A week before the Christmas break, the visual arts sector awoke to the news headlines: ‘National Gallery of Australia chair projects $265 million shortfall over 10 years, jobs could go’ – ABC News and ‘National Gallery of Australia may have to charge entry fees and close two days a week to cut costs’ – The Canberra Times.
It felt both alarming and urgent. But the end-of-year timing allowed little space to digest what this may mean for our primary visual arts institution, or to filter how realistic or hysterical these claims may be.
