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Visual Arts
Detail of Bennett’s celebrated canvas Possession Island (1991) now in the Collection of the Museum of Sydney; courtesy Milani Gallery
Queensland-born Indigenous Australian Gordon Bennett’s sudden death on 3 June has shocked the Australian art community. Bennett died of natural causes.
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.
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