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Tansy Curtin

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Tansy Curtin is curator of International Art Pre-1980 at the Art Gallery of South Australia.

Articles by Tansy

The not-so-odd couple: artworks connect us across place and time

What do a 17^th-century painting of a Belgian cathedral and an Australian contemporary sound work about queer love have in common? More than you’d think.

Important sculpture highlights the paradoxes of abolitionist art

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s sculpture Why be born a slave!, which has recently gone back on display at the Art Gallery of SA after extensive conservation work, is a difficult work for contemporary viewers. Curator Tansy Curtin explains the story behind it.