Arts
Betty Churcher: Former National Gallery of Australia director brought creative energy to every role
BETTY CHURCHER 1931–2015
Among Australian art’s most admired public figures, Betty Churcher, who died on Monday night aged 84, asserted that she was not ambitious, merely determined to do her best with opportunities that came along.
Her extraordinary success, first as an artist then an art teacher and administrator, was partly driven by frustration with limitations placed on her.