Frances Lindsay b.

Also known as Frances McCarthy
  • Curator
Frances Lindsay, Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Victoria, whose first curatorial position was as Brian Finemore's Associate Curator of Australian Art, has a made a substantial contribution to scholarly curatorial practice, especially in Australian art.
curator of
Project 12: Peter Booth
Date
1976
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

19 paintings and 8 drawings.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNW annual report & archive index cards

Exhibition Catalogue:
Peter Booth. [Sydney]: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1976
[4]p: ill; port ; 33 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo A, Major Solo, Painting, Drawing
curator of
Sculpture by Australian women
Date
10 October 1975 - 2 November 1975
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

An exhibition of sculpture by Australian women artists from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, curated by Frances McCarthy and Joanna Coleman, to complement the touring exhibition, Australian women artists: one hundred years: 1840-1940

Type
Exhibition
Tags
International Women's Year
curator of
Recent Australian Art
Date
19 October 1973 - 18 November 1973
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
curator of
The Australian Landscape
Date
1972 - 1973
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

“The Australian Landscape” was a national touring exhibition organised by the Australian Gallery Directors’ Council in 1972. The organising gallery was the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the curators were Daniel Thomas (Art Gallery of New South Wales) Ian North (Art Gallery of South Australia) and Frances McCarthy [later Lindsay] (National Gallery of Victoria). Generous funding from the Peter Stuyvesant foundation enabled the curators to travel the country together in order to make considered judgements.
The exhibition opened at the Art Gallery of South Australia on 3 March 1972, and toured to the Western Australian Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australian National Gallery (temporary premises), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery, and the Queensland Art Gallery.
The catalogue introduction claims that the exhibition comprised of 'fifty-five of the best Australian landscapes ever executed’. It was characterised by a breadth of vision, with works from every state – including regional galleries and private collections. It is distinguished by having a greater emphasis on colonial works than previous exhibitions, and elevating the reputation of Eugene Von Guerard and John Glover.
There were only two works by women – Grace Cossington Smith and Margaret Preston– and none by any Aboriginal artist.

Type
Exhibition