Elizabeth Ann Macgregor

Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE FRSN is a curator and art historian who was director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Sydney, Australia from 1999 until October 2021.

Elizabeth Ann Macgregor

OBE, FRSN
Elizabeth Ann Macgregor in January 2012
Born
Dundee, Scotland
NationalityAustralian
Other namesLiz Ann Macgregor
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationGallery director, art historian
Employer

Early life and education

Born in Dundee, Scotland, Macgregor attended the University of Edinburgh and graduated with a Masters in the History of Arts. She subsequently completed a diploma in Museum and Gallery Studies in Manchester, England.[1]

Career

On completing her studies, Macgregor's first job was with the Scottish Arts Council, for whom she was curator and driver of their mobile art gallery.[1] She then worked for the Arts Council of Great Britain for three years, before spending ten years as director of the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham.[2]

She was appointed director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) in 1999 and moved to Sydney.[3]

From 2016 to 2019 Macgregor served as President of the Board of the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art for a three-year term.[4] She has established a strong working relationship with the Tate in London, resulting in the joint acquisition of works by 15 Australian artists.[5]

In March 2021 she announced that she would resign from the MCA, effective October 2021.[6]

Writings

Macgregor contributed a chapter titled "Investment in Culture: Folly or Necessity? in the 2006 publication, Talking About Sydney: Population, community and culture in contemporary Sydney, edited by Robert Freestone, Bill Randolph and Caroline Butler-Bowdon.[7] She contributes the forewords for books on artists and exhibitions produced by the MCA. She also contributed an essay, "A Tale of Two Cultures", to Essentially Creative, edition 23 of the Griffith Review.[8]

Awards and honours

References
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  3. "Elizabeth Ann Macgregor". Q+A. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. "Australia: MCA Director is new Cimam, President of the Board", 2016, MENA Report.
  5. "AFR's 11 most influential women revealed". Australian Financial Review. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  6. Morris, Linda (3 March 2021). "Museum of Contemporary Art director Liz Ann Macgregor to step down". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  7. Freestone, Robert; Butler-Bowdon, Caroline; Randolph, W., eds. (2006). Talking about Sydney: Population, community and culture in contemporary Sydney. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press in association with Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales and UNSW Faculty of the Built Environment. ISBN 0-86840-938-3. OCLC 70660685.
  8. "Elizabeth Ann Macgregor". Griffith Review. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  9. "Elizabeth Ann MacGregor". It's an Honour. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  10. "Birthday Honours List — United Kingdom". The London Gazette. 10 June 2011. p. 24. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  11. "Fellows - The Royal Society of NSW". www.royalsoc.org.au. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  12. "Nominations Open for 2017 NSW Creative Achievement Awards" (PDF). NSW Department of Industry. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  13. "Fellows of the Royal Society of NSW (M)". Royal Society of New South Wales.
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