Curating for impact – the gift of the small show

Why say something with 40 objects when you can say it with four? The Gift is an exhibition that offers a fresh take on a big topic
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Detail of Richard’s belt – a Holocaust survivor photographed by Hedy Ritterman for The Gift at MoAD; supplied

The Holocaust, and refugee immigration – they are as big as topics get, and yet a new exhibition at the Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD) in Canberra manages to open up a conversation from an incredibly distilled and potent position.

The Gift: Art, Artefacts and Arrivals has been developed by The Curator’s Department in collaboration with MoAD, and presents a proposition by just four artists – to choose an object and let it tell a very personal but reflective story of immigration, and its gift.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina