Liz Ann Macgregor, outgoing Director MCA. Photo Anna Kucera.
While a chapter of Elizabeth Ann Macgregor’s past was driving a bus for the Scottish Arts Council to introduce contemporary art to regional audiences, a more recent chapter has seen her driving the future of Australia’s most celebrated contemporary art museum.
‘The politics of it was a bit weird. I thought I understood what it would be like, on the surface it seemed similar to Birmingham [where she had been director of Ikon Gallery for ten years] in terms of shuffling over funding ownership, but I hadn’t foreseen the issues of ownership.
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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