{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-article-js","path":"/mark-feary-will-curate-the-2028-adelaide-biennial/","result":{"data":{"wordpressPost":{"id":126955,"slug":"mark-feary-will-curate-the-2028-adelaide-biennial","title":"Mark Feary will curate the 2028 Adelaide Biennial","excerpt":"New Zelander currently heading up  Gertrude Contemporary","content":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/210419-Gertrude-Portraits-209–300-dpi_2000PX_AdobeRGB_1-1230x984.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Mark Feary standing up in a navy suit, light blue shirt, no tie but a picket handkerchief.\" class=\"wp-image-126956\" srcset=\"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/210419-Gertrude-Portraits-209–300-dpi_2000PX_AdobeRGB_1-1230x984.jpg 1230w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/210419-Gertrude-Portraits-209–300-dpi_2000PX_AdobeRGB_1-600x480.jpg 600w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/210419-Gertrude-Portraits-209–300-dpi_2000PX_AdobeRGB_1-300x240.jpg 300w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/210419-Gertrude-Portraits-209–300-dpi_2000PX_AdobeRGB_1-768x614.jpg 768w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/210419-Gertrude-Portraits-209–300-dpi_2000PX_AdobeRGB_1-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/210419-Gertrude-Portraits-209–300-dpi_2000PX_AdobeRGB_1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1230px) 100vw, 1230px\" /><figcaption>Mark Feary. Photo: Tim Herbert.</figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Feary will curate the 2028 Adelaide Biennial. The New Zealander is currently artistic director of Gertrude Contemporary in Melbourne, and has a strong background in photography, with previous roles at the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; and the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feary was appointed from an open call to oversee the show, which is dedicated to Australian art, though he wasn’t giving much away as to the theme of his pitch, noting only that the exhibition ‘will be focussed upon capturing a particular mood, acknowledging problematic histories, and an increasingly uncertain and turbulent present, but motivated by the persistence of optimism.’</p>\n\n\n\n<p>His exhibition will be open 3 March to 4 June 2028 as part of the<br>2028 Adelaide Festival.</p>\n","path":"/mark-feary-will-curate-the-2028-adelaide-biennial/","format":"standard","date":"01 September 2026","rawDate":"2026-09-01T12:11:19.000Z","branch":{"name":"artreview.com"},"author":{"name":"ArtReview","path":"/author/artreview/"},"category":{"name":"News","path":"/category/news/"},"featured_media":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/210419-Gertrude-Portraits-209–300-dpi_2000PX_AdobeRGB_1.jpg","caption":"Mark Feary. 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