Six women artists are presenting major exhibitions – the key here is that they are all over 60, and several of them are presenting their first institutional solo exhibitions. ArtsHub salutes their long careers, and place in Australian art history.
Dumbrell is aged 82 (b.1941), and this is the first state art museum survey to celebrate the painter’s work. One might say, ‘It’s time to right some wrongs and give this incredible artist her moment.’
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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