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60,000 visitors and counting visit Townsville exhibition tracing the history of LEGO® brick by brick.

4 Feb 2014

Gina Fairley

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Detail of LEGO model of Perc Tucker Regional Gallery developed by LEGO master Rayn McNaught. Courtesy the gallery.

What initiative! The Perc Tucker Regional Gallery (PTRG) in Townsville, Northern Queensland, has given most state galleries a run for their money, clocking in over 60,000 visitors to its current exhibition Brick by Brick, ‘eclipsing our standard annual visitation figures’, said Curator Eric Nash. It goes to show the strength of regional galleries.

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Gina Fairley

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