After an international search, and a few months during which the director role has been left in limbo, Robert Leonard has been announced as taking up the top job at Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art (IMA).
ArtsHub catches up with Leonard to pose the pressing questions on everyone’s mind: why leave then, and why return now?
In an earlier interview he told Virginia Were: ‘Eight years was probably one too many in the job. It was time for a change. As a curator, it’s good to move around,’ adding, ‘I loved my time in Australia, but my expertise is in New Zealand art, and I couldn’t make much use of it there. I wanted to put myself back into a situation where I could capitalise on my knowledge.’
