Part of a series of student articles for the Schaeffer Fine Arts Library Internship Program Throughout my internship at the Schaeffer Library, I was drawn to the abundance of ‘voices’ — of art critics, journalists, academics, and gallery workers — that ultimately come together to produce an archive. Sherman Gallery exhibition catalogues, assorted exhibition notices from other galleries, art criticism, news clippings, photocopies of news clippings and two published books relat

Part of a series of student articles for the Schaeffer Fine Arts Library Internship Program Fiona is studying a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications)/Advanced Studies. This semester I had the opportunity to undertake the Library Research and Metadata Internship at the Schaeffer Fine Arts Library through FASS3000, where I explored the archival predicament in capturing metadata that would most accurately translate the fluid ephemerality of performance video art practice

Part of a series of student articles for the Schaeffer Fine Arts Library Internship Program Most people enter the arts for what is most visually striking: the colour, the form, the artworks themselves. I came in expecting the same. Yet, as a Metadata Intern, I quickly realised that some of the most revealing stories of the art world are not found on gallery walls, but in materials that have quietly drifted through time: catalogues, letters, press clippings, and records that,

Part of a series of student articles for the Schaeffer Fine Arts Library Internship Program During my MHST6905 internship at the Schaeffer Fine Arts Library, I worked as a library research and metadata intern. As I became more involved in cataloguing tasks, I realised that my earlier view of archival practice as mainly technical and procedural was too limited, the practical work made me aware that it also involves decisions and implications that are more layered than I had ex

Powerful Ideas: New Research in Art History at the University of Sydney is convened by Mary Roberts and presented by the discipline of Art History at the University of Sydney, with support from the Power Institute. Thursday 7 May 2026, 03:00PM - 04:30PM. Schaeffer Library Seminar Room 210, Mills Building (A26) Free. This research seminar series is also accessible via Zoom. Join via Zoom Art historian Yvonne Low introduces the often overlooked history of society-based, medium-

Powerful Ideas: New Research in Art History at the University of Sydney is convened by Mary Roberts and presented by the discipline of Art History at the University of Sydney, with support from the Power Institute. Thursday 30 April 2026, 03:00PM - 04:30PM. Schaeffer Library Seminar Room 210, Mills Building (A26) Free. This research seminar series is also accessible via Zoom. Join via Zoom A presentation by UK-based art historian Maddie Hewitson drawing together Victorian art

Powerful Ideas: New Research in Art History at the University of Sydney is convened by Mary Roberts and presented by the discipline of Art History at the University of Sydney, with support from the Power Institute. Thursday 23 April 2026, 03:00PM - 04:30PM. Schaeffer Library Seminar Room 210, Mills Building (A26) Free. This research seminar series is also accessible via Zoom. Join via Zoom Art historian and curatorial scholar Lilian Cameron analyses one of the most prominent

Art historian Ekaterina Heath traces the history of an 18th century sabre, examining its movement across Russian, steppe, and Qing imperial contexts, as part of a broader history at Kalmyk visual culture.

Powerful Ideas: New Research in Art History at the University of Sydney is convened by Mary Roberts and presented by the discipline of Art History at the University of Sydney, with support from the Power Institute. Thursday 26 March 2026, 03:00PM - 04:30PM. Schaeffer Library Seminar Room 210, Mills Building (A26) Free. This research seminar series is also accessible via Zoom. Join via Zoom Luisa Roldán, The Virgin and Child with S. Diego of Alcalá. Painted terracotta on gilt

Powerful Ideas: New Research in Art History at the University of Sydney is convened by Mary Roberts and presented by the discipline of Art History at the University of Sydney, with support from the Power Institute. Thursday 12 March 2026, 03:00PM - 04:30PM. Schaeffer Library Seminar Room 210, Mills Building (A26) Free. This research seminar series is also accessible via Zoom. Join via Zoom Sergei Eisenstein, Беседа [Conversation] (1944). Black graphite, coloured pencil on pa

Powerful Ideas: New Research in Art History at the University of Sydney is convened by Mary Roberts and presented by the discipline of Art History at the University of Sydney, with support from the Power Institute. Thursday 5 March 2026, 03:00PM - 04:30PM. Schaeffer Library Seminar Room 210, Mills Building (A26) Free. This research seminar series is also accessible via Zoom. Join via Zoom US-based art historian Brianne Cohen will introduce her new book about lens-based art p

Powerful Ideas: New Research in Art History at the University of Sydney is convened by Mary Roberts and Nicholas Croggon presented by the discipline of Art History at the University of Sydney, with support from the Power Institute. Select Thursdays (see programme below) • 03:00PM - 04:30PM. Schaeffer Library Seminar Room 210, Mills Building (A26) Free. This research seminar series is also accessible via Zoom Join via Zoom Contact: Nicholas Croggon, nicholas.croggon@sydney.ed