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Scientists now curating Mona

David Walsh hopes to prove that art has an evolution based in biology in a new Mona exhibition On the Origin of Art.

29 Feb 2016

Gina Fairley

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Mona founder David Walsh is excited about his Hobart museum’s new exhibition, On The Origin of Art. Photograph: Rémi Chauvin/Mona; supplied

Tasmanian Art Patron, David Walsh has claimed this week that ‘art has a basis in biology’, a hypothesis he intends to prove with the assistance of four bio-cultural scientist-philosophers in a new exhibition in November this year.

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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