Do you read the wall labels in a gallery? Image: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Photo: Shutterstock.
Do you read the wall labels when viewing an art exhibition? Do you like a lot of information to draw out connections and ideas, or are you more of a ‘let the artwork talk to me’ kind of gallery-goer?
‘Labels have to have a balance between audiences new to the subject, but also to not treat them as the only source of information. We often have a micro site for an exhibition and an audio guide, so there are those layers,’ continues Wallace, who admits that she herself ‘reads everything!’
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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