Nicholas Anthony Ronald Waterlow OAM (30 August 1941 – 9 November 2009) was a curator at the Ivan Dougherty Gallery at UNSW in Sydney, Australia until his death. He was well known and respected as an expert on the history of art in Australia and was on the editorial board of the Art & Australia magazine. He was notable for his curating at the Biennale of Sydney at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and a retrospective of the pop artist Martin Sharp.[1]
Waterlow was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1990 Australia Day Honours for "service to the arts".[2]
Death
editWaterlow and his wife, Romy, had three children. In November 2009, Nick Waterlow and his daughter, Chloe Heuston, were found dead at home in Randwick.[3] Nick Waterlow's son, a paranoid schizophrenic, Anthony Waterlow, was convicted of the killings.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Nick Waterlow". The Daily Telegraph. 25 November 2009. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "Nicholas Anthony Ronald Waterlow". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ Notice of death, theguardian.com, 10 November 2009.
- ^ Six years after Anthony Waterlow killed his sister and father, family face new tragedy, smh.com.au. Accessed 15 April 2024.
External links
edit- Nick Waterlow staff profile, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales Nick Waterlow staff profile, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, cofa.unsw.edu.au. Accessed 15 April 2024.
- McDonald, John. Curator was respected by all, smh.com.au. 10 November 2009.
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