First Asian curator for Biennale of Sydney

Japanese curator appointed Artistic Director for the 2018 Biennale of Sydney, the first Asian curator in the exhibition’s 44-year history.
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Mami Kataoka; Photo credit Daniel Boud

Reaching your 21st birthday is about a coming of age – it salutes the next chapter of your life. The same could be said of the 2018 Biennale of Sydney (BoS) in the hands of Japanese curator Mami Kataoka, who plans to turn to the past to understand whether this exhibition continues to be valid for the future.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina