustic scenography in the...
Dr. Jow Jiun Gong discusses ethnographic positions in contemporary curation in Taiwan.
Matthew Kiem explores politics and power in contemporary design in this keynote lecture.
Minneapolis-based curators Pavel Pyś and Sara Cluggish discuss key projects that have informed...
Gemma Smith invites a range of Australian painters to discuss the influence of female...
This panel seeks to interrogate the discipline of painting by considering how contemporary...
These intimate tours utilise audio description as an access tool for people with low vision.
Beijing-based visual artist Rose Wong joins Yu-Chieh Li for a discussion on her recent work.
Art historian and editor Julian Myers-Szupinska discusses a range of curatorial, editorial and...
Elliott Bryce Foulkes and Maria Smit present an intimate tour of their exhibition 'Order of...
Learn more about the work of Gemma Smith in a conversation between the artist and Julie Ewington...
A public showcase of new research at the nexus of dance and the visual arts.
Zanny Begg moderates a discussion around whether justice for Juanita Nielsen is possible today...
'There Goes Our Neighbourhood' documents the ambition and resilience of Sydney's Waterloo...
Ian Milliss moderates a discussion exploring the argument for maintaining Sydney’s public...
A panel exploring the significance of Sydney’s club nights from the 1970s to now.
Oliver Beer and Caleb Kelly discuss relationships between sound, space, voice and architecture...
'The Eviction' questions the future of Sydney’s public housing through the story of the Millers...
Sex worker rights activist Julie Bates AO leads a tour of Kings Cross and East Sydney.
An esteemed panel of speakers discuss the legacy of the Green Bans activism today followed by a...
This program of talks, documentary screenings and performances engage with the histories and...
Exhibiting artists Sonia Leber and David Chesworth lead a guided walk starting from UNSW...
2018
In this series of floor talks, Design Honours candidates share their insights into thinking...
Emerging art theorists and artists graduating from UNSW Art & Design lead an evening of...
Artist Monira Al Qadiri speaks about her practice and current work.
Exhibiting artists David Eastwood, James Nguyen, Georgia Saxelby, and Rochelle Haley engage in a...
Join us for a panel moderated by Esther Anatolitis and exhibiting artists discussing art...
An evening of talks with Jennifer Stoever, M J Grant and Andrew Brooks exploring the politics of...
Director and curator Joselina Cruz discusses previous curatorial projects and her experience...
Emma Peters and Liz Williamson lead a workshop with local plant dyes.
'Eavesdropping' is a major project exploring the politics of listening and being listened-to
Curator Liz Williamson and exhibiting artists present an exhibition tour and artist talks.
This seminar provides a curatorial overview and illustrated talks by Julie Ryder and Dr Julie...
Join artist Fernando do Campo and Dr John Martin for an intimate birdwatching walking tour.
This panel explores feminist activism and the agency of Muslim women artists.
Can art and curatorial practices bring about world change?