Therese Ritchie: burning hearts
The Newcastle, NSW, born artist Therese Ritchie declares ‘a long, deep love affair with the Northern Territory’, where she’s lived for almost 40 years. ‘What art could you make in Sydney that’s real? Where are the real people?’, she demands over the phone from Darwin with typical forthrightness.
In Darwin, but later, hopefully, touring, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) is giving Ritchie the fourth in its series of biennial solo exhibitions featuring ‘prominent NT artists’. And, in the light of
