Rachel Kent makes the move from MCA to Bundanon Trust. Photo Anna Kucera.
In 2001, Rachel Kent left Melbourne to take up a curatorial role at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) in Sydney under then recently appointed Director Elizabeth Ann MacGregor.
At the time the gallery was struggling. ‘I came shortly after Liz Anne, and the gallery was under siege on every front. It was a really tough time to come into that role, and people would say to me, “Why are you taking that risk?”
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.
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