Speakers for the evening were
Stuart Purves, Director of Australian Galleries
Louise Adler, Publisher at MUP The Miegunyah Press
Patrick McCaughey
and
Emily McCulloch Childs and Susan McCulloch
It was a successful night with a huge attendance including plenty of artists, curators and writers, and many friends, many of whom have known all three generations of the McCulloch family. The launch recieved several mentions in the press, including in Lawrence Money's Diary in The Age, thanks to McCaughey's wonderful speech, in which he spoke of Diderot, Alan McCulloch, the founding author of the Encyclopedia, and rather generously compared the McCulloch dynasty to the Bach family.
Below are some photos from the night taken by photographers Andrew Henshaw and Nigel Carboon.
Stuart Purves
Patrick McCaughey launching the Encyclopedia
Susan McCulloch and Emily McCulloch Childs
Stuart Purves, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch Childs and Patrick McCaughey
Australian Galleries gallery manager Caroline Field with the Encyclopedia
The Encyclopedia
Patrick McCaughey with former ALP MP Jean McLean and artist Robert Clinch
Artist Julie Rrap, Stuart Purves and Christina Fitzgerald
Lawyers Angela Nordlinger and Brian Bourke, art dealer Brigitte Braun and artist Robert Clinch study the Encyclopedia
Curators Melanie Mathijsen, Paul Walsh and Anne Runhardt
Emily's father, writer Kevin Childs with his wife Maureen Cooper and artist Tony Irving
Mary-Ruth McLennan, Christina Fitzgerald and writer Jan McGuiness
Niagara Galleries' Gina Lee with artist Lewis Miller
Artist Julie Rrap with Susan McCulloch
Pia Christiansen and Victoria Sinclair
Lyn Williams, McLelland Gallery + Sculpture Park director Robert Lindsay and NGV Deputy Director Frances Lindsay
Alice Hall, Dr. Philip Hall, Encyclopedia editor Andrew Hall and Lesley Hall
Aus Art Editions web designers, Ingrid Tufts and Howard Tee (left and right) with John Furphy, from the Australian Art Sales Digest, and friend
Jenny Ackland and her mother
Editor Lorelei Waite with writer Marieke Hardy
Broadcaster, arts writer and reviewer Richard Watts with Sam Agostino
Terri and Peter Keane
NGV Australian art curator Terence Lane with Patrick McCaughey and curator David Hansen
Aboriginal art co-ordinator Tracey Lea and her son Max study Nerissa Lea's paintings
Mary Broughton, architect Tony Broughton and artist Rene White
Susan McCulloch with Bryan Dawe and partner and Peter Keane
