First Australian gallery to open in Asia

On the eve of Australia’s first commercial gallery opening in Singapore we talk about the impact of risk and vision upon success within the art market
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Ursula Sullivan and Joanna Strumpf are excited by risk and challenge opening a new gallery in Singapore; supplied

Anyone in the business will tell you that commercial galleries are risky. As Joanna Strumpf explained to ArtsHub: ‘Crazy-stroke-risky are the two words that you would most use when opening a commercial gallery … You already have to be pretty cool with risk to open a commercial gallery.’

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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. Instagram: fairleygina