Elizabeth Ann Macgregor

Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE, FRSN (born 1958) is a curator and art historian who has been director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Sydney, Australia since 1999.

Elizabeth Ann Macgregor

OBE, FRSN
Elizabeth Ann Macgregor in January 2012
Born1958 (age 61–62)
Dundee, Scotland
NationalityAustralia
Other namesLiz Ann Macgregor
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationGallery director, art historian
Employer

Career

Born in Dundee, Scotland Macgregor attended 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.[1]

On completing her studies, her 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]

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

Macgregor was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001 for "service to Australian society and contemporary art".[4] In the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours Macgregor was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Diplomatic Service and Overseas List for "service to contemporary art".[5] She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN).[6]

She was named NSW Creative Laureate for 2016 jointly with Carriageworks. When speaking of this award she said: "Creativity is the key to innovation, and innovation drives growth, sustainability and prosperity, enriching NSW's – and Australia's – cultural capital."[7]

Also in 2016 Macgregor was elected President of the Board of the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art for a three-year term.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10]

Macgregor has established a strong working relationship with the Tate in London, resulting in the joint acquisition of works by 15 Australian artists.[11]

Macgregor's contribution to the Australian art scene was recognised further by winning the Arts, Culture and Sport category of the 2019 AFR 100 Influential Women.[11]

References
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  2. "Elizabeth Ann Macgregor". Griffith Review. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. "Elizabeth Ann Macgregor". Q+A. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. "Elizabeth Ann MACGREGOR". It's an Honour. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  5. "Birthday Honours List — United Kingdom". The London Gazette. 10 June 2011. p. 24. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  6. "Fellows - The Royal Society of NSW". www.royalsoc.org.au. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  7. "Nominations Open for 2017 NSW Creative Achievement Awards" (PDF). NSW Department of Industry. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  8. "Australia: MCA Director is new Cimam, President of the Board", 2016, MENA Report.
  9. Talking about Sydney : population, community and culture in contemporary Sydney. Freestone, Robert., Butler-Bowdon, Caroline., Randolph, W., Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales., University of New South Wales. Faculty of the Built Environment. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press in association with the Historic Houses Trust and the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales. 2006. ISBN 0-86840-938-3. OCLC 70660685.CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. "Elizabeth Ann Macgregor". Griffith Review. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  11. "AFR's 11 most influential women revealed". Australian Financial Review. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
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