Scientists now curating Mona

David Walsh hopes to prove that art has an evolution based in biology in a new Mona exhibition On the Origin of Art.
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Mona founder David Walsh is excited about his Hobart museum’s new exhibition, On The Origin of Art. Photograph: Rémi Chauvin/Mona; supplied

Tasmanian Art Patron, David Walsh has claimed this week that ‘art has a basis in biology’, a hypothesis he intends to prove with the assistance of four bio-cultural scientist-philosophers in a new exhibition in November this year.

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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