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Writing and Publishing
Image shutterstock.com; Barcelona, Spain August 2018
In 2007, Turner-prize nominee artist Yinka Shonibare described disability arts as the last great avant-garde movement. He compared it to the early days of feminism and the black rights movement, offering that it was a powerful dynamic that spoke more about aesthetic talent and inclusivity than non-normative bodies.
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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