Review | ‘Wild enchantment’: how Daniel Thomas’s writings conveyed the joy of art to Australians

‘Wild enchantment’: how Daniel Thomas’s writings conveyed the joy of art to Australians

The Conversation 10 December, 2020

Editors Misha Ketchell

Review Daniel Thomas, recent past: writing Australian art (Thames & Hudson Australia)

In 1958, when the young Daniel Thomas was first appointed at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the word “curator” was not in the Public Service Board lexicon. He felt his official title of “professional assistant” was inaccurate so he signed his letters “curatorial assistant”. read more

 

 

Image Robert Walker, Daniel Thomas in his apartment at Elizabeth. Bay, from the Robert Walker archive 1965 black and white negative, 6 x 6 cm National Art Archive|, Art Gallery of New South Wales © Estate of Robert Walker

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