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Visual Arts
Nyikina elder Daisy Loongkoonan is actively painting at 105;Photo: Diane Mossenson
Some days we feel ancient, incapable of freshness or vitality, while the person next to you – despite their grey hair – might be grabbing at the next rung with gusto.
Age often has little to do with our productivity. Franz Kafka has been attributed saying: ‘Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.’
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.
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