The Art Newspaper: Sydney bucks trend for marginalisation of drawing at art schools with new National Centre for Drawing

The Art Newspaper: Sydney bucks trend for marginalisation of drawing at art schools with new National Centre for Drawing

Article by Elizabeth Fortescue

The Art Newspaper

The National Art School in Sydney’s inner suburb of Darlinghurst will open on 4 November a National Centre for Drawing with a charter to become internationally recognised for “nurturing a curiosity around drawing that is grounded in precedent but extends towards the unknown”.

The National Centre for Drawing will be an Australian first, and will “establish a permanent, flexible and responsive space for drawing, both physical and online, that originates on the NAS campus and reaches beyond its walls”, its mission statement says.

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