Rebecca Hossack
Rebecca Hossack | |
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| Born | Rebecca Anne Hossack October 1955 (age 69) |
| Occupation | Gallerist |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse | Matthew Sturgis |
Rebecca Hossack (born October 1955), is an Australian-born London gallerist, who helped introduce Indigenous Australian art to a British audience. She is considered an expert on Aboriginal art, Australian Aboriginal culture and non-Western art traditions, who was the first to introduce many of the Aboriginal Australian artists to Europe, including Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. She also curates African Art and indigenous art from other countries such as Papua New Guinea.
She founded the Rebecca Hossack Gallery in 1988. Janet McKenzie, co-editor of Studio International said, "Hossack has almost single-handedly introduced Australian Aboriginal art to Britain and Europe". In 1989 Hossack launched the first of her ongoing Songlines seasons of Aboriginal art, which ran from June to September annually. The exhibitions are named in honour of Hossack's friend Bruce Chatwin, inspired by his famous novel about Aboriginal culture, The Songlines.