Sunday Arts Magazine

5 Feb 2024

Sunday Arts Magazine: Shelley McSpedden

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“One of the reasons I love art is because it’s always engaged in the world ….it’s philosophy, it’s history, it’s sociology, it’s all of those things” -Shelley McSpedden, Sunday Arts Magazine, February 2024.

Sunday Arts Magazine today is an exciting interview with Art Curator, Melbourne Art Fair, Shelley McSpedden.

Shelley developed a passion for art from childhood. She enjoyed art classes and talking about art in general. Her main interests lie in contemporary art. She holds a PhD in Art History and Theory and works as Senior Curator for the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art at Southbank, Melbourne. in this position she works with living artists; working to commission new works from both Australian and international contemporary artists.

She is Curator of the BEYOND section of the Melbourne Art Fair, which presents four large-scale installations.

The Melbourne Art Fair runs from 22nd – 25th February.

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