Curator Talk with Anthea Gunn | Art in Conflict - An Australian War Memorial Touring Exhibition

Join Dr Anthea Gunn, Senior Curator of Art Australian War Memorial

Event Date: 10am -11am, 24 May 2025
Venue: Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, 24 Chapman Road, Geraldton, WA,

ABOUT DR ANTHEA GUNN, SENIOR CURATOR OF ART AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL:
Dr Anthea Gunn completed a PhD in art history for her thesis Imitation Realism and Australian Art in 2010 at the ANU. She worked as a social history curator at the National Museum of Australia (2008-13) and joined the Memorial's art section in 2014. She has published in the Journal of Australian Studies and the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, among others. She has curated contemporary commissions and exhibitions and was lead curator of Art in Conflict.

ABOUT ART IN CONFLICT:
Art in Conflict is a touring exhibition of contemporary art from the collection of the Australian War Memorial. Three major bodies of work debut in this exhibition: two recent official war art commissions – Susan Norrie (Iraq, 2016) and Megan Cope (Middle East, 2017) – and a landmark commemorative work by Angelica Mesiti. The exhibition will tour nationally until 2026, before its display in the Australian War Memorial’s new galleries.

A showcase of diverse responses to war, the exhibition includes more than 70 paintings, drawings, films, prints, photography and sculptures. Leading Australian artists are represented such as Khadim Ali, Rushdi Anwar, eX de Medici, Denise Green, Richard Lewer, Mike Parr and Ben Quilty. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, a collection priority for the Memorial in recent years, is featured, with works by Tony Albert, Paddy Bedford, Robert Campbell Jr, Michael Cook, Shirley Macnamara and Betty Muffler.

Read more: Art in Conflict | Australian War Memorial

OPENING NIGHT: FRIDAY 23 May 2025 | 6-8PM, RSVP: https://bit.ly/AiC-SaB
EXHIBITION DATES: 24 May - 10 August 2025

Image credit: Noosa Regional Gallery

Please note that photographs and footage will be taken throughout the evening. These will be used by the Gallery for publicity and reporting in our publications, on our website and in social media. Young people aged under 18 years must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.