The chief executive of Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum has lived her life through objects, but it is the pieces made by family that she holds dearest
For more than 15 years, Lisa Havilah has been one of the most forward-thinking names in the Australian arts. After beginning her career at the Casula Powerhouse and then Campbelltown Arts Centre, in 2011 she stepped up for the role of director at Carriageworks. It became an eight-year tenure she used to transform the venue into one of the most-visited arts precincts in the country.
Today Havilah serves as the chief executive of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. This spring and summer the Powerhouse will unveil new exhibitions from the first annual program under her direction – a series that spans photography, ceramics, design and more. Among them is Glitterati, a collection of more than 300 photographs from the renowned fashion and social pages photographer Robert Rosen, and Eucalyptusdom, which presents more than 400 objects that examine Australia’s political and cultural relationship to the gumtree.
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