Art Advisor — Contemporary Art
Anna Waldmann
Specialist visual art advice for corporate and private collections, working across curatorial services, collection development, commissioning and prizes at a national and international level.
About ↓
About
Thirty years across galleries, government and the market.
Anna Waldmann has been actively involved with the development of contemporary art and the presentation of exhibitions, publications, cultural exchanges and public projects for hundreds of artists, galleries, art museums and contemporary art spaces at a national and international level.
She has organised the visits of a number of significant international curators and biennale directors, participated in Australian international promotions, and established international visual art strategies.
She has worked with state and regional art galleries, funding agencies and all levels of government on policy development, funding, exhibition management, competitions, research and publications.
Anna is approved to value Australian contemporary art after 1980 for the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, and holds a Master of Arts (Fine Arts) from the University of Sydney.
Services
Specialist advice, national and international networks.
Collection Advice
Specialist advice for corporate and private collections, from individual acquisitions to the long-term direction of a collection.
Collection Development & Management
Building, researching and managing collections, including cataloguing, documentation and display across multiple sites.
Curatorial Services
Tailored curatorial services for collections, exhibitions, displays and public projects.
Commissioning
Commissioning new work from artists, from brief and artist selection through to delivery and installation.
Prizes & Competitions
Establishment and management of art prizes and competitions, including terms, judging and administration.
Valuations
Approved to value Australian contemporary art after 1980 for the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
Experience
Selected roles, appointments & projects.
Roles
- Registrar and Curator Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- Manager, Visual Arts and Craft, and Museums and Galleries NSW Ministry for the Arts
- Director, Visual Arts Australia Council
Boards & Advisory
- Editorial Advisory Board Art & Australia
- National and International Art Adviser Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
- Visiting Fellow College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
- Member, Art Committee Glenorchy Art & Sculpture Park (GASP!), Hobart
- Councillor Power Institute for Art & Visual Culture Foundation, University of Sydney
- Member, Arts and Culture Advisory Committee Woollahra Council
- Member, Arts and Culture Advisory Committee Woollahra Council
Selected Projects
- AMP Consultant for AMP’s move to the award-winning Quay Quarter Tower, working on their art policy and the collection displayed in their new offices.
- Minter Ellison Art consultant to the legal firm for the sale of their collection and the acquisition of new works for their new Sydney offices.
Qualifications
- Master of Arts (Fine Arts) University of Sydney
- Approved valuer, Cultural Gifts Program Australian contemporary art after 1980 — Australian Government
Writing
Interviews, essays & criticism.
- 2022 ‘So you want my arts job: Art Adviser’ Interview with Gina Fairley, ArtsHub Australia, 28 November 2022
- 2014 ‘Curating the future: Chris Saines’ Art & Australia, 51 No. 4, May 2014, pp. 504–7
- 2014 ‘A difficult remit’ Artsource newsletter, Autumn 2014, p. 9
- 2014 ‘Cai Guo-Qiang at QAGOMA & Melbourne Now at NGV’ Canvass, Issue 2, Summer/Autumn 2014
- 2013 ‘The creative lawyer: Mark Tedeschi’ Art & Australia, 51 No. 2, November 2013, pp. 212–215
- 2013 ‘Culture taking shape: Michael Brand in conversation with Anna Waldmann’ Art & Australia, 50 No. 4, May 2013, pp. 542–524
- 2013 ‘Illuminating life: Tony Ellwood in conversation with Anna Waldmann’ Art & Australia, 50 No. 3, Autumn 2013, pp. 390–391
- 2013 ‘Ai Weiwei: Interlacing Damien Hirst’ Art & Australia, 50 No. 2, November 2013, p. 308
- 2013 ‘A mammoth Venice Biennale’ Canvass, Issue 1, Spring 2013
- 2012 ‘Reclaimed by the land: Andrew Rogers’s “Time and Space”’ Art & Australia, 46 No. 3, March 2012, pp. 412–413
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