First Nations curator Nici Cumpston to lead US collection

She will be Kluge-Ruhe's first First Nations Director in its 26-year history.
Woman with curly hair wearing black dress with white circles and surrounded by Aboriginal art. Nici Cumpston

Barkandji artist, curator, writer and educator, Nici Cumpston OAM, will take up the position as Director of Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville (US), in May 2025.

She will succeed Kluge-Ruhe’s founding director, Margo Smith, who has held the post since the Collection opened to the public in 1999.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina