Meet the woman with NSW’s biggest (and hardest) arts job
Maud Page is the first female to run the Art Gallery Of NSW, but its immediate survival as the costs of a new building bite is what she is dwelling on.
AGNSW director Maud Page: “I want to create dwelling spaces where families can come and hang out. I want people from across Sydney to think of us as their second home.” Edwina Pickles
I’m sitting in the restaurant of the Art Gallery Of NSW’s Naala Badu building, but it feels like I’m rocking on a river. The cause of this weird sensation is the boats bobbing by on a 20-metre-long screen just behind my companion, the AGNSW’s new director and first female boss in its 154-year history, Maud Page.
“When we were putting it in, we wondered whether people would feel a little unstable,” says Page, with the gentle smile that seems her default setting.
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correction —
An earlier version of this story misreported the total amount of NSW government funding the gallery was allocated in the 2024-25 NSW budget.
Michael BaileyArts & Culture editorMichael Bailey writes on arts and culture, and edits Weekend Fin. He is a former editor of the Financial Review Rich List. He is based in Sydney. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at m.bailey@nine.com.au
