Gina Fairley
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What are festivals for?
As the number of arts festivals across Australia mushroom, is it time to consider the point of such cultural clustering?

Art that guarantees a sugar rush
GOMA celebrates its tenth anniversary with a sugar high, more than 250 artworks that challenge and play with our perceptions…

GOMA unveils a net of memory
Like ‘Chinese Whispers’, Judy Watson’s new sculpture carries the changing voices of the GOMA’s Brisbane River site.

Indigenous textiles in a contemporary light
The GOMA brand is more than big art and big spaces. Contemporary practice is also explored through a delicate exhibition…

GOMA Turns 10 Summer Festival
A cracker of a festival will bring Brisbane audiences out of the heat for five days in January, but will…

VIDEO: Interview with Anthony McCall
In an Australian coup, internationally acclaimed light artist Anthony McCall will unveil first museum collection commission for GOMA’s 10th anniversary.

Research reveals unimaginative Australia
A new report shows that while 95% of us think the world would be better with more imagination, most people…

Do women make better curators?
A burst of female couplings prompts us to wonder whether gender matters when pairing artists and curators.

Inspire60: Nick Mitzevich
VIDEO: Director of Art Gallery of SA, Nick Mitzevich, finds inspiration by going on a journey though artists' eyes, hearts…

Gifting money versus gifting art
In the past few weeks the AGNSW has received two gifts by private benefactors , highlighting the complex question of…