6 women artists over 60 having survey exhibitions

Does age matter? A look at six Australian women artists who are all presenting major survey museum exhibitions.
Woman with grey straight hair and black top standing in art gallery. Julie Rrap.

Six women artists are presenting major exhibitions – the key here is that they are all over 60, and several of them are presenting their first institutional solo exhibitions. ArtsHub salutes their long careers, and place in Australian art history.

Dumbrell is aged 82 (b.1941), and this is the first state art museum survey to celebrate the painter’s work. One might say, ‘It’s time to right some wrongs and give this incredible artist her moment.’

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina