Tour Leaders

Alan Dodge

Alan Dodge is former Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia. He came to…

Alex McKay

Alex McKay is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society in London and the author…

Andrew Wright

Andrew Wright studied dance full-time at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, before completing…

Andy Bromberger

Andy Bromberger’s musical career began as a professional clarinetist teaching and playing in numerous orchestras…

Anne Maria Nicholson

Anne Maria Nicholson is a journalist and author who has worked for many of Australia’s…

Anne-Maree McDonald

Anne-Maree McDonald is a musical director, singer, pianist, producer and educator with over 40 years…

Anthony Burke

Anthony Burke is Professor of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney. A graduate of Columbia…

Antony Ernst

Dr Antony Ernst is a director, dramaturg, lecturer and arts administrator who has worked with…

Arnold Klugkist

Arnold Klugkist studied Musicology and Geography in the Netherlands. He moved to Sydney in 2007…

Brian Ladd

Brian Ladd is past President of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, a…

Brian Robinson

Brian Robinson is an internationally-renowned Torres Strait artist. He was born and raised in there,…

Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy is a wine educator, French Wine Scholar and the founder of Sydney’s French…

Christine McCabe

Christine McCabe is a travel writer and art lover, and since moving to the Adelaide…

Christopher Allen

Dr Christopher Allen is an art critic and historian. A graduate of the University of…

Christopher Lawrence

Christopher Lawrence’s 40-year career in music and media has spanned recording, writing, television and radio…

CJ Johnson

CJ Johnson served as President of the Jury of International Film Critics for the Main…

Claudia Chan Shaw

Claudia Chan Shaw is a vibrant, energetic woman of many talents – television and radio…

Damien Beaumont

Damien Beaumont joined the ABC in 1999 after completing music studies in Australia and England. In…

Djon Mundine

Djon Mundine OAM, Bandjalung man, curator, writer, artist and activist is celebrated as a foundational figure…

Donna Cusack

Donna Cusack has a long history with ballet which began before she was born. Her…

Elizabeth Swane

Elizabeth Swane is a member of one of Australia’s best-known nursery and rose-growing families. As…

Frédérique Barbier

With New York City flowing through her veins, and readily admitting that opera and the…

Genevieve Jacobs

Genevieve Jacobs has been a prize-winning newspaper journalist as well as a freelance writer for…

Geraldine Doogue

Geraldine Doogue is a presenter on ABC Radio National’s Saturday Extra program, which specialises in…

Gitte Weise

Gitte Weise was founder and director of Gitte Weise Gallery Sydney / Berlin and ROOM…

Glen Halliday

Glen Halliday is the Principal of the Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre where he has been…

Helen Pitt

Helen Pitt is a Walkley Award-winning author and former Sydney Morning Herald journalist. As senior culture writer…

Jeremy Clarke

Jeremy Clarke, PhD is a cultural historian and author, who first travelled to China in 1985….

John McBride

After studying in Japan and Australia, John McBride began his career at the Australia-Japan Research Centre, ANU,…

Jonathan Biggins

Jonathan Biggins is an actor, writer and director, perhaps best known as one of the…

Joyce Morgan

Joyce Morgan is a journalist and author. She has written on arts and culture for 30…

Julian Droogan

Julian Droogan is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University. Julian…

Julie Ewington

Julie Ewington is an independent writer, curator and broadcaster. During a long career, Julie taught art…

Julie Kinney

Julie Kinney’s love affair with travel began during a stint at London’s Cordon Bleu School…

Kate Kangaslahti

Kate Kangaslahti left Australia twenty years ago to pursue her love of European art and…

Kathryn Hunyor

Kathryn Hunyor is a Japanese-speaking curator and lecturer with a Masters degree in Japanese literature….

Kenneth Park

Kenneth W Park works as a freelance lecturer, curator, tour leader, presenter and fundraiser. He also…

Liz Gibson

Liz Gibson has a Bachelor of Art Education and a Master’s degree in Art Administration…

Lorraine Kypiotis

Lorraine Kypiotis is passionate about art, life and travel. She is equally passionate about sharing…

Lucienne Joy

Lucienne Joy is a well-known radio personality, lecturer and author. Having started her career as…

Mairi Nicolson

Mairi Nicolson’s long and varied career as a broadcaster for the ABC and BBC has…

Mark Dickenson

Mark Dickenson has lived in Tasmania his entire life, with much of his childhood and…

Marshall McGuire

Marshall McGuire is an acclaimed Australian harpist and has performed as a soloist with the Australian Chamber…

Mary Jo Capps

Mary Jo Capps AM has worked in the Australian cultural industry for more than 30…

Matthew Westwood

Matthew Westwood is an experienced journalist of more than 30 years whose writing about cultural…

Melanie Pitkin

Melanie Pitkin is an Australian Egyptologist and museum curator. She holds a PhD. on the…

Paul Donnelly

Paul Donnelly is Deputy Director of the Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of…

Peter Bourne

Universally known as ‘The Wine Man’, Peter Bourne has been involved in the Australasian wine…

Phillip Sametz

Phillip Sametz is a tour leader, writer, presenter and broadcaster. In recent years, on ABC…

Renaissance Tours

Richard Mendis

A local of Colombo, Richard Mendis has been leading tours of his native Sri Lanka…

Robert Reason

Robert Reason has worked in the Australian art museum sector for more than twenty-five years…

Robin Powell

Robin Powell is a writer with years of experience reporting on the good things in…

Ron Ramsey

After three years at the National Gallery of Victoria and 14 years at the National…

Scott Curry

Scott Curry studied piano and violin at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, and piano at…

Stefano Carboni

Dr. Stefano Carboni is a native of Venice and a specialist in Islamic art and museum strategies,…

Steven Miller

Steven Miller is the former head of the National Art Archive at the Art Gallery…

Stewart Kelly

Stewart Kelly is a sought-after pianist, broadcaster, producer and artistic director. Based in Melbourne, he…

Thomas Abbott

Thomas Abbott is a specialist in architectural history from the Baroque to the 20th century…

Toby Slade

Toby Slade is an Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney specialising in Fashion…

Ute Junker

During her 30-year career as a journalist, editor, TV producer and podcaster, Ute Junker has…