2 Jun 2019

Gallery co-directors' Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh

From Standing Room Only, 2:49 pm on 2 June 2019

Perhaps it shouldn't be unusual but it's certainly rare for a major arts organisation in New Zealand to be run by a couple - let alone two parents with a very young child.

Meet Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh, the new co-directors of one of Aotearoa's most prestigious galleries and museums, the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and adjoining Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth.

Previously they were directors of the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane and, before that the Centre for Contemporary Art in Derry, Northern Ireland.

Mark Amery discovers that Aileen and Johan's collaborative approach to gallery management spills over into their approach to exhibition making. 

Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh will deliver a talk called Curating in Context on June 11 at the Govett Brewster Gallery in New Plymouth.