Vale Colin Lanceley

Australia loses a great artist - a great innovator - a giant of his time.
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Colin Lanceley in his Surry Hills studio; Picture: Bob Barker, Source Daily Telegraph.

At just 76, news of Colin Lanceley’s death today has saddened the art world. Lanceley had been suffering from a long illness and passed away in Sacred Heart Palliative Care in Darlinghurst. Lanceley had battled pulmonary hypertension for two years.

‘I have so many things that I want to say as an artist, he told The Daily Telegraph two days before Christmas. It was his last media interview. ‘Art is very fundamental to being alive, somehow.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina