Australian Art Exhibitions: Opening Our Eyes (Thames and Hudson https://www.thamesandhudsonaustralia.com/product-page/australian-art-exhibitions) Joanna Mendelssohn, Catherine De Lorenzo, Alison Inglis, and Catherine Speck combine to reveal different histories of Australian art and new visions of an Australia that have been hiding in plain sight.
It challenges previous accounts of Australian art history as it combines an analysis of art and its display in public art museums with an examination of the ways exhibitions have been funded as well as the growth of the curatorial and associated professions. The extensive text is supplemented by over 400 illustrations. These include previously unseen visual records of exhibitions. The appendices include details of the career paths of over 120 curators and directors, many of whom were interviewed in the course of researching the project.
Australian Art Exhibitions: Opening Our Eyes is the result of an ARC Linkage Project undertaken by the authors in conjunction with the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia and Museums Australia. Its publication was enabled by a generous grant from the Gordon Darling Foundation.
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