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South Australian Museum Director resigns, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair welcomes new Artistic Director, and more.
A young b-girl in baggy white clothes and a bucket hat photographed in the midst of a complicated dance move.

The South Australian Museum has announced that its Director, Brian Oldman, will be standing down at the end of 2022 after nine years in the role. Oldman will be returning to the UK where he previously held roles at the British Museum, Zoological Society of London, and National Maritime Museum.

Kim Cheater, Chair of the South Australian Museum Board, thanked Oldman for his enormous contribution to the Museum and his leadership during the challenging environment of the pandemic.

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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