Australia’s Culture Building Boom: Museums

Australia’s cultural sector is under scaffolding as it faces a building boom. In this new series, we look first at how museums are rebuilding.
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Concept images of what the new WA Museum will look like. Picture: Multiplex, HASSELL+OMA

Over the last couple of years, Australia has been part of a global building boom in the arts. It emerged with the fashionable rise of the ‘cultural precinct’ and the green slate mentality to make cities more liveable – a marketing line with varying repercussions.

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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