Alex Baker/NGV

Just before leaving town, Harrell emailed me a
link to an article in Melbourne's paper about the new curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and suggested I try to see up a meeting with him. We were able to have coffee together during the latter half of the week, and spent an hour or so discussing the differences between funding and organizational structures of museums in the US and Melbourne. We also talked a bit about the program, my work, and Alex's prior work in Pennsylvania.

Alex was also gracious enough to come see my talk at VCA on Friday. Here's a great picture of him saluting while we listened to the Mostlandian Anthem.