Rising attendances on the coat tails of fashion

The first 2014-15 attendance figures are out, with pleasing results for many of the major galleries.
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The annual reporting season is upon us and attention is turned to the figures for audience attendance released by major public galleries.

The first to release their attendance figures for 2014-2015 was the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) this week, with a number that broke records and demonstrated a persistent rise in gallery attendance.

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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