Category Archives: Obituary

Obituary Leon Paroissien

Leon Paroissien, 5 March 1937- 5 November 2024 Leon Paroissien was the first Director of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, the founding Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, a former editor of Art and Australia, and the Director of the 1984 Biennale of Sydney. With his partner, Bernice Murphy, he was an active enabler of the establishment of what is now the AAANZ. It is fair to say that any examination of Australian visual culture will find evidence of Leon Paroissien’s benign intervention. We now take it for granted that when priceless works of art travel […]

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VALE IAN NORTH AM (1945-2024)

Ian North AM, a widely esteemed artist, curator, academic and writer, sadly passed away on 14 May 2024 after a long illness. Ian had a special relationship with AAANZ. He was an inaugural member of the Art Association of Australia (1974) and as President (1997-99) and New Zealander, he reached across the ditch to bring his fellow New Zealanders into the fold. He rewrote the constitution and thus a rebranded Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ) was born in 2000. Ian North touched many as Curator of Paintings at the Art Gallery of South Australia (1971-1980) and Founding […]

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