Gina Fairley
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Recording the experience, not just the numbers
Brand, innovation, risk, and legacy are the real contributors to record-breaking audiences numbers in our galleries.
Slow painting wins in digital age: 2016 Bulgari Art Award
This year’s winner of the $80K Bulgari Art Award, artist Jude Rae champions the importance of slow painting in our…
Vale Inge King
Despite finding the Australian landscape like a can of flat beer, Inge King made sculptures that sat beautifully in conversation…
Has the gallery shop gone too far?
There is an argument brewing that the pendulum has swung too far in the creation of arty merchandise in our…
Visitor numbers don’t give the full picture
The numbers show that we need to find better systems for reading museum attendance and engagement.
The future of audience research
While data scientists and data visualisation may be the future of analysing research, the skill remains in talking to people.
The new biennial on the block
Move over! A new biennial survey of Australian art called "The National" brings the AGNSW, Carriageworks and MCA together in…
Oops! Biennale works that went off the rails
Unpredictable artists and inflexible bureaucrats force curators to be flexible in the face of failure.
National Trust receives largest gift in 70-year history
James Fairfax has gifted the heritage property Retford Park to the National Trust of Australia, a property with integral links…
Good People
Who is good and who is bad is a question as old as Adam and Eve, but this Ensemble Theatre…