NAS remains in fighting hands

Michael Lynch has been named Interim Director of the National Art School during a difficult period of transition and fight-back.
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Michael Lynch; supplied

The highly respected arts administrator Michael Lynch CBE AM has been named Interim Director of the National Art School (NAS) in Darlinghurst, following last week shock resignation of Michael Snelling.

In a bizarre twist of fate, Snelling heads to Hong Kong with wife Suhanya Raffel who takes up the position of Director M+ Museum, exactly where Lynch had returned from last year.

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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