The arts administrator who said all bankers are bastards, is back in Sydney and has a word on government funding, boards, business models and vision in the arts.
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Visual Arts
Michael Lynch; supplied
The Australian arts community has been abuzz since the recent return of Michael Lynch, arguably the most recognised and experienced cultural administrator to have risen from Australian shores.
Lynch has held the positions of General Manager of Sydney Theatre Company, the Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney Opera House, London’s South Bank Centre, the 40-hectare Hong Kong arts precinct West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, as well as a operating at a board level for the ABC and Film Victoria.
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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