http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/news-1 daily 0.75 2015-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1440719007836-4CBDW565UYAFCKGK7EG6/image-asset.png August 2015 Artists for Installation Contemporary announced ahead of Sydney Contemporary art fair which launches on 9th September. We are thrilled to have on board Tony Albert with Stephen Page, Gunjan Aylawadi, Vicky Browne with Simon Reece and Darren Seltmann, Ham Darroch, Scott Eady, Helen Eager, Glen Hayward, Gregor Kregar, Justine Khamara, Laith McGregor, Christine McMillan Callum Morton, Mylyn Nguyen, Stephen Ralph, Brian Robinson, Caroline Rothwell and Alex Seton. The Curators’ Department will be giving daily tours across the duration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1440719007836-4CBDW565UYAFCKGK7EG6/image-asset.png August 2015 Artists for Installation Contemporary announced ahead of Sydney Contemporary art fair which launches on 9th September. We are thrilled to have on board Tony Albert with Stephen Page, Gunjan Aylawadi, Vicky Browne with Simon Reece and Darren Seltmann, Ham Darroch, Scott Eady, Helen Eager, Glen Hayward, Gregor Kregar, Justine Khamara, Laith McGregor, Christine McMillan Callum Morton, Mylyn Nguyen, Stephen Ralph, Brian Robinson, Caroline Rothwell and Alex Seton. The Curators’ Department will be giving daily tours across the duration. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/55df9a64e4b0593a267072c1/55df9ac8e4b05e175710f8d4/1440717512126/ August 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1440719123053-YH7CQRNN1OXYGDBZG19N/Screen+Shot+2015-08-28+at+9.45.03+AM.png August 2015 Holly Williams has just come back from a week at the Banff Centre in Canada for the seminar Curating Lively Objects: Post-disciplinary perspectives on media art exhibition led by Dr. Lizzie Muller and Dr. Caroline Seck Langill. Attended by a number of curators, artists and academics including Brook Andrew, Bec Dean, Lucas Ihlein and Matthew Connell alongside Canadian counterparts the seminar examined curatorial practice within a post-disciplinary framework, with a particular focus on the “liveliness” of media art objects and practices that situate themselves across, between and after disciplines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1440719227551-URHPTTOLKGPZ3VCUB7AI/Screen+Shot+2015-08-28+at+9.36.26+AM.png August 2015 Space for excellence. Indulging our interest in finding new ways to engage audiences with archives. The Curators’ Department are excited to be designing and curating a new space for sporting excellence, extending the model of a Hall of Fame. It will be a dynamic space that celebrates achievement and participation across the history of the University of Wollongong, as part of their Recreation and Aquatic Centre refurbishment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1440719370454-Q1WD7QVTIYDAT1U5IFMN/Screen+Shot+2015-08-26+at+6.27.20+PM.png August 2015 Glenn Barkley and Heide’s Lesley Harding co-curated ALEKS DANKO – MY FELLOW AUS-TRA-ALIENS which opened at the MCA on the 30th July. The exhibition includes work from close to five decades of Danko’s multifaceted practice. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2015-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1440721108171-FEE8WZD60NRO4TC00DI0/Screen+Shot+2015-08-28+at+10.04.51+AM.png July 2015 Guest edited by Glenn Barkley, Art Monthly's July issue launches in Canberra this Friday 10th July alongside the ceramics triennale at Craft ACT. Issue no. 281 includes texts on the history of indigenous ceramics; texts on work of Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Janet de Boos, Ron Nagle and Margaret Tuckson; and a great article by Megan Robson on Aleks Danko, featuring many of his works to be included in an upcoming survey exhibition at the MCA opening in July (Curated by Glenn Barkley and Leslie Harding - presented in association with Heide Museum of Modern Art). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1440721108171-FEE8WZD60NRO4TC00DI0/Screen+Shot+2015-08-28+at+10.04.51+AM.png July 2015 Guest edited by Glenn Barkley, Art Monthly's July issue launches in Canberra this Friday 10th July alongside the ceramics triennale at Craft ACT. Issue no. 281 includes texts on the history of indigenous ceramics; texts on work of Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Janet de Boos, Ron Nagle and Margaret Tuckson; and a great article by Megan Robson on Aleks Danko, featuring many of his works to be included in an upcoming survey exhibition at the MCA opening in July (Curated by Glenn Barkley and Leslie Harding - presented in association with Heide Museum of Modern Art). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1440720443076-Y9X55M7L72R1D3X3LYU7/Screen+Shot+2015-08-28+at+10.04.59+AM.png July 2015 Thanks to everyone who came along to the opening of Here I give thanks: John R. Walker and to the in-conversation event on Saturday 4 July at the Drill Hall Gallery in Canberra. The exhibition continues until August 10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1440720482641-V6A1G7PYQV594HF3MIKT/Screen+Shot+2015-08-28+at+10.05.08+AM.png July 2015 It's a very rare and special treat to be surrounded by this selection of 10 works by the legendary artist Rosalie Gascoigne in the area where she sourced many of her materials. The works in this exhibition beautifully illustrate the strong link between Gascoigne's work and the nearby landscape of Lake George - their spare elegance and intensity. We were thrilled to see many of Rosalie's family members, friends and colleagues at the opening in Goulburn Regional Gallery. The exhibition continues until 22 August. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/september daily 0.75 2015-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1444373574625-X0LRG6LFYUOGA6W9P34N/stephen-ralph-installation-contemporary-2015.jpg September 2015 Installation Contemporary at the Sydney Contemporary art fair was a huge success with outstanding works appearing in surprising places across Carriageworks, including this monumental work by Gregor Kregar. View the artworks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1444373574625-X0LRG6LFYUOGA6W9P34N/stephen-ralph-installation-contemporary-2015.jpg September 2015 Installation Contemporary at the Sydney Contemporary art fair was a huge success with outstanding works appearing in surprising places across Carriageworks, including this monumental work by Gregor Kregar. View the artworks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1444355900276-RDQHX6NXMVCT9ZF9OE9U/chayni-henry-uneven-ground-2015.jpg September 2015 Preparation for Right Here Now, Regional Arts Australia's National Visual Arts Showcase is well underway. The exhibition of eighteen regional artists opens at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House next month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1444874712571-O6FUL95M9CRULLAAK65N/3530_mid.jpg September 2015 Craig Judd gave TURN TURN TURN a great little write up in the September issue of Artlink. He called it 'Glenn Barkley’s best production to date.' Read on... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1447211831792-OU5EPEY3P56WUMRXVX2E/image-asset.png September 2015 As part of the MCA Young Ambassadors program Ivan Muñiz Reed was invited to speak with Jess Johnson about her latest solo exhibition Endless Future Terror Forever at Darren Knight Gallery. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/october daily 0.75 2015-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1447136144868-VRIEGDER4DEGBOMZEHKL/IMG_8480-1.jpg October 2015 In late October and early November, Holly Williams went on a research road trip to regional venues for Creative Accounting including to Western Plains Cultural Centre, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, the Museum of the Riverina in Wagga Wagga, Albury Library Museum and Manningham Art Gallery in Melbourne. Including this very excellent former bank from a small town between Albury and Wagga. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1447136144868-VRIEGDER4DEGBOMZEHKL/IMG_8480-1.jpg October 2015 In late October and early November, Holly Williams went on a research road trip to regional venues for Creative Accounting including to Western Plains Cultural Centre, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, the Museum of the Riverina in Wagga Wagga, Albury Library Museum and Manningham Art Gallery in Melbourne. Including this very excellent former bank from a small town between Albury and Wagga. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1447137316230-GJCM9GNCEYGYQZJGVDK3/12187728_178093725866127_1129817446195811453_n-%281%29.jpg October 2015 On 29 October, Glenn Barkley spoke at the launch of Paul Becker/10 Group’s latest creative enterprise - Contemporaries: art experiences for the socially curious. We are looking forward to participating in their program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1447210312443-ZWI3CTMWRGLBJVUHHWHE/image-asset.png October 2015 An adapted iteration of Here I give thanks: John R Walker curated by Glenn Barkley opened at Utopia Art Sydney November 28. The exhibition continues until 21 November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1447202426914-S2ENGNUHIZE2NSLIHGHL/image-asset.jpeg October 2015 Holly Williams had serious foundry envy during a visit to Urban Art Project's amazing facility in Brisbane where they fabricate artworks and assemble them to full scale before sending them off to their new locations around the world. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/november daily 0.75 2015-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1447195075766-SEOTUOI30DXTBL6VX8PC/image-asset.jpeg November 2015 Ivan Muñiz Reed, Holly Williams and the Department’s excellent intern, UNSW Masters student Amanda Saker, went to Canberra to install Right Here Now with the really amazing team at the Museum of Australian Democracy, ahead of the opening on November 17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1447195075766-SEOTUOI30DXTBL6VX8PC/image-asset.jpeg November 2015 Ivan Muñiz Reed, Holly Williams and the Department’s excellent intern, UNSW Masters student Amanda Saker, went to Canberra to install Right Here Now with the really amazing team at the Museum of Australian Democracy, ahead of the opening on November 17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1447209705578-F91YPMVL9S0O2TYWPEUP/image-asset.png November 2015 ALEKS DANKO – MY FELLOW AUS-TRA-ALIENS, co-curated by Glenn Barkley and Lesley Harding opened at Heide Museum of Modern Art on the 7 November. The exhibition includes work from close to five decades of Danko’s multifaceted practice. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/december daily 0.75 2016-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1462269171706-TVYS1V4DW4EGWZJRCZZ0/Tamworth+textile+Triennale.jpg December 2015 Expressions of Interest in the 3rd Tamworth Textile Triennial have now opened which will be curated by Glenn Barkley. The touring exhibition opens at the Tamworth Regional Gallery in October 2017; EOI's close on 29 February, contact the gallery for more information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1462269171706-TVYS1V4DW4EGWZJRCZZ0/Tamworth+textile+Triennale.jpg December 2015 Expressions of Interest in the 3rd Tamworth Textile Triennial have now opened which will be curated by Glenn Barkley. The touring exhibition opens at the Tamworth Regional Gallery in October 2017; EOI's close on 29 February, contact the gallery for more information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1450753139504-B4G0U5KPMT2ET0SQT3LL/image-asset.jpeg December 2015 We are delighted that the Museum of Australian Democracy are looking to acquire Donna Fortescue's substantial work Beneath the Southern Cross we Stand from the Right Here Now exhibition which runs until March 2016. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/january daily 0.75 2016-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1461724867292-Z1BKVP7CYV9L0IV870KO/TCD-anniversary.jpg January/February 2016 January marks our first 12 months of operation! We are hugely thankful for such an amazing year and feel incredibly lucky to have collaborated with so many amazing artists and institutions. We are also very excited with our line-up of upcoming projects - more news coming soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1461724867292-Z1BKVP7CYV9L0IV870KO/TCD-anniversary.jpg January/February 2016 January marks our first 12 months of operation! We are hugely thankful for such an amazing year and feel incredibly lucky to have collaborated with so many amazing artists and institutions. We are also very excited with our line-up of upcoming projects - more news coming soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1461724971721-2RO8S96DIK5SER5YS2A1/UoW-in-progress.jpg January/February 2016 Championed by Holly Williams, the Sporting Hall of Fame: a Celebration of Excellence at the University of Wollongong's Recreation & Aquatic Centre is underway and looking sharp. The project will be officially launched in May 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1461722991638-PE4A9NOGURR2BWBO8PEL/GB-at-adelaide-biennale.jpg January/February 2016 We are incredibly proud of Glenn Barkley's inclusion in Magic Object: The 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art. His installation Temple of the Worm will be on display at the Art Gallery of South Australia until 15 May. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/march daily 0.75 2016-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1461728163669-R37RN1QJ0SS894D2KT09/Contemporaries-BoS-tour.jpg March 2016 We had a great day leading a tour of the 20 Biennale of Sydney for 10 Group's Contemporaries program. The tour kicked off with Glenn Barkley's introduction of Richard Bell's work at the MCA forecourt and continued with a tour of Cockatoo Island led by Holly Williams and Ivan Muñiz Reed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1461728163669-R37RN1QJ0SS894D2KT09/Contemporaries-BoS-tour.jpg March 2016 We had a great day leading a tour of the 20 Biennale of Sydney for 10 Group's Contemporaries program. The tour kicked off with Glenn Barkley's introduction of Richard Bell's work at the MCA forecourt and continued with a tour of Cockatoo Island led by Holly Williams and Ivan Muñiz Reed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1461730335288-AI639GSC67Z4NLU2S4R8/Art-Month.jpg March 2016 We are thrilled to be part of this year's Art Month with Where to start, a tour of Redfern and Chippendale galleries with Ivan Muñiz Reed, and The Engine of Creativity, a panel discussion (including Barbara Flynn, Glenn Barkley, Jess Cook and artist Lindy Lee) moderated by Alex Bowen, that explored the different elements of the artistic eco-system in Sydney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1461729225792-7Z26E293PRMYQ2K4QFPR/Hector-Zamora.jpg March 2016 Ivan Muñiz Reed has been commissioned by the MCA Australia to write a substantial text on the practice of Mexican artist Hector Zamora for an upcoming publication, which will be available in July 2016. The publication will build on Civic Actions: Artists’ Practices Beyond the Museum, a conference convened by the MCA's C3West in September 2015 that focused on the possibilities of artistic practice in public space. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/april daily 0.75 2016-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1461731629541-UM5KR9K0STY8E1GM6OTL/Karla-Dickens.jpg April 2016 We are thrilled to announce Arts NSW's support for our upcoming project in conjunction with Orana Arts. At the junction of two rivers: the Wellington Residency Project invites three metropolitan and three regional artists to participate in a multi-week residency, culminating in exhibitions of new, site-specific works in October 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1461731629541-UM5KR9K0STY8E1GM6OTL/Karla-Dickens.jpg April 2016 We are thrilled to announce Arts NSW's support for our upcoming project in conjunction with Orana Arts. At the junction of two rivers: the Wellington Residency Project invites three metropolitan and three regional artists to participate in a multi-week residency, culminating in exhibitions of new, site-specific works in October 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1461732518674-WUG5P0OH13KBXOMLVYER/Yoshua-Okon.jpg April 2016 Currently in development, the project Octopus at the Ideas Platform in Artspace will introduce the work of prominent Mexican artist Yoshua Okón to Sydney audiences for the first time. The solo project curated by Ivan Muñiz Reed will be launched in September http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/june-2016 daily 0.75 2016-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470136073475-3BVHQKVJV22ELJA8ZHTI/June_GBHW+site+visit.jpg June 2016 Holly Williams and Glenn Barkley had a great site visit to the Wellington Caves, scouting locations for At the Junction of Two Rivers. Glenn also discovered his long lost cousin Michelle Barkley when she came to interview us for the Wellington Times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470136073475-3BVHQKVJV22ELJA8ZHTI/June_GBHW+site+visit.jpg June 2016 Holly Williams and Glenn Barkley had a great site visit to the Wellington Caves, scouting locations for At the Junction of Two Rivers. Glenn also discovered his long lost cousin Michelle Barkley when she came to interview us for the Wellington Times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470136741311-WAIUVDQPEQ96LY33T0V4/June_DandH.jpg June 2016 We've been delighted to be working with Lee, Ashley and Sophie from Dunn + Hillam Architects on a couple of really interesting projects including the proposed conversion of a heritage building into a gallery. They have a really fantastic studio in Botany that we have loved spending time at. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470186043591-8S0C2XJREXT0H7O74941/Chayni-Henry-Paravista-Motel.jpg June 2016 This painting by Chayni Henry inspired Glenn to stay at the real Paravista Motel when he went to Darwin in June for a studio visit with Franck Gohier for his forthcoming solo show at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in 2017. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/may-2016 daily 0.75 2016-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470134296302-NHPSLT6MXGC077KT3V2K/May_Robert_Brain_Bathurst_Gallery.jpg May 2016 Glenn was invited to write the catalogue essay for Robert Brain’s wonderful survey at Bathurst Regional Gallery. The exhibition presented Brain's prolific tapestry practice across themes such as homoerotica, art history and gender politics and is imbued with irreverent humour and unexpected juxtapositions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470134296302-NHPSLT6MXGC077KT3V2K/May_Robert_Brain_Bathurst_Gallery.jpg May 2016 Glenn was invited to write the catalogue essay for Robert Brain’s wonderful survey at Bathurst Regional Gallery. The exhibition presented Brain's prolific tapestry practice across themes such as homoerotica, art history and gender politics and is imbued with irreverent humour and unexpected juxtapositions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470133506526-0XW2MUM84W3H2R8MJPHU/May_CreativeAccounting.jpg May 2016 Curated by Holly Williams, Creative Accounting opened at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery in Windsor for the first stop on and 18-month long tour. Convict love token specialist Paul Donnelly's talk was a highlight of the accompanying public program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470130322617-3QJXP3FI77FTYYVPI55G/ousd.jpg May 2016 OVERUNDERSIDEWAYSDOWN, the Australian Ceramics Association Biennial opened at Manly Art Gallery & Museum. Curated by Glenn Barkley, the exhibition considered ceramics' present currency within the art world and the reasons why it is of such interest to artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470135429472-M9I5VUYN31QBI28HEJ1M/May_IMR.jpg May 2016 A few changes at The Curators' Department and exciting times for Ivan Muñiz Reed as he relocated to San Francisco with his husband. Ivan will be continuing as an Associate Curator with TCD and will be coming back in September for his project at Artspace, he'll be busy with his PhD in the meantime. Our team is expanding with Chloé Wolifson and Isabel Hesketh joining us on a regular basis with the odd guest appearance by Bev Shroot. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/july-2016 daily 0.75 2016-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470136838416-1R7HOPR57YWOE39N26FM/July_UOWSHOF.jpg July 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470136838416-1R7HOPR57YWOE39N26FM/July_UOWSHOF.jpg July 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470137240427-FOUP51CLU5UV2VXQ8BJG/July_UOWSHOF.jpg July 2016 Bring out the oversized scissors! One of the more involved projects from the first part of the year, the University of Wollongong's new Sporting Hall of Fame, was officially opened by the UOW Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings, CBE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470138220788-P2W0BO6DNTUKEOE75PDV/July_wellintonartists.jpg July 2016 We were lucky enough to spend a week with the artists in Wellington for At the Junction of Two Rivers. Karla Dickens, Asher Milgate, Raquel Ormella, The Ronalds, Liane Rossler and Simon Yates rocking in out an old fountain-come-garden-ornament. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470138417606-T0O5IDZEIQDI51TJKIT7/July_JC.jpg July 2016 Bit of work in progress for a project proposal we are working on with Melbourne artist Jon Campbell ahead of his latest solo show Absolutely Disgusting with Darren Knight Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470182093205-XOX04Q98YQVKFVHDTJ7G/July_CA_at+Manningham.jpg July 2016 Creative Accounting was opened by the Mayor of Manningham (replete with gold chains) at Doncaster's Manningham Art Gallery. This iteration of the project also included a new 11m long piece bylocal ceramicist Tracy Muirhead. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/august-2016 daily 0.75 2016-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470202033803-WVCEEUERGA2L5WY2P2SO/Aug_JonRose.JPG August 2016 Holly Williams made the mother of all excel Lists of Works after a studio visit with Jon Rose for a co-curated project with Jeff Khan for Performance Space. See his weird and wonderful instuments at Carriageworks in October. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470202033803-WVCEEUERGA2L5WY2P2SO/Aug_JonRose.JPG August 2016 Holly Williams made the mother of all excel Lists of Works after a studio visit with Jon Rose for a co-curated project with Jeff Khan for Performance Space. See his weird and wonderful instuments at Carriageworks in October. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470181300402-97CT330W80U2ER639XTE/Aug_Objectsinspace_Auburn.JPG August 2016 Glenn Barkely has managed to unite his love of horticulture and art for Objects in Space: Artists in the Gardens his latest curatorial project at Peacock Art Gallery and Auburn Botanic Gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1470181874646-DVO854L6NLT8D02G5RXC/Aug_officemove.JPG August 2016 Unpacking in our lovely new office in Newtown. Sharing the space with the wonderful folk at 10 Group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1473136673372-BIWH1VZAUS7GBL27898N/IMG_1855.JPG August 2016 In preparation for the forthcoming exhibition A Working Model of the World, Holly visited the City of Sydney archives and viewed the work of the City's resident model-maker Richard Braddish. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/september-2016 daily 0.75 2016-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1473136428707-Q4AEVFS1YMQ959SB2ZJV/IMG_1855.JPG September 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1473136430845-3Y20BFTYX87D6YIQ9NK4/IMG_1903.JPG September 2016 Liane Rossler is one of the amazing artists participating in the Wellington residency project At the Junction of Two Rivers. Our recent studio visit to Liane's studio brought together a few of Glenn's favourite things - art, pots and plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1473136428707-Q4AEVFS1YMQ959SB2ZJV/IMG_1855.JPG September 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1473137101288-0G1K5ZGPRDFCDX75XC0K/IMG_1947.JPG September 2016 Luke Letourneau has previewed Ivan's show Yoshua Okón: Octopus for the September issue of Art Almanac. Join us for the exhibition's opening at the Ideas Platform at Artspace, Sydney on 15 September. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1474347719395-I0FGMREZMTAQ05O09NEX/CreativeAccounting_Albury.jpg September 2016 Creative Accounting opened at Albury LibraryMuseum with some fantastic loans from their museum collection including some gold scales from the Black Range mines, some alternative currencies from WWII and Pin # Meltdown by Albury Art Prize winner Inga Hanover http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/october-2016 daily 0.75 2016-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1479878380064-SJVOL95I9IJ5L1RQ7WUE/Screen+Shot+2016-11-23+at+4.15.25+PM.png October 2016   Just in time for the Xmas shopping period, Glenn's first solo show opened at Utopia in Sydney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1479878380064-SJVOL95I9IJ5L1RQ7WUE/Screen+Shot+2016-11-23+at+4.15.25+PM.png October 2016   Just in time for the Xmas shopping period, Glenn's first solo show opened at Utopia in Sydney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1479878380545-AERXYNS969SDVPEID4RJ/Screen+Shot+2016-11-23+at+4.17.34+PM.png October 2016   The glamorous side of curating... Ready to install At the Junction of Two Rivers via a stop at Bunnings Dubbo. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/november-2016 daily 0.75 2016-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1479878446388-ZSEKOXDVRS1VLJ1LCBMQ/Screen+Shot+2016-11-23+at+4.13.46+PM.png November 2016 On the day of the US election and apt for the success of the billionaire class, Holly and the UQ Art Museum team installed Daniel McKewen's work 'The virtual nation of Mammon', which charts the Forbes list of billionaires and their relative wealth against the US population - part of the next instalment of Creative Accounting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1479878446388-ZSEKOXDVRS1VLJ1LCBMQ/Screen+Shot+2016-11-23+at+4.13.46+PM.png November 2016 On the day of the US election and apt for the success of the billionaire class, Holly and the UQ Art Museum team installed Daniel McKewen's work 'The virtual nation of Mammon', which charts the Forbes list of billionaires and their relative wealth against the US population - part of the next instalment of Creative Accounting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1479878446648-M9PG51M6M00BQ0GC2WA8/Screen+Shot+2016-11-23+at+4.15.11+PM.png November 2016 Jon Rose - The Museum has gone live as part of LiveWorks at Performance Space! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1479878448679-CK2F32I3OY6IX7KC2BB8/Screen+Shot+2016-11-23+at+4.16.32+PM.png November 2016 At the Junction of Two Rivers, Simon Yates made an amazing comic book to go with his installation The Duel at the Old Western Stores building. Napoleon and The Duke of Wellington battling it out to rule the town. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/january-2017 daily 0.75 2017-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1486517839864-ISZB0F0HG9CRFFJO4KPM/10809801_660726234054969_1021413116_a.jpg January 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1486517839864-ISZB0F0HG9CRFFJO4KPM/10809801_660726234054969_1021413116_a.jpg January 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1486517845405-F41SX58YUE8LHD6E4U95/16229359_190715944740031_4076090728894169088_n.jpg January 2017 Detail of Patrick Pound's The Museum of Glass in the group show Intrinsic Properties / Inherent Vice at Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, curated by Holly Williams for Ausglass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1486518628377-A12PQBDI7DFOUPM7FAQ6/IMG_1367.jpeg January 2017 Holly Williams with architect Mike Stevenson at the new build for the SES Visitor Experience underway in Wollongong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1486519137711-XF1BEA7OAVVTZM0088EI/2017-01-31+13.20.22.jpg January 2017 As part of our research for the Customs House exhibition Something else is Alive: Sydney and the Animal Instinct, we ventured to the the NSW Mounted Police Museum at the Redfern barracks. Here is Fibre the horse modelling equine riot gear. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/april-2017 daily 0.75 2017-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1493601536232-793WE7XF9U6WHKP7PUNX/2017-04-21+08.17.07.jpg April 2017 Meet Bailey Haggarty - Assistant Director of Seagulls at the Australian National Maritime Museum. We kitted Bailey with a GoPro to film his adventures for an upcoming project - stay tuned! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1493601536232-793WE7XF9U6WHKP7PUNX/2017-04-21+08.17.07.jpg April 2017 Meet Bailey Haggarty - Assistant Director of Seagulls at the Australian National Maritime Museum. We kitted Bailey with a GoPro to film his adventures for an upcoming project - stay tuned! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1493601394878-XPE4P728QTZRRULCERL2/2017-04-21+08.17.07.jpg April 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1493601976996-06TSUW4IZW4QC83SB9YK/Kenzee_DKG_0031+copy.jpg April 2017 Kenzee Patterson's 2016 work Money Spinner will be a part of A Working Model of the World, curated by Holly Williams with Dr Lizzie Muller at UNSW Galleries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1493602586035-T7I2GLYC39F4NIIZBU1D/Screen+Shot+2017-02-09+at+9.44.42+PM.png April 2017 As part of her exhibition onetoeight: Australia's First Prime Ministers at the Museum of Australian Democracy, Alison Alder has created this wallpaper featuring the wives of the early leaders. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/may-2017 daily 0.75 2017-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1495415845093-YUJO39TXO2ULWKG00T5U/Screen+Shot+2017-05-22+at+11.14.59+AM.png May 2017 Holly caught up with David Capra at FBI Radio recently to talk about her exhibitition A Working Model of the World at UNSW Galleries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1495415845093-YUJO39TXO2ULWKG00T5U/Screen+Shot+2017-05-22+at+11.14.59+AM.png May 2017 Holly caught up with David Capra at FBI Radio recently to talk about her exhibitition A Working Model of the World at UNSW Galleries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1495415866086-TKYIZCUXMXE5TVAFJ5CW/170504_unsw_015.jpg May 2017 La Perouse shell worker and living treasure Esme Timbery placing the last bit of sparkly glitter on her Sydney Opera House ahead of the opening of A Working Model of the World at UNSW Galleries, curated by Holly Williams and Lizzie Muller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1495416505638-M7T05MXLJLB2GJZXI8LX/Screen+Shot+2017-05-22+at+11.19.01+AM.png May 2017 Glenn has flown to the northern hemisphere and is currently resting his wings in Paris, enjoying the open spaces in the centre of the city (as well as all the museums). http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/july-2017 daily 0.75 2017-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1500950938620-YNX4PTY7IXKXN5584SQT/Screen+Shot+2017-07-25+at+12.07.50+PM.png July 2017 Holly has been busy installing the new permanent display at the NSW State Emergency Service HQ in Wollongong. So many weird and wonderful things to curate for the first time - jaws of life, Geiger counter, large animal rescue harness and a full size flood rescue boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1500950938620-YNX4PTY7IXKXN5584SQT/Screen+Shot+2017-07-25+at+12.07.50+PM.png July 2017 Holly has been busy installing the new permanent display at the NSW State Emergency Service HQ in Wollongong. So many weird and wonderful things to curate for the first time - jaws of life, Geiger counter, large animal rescue harness and a full size flood rescue boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1500950937774-VKY7R8D5AMVCUND66J92/Screen+Shot+2017-07-25+at+12.08.14+PM.png July 2017 Ryuichi Fujimura and Kate Sherman performed in Corrine May Botz's images of The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Deaths in A Working Model of the World at UNSW Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1500951640579-K4Q1ELMBBBHEDFFADF8A/GarryTrinh+Untitled+photograph+2Courtesy+the+artist.jpg July 2017 Our commissioned artists are working hard to develop their artworks for Something Else is Alive: Sydney and the Animal Instinct opening next month at Customs House. Garry Trinh has captured the ubiquitous Australian White Ibis in this untitled photograph. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/about-us daily 0.75 2026-04-01 http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/holly-williams daily 0.75 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/fd96c068-ed80-4bdd-9966-4fe1088cbd9f/Screenshot+2026-03-26+at+3.30.35%E2%80%AFpm.png Holly Williams http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/contact daily 0.75 2023-03-28 http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/our-projects daily 1.0 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/13fc3031-8c54-421c-98ea-236efee129aa/TCD_logo_blk.png Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/212d6f0a-5d66-4c4d-b4d4-68ea971b5d4e/Glenn+Barkley+Skiesful-Treesful+render+2026.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Skiesful/Treesful by Glenn Barkley (forthcoming, mid-2026) Permanent commission at Shoalhaven Hospital Client: Health Infrastructure NSW Image: Artist digital model https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/9b14c961-2b99-4c71-a3b6-1802f74c527c/Co-curator+Blak+Douglas%E2%80%99+%E2%80%98Pirrama+positive+repetition%E2%80%99+The+Rocks.+Photo%3A+Katherine+Cordwell+Photography+.jpeg Projects - Make it stand out Pirrama positive repetition by Blak Douglas November 2025 - January 2026 Temporary public artwork at The Rocks, Sydney Curated by Array - TCD & Caper Creative Collaboration Client: Placemaking NSW Image: Installation view of Blak Douglas’ ‘Pirrama positive repetition’ The Rocks, 2025-26. Photo: Katherine Cordwell Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/0ef86e74-0346-4ead-bec5-35a3f29a3ec9/Jumaadi_Upside-Down+Garden_2025_Photography+by+Mark+Pokorny.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Upside-Down Garden by Jumaadi Installed December 2025 Permanent public commission at Barangaroo Co-curated by Holly Williams and Glenn Barkley Client: LendLease Image: ‘Upside-Down Garden’ by Jumaadi at Barangaroo, December 2025. Photo: Mark Pokorny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/d6368d26-a71a-45e1-b69b-469cf784a346/Operative+Tectonics+by+Izabela+Pluta.+Installed+at+M%3APark.+Photo+TCD.jpeg Projects - Make it stand out Operative Tectonics by Izabela Pluta Installed January 2026 Permanent foyer tapestry for M:Park, Macquarie Park Curated by Holly Williams Client: Stockland Image: Installation view of Izabela Pluta's Operative Tectonics at M:Park, Jan 2026. Photo: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/f0def613-2ea0-4fb4-a849-8a8ce20335a6/Installation+detail+of+Nancy+Liang%E2%80%99s+Old+Spaces%2C+The+Rocks.+2025.jpeg Projects - Make it stand out Seen/Unseen public art trail for Art & Culture Month September 2025 Temporary Art Trail with Nancy Liang, Jumaadi, Vanessa Berry and Linda Brescia at The Rocks, Sydney Curated by Array - A TCD & Caper Creative Collaboration Client: Placemaking NSW Image: Nancy Liang ‘Old Spaces’ 2025. Photo: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/c70415f3-54db-4c73-8f07-7b83ad279711/EM+Lane+Concordians+Museum+Concord+Hospital.+Photo%3A+TCD.jpg Projects - Make it stand out New EM Lane Concordians Museum 2025-ongoing Curated by Holly Williams Concord Hospital, Concord, Sydney Client: The Concordians Image: Installation detail EM Lane Concordians Museum, Concord Hospital, Sydney. Curated by Holly Williams. May 2025. Photo: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/d73c7a1d-9ba9-4807-b3d5-4ba6ee85a09d/Great+Southern+Lego+Brick+Reef.+Curated+by+Holly+Williams+ANMM+2023-24.jpeg Projects - Make it stand out Wonderwater summer festival and Great Southern Lego Brick Reef 2023-24 Festival and exhibition curator Holly Williams Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM), Sydney Client: ANMM Installation view. Photo TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/ba90b82b-5e75-453d-a69e-04fa6782342b/IMG_8331.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Beach, Barks, Banksias Rose Bay Placemaking project with mural by Sharon Billinge January 2023-ongoing Percival Lane Rose Bay Co-curated by Holly Williams and Melissa Cook Client: Woollahra Municipal Council. funded by NSW Government’s Streets as Shared Spaces program Image: Mural by Sharon Billinge, Percival Lane, Rose Bay. Co-curated by Holly Williams and Melissa Cook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/36e77ad1-2bab-4f80-aa39-07ca2a578923/Emily+Crockford+%2B+Rosie+Deacon%E2%80%99s+Rainbow+Mermaid+Fireworks.+Curated+by+Holly+Williams.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Rainbow Mermaid Fireworks by Emily Crockford + Rosie Deacon (part of Wonderwater) Dec 2023 - Feb 2024 Curated by Holly Williams for the Wonderwater iteration Client: ANMM Image: Installation detail of Emily Crockford + Rosie Deacon’s ‘Rainbow Mermaid Fireworks.’ 2023-24 at ANMM. Curated by Holly Williams. Photo: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/8898dd3a-8430-4cef-84c1-917d303a3585/IMG_8203.JPG Projects - Make it stand out Boowambillee / Shark Island mural by Claire FoxtonWilberforce Ave, Rose Bay February 2023 - ongoing Curated by Holly Williams and Melissa Cook Client: Woollahra Municipal Council. funded by NSW Government’s Streets as Shared Spaces program Image: Detail of mural by Claire Foxton at Wilberforce Carpark, Rose Bay. Co-curated with Melissa Cook, Caper Creative https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1706d884-5656-4921-ab72-ca3b5399cea0/Shallow+Iridescence+2023-2025.+Photo+by+Sahlan+Hayes.webp Projects - Make it stand out Shallow Iridescence perspective mural by InkHunter 2023 - 2025 Australian National Maritime Museum forecourt Co-curated by Holly Williams with Tyson Frigo (ANMM) Client: ANMM Image: Installation view of ‘Shallow Iridescence ‘ by InkHunter 2023-2025. Co-curated by Holly Williams with ANMM. Photo: Sahlan Hayes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/aa1519fc-c1ee-4e14-843d-c07a2baf8bc6/PHOTO-2023-02-06-13-44-36.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Rose Bay placemaking + Concrete Carpet mural by Alice McAuliffe January 2023 - ongoing Curation and design by Holly Williams and Melissa Cook. Collins Lane, Rose Bay Client: Woollahra Municipal Council. funded by NSW Government’s Streets as Shared Spaces program Image: Collins Lane, Rose Bay - curation and design by Holly Williams and Melissa Cook. Mural by Alice McAuliffe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/b3ebceda-6a3a-41ce-8629-9947dba1d21a/Percival+Park+.png Projects - Make it stand out Rose Bay placemaking Percival Park refresh including Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub species supplied and planted by IndgiGrow. each Bollard paint treatment devised by Holly Williams and Melissa Cook. Designed by Melissa Cook, Caper Creative. January 2023 - ongoing Percival Park, Rose Bay Client: Woollahra Municipal Council. funded by NSW Government’s Streets as Shared Spaces program Image: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/5bddeb53-13e0-4b41-b3c5-5d28e3030609/Untitled+-+2+of+2.jpeg Projects - Make it stand out The Wharfie's Mural exhibition 2022-2025 Curated by Holly Williams Australian National Maritime Museum Client: ANMM Photo: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/e5bdcefb-615c-431f-8c51-c721017eabf7/One-Bright-Pearl-v2_525x350.jpg Projects - Make it stand out One Bright Pearl by Lindy Lee Permanent public art commission 2022 - ongoing Curated by Holly Williams Blackburn Gardens, Double Bay Client: Woollahra Municipal Council Image: Lindy Lee One Bright Pearl 2022, Blackburn Gardens. Image courtesy and © the artist. Photo: Steven Seiwert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1629859891194-3VRL4ORX2YKRESADJ3SH/APS2020.png Projects - Make it stand out For the Government of the Day: Australia's Public Service 2021 - ongoing Curated by Holly Williams Permanent exhibition, Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House Client: Australian Public Service Image: Exhibition installation view. Photo: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/899bd4a4-9a13-493b-8975-f545a4228444/Richard+Whiteley+Quadrant3.jpg Projects Richard Whiteley: Illuminated Space solo exhibition April-Oct 2019 Curated by Holly Williams Shanghai Museum of Glass, China Image: Quadrant 3 by Richard Whiteley. courtesy the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1522203477956-7CXI3WR7OXZF802EQPGS/WMW+NYC.jpg Projects Working model of the world (New York) 2017 Co-curated by Holly Williams and Dr Lizzie Muller Parsons School of Design, NYC Installation view Parsons School of Design, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1625012169530-R1NUVFOON3L8LKOJ3HTD/BTL+2020.png Projects - Make it stand out A dog's breakfast: Behind the Lines 2020 Nov 2020 - Oct 2021 Curated by Holly Williams Political cartoon survey exhibition, Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House Client: MOAD Image: A Dog’s Breakfast ‘What the Pup?!’ by Cathy Wilcox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1522109023309-2WC1386GXFRJXTDQW18P/Mechelle+Bounpraseuth+Breadface+2016.jpg Projects Something Else is Alive: Sydney and the Animal Instinct 2017-2018 Co-curated by Holly Williams, Glenn Barkley and Ivan Muñiz-Reed Customs House, Sydney Client: City of Sydney Image: Mechelle Bounpraseuth, Breadface, 2016, ceramic, dimensions variable. Image courtesy the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1522203438829-P910U1YT2MVRQFWI1CSR/Richard+Braddish+Sydneys+tallest+buildings.jpg Projects A working model of the world (Sydney) 2017 Co-curated by Holly Williams and Dr Lizzie Muller UNSW Galleries, Sydney Image: Sydney's tallest buildings by Richard Braddish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/9cc4747b-c6d0-4c41-8098-4af75837a1e2/BTL+2021+installation+view Projects - Make it stand out Prophecy & Chance: behind the lines 2021 Dec 2021 - Nov 2022 Curated by Holly Williams Political cartoon survey exhibition, Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House Client: MOAD Image: Installation view Photo: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1592788692815-KQIRJZ61XQ45CQRPU63V/Truthpowerfreepress.jpg Projects Truth, power and a free press permanent gallery Nov 2019 - ongoing Curated by Holly Williams contract project Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra Client: MoAD 2019 Image: Truth, Power and a Free Press | Museum of Australian Democracy. Photo: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1520304027993-MW5YNMN9FJHAQZF0BQNM/Heidi-Lefebvre-UQNSPP-installation-.JPG Projects Look at me looking at you' - the 2017 National Self Portrait Prize 2017 Co-curated by Holly Williams, Glenn Barkley and Ivan Muñiz-Reed UQ Art Museum Image: Heidi Lefebvre's installation at UQ Art Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1516154476169-NY67TIZP675I51EFZR65/Declassified-Document%233_2014-%28web%29.jpg Projects REPERTOIRES OF CONTENTION: TONY GARIFALAKIS AND JOAQUIN SEGURA 2017 Curated by Ivan Muñiz-Reed Image: Tony Garifalakis, Declassified Document #3, 2014. Enamel paint on magazines, 25 x 18 x 1 cm each. Installation view, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2015. Image courtesy of the artist and Hugo Michell Gallery, Melbourne © the artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/33b5e08b-0d90-434c-8078-e220736d239d/161104-Pspace_Liveworks-4683.webp Projects Jon Rose: the museum goes live 2016 Curated by Holly Williams Performance Space's Liveworks Carriageworks Client: Performance Space Image: Installation view by Alex Davies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/b0b8f8f1-72f1-45ef-a4da-076d981f320a/tac001__0039.webp Projects overundersidewaysdown 2016 Curated by Glenn Barkley Image: Installation view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/3a675fbd-c242-43aa-bc62-29fd0251d1e4/Turn+Turn+Turn-+50+years+of+Studio+Ceramics+tradition+at+the+National+Art+School.webp Projects Turn Turn Turn: 50 years of Studio Ceramics tradition at the National Art School 2015 Curated by Glenn Barkley National Art School, Sydney Image: Stephen Bird, Wall of plates, 2015, ceramics, dimensions variable. Image courtesy and © the artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/8f0db94a-98e6-4bec-978a-f7286d7c855c/03-Mentee-RHRN-Jessie-Pangas-1008x1024.jpg Projects National Visual Arts Showcase: Right Here Now 2015-16 Co-curated by Holly Williams, Glenn Barkley and Ivan Muñiz-Reed Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra Image: Jessie Pangas, 'House of Congress', 2015, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 91.5×91.5 cm. Courtesy the artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1444286840783-2ZDHKU8EZ14YR4ONEE8H/Callum_Morton.png Projects Installation Contemporary at Sydney Contemporary 2015 Co-curated by Holly Williams, Glenn Barkley and Ivan Muñiz-Reed Image: Callum Morton, Monument #29, 2009. Installation view, Sydney Contemporary, 2015. Image courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney © the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/6d38d207-73fa-4aa1-b9a7-12a8f370d300/Six-Days-at-Bundanon-and-I-Give-Thanks-to-Boyd%2C-2001%2C-oil-on-canvas%2C-183-x-221cm.webp Projects John R Walker: Here I give thanks 2015 Curated by Glenn Barkley with Ivan Muñiz-Reed Image: John R Walker, Six Days at Bundanon and I Give Thanks to Boyd, 2001, oil on canvas, 183 x 221 cm. Image courtesy Utopia Gallery, Sydney © the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/0697c89c-5569-495b-b290-bf6a69bc0e59/All+Photos+-+1+of+1+%282%29.jpeg Projects Creative Accounting 2016-17 Curated by Holly Williams Touring exhibition - 7 venues Image: Abdullah M. I. Syed (detail) courtesy the artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1545272424190-0SEU7MT9YOKYS6M0M4NL/David+Rowe+BTL+2017 Projects Three-ring circus: Behind the Lines 2017 2017-2018 Curated by Holly Williams Client: MOAD Image: David Rowe, commissioned cartoon 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1522108737087-W70QAZSDVCC498ELNA2J/Meredith+Woolnough+Mushroom+Coral+Mandala.jpg Projects Open House: Tamworth Textile Triennale Touring Exhibition 2017-20 Curated by Glenn Barkley Touring Image: Meredith Woolnough, Mushroom Coral Mandala 2013, embroidery thread and pins on paper, 93 x 93cm. Image courtesy the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/93cd8de0-c899-4449-92ed-5a49426f42a6/ATJOTR-74.webp Projects At the junction of two rivers: the Wellington project 2016 Co-curated by Holly Williams, Glenn Barkley and Ivan Muñiz-Reed Wellington, NSW Image: Installation view. Photo: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1440573221385-XBQ8J0XTA2UJAIRNKLD0/image-asset.jpeg Projects The daylight moon: Rosalie Gascoigne and Lake George 2015 Goulburn Regional Gallery Curated by Glenn Barkley with Ivan Muñiz-Reed Image: Rosalie Gascoigne, White Garden, 1995, painted corrugated iron panels on wood, 184 × 177 cm. Private Collection, Sydney https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1516580834983-B2EJO1321QKUET3KNYUI/UOW-Sporting+Hall+of+Fame.jpg Projects - Make it stand out University of Wollongong Sporting Hall of Fame 2017 Curated by Holly Williams, with Glenn Barkley and Ivan Muniz Reed Image: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1c8d571e-580d-4036-9d51-44518146960f/Screenshot+2026-04-01+at+10.33.00%E2%80%AFpm.png Projects Franck Gohier: a thousand miles from everywhere 2018 Curated by Glenn Barkley MAGNAT, Darwin Image: Frank Gohier, The Philip 2006. Image courtesy and © the artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1429578051423-1VGSN62BF17BHJTQETPX/image-asset.jpeg Projects runway issue #27 Outside | 2015 Image: Melissa Deerson Guest Editor: Glenn Barkley Image: Pigeon Project, 2014. Image courtesy and © the artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/baed2861-f5a5-420f-8521-b8886fe1e64a/onetoeight%2BAlison%2BAlder%2BMOAD%2B4.webp Projects Alison Alder: onetoeight - Australia's first PMs 2017-2020 Co-curated by Glenn Barkley with Holly Williams Client: MOAD Image: onetoeight - Australia's first pms installation view Photo: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/81c939b3-49af-462f-8c2b-80246580a97e/Linde%2BIvemy%2BThe%2BGift%2BInstallation%2B1.webp Projects The Gift: Art, Artefacts and arrivals 2017-2018 Co-curated by Holly Williams, Glenn Barkley and Ivan Muñiz-Reed Client: MOAD Image: Installation view, artwork Linde Ivimey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1477453780870-WWO7GT152G021D5JO8ZE/image-asset.jpeg Projects Objects in Space: Artists in the Garden 2016 Curated by Glenn Barkley Auburn Botanic Gardens, Auburn Installation view. Photo: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1488755930209-82V7K5IEJYT8NM7DFZU9/image-asset.jpeg Projects Intrinsic properties / Inherent vice 2017 Curated by Holly Williams Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra Image: Anna McMahon, Untitled # 3 from the series Soft outcomes, 2016, neon, pitcher plants, 30cm x 28cm. Photo: Anna McMahon. Image courtesy the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1516581222742-UQJ4TGUIQBDZ0G2QYOQS/SES+visitor+experience Projects SES Visitor Experience, SES Headquarters 2017 Curated by Holly Williams SES Headquarters, Wollongong Image: Installation view. Photo: TCD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1481605738556-HVOW1A34X27V0VJ2LX6K/image-asset.jpeg Projects The Archipelago of Ramesh, Kuandu Biennale 2016 Curated by Glenn Barkley Image: Photographer: Chu Chian, Images courtesy of Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1418768011454-IFUIW93GAHXNRM2UT7YJ/image-asset.jpeg Projects Franck Gohier at Wip bar 2014-15 Curated by Glenn Barkley Franck Gohier's paintings and site specific new work commissioned by Justin Hemmes for Merivale's WIP (Work in Progress) Bar, 2014. Image courtesy and © the artist and Merivale. Photo: My Media Sydney http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/trace-recordings daily 0.75 2016-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1423707052360-86GGAV9YMO33GBKX1KCP/Trace+Recordings+-+install+image-5.2.jpg Trace Recordings Trace Recordings installation view, with artworks by Shinseungback Kimyonghun (front left) and James Bridle (front right). Courtesy the artists and UTS Gallery. Photo David Lawrey http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/swedish-for-argument daily 0.75 2016-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1423982835236-L2VWU2EAZL3Q30APDDHD/Swedish-for-Argument-Install-10.jpg Swedish for Argument Swedish for Argument installation view with work by Lorenzo Bravi (centre) and Tony Schwensen (left). Photo: David Lawrey http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/living-in-the-ruins-of-the-twentieth-century daily 0.75 2021-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1423706473247-V7NNOSFG8D3FWWT2FH4B/Living-in-the-ruins.jpg living in the ruins of the twentieth century Living in the Ruins of the Twentieth Century, installation view at UTS Gallery, with Comfort and contempt 2011 by Hany Armanious front right, courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Photo: Alex Davies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1480378006447-NJREEDAAK63IV95C3C9D/image-asset.jpeg living in the ruins of the twentieth century http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/vertigo daily 0.75 2016-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1424045986587-DCOC31M64RUQCLZ8U1UM/image-asset.jpeg Vertigo Vertigo installation view at PICA with works by Simon Yates (right) and Broken Landscape by Eleanor Avery (background), courtesy the artist, and Ryan Renshaw Gallery. Photo: Jaki Middleton http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/the-shadow-theatre daily 0.75 2016-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1424047034577-04HH9C6M1UGSJ9MFD0SF/image-asset.jpeg the shadow theatre The Shadow Theatre installation view with works by Nicholas Hobbs (right foreground). Courtesy the artist. http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/creative-accounting-past daily 0.75 2016-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1423978008559-ZV6BPEQFJJ65B02W4M7R/image-asset.jpeg Creative Accounting (past) Creative Accounting installation view. UTS Gallery, Photo: Silversalt http://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/ian-burns-extended-stage daily 0.75 2016-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54728164e4b081a2addc014d/1480380491363-EMAW74FWFSIEZD2PP910/image-asset.jpeg Ian Burns: Extended Stage