▁her ▁grand m other . ▁At ▁Som er ville ▁House , ▁she ▁was ▁taught ▁art ▁by ▁Pat ric ia ▁Pr ent ice . ▁After ▁leaving ▁school , ▁Church er ▁studied ▁under ▁artist ▁Caroline ▁B ark er . ▁ ▁She ▁left ▁school ▁after ▁grade ▁ 1 0 , ▁because ▁her ▁father ▁did ▁not ▁think ▁she ▁needed ▁a ▁higher ▁education . ▁Between ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁Church er ▁was ▁art ▁critic ▁for ▁The ▁Australian ▁newspaper . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁Dean ▁of ▁School ▁of ▁Art ▁and ▁Design ▁and ▁taught ▁Art ▁History ▁at ▁the ▁progress ive ▁Phill ip ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁( now ▁R MIT ▁University ) ▁between ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁and ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Art ▁Gallery ▁of ▁Western ▁Australia ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁She ▁left ▁after ▁disag re ements ▁with ▁Robert ▁Hol mes ▁à ▁Court ▁about ▁the ▁gallery ' s ▁ac quisition ▁of ▁a ▁Pierre ▁Bonn ard ▁painting . ▁She ▁was ▁then ▁appointed ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Australian ▁National ▁Gallery . ▁She ▁hosted ▁several ▁television ▁shows ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁and ▁author ed ▁several ▁books , ▁including ▁The ▁Art ▁of ▁War ▁about ▁war ▁artists . ▁Her ▁son ▁is ▁the ▁artist ▁Peter ▁Church er . ▁ ▁While ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Gallery , ▁she ▁was ▁dub bed ▁" B et ty ▁Block b uster " ▁because ▁of ▁her ▁love ▁of ▁block b uster ▁exhib itions ▁and ▁for ▁her