“The change wrought by the coronavirus pandemic in Adelaide was very sudden. In the weeks leading up to it, the city had been crammed with visitors, from interstate and overseas, attending all the arts festivals. In the nick of time, as COVID-19 started to dominate the news, Writers’ Week, WOMAD and Fringe were over. The workers in high-vis started bumping out all the stalls, stages and seating from the city parks, and the groundkeepers started watering the bare eroded turf.”
Tom's story about the 2020 Covid 19 lockdown for the Art Gallery of NSW blog
