‘Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia’, installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki 2023, courtesy Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Photo: David St George.
In 2009, when Wesfarmers Arts signed up to a partnership with the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) to support, nurture and amplify the visibility of First Nations arts professionals, it wasn’t imagined that it would have a 20-year end game.
Today (25 July), the mega corporation has again committed its support – this time with a $2.5 million handshake that will track the program though for another six years to close out two decades of support.
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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