Doug Hall (art curator)

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Doug Hall

AM
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Morwell, Victoria, Australia
Alma mater Victorian College of the Arts
Occupationart curator
Known forServing 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]

Honours

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]

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References

  1. ↑ O'Brien, Mary (25 July 2014). "My Secret Melbourne: Doug Hall, art historian". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Dr Douglas (Doug) Hall AM". UQ Alumni and Community. University of Queensland . Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "New Qld Art Gallery head named". ABC News . 18 May 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2023. ...after Doug Hall retired last month following 20 years at the helm of QAG.
  4. ↑ "Doug Hall b.1954". Design & Art Australia Online. University of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. 1 2 Hall, Doug (2019). "The birth of the Asia Pacific Triennial". Asia Pacific Art Papers. QAGOMA. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Cho, Euna (11 May 2016). "Curator Doug Hall emphasises the significance to showcase North Korean paintings in Australia". Special Broadcasting Service . Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. ↑ Ritchie, Emily (12 April 2016). "Imaginings from North Korea". The Australian. 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...
  8. ↑ Cooke, Dewi (14 April 2016). "Behind the curtain: North Korean artist's work gives glimpse of another future". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2023. Curator Doug Hall has brought out a collection of rare works by a North Korean artist, Kim Guang Nan to Anna Schwartz Gallery
  9. ↑ Hall, Doug (2019). Present Tense: Anna Schwartz Gallery and Thirty-five Years of Contemporary Australian Art. Black Incorporated, Inc. ISBN   978-1760641702.
  10. ↑ "Award: 869991". Australian Honours Search Facility . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 11 June 2001. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "2007 recipients: Doug Hall AM". Queensland Greats Awards . Queensland Government. 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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