Gael Newton
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Gael Newton is the Senior Curator of Australian and International Photography at the National Gallery of Australia
(NGA) in Canberra
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From 1974 to 1985 Newton was the foundation curator of photography at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
. Newton then moved to Canberra and from 1985 to 1988, was the visiting curator for the Bicentennial Photography Project at the NGA. During this period she researched and mounted the 900 work exhibition Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988, and published the major Australian reference book in association with the exhibition. She also held the position of Curator of Australian Photography at the NGA before the current position.
Newton has curated many exhibitions - both historical and contemporary. More recently Newton has overseen the establishment of a new significant collection within the National Gallery. This resulted in the landmark survey exhibition in late 2008, Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific photography 1840s-1940s.
Newton is the author of the standard reference work on the history of Australian photography, Shades Of Light: Photography And Australia 1838-1988 and monographs on several Australian photographers: Harold Cazneaux
, Max Dupain
, John Kauffmann and Tracey Moffatt
. She also wrote Silver And Grey: Fifty Years Of Australian Photography 1900–1950. Newton is a regular contributor to magazines and collections of essays.
National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia is the national art gallery of Australia, holding more than 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Australian government as a national public art gallery.- Establishment :...
(NGA) in Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
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From 1974 to 1985 Newton was the foundation curator of photography at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales , located in The Domain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was established in 1897 and is the most important public gallery in Sydney and the fourth largest in Australia...
. Newton then moved to Canberra and from 1985 to 1988, was the visiting curator for the Bicentennial Photography Project at the NGA. During this period she researched and mounted the 900 work exhibition Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988, and published the major Australian reference book in association with the exhibition. She also held the position of Curator of Australian Photography at the NGA before the current position.
Newton has curated many exhibitions - both historical and contemporary. More recently Newton has overseen the establishment of a new significant collection within the National Gallery. This resulted in the landmark survey exhibition in late 2008, Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific photography 1840s-1940s.
Newton is the author of the standard reference work on the history of Australian photography, Shades Of Light: Photography And Australia 1838-1988 and monographs on several Australian photographers: Harold Cazneaux
Harold Cazneaux
Harold Cazneaux was and Australian pictorialist photographer; a pioneer whose style had an indelible impact on the development of Australian photographic history. In 1916 he was a founder of the Pictorialist Sydney Camera Circle...
, Max Dupain
Max Dupain
Maxwell Spencer Dupain AC was a renowned Australian modernist photographer.-Early life:Dupain received his first camera as a gift in 1924, spurring his interest in photography He later joined the Photographic Society of NSW, and when he left school, he worked for Cecil Bostock in Sydney.-Early...
, John Kauffmann and Tracey Moffatt
Tracey Moffatt
Tracey Moffatt is an Australian artist who primarily uses photography and video.Born in Brisbane in 1960, she holds a degree in visual communications from the Queensland College of Art, graduating in 1982....
. She also wrote Silver And Grey: Fifty Years Of Australian Photography 1900–1950. Newton is a regular contributor to magazines and collections of essays.