In a joint announcement today Art Gallery of South Australia Director, Nick Mitzevich, has been revealed as the Curator of the 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art and Richard Grayson has been chosen to curate Adelaide International 2014, with both events set to run during the Adelaide Festival 2014.
Art Gallery of South Australia Chairman, Michael Abbott AO QC said, “The 2014 Adelaide Biennial aims to build upon the successes of Parallel Collisions: 12th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art which achieved record attendance figures. The choice of Nick Mitzevich as curator demonstrates the Art Gallery’s commitment to both excellence and raising the bar on the nation’s foremost statement on contemporary Australian art.”
“The Adelaide Biennial is highly regarded for its risk taking, expansive vision and desire to educate and inform the general public about contemporary Australian art…In its 13th iteration the Biennial will tap into the hearts and minds of contemporary Australian society, to explore the political, the psychological and the personal. I am after an inherently emotional and immersive experience, one that is unafraid to ask difficult questions and expose the underbelly of society,” Mr Mitzevich said.
Richard Grayson Artistic Director of 17th Biennale of Sydney (The World May Be) Fantastic has been appointed as Curator of Adelaide International 2014, running simultaneously with the Biennial in March. Adelaide Festival Artistic Director David Sefton said, “I am delighted to announce that Richard Grayson will be the Curator of Adelaide International 2014. Richard is keen to bring together a selection of work that has strong links to other shows and ideas I plan to include in the 2014 program.”
“I wanted to find someone to curate Adelaide International that would work in collaboration to bring the performing and visual arts in the festival closer together. Richard is a great appointment not only is he an artist, writer and curator he has worked extensively on an international basis and he has also spent time living and working here in Adelaide.”
Full details of the both the 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art and Adelaide International 2014 including the artists involved will be revealed in the lead up to Adelaide Festival 2014.
Image: Nick Mitzevich
