Bringing the contemporary into the historic, an interview with Dr Joanne Baitz – Director of Bunbury Regional Art Gallery

Bunbury Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) has a long history of presenting a dynamic and ever changing roster of exhibitions by local artists, as well as cutting edge touring exhibitions from around Australia and internationally. The gallery is housed inside one of Bunbury’s oldest historic buildings. The pink, former convent has…

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Art History is Exhibition history – the story behind ArtFacts.Net

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes. Contains 1,312 words ArtFacts.Net’s (AFN) goal is to collect information about all exhibitions since the ‘Salon des Refuges’, 1863 in Paris. The Salon des Refuges is considered the birthplace of today’s art market. Before 1863 art was first and foremost used to materialize god’s own infinitive greatness. Later…

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