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Beverly Knight consults in creative projects for artists including community based residencies, exhibitions for public institutions and site specific art for buildings with architects, public commissions and major awards.

Since 2017 Beverly Knight served as a primary consultant with the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris, France, on behalf of the artist and her Estate, to develop a major survey exhibition honouring the work and legacy of Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori. Opened by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...
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the extractive frontier: mining for art

CASTLEMAINE STATE FESTIVAL 2017

In 2017, Beverly Knight (Alcaston Gallery) and Clare Wright (La Trobe University) co-curated the bold new exhibition ’The Extractive Frontier / Mining for Art’ as part of the 2017 Castlemaine State Festival (18 – 26 March 2017). The exhibition looked back on colonial history through the lens of a series of frontier...
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MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA SALLY GABORI Commission for Brisbane Airport

BRISBANE AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL UPGRADE 2015

On the 19th August 2015 Brisbane Airport Corporation Pty Ltd officially launched the Brisbane Airport International Arrival Terminal upgrade featuring the reproduced paintings of the significant, deceased artist Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori. As Agent for the Estate of the Artist, Beverly Knight worked closely with the Brisbane Airport Commission, Mirdidingkingathi...
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In 2015, Beverly Knight collaborated with the Castlemaine Art Museum on the curation of a major retrospective of paintings by Ginger Riley Munduwalawala entitled Ginger Riley: the Boss of Colour. This was the first major exhibition of Ginger Riley’s work since the retrospective Mother Country in Mind: The Art of Ginger Riley...
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MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA SALLY GABORI SURVEY EXHIBITION

DRILL HALL GALLERY, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

In 2013, Beverly Knight curated a major survey exhibition of the work of Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, in conjunction with the curatorial staff at Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University.  Titled Danda ngijinda dulk, danda ngijinda malaa, danda ngad: This is my Land, this is my Sea. This is who I...
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From 2010-2011, Beverly Knight oversaw and administered a major artist commission for Mount Isa Health Campus Redevelopment on behalf of Mornington Island Artist Kuruwarriyingathi Bijarrb Paula Paul (C. 1937 – 2021). The Mount Isa Health Campus Redevelopment is located at the Mount Isa Base Hospital. Completed in 2011, the new...
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MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA SALLY GABORI COMMISSION

BRISBANE SUPREME & DISTRICT COURT

In 2009 Queensland Premier and Arts Minister Anna Bligh announced the commission for Bentinck Island artist Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori to create a large-scale artwork for the new Brisbane Supreme and District Court development, in Queensland, Australia. Together with the artist and the Supreme Court Brisbane, Beverly Knight provided curatorial...
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MAKING HISTORY: HIDDEN WORLD OF THE LEVINY WOMEN

CASTLEMAINE STATE FESTIVAL 2015

In February 2015 the Castlemaine Art Museum presented the exhibition Making History: Hidden world of the Leviny Women by artist Catherine Pilgrim curated by Beverly Knight, as part of the Castlemaine State Festival 2015. The exhibition examined the essence and activities of the mysterious Leviny women of Buda Historic Home and Garden. Buda...
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ginger riley munduwalawala retrospective

NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA 1997

In 1997 Ginger Riley Munduwalawala was the first living Indigenous artist to be honoured with a major retrospective survey exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. This monumental retrospective, and the accompanying publication, offered a ten-year overview of Ginger Riley’s painting life and is still considered one of the most...
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