Simon Mordant AM has been announced as Commissioner for the Australia exhibition at the 56th National Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale 2015. Rupert Myer AM, Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts, made the announcement ahead of the Australia Council’s annual Visual Arts Award Ceremony at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney.
Mordant currently serves as Commissioner for the 2013 Australian Venice Biennale exhibition, which takes place in June this year. A solo show of artist Simryn Gill, curated by Catherine de Zegher, will open in the Australian Pavilion at the 55th National Art Exhibition.
