News | Award for NGV Curator Dr Ted Gott

Great news that NGV curator Ted Goot got a gong from ICOM recently. Well deserved!

ICOM Award winners

A glittering event at the Museums Galleries Australia National Conference dinner at the Melbourne Museum last night included the presentation of the 2018 ICOM Australia Awards and the International Museum Day student essay prize.

Dr Ted Gott received the Individual Award for his significant contribution to Australia’s cultural life nationally and internationally including highly acclaimed exhibitions, research, publications, mentoring of developing curators and ongoing commitment to the profession.

From the testimonial:

The Award acknowledges Ted’s significant contribution to Australia’s cultural life nationally and internationally including highly acclaimed exhibitions, research, publications, mentoring of developing curators and ongoing commitment to the profession. Ted would have to be considered Australia’s pre-eminent curator in international art. His experience, attention to detail, knowledge of art and history, scholarly approach and easy communication style has seen many significant exhibitions developed and presented to Australian audiences that have enchanted and enlightened academic and general audiences alike. Ted is currently Senior Curator, International Art at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and an Honorary Fellow in the School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne. He commenced his career as Curator of Prints and Drawings at the NGV, and has held roles as Curator at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) and Senior Curator at Heide Museum of Modern Arts.

Read the full testimonial here:

See the ICOM website for full award details: http://icom.org.au/site/activitiesair.php

 

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