Aims & Scope
IJVA publishes research that advances understanding of painting and visual arts through historical, critical, theoretical, technical, material or practice-led inquiry.
Scope
- Painting, drawing and works on paper
- Colour, pigment, surface and material studies
- Studio practice and practice-led research
- Art history, theory, criticism and visual culture
- Modern, contemporary, historical and traditional art
- Printmaking, illustration, collage and mixed media
- Murals, public art and site-responsive practice
- Conservation, technical art history and provenance
- Exhibitions, collections, archives and curatorial research
- Art education, communities and participatory practice
- Digital painting and changing image technologies
- Interdisciplinary approaches to visual form and meaning
Portfolio displays, promotional exhibition notices or descriptions of artworks without a clear method, argument and wider contribution are outside scope.
