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Art historian and museum director Neil MacGregor in conversation. Photo Heike Huslage-Koch via Wikimedia.
In 1999 Neil MacGregor refused a knighthood making him the first director of London’s iconic National Gallery to do so.
Nearly a decade later, in 2008 he turned down a job as Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York because it didn’t offer free admission to the public.
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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