Keeping things together:
50 years of the Women’s Art Register

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A dynamic, polyvocal anthology exploring 50 years of community, care and perseverance.

Keeping things together delves into the 50-year legacy of the Women’s Art Register (W.A.R.), Australia’s only living archive of women’s art. This landmark publication celebrates W.A.R.’s grassroots origins and ongoing role in documenting and championing women’s art practice.

Featuring new writing, creative works and archival material, it brings together diverse voices—artists, historians, curators, archivists and educators—to explore feminist art history and the power of archives. Keeping things together critically rethinks how cultural knowledge is preserved, shared and expanded, amplifying marginalised voices and reviving forgotten histories. It offers fresh insight into Australian art, feminism and archival practice and provides an accessible introduction to W.A.R.’s significant collection.

Contributors: Carla Abate, Diana Baker Smith, Sofi Basseghi, Catherine Bell, Sophia Cai, Anna Daly, Bonita Ely, Gail Harradine, Maya Hodge, Sahra Martin, Juliette Peers, Caroline Phillips, Merren Ricketson, Lisa Roberts, Meredith Rogers, Bea Rubio-Gabriel, Anna Sande, Ema Shin, Nur Shkembi, Peta Tait, Ellie Thomas, Nat Thomas, Azza Zein.

Published by Melbourne University Press.

248 pages, 22.8 x 30 cm, softcover, swiss binding.

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