Career Spotlight: Parliament House Collection Manager

Helping Parliamentarians select art work for their offices, and coping with over a million visitors a year, is all part of managing the Collection at Parliament House.
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Parliament House Art Collection team installing Ben Quilty, Lead Shot Rorschach (2013), Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, ACT.

Perhaps one of the most unusual jobs in Australia is the Collection Manager for “the House” – not the Opera House, but Parliament House in Canberra.

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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