When the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) started in 1993, our relationship with our region was a very different one. It was a time when Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating was deepening the focus of Australia’s foreign policies on Asia.
Asialink was established in 1989, the Asia-Australia Institute in 1990 and 4A Asian Australian Artists’ Association in 1997 – to name but a few cultural shifters.
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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