Patron and galleriest Gene Sherman knows the importance of recalibration. As her Fugitive Structures project wraps up she reveals plans for a new future for SCAF.
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Visual Arts
Gene Sherman with 2014 Fugitive Structures pavilion; Photo by Rita Zimmermann
Gene Sherman knows well the importance of recalibration within a project. In 2008 she shifted the focus of her successful commercial gallery, Sherman Galleries – which had become a bastion of contemporary art practice in Australia and held an important anchor with Asia – into the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF).
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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