Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina

Gina Fairley's Latest Articles

Red painted and carpeted gallery displaying fashion. Westwood / Kawakubo
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Westwood / Kawakubo review: fashion that promotes fearless individualism

It is a stunning pairing, bringing together two fiercely individual designers, but the Westwood / Kawakubo blockbuster exhibition suffers from…

Gallery view with woman in black with centre installation using polarising filters. Olafur Eliasson
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Olafur Eliasson's Presence review: art that physically reboots us

Always wanted to touch a rainbow? Or to see a cloud being born? Olafur Eliasson’s Brisbane exhibition Presence gives you…

Hyperreal sculpture in gallery setting of man and woman at beach. Ron Mueck
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Ron Mueck: Encounter review: empathy in difficult times

Moving from the intimate to the monumental, the Art Gallery of NSW steps into Ron Mueck’s world and it is…

colour swatches. Pantone
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Pantone’s colour of the year is under attack – and rightly so

Pantone's newly announced 'trending colour for 2026' is as bland as you can get and emblematic of our increasingly grey…

Room with walls painted in red white and black stripes and installation of Aboriginal art sculptures. Tony Albert's Indigenous Triennial
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After the Rain: 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial review – Tony Albert setting wrongs right

This Triennial by Tony Albert is all heart, but it also asks the big questions.

view of gallery with blue wall and bright coloured painting in comic style. Kaylene Whiskey
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Kaylene Whiskey review: offering super-powered conversations

Move over Dolly and Cher. Kaylene Whiskey’s survey at the National Portrait Gallery is more layered than you think.

A formal portrait of two men and an elderly woman. French Order of Arts and Letters
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Australian creatives awarded French Order of Arts and Letters

Dr Elizabeth Cameron Dalman AM and Tony Albert join the French Order of Knighthood.

Image of a musem sculpture of a stone head with a missing nose. Roman Empire
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The Roman Empire is coming to Melbourne in 2026

Out of the history books and into our homes, Melbourne Museum has announced an epic exhibition on the Roman Empire,…

man dressed in white doing performance art in white gallery. 2026 program
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Visual arts in 2026: exhibitions & program announcements

Bookmark this one-stop list of visual arts programs and key exhibitions for 2026: we'll keep you updated as news breaks.

Woman with grey hair looking into museum case with AI technology
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Data Dreams: Art and AI review: exploring artist-AI collaborations

Sydney’s MCA leads a timely institutional conversation with a major summer exhibition that replaces fear of AI with a human…

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