Australian Suzanne Cotter returns to Sydney after 32 years abroad heading up institutions in Luxembourg, Portugal, New York, Oxford, London, and Sharjah. But who is she?
MCA Director Suzanne Cotter at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (2022). Featuring artist Brook Andrew, Warrang, 2012. Photo: Anna Kučera.
Suzanne Cotter is not a name we immediate recognise in the Australian visual arts landscape, but she is internationally celebrated, and she is Australian.
Something like the APT is bringing the world in, but it’s also, I think, radiating out because of what it does.
She added that Australian curators and artists are incredibly well informed, that ‘they absolutely know what’s going on, and as an Australian, I think we’ve always looked to make up for the fact that we’re geographically distant.’
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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