Three senior staff laid off at AGNSW

More than 30 years experience has been lost through restructures, as gallery staff reel in shock after yesterday's losses.

21 Aug 2014

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

The Art Gallery of NSW. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Three senior staff were made redundant yesterday at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), the fallout of the gallery’s recent restructure under the hand of director Michael Brand.

Media Relations Managers Susanne Briggs and Claire Martin, who collectively have brought over 30 years of experience to the gallery, were told on 21 August that their jobs no longer existed.

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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