“I have spent my career working with art and artists and I am a passionate advocate for the visual arts in all its forms. I spend a lot of time in Darlington and the surrounding region, and I am really looking forward to seeing the work of local artists (and those further afield) and discovering the creativity that exists here.”
Kirsty Grant, 2022
Kirsty Grant is a curator and writer with a specialist knowledge of Australian art and design developed over two decades working with major public collections. From 2015-16, as Director and CEO of Heide Museum of Modern Art, she oversaw the artistic direction and operations of one of Melbourne’s most loved art galleries. Prior to that she held various curatorial positions at the Queensland Art Gallery and National Gallery of Victoria, being appointed Senior Curator of Australian Art – responsible for paintings, sculpture and decorative arts made before 1980 – at the NGV in 2007. In 2006 she was awarded the Harold Wright Scholarship to study prints and drawings at the British Museum, London.
Kirsty has curated numerous exhibitions on the work of Australian artists including Fred Williams, Robert Jacks, John Brack, Robert Klippel and Yvonne Audette, as well as publishing and lecturing widely on various aspects of Australian art and design.
