A new plan to make Adelaide Contemporary

Art Gallery of South Australia Director, Nick Mitzevich, has a vision for a $260 million contemporary art museum that will bring 62,000 stored works to the public.

22 Nov 2016 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Skin by Ben Quilty, a contemporary work now showing at AGSA.

Sydney has one, Brisbane has one, Melbourne has one – even Hobart has one. These cities have a contemporary art museum separate from the state gallery.

While the impetus and vision driving each of these museums varies from city to city, the tourism and economic boost that they have added is without doubt.

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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