The article via the link below comes from a paper I delivered at the Art and Diplomacy II Symposium convened in response to the ‘Australia’ exhibition in autumn 2013. ‘Australia’ was curated by the Royal Academy and National Gallery of Australia and raised many an eyebrow from local and Australian critics – for different reasons. From scathing and patronising to praise for its breadth – I tracked the crits here in a separate blog.
A wander through ‘Australia’ in Piccadilly
It was only when I stepped out of the mesmeric bubble of the exhibition space, past the uniformed attendant and into the gift shop offering facsimiles of what I’d just seen, that I came to wonder, somewhat carelessly, what the time was. …
Meanjin Vol 73, No 3, 2014. Edited by Zora Sanders.