On the move: latest arts sector appointments

A state gallery director steps down, arts precinct welcomes new CEO, and more arts sector comings and goings.
A photograph of two ships taken from high above, showing their white wakes stretching out across the blue ocean. Arts sector appointments.

Rhana Devenport ONZM, Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) has announced she will leave the Gallery on 7 July after six years. Devenport will be returning to Sydney and embarking on a series of new national and international projects.

‘It has been an honour and privilege to have led AGSA for the past six years through many successes and some significant challenges, managing a much-loved and deeply respected cultural and tourism destination,’ Devenport said in a statement.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts