Research Symposium: Opening up the Fashion Archive
Wednesdays, 9am to 8:30pm Thursdays, 10am to 5pm Wednesday 11 March to Thursday 12 March
Opening up the Fashion Archive is a two-day research symposium convened alongside the exhibition No place for Mannequins: Remaking the fashion archive, UTS Gallery, Gadigal Nura/Sydney (12 February – 24 April 2026), curated by Todd Robinson (UTS) and Ricarda Bigolin (RMIT).
Given the complex and evolving nature of contemporary archives, Opening up the Fashion Archive considers the archive as a dynamic, contested, and relational field. It aims to explore how scholars, curators, practitioners, archivists, and researchers are working with material, digital, and social forms of archival engagement—actively remaking, rethinking, and reimagining archives and archival practice.
The Symposium is a partnership between UTS Gallery & Art Collection and the UTS Faculty of Design and Society.
The full speaker list and program are now live—book now to secure your place.