So you want my arts job: Museum Curator

Contrary to popular belief, the co-curator of the Museum of Desire did not need to be a sexpert.
A woman with long brown hair against a pink background and the words 'so you want my arts job'

Correne Wilkie is an experienced music industry professional with over 20 years in artist management, and was the first recipient of the Australian Association of Artist Managers (AAM) Legacy Award in 2022. She took Melbourne band The Cat Empire to the worldwide stage, has been the coach and strategist behind many other prominent music managers and artists, and is a dedicated champion of creative culture in the Australian music and entertainment scene. 

Applying her expertise in the broader entertainment space, Wilkie and her partner David Strong opened the immersive entertainment experience Museum of Desire in Melbourne at the end of 2024. Around 20,000 visitors attended in the first 16 weeks of opening. Wilkie speaks to ArtsHub about her latest role as museum curator.

Unlock Padlock Icon

Unlock this content?

Access this content and more

Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian. She has three collections of poetry published by the University of Western Australian Press (UWAP): Turbulence (2020), Decadence (2022) and Essence (2025). Threads: @thuy_on123 Instagram: poemsbythuy