Nick Mitzevich discusses repatriation and ethics in the latest episode of our podcast. Image: National Gallery of Australia.
Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Nick Mitzevich, believes that soon, the deaccessioning and repatriation of artworks from museum and gallery collections will no longer be considered ‘an exceptional act, but a common act’.
In episode 17 of The ArtsHubbub, Mitzevich speaks at length about the ‘vortex of change’ we are living through, where museums and galleries around the world are rethinking their ethical position with regard to the cultural and religious objects held in their collections.
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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