Jaklyn Babington

Jaklyn Babington is the director of a new, multisite contemporary art museum opening in Australia in late 2024. Working on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country 2015-2021 , she was the senior curator, contemporary art at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA). Jaklyn's recent curatorial projects include Jordan Wolfson: Body Sculpture and Patricia Piccinini: Every Heart Sings . Notable exhibitions include Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia (2019); Jess Johnson & Simon Ward: Terminus (2018); Angelica...See more

Jaklyn Babington is the director of a new, multisite contemporary art museum opening in Australia in late 2024. Working on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country 2015-2021 , she was the senior curator, contemporary art at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA). Jaklyn's recent curatorial projects include Jordan Wolfson: Body Sculpture and Patricia Piccinini: Every Heart Sings . Notable exhibitions include Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia (2019); Jess Johnson & Simon Ward: Terminus (2018); Angelica Mesiti: Five Video Works (2018) and Hyper Real (2017-2018). In 2017, Jaklyn curated Ramesh Nithiyendran: Mud Men at the NGA. See less