LIST OF SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 1987—2001
1999—2001
AUSTRALIAN ART EXHIBITIONS
Australian Art Exhibitions was established in Melbourne in 1999 as a specialist Museum and Gallery Exhibition Design consultancy. Providing master planning, feasibility studies and design services to state, regional and private museums and galleries across Australia.
Changing Constitutions
Permanent Exhibition
Constitutional Centre of Western Australia, Perth, 2000
This room is often booked for functions, so the mobile displays have a hinged door that closes, and each case is moved against the walls with the historical images facing into the room.
Top Arts: VCE 2000
Graduating students’ exhibition
NGV at temporary premises in Russell Street
23 May—15 Jul 2001
Cats: History of the
Geelong Football Club
National Wool Museum
Annette Welkamp, Curator
2000
1995—1999
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
As Head of Exhibitions and Design at the Western Australian Museum, Adam Worral was part of the corporate executive team, responsible for the content, scheduling, design and delivery of exhibitions and collection displays across six sites (selected exhibitions are included below).
The Stolen Generations: Separation of Aboriginal Children from their Families in Western Australia
Fremantle History Museum
Ann Delroy, Co-ordinating Curator
1999
Ancient Live
Greeks, Romans and Etruscans: Artefacts from the Collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden
WA Museum, Perth Site
1999
New James Street Entry Building
Furniture design and fit out the entry building, including the information desk and visitor services facilities
Feb 1999
New displays added to
The VOC ship Batavia
WA Maritime Museum, Fremantle
1998
Katta Djinoong: First Peoples of Western Australia
WA Museum, Perth Site
Moya Smith, Co-ordinating Curator
1997
The Foundations of Fremantle: Exploring the early history of Western Australia’s port city
Fremantle History Museum
Deborah Tout-Smith &
Ann Delroy, Curators
Opened 28 Nov 1997
Hartog to de Vlamingh: Celebrating the tricentenary of Dutch exploration
WA Maritime Museum, Fremantle
Ian MacLeod, Co-ordinating Curator
Opened 11 January 1997
Real Wild Child – the history of Australian rock
WA Museum, Perth Site
A Powerhouse Museum Touring Exhibition
Opened 30 Oct 1996
Egyptian Treasures from the Collection of the Western Australian Museum
WA Museum, Perth Site
Moya Smith, Curator
1996
1987—1994
NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA
Manager of Exhibitions, exhibition design and graphic design, NGV - Adam held responsibility for the budgeting, scheduling, design and delivery of the exhibitions, graphics and print programs.
Renoir: Master Impressionist
Art Exhibitions Australia
18 Sep—30 Oct 1994
Albrecht Durer, in the collection of the NGV
Irena Zdanowicz, Curator
1994
Being and nothingness:
Bea Maddock
QAG & ANG (NGA) exhibition
Roger Butler, Curator
1993
Rembrandt to Renoir: European paintings from
the fine arts museums of
San Francisco
Terence Conran, Curator
19 Feb—10 May 1993
Van Gogh: His sources, genius and influence
James Mollison & Peter Denham, Curators
9 Nov 1993—16 Jan 1994
Visitors on the final weekend
of the Van Gogh exhibition
Uncommon Australians: Towards an Australian
Portrait Gallery
Art Exhibitions Australia
Julian Faigan, Curator
7 May—29 Jun 1992
Of dark and light:
The art of John Perceval
Barrett Reid, Curator
30 Apr—12 Jul 1992
The Art of Frederick McCubbin
Bridget Whitelaw, Curator
18 Dec1991—25 Feb 1992
John Olsen
Deborah Hart, Curator
1 Nov1991—2 Feb 1992
Rubens and the Italian Renaissance
David Jaffé, Curator
20 June—30 August 1992
Toulouse Lautrec: Prints and posters from the Bibliotéque Nationale
QAG Exhibition
25 Oct—8 Dec 1991
Spirit in Land: Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land
Judith Ryan, Curator
1990
Art of the Himalayas:
Treasures from
Nepal & Tibet
Art Exhibitions Australia
1991
20 Contemporary Australian Photographers from the Hallmark Cards Australian Photographic Collection
NGV & AGNSW, Isobel Crombie, Sandra Byron & Susan Van Wyk, Curators
1990
Donald Friend 1915 - 1989 Retrospective
AGNSW, Barry Pearce, Curator
1990
The Age of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent
International Cultural Corporation of Australia Limited exhibition
7 Sep—25 Nov1990
Albert Tucker:
A Retrospective
James Mollison &
Jan Minchin, Curators
21 Jun—12 Aug 1990
William Blake in the collection of the NGV
Martin Butlin & Ted Gott, Curators
14 Sep—19 Nov 1989
Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation Touring Exhibition
1989
Mythscapes: Aboriginal art of the desert from the National Gallery of Victoria
Judith Ryan, Curator
1989
Dragon Emperor: Treasures from the Forbidden City
Dr Mae Anna Pang, Curator
16 Dec 1988—12 Feb 1989
Australian Biennale 1988: From the Southern Cross,
a view of world
Nick Waterlow, Commissioner
4 Aug—18 Sep 1988
Sidney Nolan:
Landscapes and legends
Jane Clark, Curator
3 Jun—26 Jul 1987
Featherston Chairs:
The designs of Grant and
Mary Featherston
Terence Lane, Curator
30 Mar—7 Aug 1988
John Brack: A Retrospective Exhibition
Robert Lindsay, Curator
10 Dec 1987 - 31 Jan 1988
Russell Drysdale Photographer
Jennifer Boddington, Curator
1987