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Doug Hall | |
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Born | 1954 (age 69–70)
Morwell, Victoria, Australia |
Alma mater | Victorian College of the Arts |
Occupation | art curator |
Known for | Serving twenty years as director of the Queensland Art Gallery |
Douglas Grant Hall AM (born 1954) is an Australian art curator and historian. [1]
He had a 20-year tenure as the director of the Queensland Art Gallery from 1987 to 2007. [2] [3]
He was born in Morwell, Victoria and attended the Victorian College of the Arts where he graduated with a Diploma of Fine Arts. [4]
After working as a gallery director at a number of regional art galleries, Hall commenced his role as director of the Queensland Art Gallery in 1987. [2]
Hall is credited with encouraging international partnerships which led to the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. [2]
He also led the founding of the Gallery of Modern Art in 2006. [2]
Returning to Melbourne in 2010, Hall was appointed Associate Professor and Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. [5]
Hall is also credited with helping get art from North Korea into the Asia Pacific Triennial. [6] He curated an exhibition by North Korean artist Kim Guang-Nan in 2016 entitled "The Future Is Bright". [7] [8]
Among the organisations Hall has served with are the Australia Council, the Australian International Cultural Council, the Asia Arts Council, the Australia-Thailand Institute, the Victorian College of the Arts, the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation and The Guggenheim. [2] He has also served on the board of the Australia Japan Foundation. [5]
In 2019, he authored "Present Tense: Anna Schwartz Gallery and Thirty-five Years of Contemporary Australian Art". [9]
In 1999, Hall received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Queensland. [2]
In the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hall was made a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his service as an art administrator and for his promotion of art from the Asia-Pacific region. [10]
The Republic of France named Hall a Chevalier (knight) dans Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2006. [2]
In 2007, Hall was named as a Queensland Great. [11]
...after Doug Hall retired last month following 20 years at the helm of QAG.
Curated by art historian Doug Hall, the display depicts a utopian vision of North Korea that is inspired by the Soviet-style propaganda comics of Kim's childhood and the Cold War space race...
Curator Doug Hall has brought out a collection of rare works by a North Korean artist, Kim Guang Nan to Anna Schwartz Gallery
This article's
lead section may be too long. (January 2024) |
Doug Hall | |
---|---|
Born | 1954 (age 69–70)
Morwell, Victoria, Australia |
Alma mater | Victorian College of the Arts |
Occupation | art curator |
Known for | Serving twenty years as director of the Queensland Art Gallery |
Douglas Grant Hall AM (born 1954) is an Australian art curator and historian. [1]
He had a 20-year tenure as the director of the Queensland Art Gallery from 1987 to 2007. [2] [3]
He was born in Morwell, Victoria and attended the Victorian College of the Arts where he graduated with a Diploma of Fine Arts. [4]
After working as a gallery director at a number of regional art galleries, Hall commenced his role as director of the Queensland Art Gallery in 1987. [2]
Hall is credited with encouraging international partnerships which led to the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. [2]
He also led the founding of the Gallery of Modern Art in 2006. [2]
Returning to Melbourne in 2010, Hall was appointed Associate Professor and Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. [5]
Hall is also credited with helping get art from North Korea into the Asia Pacific Triennial. [6] He curated an exhibition by North Korean artist Kim Guang-Nan in 2016 entitled "The Future Is Bright". [7] [8]
Among the organisations Hall has served with are the Australia Council, the Australian International Cultural Council, the Asia Arts Council, the Australia-Thailand Institute, the Victorian College of the Arts, the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation and The Guggenheim. [2] He has also served on the board of the Australia Japan Foundation. [5]
In 2019, he authored "Present Tense: Anna Schwartz Gallery and Thirty-five Years of Contemporary Australian Art". [9]
In 1999, Hall received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Queensland. [2]
In the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hall was made a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his service as an art administrator and for his promotion of art from the Asia-Pacific region. [10]
The Republic of France named Hall a Chevalier (knight) dans Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2006. [2]
In 2007, Hall was named as a Queensland Great. [11]
...after Doug Hall retired last month following 20 years at the helm of QAG.
Curated by art historian Doug Hall, the display depicts a utopian vision of North Korea that is inspired by the Soviet-style propaganda comics of Kim's childhood and the Cold War space race...
Curator Doug Hall has brought out a collection of rare works by a North Korean artist, Kim Guang Nan to Anna Schwartz Gallery