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Visual Arts
Installation view Movement and Light; courtesy Heide Museum of Modern Art
Traditionally, engagement with the fine arts has been purely a visual experience – you look, you like – you might think – and then you move on.
But with the growing sophistication in museum programming over time, curators and educators have realised that there is great capacity to engage audiences through senses other than sight alone.
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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