http://artwranglers.com.au/the-nma-has-no-idea/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:31:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://artwranglers.com.au/the-nma-has-no-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-4595 for NMA watchers: Craddock takes a hit from Paul Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:13:41 +0000 http://artwranglers.com.au/?p=2467#comment-4595 [...] This weekend Paul Keating strikes back at last weekend’s puff piece about Director Craddock Morton’s own account of the limitations of the National Museum of Australia. Paul can’t help a bon mot or two, describing John Howard as “possessing the cultural and artistic sensibilities of a filing cabinet”, as he gives his account of the decisions made on his watch. “The salient point, however, is that having brought forth a lemon, the principal advocates of a museum of Australia are now setting up the apologia for its failure”. For our part, ArtWranglers has been more concerned with the micro than the macro: read back along the thread. [...] [...] This weekend Paul Keating strikes back at last weekend’s puff piece about Director Craddock Morton’s own account of the limitations of the National Museum of Australia. Paul can’t help a bon mot or two, describing John Howard as “possessing the cultural and artistic sensibilities of a filing cabinet”, as he gives his account of the decisions made on his watch. “The salient point, however, is that having brought forth a lemon, the principal advocates of a museum of Australia are now setting up the apologia for its failure”. For our part, ArtWranglers has been more concerned with the micro than the macro: read back along the thread. [...]

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