So we’re currently sitting having coffee in the only purpose built gallery that Harry Seidler designed. Are there any Seidler quirks to the building?
Well, part of his design are the curves in some of the walls and we have to take these into consideration and how they’ll fit within an exhibition. So in gallery, we usually have a big ‘paste-up’ to fill that wall as it curves.
So it’s a case of know your space.
That’s right – that’s what a curator does! We have to set up the gallery to suit the exhibition. We