John Stringer - Biography
9/1992 - 11/2007
Curator, Kerry Stokes Collection
Australian Capital Equity, Perth
3/1988 - 8/1992
Senior Curator
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
11/1979 - 2/1988
Director of Visual Arts
Americas Society, New York City
(formerly Center for Inter-American Relations)
3/1978 - 10/1979
Independent Curator
New York City
9/1977 - 2/1978
Project Co-ordinator EL DORADO; COLOMBIAN GOLD
Australian Art Exhibitions Corporation, Melbourne
(now Art Exhibitions Australia, Sydney)
1/1976 - 7/1977
Executive Director
Australian Art Exhibitions Corporation, Melbourne
(now Art Exhibitions Australia, Sydney)
6/1975 - 12/1975
Exhibitions Co-ordinator
(based in New York City)
Visual Arts Board
Australia Council
4/1970 - 5/1975
Assistant Director
International Program
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
1961 - 3/1970
Exhibitions Officer
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1957 - 1961
Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
EDUCATION
1959
Diploma of Art (graphics/printmaking)
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1959
Fine Arts A (single subject)
University of Melbourne, Melbourne
1956
Certificate of Art
Caulfield Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1954
Matriculation
University High School, Melbourne
MEMBERSHIPS & COMMITTEES
| 1997 | Art Board, Murdoch University, Perth (Chairman) |
| 1996 | Founding and Committee Member, Collectors’ Club, Perth |
| 1994 - 1998 | Committee Member, Arts Advisory Committee, Healthway, Perth |
| 1994 - 2000 | Board Member, Artbank, Sydney |
| 1994 - 1995 | Committee Member, Artworks Management Committee, Curtin University, Perth |
| 1994 - 1998 | Facet (Forum Advocating Cultural and Ecological Tourism), Perth |
| 1993 - 1997 | Committee Member, Art Advisory Committee, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth |
| 1993 - 1998 | Committee Member, Moore’s Building Management Committee, Artists’ Foundation of Western Australia, Fremantle |
| 1992 - 1997 | Committee Member, Management Committee, ARX (Artists’ Regional Exchange), Perth |
| 1990 | Committee Member, BA (Fine Art) Advisory Committee, Curtin University, Perth |
| 1989 | Panel Member, Visual Arts Assessment Panel, Western Australian Department for the Arts, Perth |
| 1989 | Panel Member, Creative Fellowships Assessment Panel Western Australian Department for the Arts, Perth |
| 1988 - 1989 | Committee Member, International Committee, Visual Arts/Craft Board, Australia Council, Sydney |
| 1988 - 1996 | Board Member, Visual Arts Advisory Board, Americas Society, New York |
| 1986 - 1988 | Steering Committee, International Art Show for the End of World Hunger, New York |
| 1980 - 1988 | Board Member, Board of Governors, Igor Foundation for Contemporary Art, New York |
| 1973 - 1988 | American Association of Museums |
| 1973 | CIMAM - International Committee on Museums of Modern Art (foundation member), ICOM (International Council of Museums) |
| 1970 - 1975 | Professional and Administrative Staff Association, Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| 1969 - 1970 | Committee Member, Victorian Arts and Crafts Association, Melbourne |
| 1968 - 1970 | Committee Member, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne |
| 1965 - 1993 | Art Museums Association of Australia (foundation member) |
| 1959 - 1961 | Chairman, Junior Gallery Society, National Gallery of Victoria |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 2007 - 08 | PEEP: glimpses of the last 4 decades from The Kerry Stokes Collection (curator) 24 November 2007 - 6 April 2008 |
| 2007 | Cross Currents: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art (curator) Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 18 September - 26 November |
| 2005 | seeking TRANSCENDENCE: Edvard Munch, Mark Rothko, Robert Irwin, Wolfgang Laib, Ann Hamilton (curator of major exhibition as keystone for Perth International Arts Festival) Art Gallery of Western Australia 13 February - 24 April |
| 2002 | Colour: from Monochrome to Polychrome Works from the Kerry Stokes Collection Cannery Arts Centre, Esperance, WA 11 October - 10 November |
| Suites, Series & Sequences/Prints, Photographs & Portfolios: Editions from the Kerry Stokes Collection Mining Hall of Fame, Kalgoorlie 27 June - 10 August |
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| 2001 | By Water, from the personal collection of Kerry Stokes AO (curator) Museum of Sydney, Sydney 30 June - 25 November Brisbane City Art Gallery, Brisbane 14 December 2001 - 10 February 2002 |
| 2000 | H2O: A Miscellany of Works from the Kerry Stokes Collection (curator) Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia 28 January - 2 April |
| 1999 | Here and There: Recent Australian and Overseas Art from the Kerry Stokes Collection (curator) International Art Space Kellerberrin Australia 14 August - 12 September |
| 1998 | Material Perfection: Minimal Art & its Aftermath selected from the Kerry Stokes Collection (curator) Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia 13 February -12 April |
| 1996 | Out of Australia (curator) Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts |
| 1994 | Aurora: 9 Western Australian artists working with the theme of light (curator) Craftwest Gallery, Perth |
| 1993 | Artfare (curator) Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 1 - 4 October |
| 115 Degrees 58 Minutes East/31 Degrees 56 Minutes South (curator) Roslyn Oxley Gallery, Sydney 30 June - 17 July |
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| 1992 | Ian Burn: Minimal-Conceptual Works 1965-1970 (curator) Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
| 1990 | Circa 69 A.D. (curator) Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide |
| 1989 | Romance and Irony in Recent American Art (co-ordinator) Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
| George Haynes: Three Decades of Painting (curator) Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
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| 1987 | The First America: Selections from the Nancy Sales Day Collection (curator) Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence |
| Fanny Sanin: Obras de 1960 a 1986 (curator) Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota |
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| 1986 | Gloria in Excelsis: The Virgin and Angels in Vice-regal Paintings of Peru and Bolivia (co-ordinator), Americas Society, New York |
| 1984 | Abstract Attitudes: Waltercio Caldas/Leandro Katz/Bernardo Salcedo (curator) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
| 1983 | Printed Matta: Highlights from 4 Decades of Printmaking by Roberto Matta (curator) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
| New Spaces: Sculptures by John Castles, Raquel Rabinovich and Ricardo Regazzoni (curator), Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| 1982 | Colombian representation Biennale of Sydney (Jorge Ortiz/Miguel Rojas/Luis Vernando Valenica) (co-ordinator) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| Performance Cycle: Toby MacLennan/Leopoldo Maler/Jonier Marin/Rolando Pena/ Geo Ripley/Regina Vater (curator), Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| The Nazca Lines: Ancient Peruvian Desert Art (curator) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| 1981 | A Century of Change in Guatemalan Textiles (co-ordinator) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
| Monologos: Azaceta/Chiesa/Franceschi/Parra/Salazar/Sanin/Truss/Vater/Victoria/Vicuna (curator) Henry Street Settlement, New York |
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| Cesar Paternosto: Paintings 1969-1980 (curator) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| Carlos Merida: Graphic Work 1915-1981 (curator) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| Luis Benedit (co-ordinator) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| Works on Paper: Huguette Franco/Juan Gonzalez/Miguel Rojas (curator) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| Artes Graficas Panamericanas (co-ordinator) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| 1980 | Three Photographers: Hugo Denizart/Ana Luisa Figueredo/Jorge Ortiz (curator) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
| Photo Politic: Susan Maseilus/Arnold Rudlinger (curator) P.S. 1, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York |
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| Peter Tully: Urban Tribalwear (curator) Gallery 321, Brooklyn |
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| Balthus Retrospective (co-ordinator of US loans) XXIX Biennial, Venice |
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| Ann Bar-tur: 3=1 (curator) Gallery 321, Brooklyn |
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| Liliana Porter/Juan Camilo Uribe (curator) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| Sandy Balboza: Paintings 1976-78 (curator) Gallery 321, Brooklyn |
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| 1979 | Robert Hunter: Five Proposals for Wall Works (curator) Gallery 321, Brooklyn |
| 25 Anos Despues: Indiana/ Kelly/Martin/Negret/Nevelson/Youngerman (curator) Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota |
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| 1978 | El Dorado: Colombian Gold (co-curator with Clemencia Plazas) Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1977 | Illusion and Reality (curator) Australian National Gallery, Canberra; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart |
| Realist Prints (curator) tour of regional Australian galleries |
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| The Chinese Exhibition: Recent Archaeological finds from the People‘s Republic of China (co-ordinator) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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| US representation Biennial of Sydney (Lynda Benglis/Robert Grosvenor/Joel Shapiro/Robert Smithson/Fred Sandback) (co-ordinator), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| 1975 | Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse (assistant curator, under W S Lieberman) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| 1970 | Landfall (co-curator with Brian Finemore) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| 1969 | Christo: Wool Works (curator) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| The Aubrey Gibson Collection (curator) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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| Richard Stankiewicz: Welded Sculptures (curator) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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| 1968 | The Field (co-curator with Brian Finemore) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| 1966 | Primitive Cultures: Melanesia (co-curator with Fred Dykstra) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
| 2001 | H2O: A Miscellany of Works from the Kerry Stokes Collection Australian Capital Equity, Perth |
| 1998 | Material Perfection: Minimal Art & its Aftermath selected from the Kerry Stokes Collection Australian Capital Equity, Perth |
| 1996 | Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art (essay on Aadje Bruce) Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
| Mark Howlett Foundation, Perth (essay on Jeremy Kirwan-Ward) | |
| Western Australian Artists in Residence (author, with photographs by Richard Woldendorp) Sandpiper Press, Perth |
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| Six Western Australian Painters (introduction) Artplace, Perth and Beaver Galleries, Canberra |
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| 1995 | Barrie Goddard: Paintings 1970-1995 (catalogue essay) Art Museum, University of South Australia |
| 1994 | Edge to Edge: Lou Lambert (catalogue essay) Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth |
| Trevor Richards: Jigsaw (catalogue essay) Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts |
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| Aurora: 9 Western Australian artists working with the theme of light (catalogue introduction), Craftwest Gallery, Perth |
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| 1993 | Howard Taylor Maquettes: Studies and Finished Works of the 1970s and 1980s (catalogue essay), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
| Burning Nostalgia: Sand Pies by Florence Fuller (essay) The Australian, 27 December |
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| James Angus (exhibition review) Art + Text No.45/May, Sydney |
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| Andrew Leslie (catalogue essay) Goddard + de Fiddes, Fremantle |
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| The Feeling of Space: Colombian Sculpture I (catalogue essay) Colombian Center, New York |
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| Dario Morales (essay) El Sello Editorial, Bogota, Colombia |
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| 1992 | Ian Burn: Minimal-Conceptual Works 1965-1970 (introduction) Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
| Andrew Leslie: New Paintings (catalogue essay) de Fiddes + Goddard, Fremantle |
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| 1991 | Colin Lanceley (catalogue essay) Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York |
| Denise Green in Perth (catalogue essay) Delaney Galleries, Perth |
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| 1990 | Circa 69 A.D. (catalogue essay) Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide |
| Dario Morales: Bodegon (Still Life Sculptures) (catalogue essay) Aberbach Fine Art, New York |
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| 1989 | Romance and Irony in Recent American Art (catalogue essay) Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
| George Haynes: Three Decades of Painting (catalogue text) Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
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| Maria Brito-Avellana: Recent Sculpture (catalogue essay) Inter-American Art Gallery, Miami |
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| 1988 | The Splendor of Silver: Masterworks of a Spectacular Argentine Collection (essay) The World and I, Washington, March |
| 1987 | The First America: Selections from the Nancy Sales Day Collection (catalogue text) Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence |
| International Art Show for the End of World Hunger (catalogue essay) Artists to End Hunger Inc., New York |
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| Fanny Sanin: Obras de 1960 a 1986 (catalogue text) Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota |
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| 1986 | Gloria in Excelsis: The Virgin and Angels in Vice-regal Paintings of Peru and Bolivia (introduction), Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
| 1985 | Life is a Cabaret: Recent Paintings by Maria de la Paz Jaramillo (essay) Americas Magazine,Washington DC March/April (text also used in catalogue for 1985 Biennale de Paris) |
| 1984 | Aqui: 27 Latin American Artists Living and Working in the United States (catalogue essay), Fisher Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles |
| My Art Belongs to MoMA (review) National Gallery Society Bulletin, Melbourne October |
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| The Field Now (catalogue essay) Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne |
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| Six Argentine Artists (catalogue introduction) Latin America Cultural Development Foundation, South Carolina |
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| South American Contemporary Art (review) Diversion Magazine, New York February |
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| Australia: A Youthful Down Under (exhibition review) Art/World, New York Volume 9, Number 2 |
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| Abstract Attitudes: Waltercio Caldas/Leandro Katz/Bernardo Salcedo (catalogue texts) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| 1983 | Taste, Place and Transition - Expatriates, NY (catalogue text) Ivan Dougherty Art Gallery, Sydney |
| Printed Matta: Highlights from 4 Decades of Printmaking by Roberto Matta (catalogue text), Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| New Spaces: Sculptures by John Castles, Raquel Rabinovich and Ricardo Regazzoni (catalogue texts), Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| 1982 | Enrique Grau: Multiples (catalogue text) Sala de Exposiciones Suramericana, Medellin, Colombia |
| Lam Totems Indigenous to Culture (exhibition review) Art/World, New York Volume 6, Number 9, May |
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| Performance Cycle: Toby MacLennan/Leopoldo Maler/Jonier Marin/Rolando Pena/ Geo Ripley/Regina Vater (catalogue texts), Center for Inter-American Relations |
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| Dibujos por los Dios (essay on the Nazca Lines) Revista, Medellin, Colombia |
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| The Nazca Lines (essay) Review 30, Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| McCaughey: Australian Painters of the Heidelberg School/ Smith & Bradley: Australian Art and Architecture/Goldman: Contemporary Mexican Painting (book review) Art Journal, College Art Association, New York |
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| Liliana Porter (catalogue text) Galeria Garces/Velasquez, Bogota |
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| 1981 | Cesar Paternosto: Paintings 1969-1980 (foreword) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
| Biennials in Bloom: Cali, Medellin and San Juan (essay) Review 29, Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| Carlos Merida: Graphic Work 1915-1981 (foreword) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| Sandy Balboza: Pinturas Negras (catalogue text) Galeria Garces/Velasquez, Bogota |
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| 3 Latino Americanos en Nueva York (exhibition review) Revista No.6/Vol. 2, Medellin, Colombia |
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| Luis Benedit (catalogue text) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| Works on Paper: Huguette Franco/Juan Gonzalez/Miguel Rojas (catalogue text) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| Las Esculturas de Lydia Azout (catalogue text) Galeria la Oficina, Medellin, Colombia |
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| 1980 | Realism and Latin American Painting in the 70s (foreword) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
| Three Photographers: Hugo Denizart/Ana Luisa Figueredo/Jorge Ortiz (catalogue text) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| La Escultura de John Castles (essay) Revista No.5/Vol.2, Medellin, Colombia |
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| Juan Camilo Uribe and Liliana Porter/Pablo Picasso: A Retrospective (exhibition reviews), Revista No.5/Vol.2, Medellin, Colombia |
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| Marcelo Bonevardi (foreword) Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| 1979 | 25 Anos Despues: Indiana/Kelly/Martin/Negret/Nevelson/Youngerman (catalogue text) Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota Superexposiciones/Blockbusters (essay) Revista No1/Vol.3, Medellin, Colombia |
| 1978 | Newton Harrison and Helen Mayer Harrison: San Diego Como Centro del Mundo (essay), Revista No.2/Vol.1, Medellin, Colombia |
| 1977 | Illusion and Reality (catalogue text) Australian Gallery Directors’ Council, Sydney |
| 1976 | Report from Colombia: July 1976 (exhibition reviews) National Gallery Society of Victoria Bulletin, Melbourne |
| New York Report: March 1976 (exhibition reviews) National Gallery Society of Victoria Bulletin, Melbourne |
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| 1969 | Three Trends in Contemporary French Art (exhibition review) Art and Australia April/June, Sydney |
| The Aubrey Gibson Collection (introduction) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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| Richard Stankiewicz: Welded Sculptures (introduction) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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| 1968 | The Field (introduction) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
SELECTED LECTURES
| 2001 | ||
| October 11 | opening address, Donors’ Party, Murdoch University Art Collection | |
| February 23 | opening address, Mostly May, Old Mill Theatre, South Perth | |
| opening address, Robert MacPherson, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth | ||
| 1999 | ||
| December 3 | opening address, Honors Graduate Exhibition, John Curtin Gallery, Perth | |
| October 11 | opening address, Art Exhibition, Royal Institute for the Blind, Maylands, WA | |
| April 16 | opening address, Australian Drawing Biennale, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth | |
| February 23 | Collecting Art, Extension Course, University of Western Australia | |
| 1998 | ||
| October 16 | opening address, Denise Green, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery | |
| October 3 | panel member, Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair | |
| October 1 | opening address, The Infinite Space: Women, Minimalism & the Spiritual Object Ian Potter Art Gallery, University of Melbourne |
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| July 16 | opening address, Robert MacPherson, John Curtin Gallery, Perth | |
| 1997 | ||
| Collectors Club, Perth (regular presentations) | ||
| August 24 | Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia Swingtime Symposium |
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| March 2 | Paul, Henri, Pablo, Georges and Andre: On first names with the masters - The William Paley Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
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| March 2 | Yayoi Kusama, Gallery East, Perth | |
| February 23 | opening address, Hilarie Mais, Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth | |
| February 18 | opening address, Trevor Woodward, Greenhill Galleries, Perth | |
| 1996 | ||
| December 1 | opening address, Geometric Abstraction in Australia Queensland University Art Gallery, Brisbane |
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| September 15 | An introduction to collecting; why, what and how, Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth | |
| July 4 | opening address, Kids from the Kimberley, Capita Centre, Perth | |
| May 15 | The Kerry Stokes’ Collection, Kalla Yeedip Fine Arts, Midland Enterprise Centre, Perth | |
| 1995 | ||
| November 15 | For Love or Money: Some Hints on Creating and Caring for a Collection (panel member) Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth |
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| August 12 | Investing in a Collection, Gregsons’, Perth | |
| July 31 | Recent Art in New York, Trevor Richards’ Studio, 6 Beach Street, Fremantle | |
| March 4 | The Kerry Stokes’ Collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | |
| 1994 | ||
| November 11 | Seeking Corporate Funds (panel member) Museums Australia Conference, Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle |
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| July 21 | Recent International Art, Artists’ Foundation of Western Australia | |
| January 20 | Designed and Made (opening address), Crafts Council of Western Australia, Perth | |
| 1993 | ||
| November 25 | Entering the Real World (address to graduating students), Claremont School of Art, Perth | |
| March 10 | Recent Art In Europe and the USA, Art School, Curtin University, Perth | |
| March 9 | Postcards from the Edge, Artists’ Foundation of Western Australia, Fremantle | |
| March 2 | Pop Art, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery | |
| 1992 | ||
| November 17 | Postcards from the Edge, Art Gallery Society of Western Australia, Perth | |
| March | Contemporary Issues in Art Practice, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley Campus | |
| February 11 | New Faces of 1492, Gallery Society of Western Australia, Perth | |
| 1991 | ||
| July 30 | New Painting, Art School, Curtin University, Perth | |
| June 18 | Journey into Space: Sculpture in the Collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia Karakatta Club, Perth |
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| February 7 | A Quick Review of Current Art Abroad, Art Gallery Society of Western Australia, Perth | |
| 1990 | ||
| November 13 | Recent International Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth | |
| March 21 | Out of Time: Recent Romantic Art in New York, Art School, Curtin University, Perth | |
| March 20 | Out of Time: Recent Romantic Art in New York, Karakatta Club, Perth | |
| 1989 | ||
| Out of Time: Recent Romantic Art in New York, National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| November 21 | Recent Art Abroad: North and South America Gallery Society, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
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| October 14 - 15 | Display Preparation Workshop, Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany | |
| September 27 | Recent Art in the USA, Art School, Curtin University, Perth | |
| July 19 | Recent Art in the USA, Artemis, Perth | |
| March 8 | The Work of Roberta Allen; Two Decades in Retrospect, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
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| Travelling Artists in Latin America, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth | ||
| 1988 | ||
| November 15 | Blinded by the Light: Three Decades of Painting by George Haynes, Karrakatta Club, Perth | |
| September 21 | Public Art in New York, Art School, Curtin University, Perth | |
| March 1 | Robert Hunter Retrospective (opening address), Monash University Art Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1987 | ||
| International Art in the Post-War Period (panel member) Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| Recent Latin American Art, Boyanel Foundation, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ||
| Recent Latin American Art, Tampa Art Museum, Florida | ||
| Recent Latin American Art, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence | ||
| 1983 | ||
| Printed Matta: The Graphic Oeuvre of Roberto Matta Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| 1982 | ||
| Art in the Time of Simon Bolivar, Center for Inter-American Relations, New York | ||
| 1981 | ||
| The Nazca Lines (moderator for panel), participants included astro-archaeologist Francisco Aveni, photographer Marilyn Bridges, artist Nancy Holt, anthropologist Craig Morris, Center for Inter-American Relations, New York |
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| 1979 | ||
| 25 Years Later, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota | ||
| 1978 | ||
| Recent Art in New York, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota | ||
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS
| 2000 | ||
| Juror | Scuplture by the Sea, Bondi | |
| 1998 | ||
| Advisor/Juror | Sculpture by the Sea, Albany | |
| 1988 | ||
| Advisor | Art in Latin America 1880 - 1980, Hayward Art Gallery, London | |
| Advisor | The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States 1920 - 1970 Bronx Museum, New York |
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| 1987 | ||
| Juror | Bienal de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile | |
| Advisor | Art of the Fantastic: Latin America 1920 - 1987, Minneapolis Museum of Art | |
| Advisor | Hispanic Art in the United States: 30 Contemporary Painters and Sculptors Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
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| 1984 | ||
| Research Fellowship (foreign artists travelling in Latin America) National Endowment for the Arts, Washington DC |
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| Advisor | V Sydney Biennale, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | |
| 1982 | ||
| Advisor | IV Sydney Biennale, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | |
| 1981 | ||
| Advisor | IV Bienal de Arte, Medellin, Colombia | |
| Advisor | V Bienal del Grabado Latinoamericano, San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| 1978 | ||
| Co-ordinator | III Sydney Biennale, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | |
| 1974 - 75 | ||
| Advisor | Contemporary Art Collection, Australian National Gallery, Canberra | |
| 1972 - 75 | ||
| Advisor | Contemporary Art Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide | |
