First Asian curator for Biennale of Sydney

Japanese curator appointed Artistic Director for the 2018 Biennale of Sydney, the first Asian curator in the exhibition’s 44-year history.
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Mami Kataoka; Photo credit Daniel Boud

Reaching your 21st birthday is about a coming of age – it salutes the next chapter of your life. The same could be said of the 2018 Biennale of Sydney (BoS) in the hands of Japanese curator Mami Kataoka, who plans to turn to the past to understand whether this exhibition continues to be valid for the future.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina