Name

Laurie Benson

Culture

Australian

Gender

Male

Active

active by 1995

Occupations

Art curator

Summary

Worked: Australia (VIC).

Context

Australia

Biography

Laurie Benson was the Harold Wright Scholar for 1995. He is Curator of International Art at the National Gallery of Victoria and has been at the NGV since 1999. He has worked on a number of major exhibitions including, Caravaggio Darkness and Light, The Impressionists, Salvador Dali Liquid Desire, Cinema India, the Art of Bollywood, Italian Masterpieces from Spain’s Royal Court, Museo del Prado, and Van Gogh and the Seasons. Laurie has also co-authored three of the handbooks of the NGV International Art collection. As well as being the curator of Medieval Moderns: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood he was the co-curator of the exhibition Horse and authored, Curious Cats in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 2012. [Prints, printmaking and Philanthropy, 2019]]

Last Updated

02 Oct 2019