Doug Hall (art curator)
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Doug Hall | |
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| Born | 1954 (age 70–71) 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]
