Aimee Board

Aimee Board ventures within and beyond to consider two remarkable new Gallery acquisitions.

The famed nineteenth century French tightrope walker and aerial acrobat, Charles Blondin, born Jean Francoix Gravelet (1824–1897), was known for thrilling audiences world-wide with his acrobatic feats.

Clara Harriet Crosbie was twelve years old when she went missing in the bush near Yellingbo in the Yarra Valley in May 1885.

Aimee Board traces Judy Cassab’s path to the Australian outback, arriving at the junction of inspiration and abstraction.

Athol Shmith’s photographs contributed to the emergence of a new vision of Australian womanhood.