Curators – an ARC Linkage Project

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Brook, Donald, b. 1927
The. Yorkshire born Donald Brook first established a reputation as a sculptor, but his most significant impact on Australian art was as the intellectually rigorous ...
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Thoms, Albie, b. 1941
Thoms was a theatre director, film maker and curator. Founder of Ubu Films, editor of Ubu News, co-founder of the Ginger Meggs Memorial School of ...
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Lindsay, Frances, b.
Frances Lindsay, Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Victoria, whose first curatorial position was as Brian Finemore's Associate Curator of Australian Art, has a ...
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Smith, Grace Cossington, b. 1892
Painter, born in Neutral Bay, Sydney. A student of Dattilo Rubbo, Cossington Smith was quick to absorb modernist ideas and in 1915 exhibited 'The Sock ...
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Lynn, Elwyn , b. 1917
Artist, critic and cultural warrior Elwyn (Jack) Lynn was one of the most influential figures in mid-twentieth century Australian art. In the 1950s as his ...
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Stringer, John, b. 1937
John Stringer was the innovative exhibition officer at the National Gallery of Victoria who was the guiding spirit behind The Field of 1968. Later he ...
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Missingham, Hal, b. 1906
Western Australian born painter, photographer, illustrator and author. He also had an active interest in design issues authoring a book, "Design Focus" for architects, craftworkers ...
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Annear, Judy, b. 1951
Judy Annear first made her reputation as an incisive curator of contemporary art in Melbourne and then in Sydney. She was for many years the ...
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Roberts, Tom, b. 1856
One of Australia's most iconic painters, Tom Roberts was an early champion of plein-air painting and together with Frederick McCubbin, Roberts helped establish the famous ...
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North, Ian, b. 1945
Former curator Ian North is an independent artist and writer based in Adelaide. He is represented in many public collections around Australia including Artbank, National ...
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Butler, Roger
As the first Curator of Australian Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Australia, Roger Butler both shaped the country's most extensive collection of ...
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Thomas, Daniel, b. 1931
Daniel Thomas is has been a continuing major force in Australian art curatorship since he was first appointed to the Art Gallery of NSW as ...
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Hoff, Ursula, b. 1909
Hoff took a Doctorate in Hamburg, Germany and in Australia, she became assistant curator, Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Australia. By 1949, she was ...
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Clark, Jane
Jane Clark with Bridget Whitelaw curated Golden Summers, the groundbreaking exhibition of Australian Impressionism. She later became the research curator for David Walsh's innovative MONA ...
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