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Activitating cities with art

Architects, artists and cultural planners at SAMAG mooted ways to better integrate art into urban planning.

9 May 2014

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Janet Echelman’s light work for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle integrated the structure into the artwork.

While our cities have always dedicated spaces to public art, a trend that has been growing globally, there remains little resolution how to better bring artists into the development stage of our urban centres.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina