Heat in top end as NCCA Director resigns

Citing a lack of Board transparency and fraught relations within Arts NT that have rendered NCCA as financially stretched, O’Riordan pulls the plug.
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This week, Director of the Northern Centre for Contemporary Art (NCCA), Maurice O’Riordan, gave notice of his resignation to the NCCA Board. O’Riordan’s shock resignation comes after mounting tensions between those responsible for organisation’s governance and primary funding body, Arts NT.

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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