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8 Aug 2022 9:13

Richard Watts

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Respected curator, arts administrator and current CEO of Canberra’s National Portrait Gallery, Karen Quinlan AM, has been appointed as the new CEO of Arts Centre Melbourne.

‘We could not be more thrilled that Karen will be joining us as CEO at such a pivotal moment in our history,’ said Ian Carson, AM, President of the Victorian Arts Centre Trust.

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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 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts