Susi Muddiman, outgoing Director Tweed Regional Gallery. Image Corrine Lewis.
The last thing that Susi Muddiman OAM will do before she exits Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre (“Tweed”) will be to welcome into the Gallery the $174 million masterpiece, Meules, milieu du jour [Haystacks, midday] (1890) by French impressionist Claude Monet.
The masterwork is travelling from the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), and will remain on loan for the next two years. It is an interesting bookend to her new position at HOTA, Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast, where she will be stepping into big shoes – literally.
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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