Potential Griffith University Art Museum closure

The future of Griffith University Art Museum is uncertain as pressures for faculty expansion have led to a rethink of priorities.
Griffith. Exterior view of gallery at night

Artist and Griffith University alumna, Victoria Reichelt posted on Instagram yesterday (4 December) that Griffith University Art Museum (GUAM) ‘is under consideration for closure as early as next year’.

Reichelt wrote: ‘The loss of this amazing cultural asset for Queensland and Australia would diminish the reputation of Griffith University, and reverberate for many years as an extremely myopic decision that will devastate the visual arts community of Queensland and the University teaching staff and students. Loss of the Griffith University Art Museum will also lower the University’s attractiveness to future students of visual arts and design.’

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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