ART GALLERY OF NSW APPENDICES 07–08 69 Sponsorship and philanthropy 70 Art prizes and scholarships 71 AGNSW publications for sale 71 Visitor numbers 72 Exhibitions listing 73 Aged and disability access programs and services 74 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs and services 75 Ethnic affairs priorities statement 76 Overseas travel 77 Collection – purchases 78 Collection – gifts 81 Collection – loans 85 Staff, volunteers and interns listings 91 Staff publications, presentations and related activities 94 Customer complaints 98 Electronic service delivery 99 Compliance reporting 100 Art Gallery of NSW Appendices 07–08
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ART GALLERY OF NSW APPENDICES 07–08 69
Sponsorship and philanthropy 70
Art prizes and scholarships 71
AGNSW publications for sale 71
Visitor numbers 72
Exhibitions listing 73
Aged and disability access programs and services 74
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs and services 75
Ethnic affairs priorities statement 76
Overseas travel 77
Collection – purchases 78
Collection – gifts 81
Collection – loans 85
Staff, volunteers and interns listings 91
Staff publications, presentations and related activities 94
Customer complaints 98
Electronic service delivery 99
Compliance reporting 100
Art Gallery of NSW Appendices 07–08
SPONSORSHIP ANDPHILANTHROPY
Sponsorsat 30 June 2008
Avant Card: Support sponsor:general
City of Sydney: Support sponsor:Archibald 08, Sidney Nolanretrospective
Clayton Utz: disability accessprograms partner
Delta Electricity: Support sponsor:Sidney Nolan retrospective, HaroldCazneaux
Ernst & Young: Principal sponsor:Sidney Nolan retrospective
Host: Support sponsor: general
JCDecaux: Media sponsor: The artsof Islam, Sidney Nolan retrospective
Johnson Pilton Walker: Exhibitiondesign partner: The arts of Islam
JPMorgan: Principal sponsor: Brett Whiteley Studio
Macquarie Capital: Principalsponsor: Australian Collection Focus Room
Myer: Principal sponsor: Archibald,Wynne and Sulman Prizes
National Australia Bank: Principalsponsor: The arts of Islam
Porter’s Original Paints: Officialpaint supplier
President’s Council of the ArtGallery of NSW: Major exhibitionsprogram partner
Qantas Airways: Principal sponsor:Yiribana Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander Gallery, Official airline: The arts of Islam, Sidney Nolanretrospective
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth:Support sponsor: Archibald, Wynneand Sulman Prizes, Sidney Nolanretrospective
The Sydney Morning Herald: Mediasponsor: Sidney Nolan retrospective
UBS: Contemporary galleriesprogram partner
VisAsia Council: Asian exhibitionprogram sponsor
Westfield: Principal sponsor: The arts of Islam
Life GovernorsThe Gallery has acknowledged thesignificant support of the followingindividuals by appointing them asLife Governors:
Franco Belgiorno-Nettis AC CBE;Joseph Brender AO; JillianBroadbent AO; Ken Cowley AO;James Fairfax AO; James Gleeson
AO & Frank O’Keefe; MichaelGleeson-White AO; David GonskiAC; Mollie Gowing; ShosukeIdemitsu; James Leslie AC MC;Frank Lowy AC; John Morschel;Rupert Murdoch AC; Kenneth MyerAC DSC; J Hepburn Myrtle CBE;Margaret Olley AC; Max SandowAM; John Schaeffer AO; JulieSchaeffer; Goldie and EdwardSternberg AM; Fred Street AM;Diana Walder OAM; Neville WranAC QC; and John Yu AC.
Centenary FundPatrons of the Centenary Fund as at30 June 2008:
Claire Armstrong; Alex & VeraBoyarsky; Jillian Broadbent AO &Olev Rahn; Joanna Capon OAM;Judy Cassab AO CBE; David &Michelle Coe; Kenneth Coles AM &Rowena Danziger AM; JennyFerguson; David Gonski AC & OrliWargon; In memory of Aida Gordon;Yvonne & Christopher Gorman; AlexHolland; Peter & Sharon Ivany;Nettie & Peter Joseph OAM; AnneLanda; Michelle & John LandererCBE AM; Geoffrey & Deborah Levy;Elizabeth Longes; David Lowy; John& Jane Morschel; Roslyn PackerAO; Bridget Pirrie & Stephen Grant;Steven & Lisa Pongrass; John LSharpe; Brian Sherman AM; DrGene Sherman; Geoffrey Susskind;Michael & Eleonora Triguboff;Malcolm & Lucy Turnbull; and PhillipWolanski AM.
Masterpiece FundPatrons of the Masterpiece Fund asat 30 June 2008:
Geoff & Vicki Ainsworth; AntoinetteAlbert; Neil & Diane Balnaves;Richard A Blair; Jillian BroadbentAO; The Clitheroe Foundation;Rowena Danziger AM & Ken ColesAM; Brian & Philippa France; Chris& Judy Fullerton; The GreatorexFoundation; Fraser & VictoriaHopkins; Wal & Denise King; Mark &Louise Nelson; Guy Paynter;Playoust Family Foundation; Susan& Garry Rothwell; John SchaefferAO; Max & Nola Tegel; Peter WeissAM & Doris Weiss; Ray Wilson OAM& the late James Agapitos OAM.
President’s Council Members of the President’s Councilas at 30 June 2008:
Steven Lowy, President.
Peter Young, ABN AMRO; DavidBaffsky AO, Accor Asia Pacific;Roger Allen, Allen & Buckeridge;The Hon Warwick Smith, ANZBanking Group; John Symond AM,
Aussie Home Loans; Bruce Fink,Bickham Court Group; MichaelIhlein, Brambles; Danny Goldberg,Dakota Corporation; GiamSwiegers, Deloitte ToucheTohmatsu; Chum Darvall, DeutscheBank AG; Glenn Poswell, EllerstonCapital Limited; James Millar, Ernst& Young; David Kirk, Fairfax; BruceK Cutler, Freehills; Clark Perkins,Goldman Sachs JBWere;Emmanuel Pohl, Hyperion AssetManagement; David Gonski AC,Investec; Peter Ivany AM, IvanyInvestment Group; StephenO’Connor, JCDecaux Australia;Damian Roche, J.P. Morgan; ChrisJordan AO, KPMG; Gary Reidy,Korn/Ferry; John C Conde AO,MBF Australia; Scott Walters,Mercer Wealth Solutions; BillWavish, Myer; Paul O’Sullivan,Optus; Tony Harrington,PricewaterhouseCoopers; GeoffDixon, Qantas Airways; Paul Fegan,St.George Bank; Justin Miller,Sotheby’s; Luca Belgiorno-Nettis,Transfield Holdings; PhilipColeman, UBS AG Australia;Ilana Atlas, Westpac BankingCorporation; and Bruce McComish.
VisAsia Council Members of the VisAsia BusinessCouncil as at 30 June 2008:
John Yu AC, Chairman.
Mark Warren, Australia Post; BillFerris AC, CHAMP Private Equity;Philip Cox AO, Cox Richardson;Penny Bingham-Hall, LeightonHoldings; Nick Curtis, LynasCorporation; Matthew Banks,Macquarie Bank; Seng-Huang Lee,Mulpha Australia; Stephen Knight,NSW TCorp; Warwick Johnson,Optimal Fund Management;Terry Fern, Petsec Energy; RobynNorton & Stephen MacMahon, TheGeorge Institute; John Saunders,The Linden Group; Jeffrey Riegel, The University of Sydney; DavidGoodman, University ofTechnology Sydney; MichaelSternberg, Valiant Hire; WilliamClark; and Michael Hawker.
BequestsThe following bequests werereceived and/or notified during thefinancial year:
Susan Chandler’s bequest isestimated at $1.6 million and isintended to support the AustralianCollection Focus Room; ThelmaJean Hill bequeathed artworkswhich will be assessed as potentialacquisitions for the permanentcollections; the Florence MayCrosby bequest left the Gallery
almost $1.1 million, which has beenreceived; and the Gallery has beennotified by the Estate of the lateMargaret Mary Jones, butdistribution of the bequest has notyet been finalised. The Estate of thelate Yvonne Diana Buchanan Maylast year bequeathed a property inRose Bay to the Gallery, with thecondition that should it be sold,proceeds are to go to the AGNSWFoundation and a $10 000 annualart prize is to be established. Theproperty was sold and the funds of$4 million were transferred to theAGNSW Foundation this year.
GrantsDuring the year the following grantswere received:
Gordon Darling Foundation –travelling expenses for the headcurator, Asian Art, to visit Indonesiato scope collection loans for anexhibition of Southeast Asian art:$7000
Department of Foreign Affairs andTrade – visit to Australia of JensHoffman to attend the Biennale ofSydney under the InternationalCultural Visits Program: $20 000
Department of Immigration andCitizenship – The arts of Islamschools project in New South Wales:$10 000
US Embassy – August Sanderexhibition: $4576
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ART PRIZES ANDSCHOLARSHIPS
Art prizesThe Archibald, Wynne and SulmanPrize competitions, sponsored byMyer, were held in February 2008.In 2007–08, the winner’s prizemoney was generously increased:Archibald from $35 000 to $50 000;Wynne from $15 000 to $25 000;and Sulman from $10 000 to$20 000. A total of 1973 entrieswere received, 100 of which wereselected for display. The DobellPrize for Drawing, sponsored by theSir William Dobell Art Foundation,was held in September 2007. Of the 515 entries received, 45 wereselected for display.
ARCHIBALD PRIZE
The prize of $50 000 for portraiturewas awarded to artist Del KathrynBarton for her work You are what is most beautiful about me, a selfportrait with Kell and Arella. TheArchibald Prize: People’s Choicecompetition, which asks the viewingpublic to vote for their favouriteentry, was won by artist VincentFantauzzo for his work Heath.Fantauzzo received $2500 and a$1000 Myer gift card, as did theGallery patron whose vote for thewinning entry was drawn from abarrel containing all votes cast forthe winning artist.
WYNNE PRIZE
The prize of $25 000 for anAustralian landscape or figuresculpture was awarded to artistJoanne Currie Nalingu for her work The river is calm.
SIR JOHN SULMAN PRIZE
The prize of $20 000 judged byartist Robert Owen was awarded toartist Rodney Pople for his workStage fright.
DOBELL PRIZE FOR DRAWING
The $20 000 prize, judged by ColinLanceley, was awarded to artist AnaPollak for her work Mullet Creek.
ANNE LANDA AWARD
This award has been established inhonour of Anne Landa, a trustee ofthe Art Gallery of NSW, who died in2002. The award is made through abiennial series of exhibitions formoving image and new media work,each offering an acquisitive award of$25 000. The exhibition is byinvitation only and is not open toapplications. The next exhibition willopen in May 2009.
Scholarships
THE BASIL AND MURIEL HOOPERSCHOLARSHIP
These scholarships, valued at$4000 each, are available each year to fine art students attendingrecognised schools in New SouthWales to assist with the costs offees, materials and general livingexpenses. One scholarship wasawarded to Alexandra Byrne.
THE ELIOTH GRUNER PRIZE
The 2007 prize of $1000 for the bestlandscape in oil by an art studentwas awarded to Catherine Moore.
THE ROBERT LE GAY BRERETONMEMORIAL PRIZE
This prize, which aims to promoteand encourage the art of draughts-manship, is available each year toart students. The 2007 prize of$800 was awarded to Nicole Kelly.
DYASON BEQUEST
Administered under the terms of thewill of the late Miss Anthea Dyason,the bequest provides grants of $5000to Australian art students who havealready won travelling scholarships,to enable them to better studyarchitecture, sculpture or painting incountries other than Australia andNew Zealand. An award of $5000was made to collaborative artistsWendy Wilkins and Wesley Hill.
BRETT WHITELEY TRAVELLINGART SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship was established to provide young artists with anopportunity to travel to Europe andfurther their artistic interests. Thescholarship includes a financialaward and access to the Art Gallery’sParis Studio for a period of threemonths. It is a memorial to the lateBrett Whiteley, who in his youth wasencouraged in his artistic endeavoursby winning a similar scholarship.Special thanks are given to BerylWhiteley, the artist’s mother, forproviding the generous donation to fund the scholarship. The 2007scholarship of $25 000 wasawarded to artist Nathan Hawkes.
STUDIOS IN PARIS
The Gallery allocated tenancy to twoart studios, the Moya Dyring Studioand the Dr Denise Hickey MemorialStudio, which it leases at the CitéInternationale des Art in Paris. The studios were occupied duringthe year by Peter Wegner, ElizabethGower, Michael Bell, Wendy Sharpe,Stephen Cramb, Maria Fraser,Madeline Donovan, Petrina Hicks,Craig Waddell and Lisa Coleman.
AGNSWPUBLICATIONS FOR SALE
• Adam Cullen: let’s get lost,Tunnicliffe, pb $30
• Adventures with form in space:the fourth Balnaves FoundationSculpture Prize, Tunnicliffe, pb $35
• An incomplete world: works fromthe UBS Art Collection, Tunnicliffe,pb $45
• Anne Landa Award 2006,Tunnicliffe, pb $25
• Archibald 05, pb $16
• Archibald 06, pb $16
• Archibald 07, pb $16
• Archibald 08, pb $16
• Asian collections, Menzies, pb $45
• Australian drawings, Kolenberg, pb $40
• Belle Ile: Monet, Russell andMatisse in Brittany, Prunster, hb $25
Total attendance at exhibitions toured by the museums 1.3 million 196 097
Total attendance at exhibitions held at major galleries (paid entry only) 3 million 312 671
Most popular paid exhibitions: Andy Warhol, QLD 232,389Turner to Monet, VIC 180,173Archibald Prize 08, NSW 151,900
Total value of acquisitions added to collections $64 million $14.1 million
The Council of Australian Art MuseumDirectors (CAAMD) * declared the2007–08 financial year one of themost successful ever for Australia’sten leading state and nationalmuseums. This is the first year thatCAAMD has benchmarked their artmuseums’ combined achievements;something the directors plan tocontinue in the future.
In a year which includedextraordinary instances ofphilanthropy and benefits, thebiggest single gift to a gallery was the John Kaldor Collection gift to the Art Gallery of NSW.
* CAAMD is the peak body for thestate and national art galleries andcomprises the National Gallery ofAustralia, National Portrait Gallery,National Gallery of Victoria, ArtGallery of NSW, Art Gallery of South
Australia, Art Gallery of WesternAustralia, Queensland Art Gallery,Museum of Contemporary Art,Tasmanian Museum and Art Galleryand Museum, and Art Gallery of theNorthern Territory.
Australian art museum benchmarks
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EXHIBITIONS LISTING
AGNSW AGNSWDates Department Exhibition Ticketed Tour Catalogue
03.07.07–02.12.07 Australian: Indigenous One sun one moon •07.07.07–14.10.07 Western Pop prints16.07.07–27.09.07 Library Australian bookbinders28.07.07–14.10.07 Western Photography The surreal aesthetic28.07.07–14.10.07 Western: Works on Paper Modern British watercolours and drawings16.08.07–14.10.07 Western: Contemporary Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro: the paper trail •17.08.07–04.11.07 Australian Bertram Mackennal: the fifth Balnaves Foundation
Sculpture Project • •24.08.07–04.11.07 Australian Dobell Prize for Drawing 200729.08.07–11.11.07 Asian Translucent world: Chinese jade from the Forbidden City • •01.09.07–28.10.07 Australian: Indigenous Boomalli: 20 years on •03.10.07–07.12.07 Library Peter Lyssiotis: ‘Outside of a dog …’ a survey exhibition –
25 years of book arts09.10.07–28.10.07 Public Programs Operation art 200725.10.07–09.12.07 Western: Contemporary Gary Carsley: scenic root02.11.07–03.02.08 Australian Sidney Nolan retrospective • • •02.11.07–03.02.08 Australian Indigenous connections: Nolan’s ‘Rite of spring’ –
photographs by Axel Poignant • •17.11.07–03.02.08 Western: Contemporary Extraordinary images of ordinary people: the photographs
of August Sander22.11.07–25.11.07 Western: Contemporary Jon Rose: sphere of influence – an interactive ball game •24.11.07–09.03.08 Western: Photography Yasumasa Morimura: seasons of passion/a requiem: Mishima29.11.07–10.02.08 Asian Mountains and streams: Chinese paintings from
the National Gallery of Victoria Collection07.12.07–20.01.08 Australian: Indigenous Kitty Kantilla13.12.07–24.03.08 Western: Contemporary Scott Redford: blood disco •20.12.07–16.11.08 Australian: Indigenous Living black02.02.08–30.03.08 Public Programs Artexpress 0809.02.08–25.05.08 Australian Charles Bayliss: landscape photographer13.02.08–07.03.08 Library The artist in the director: the art of directors of
the Art Gallery of New South Wales22.02.08–04.05.08 Asian Intimate encounters: Indian paintings from Australian collections22.02.08–27.04.08 Australian: Indigenous Michael Riley: sights unseen08.03.08–18.05.08 Australian Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2008 • • •12.03.08–30.05.08 Library Searching for Asphodels: artists in the Mediterranean 22.03.08–09.04.08 Western: Contemporary A focus on contemporary05.04.08–25.05.08 Australian Jan Senbergs: from screenprinter to painter •10.04.08–27.07.08 Western: Contemporary Bill Viola: the Tristan project 15.05.08–27.07.08 Western: Contemporary Adam Cullen: let’s get lost •22.05.08–03.08.08 Asian Taisho- chic: Japanese modernity, nostalgia and deco • •29.05.08–31.08.08 Australian Judy Cassab: landscapes from the collection 05.06.08–10.08.08 Western: Contemporary Harold Cazneaux: artist in photography •18.06.08–07.09.08 Western: Contemporary Biennale of Sydney 2008: revolutions – forms that turn 18.06.08–03.10.08 Library Australian bookbinders exhibition
Touring exhibitions
Dates Venue Location Exhibition Attendance
18.05.07–01.07.07 Myer Sydney, NSW Archibald Prize 07 81608.07.07–12.08.07 # Manning Regional Art Gallery North Coast, NSW Archibald Prize 07 8 33016.08.07–23.09.07 # Grafton Regional Gallery Grafton, NSW Archibald Prize 07 7 35328.09.07–03.11.07 # Bega Regional Art Gallery Bega, NSW Archibald Prize 07 2 55309.11.07–16.12.07 # Orange Regional Art Gallery Orange, NSW Archibald Prize 07 3 69430.11.07–24.02.08 National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne, VIC Bertram Mackennal: the fifth Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project 45 99021.12.07–31.01.08 # Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Broken Hill, NSW Archibald Prize 07 2 42222.02.08–18.05.08 National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne, Vic Sidney Nolan retrospective 59 41731.05.08–29.06.08 # Bendigo Art Gallery Bendigo, Vic Archibald Prize 08 40 57706.06.08–30.06.08 * Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane, Qld Sidney Nolan retrospective 23 64916.06.08–30.06.08 * State Library of Queensland Brisbane, Qld Indigenous connections: photographs by Axel Poignant 1 296
# Tour organised in association with Museums & Galleries NSW. * Exhibitions continued until 28 September 2008.
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AGED ANDDISABILITY ACCESSPROGRAMS ANDSERVICES
The Gallery is committed toproviding people with disabilitiesexcellent access to services, thebuilding, information andopportunities.
In 2006–07 the Gallery entered intoa three-year partnership withClayton Utz to present a series ofaccess programs specifically forvisitors with disabilities. Thispartnership is designed to allowpeople with disabilities to enjoycultural experiences at the Galleryspecifically through ‘touch’ and‘sensory’ tours.
Highlighted below are initiativesundertaken by the Gallery.
Visitors with a physicaldisabilityThere are four dedicated disabledparking spaces available at the frontof the Gallery and two at the rear.Special arrangements are alsomade for bus parking. Access tothe spaces at the rear of the Galleryis via the service road on thesouthern side of the building. Fromthe rear of the Gallery, access to allexhibitions, displays, and public andadministrative areas is by way oframps and lifts and is signposted.
A wheelchair-accessible bus (route441) runs from the Queen VictoriaBuilding to the Gallery. Telephone13 15 00 or visit www.131500.infofor timetable details.
The Domain Theatre and CentenaryAuditorium have access spacedesigned for wheelchair users.
The Gallery provides wheelchairs,which are available from Security.
All exhibition spaces are accessibleby lift.
Toilets for visitors with disabilities arelocated throughout the building onthe upper level, level 1 and level 3.
Visitors who are deaf andhearing impairedThe Gallery engages sign languageinterpreters for the regular advertisedguided tours and in association withDeaf Awareness Week.
Groups of visitors who are deaf andwho make bookings are providedwith sign language interpreters freeof charge.
The TTY number, (02) 9225 1711, is listed in the Telstra TTY directory.
The Gallery provides free monthlyAuslan guided tours. The Galleryconducts Signing Art, Auslan-interpreted free performances whichincorporate mime, puppetry andimprovisation to create vibrant anddiverse educational entertainment.During the year, four of the Art AfterHours 6.30pm celebrity talks weresupported with Auslan interpreters.
The Domain Theatre is equippedwith audio-induction loop facilitiesfor all lectures and films.
An FM microphone system forhearing aid users is available onrequest for guided tours.
Visitors who are visuallyimpairedThe In Touch at the Gallery programprovides people who are visuallyimpaired the opportunity to exploreworks through touch. Speciallytrained volunteer guides help visitorsexperience the tactile qualities ofmarble, bronze and stone anddiscover the stories and ideassurrounding these unique objects.The touch tour program will includea component of audio description,to be used in conjunction withexisting tours and to complementselected temporary exhibitions.These tours can include art-makingworkshops to expand theexperience of enjoying art. TheGallery has developed a sensorytrolley, which includes tactilematerials and props thatcomplement the In Touch tours ofthe Gallery.
The main visitors elevator, servicinglower level 1, the ground floor andthe upper level, has voicenotification of floor and accessinformation, as well as Braille floorbuttons.
Children with anintellectual disabilityThe Gallery’s Da Vinci Program is aninitiative involving a speciallydesigned program for students withmild to moderate intellectualdisabilities. This program providesstudents with the opportunity toexperience art through stimulatingand fun-filled workshops whichinclude discussion, role-play and theuse of sensory materials.
GeneralCommunications
The Gallery’s official website(www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au) candisplay large-print screen versionsof all information.
The website incorporatesmyVirtualGallery, which enables thepublic to create their own onlineexhibition using works from theGallery’s collections. This websiteprovides people with limited mobilitythe opportunity to have aninteractive arts experience.
Staff training
Information and awareness sessionsare held for staff and volunteerguides, with particular reference toservicing visitors with special needs.Some volunteer guides and staffhave undertaken introductorycourses in sign language.
A designated education officermanages the Gallery’s accessiblearts programs and facilities forpeople with disabilities.
Helpers
General entry to the Gallery is freeto all visitors. However, where entryfees are charged for majortemporary exhibitions, helpersaccompanying visitors withdisabilities are admitted free ofcharge.
Information and publicity
The free regular publicationsExhibitions and Events are availableat the ground-floor informationdesk. These booklets containinformation for visitors with specialneeds. Currently, Exhibitions andEvents are mailed to over 4000interested individuals andorganisations.
Free brochures on the accessiblearts programs are also available atthe information desk.
Employment practices
The Gallery is committed to equalopportunity principles forrecruitment and generalemployment practice. Of staffworking at the Gallery, 2% have adisability and 0.4% require someform of adjustment to theworkplace.
The Gallery organises manyactivities which are designed tointroduce Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander visitors and others tothe history and culture of Indigenouspeoples of Australia, includingtemporary exhibitions, publicprogram events and the permanentcollection on view in the YiribanaGallery, the largest display focusedon Aboriginal art in the SouthernHemisphere.
This year the Gallery mounted asignificant number of exhibitionswhich celebrated the work andinfluence of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander artists in Australia.
Boomalli (1 September – 28 October 2007): to celebrate the 20th anniversary of theestablishment of Boomalli AboriginalArtists Co-operative, this exhibitionbrought together works from theGallery’s collection by foundingmembers of the co-operative.
One sun one moon (3 July – 2 December 2007): this exhibitioncelebrated a complex and intriguingheritage, and one which iscontinually responsive to historicalchange and social circumstance.
Kitty Kantilla (7 December 2007 –20 January 2008): this majorretrospective from the NationalGallery of Victoria paid tribute to therenowned Tiwi artist Kitty Kantilla(Kutuwalumi Purawarrumpatu) andhighlighted her extraordinary artisticvision, from works on paper andcanvas to bark paintings andsculptures.
Living black (20 December 2007 –16 November 2008): taking its titlefrom the award-winning book of thesame name by the late artist,playwright, poet and curator KevinGilbert, this exhibition explored thedifferent experiences of ‘living black’in contemporary Australia andfeatured new major acquisitions.The Gallery conducted daily guidedtours in conjunction with the Livingblack exhibition.
Michael Riley: sights unseen(22 February – 27 April 2008): thisexhibition revealed the prolifictalents of a quiet observer whosephotomedia – including black-and-white portraiture, video, digitalmedia and film – continues to havea profound effect on Australia’scontemporary representation andcomprehension of IndigenousAustralia. In conjunction with theexhibition, the Gallery screened a series of films dedicated toAboriginal trackers and theirrelationship to early settlers andpioneers in Australia. This serieswas called Trackers, and filmsincluded The proposition (directedby John Hillcoat, 2006), The tracker(directed by Rolf de Heer, 2002),Wind (directed by Ivan Sen, 1999)and One night the moon (directedby Rachel Perkins, 2001).
Selected highlights ofstaff and public activities The year 2008 has been particularlysignificant for the profile ofAboriginal culture. On 13 February2008, Gallery staff attended a livescreening of the National Apology tothe Stolen Generations, held in theCentenary Auditorium.
On 3 April 2008, the Aboriginal flagwas raised in front of the Gallery. It is now permanently flown in thatprominent position.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islandersrepresent 1.7% of the Gallery’sworkforce, which is just under theNSW government’s Two WaysTogether public sector employmenttarget of 2%.
One of the most remarkable eventsto have happened recently at theGallery took place on Saturday,14 June 2008, in association withReconciliation Week and Livingblack. The Aboriginal dance troupethe Chooky Dancers (Indigenousmen from Elcho Island in theNorthern Territory) gave twoperformances of a collection of theirdances, including a world-famousversion of ‘Zorba the Greek’.Sixteen hundred people crowdedinto the central court to watch theChooky Dancers, and film of theevent has been made available viathe Gallery website and YouTube.
ResourcesLast year the Gallery launched theManioo workshop. ‘Manioo’ is anEora word meaning ‘to pick upanything’. This free workshop hasbeen designed by the Galleryspecifically to support andencourage underachieving giftedK–6 students in an effort to meettheir intellectual, artistic, social andemotional needs using the Gallery’spermanent collection as a keyresource within this ‘specialenvironment’. The workshop isdesigned for disadvantaged childrenfrom differing backgrounds, with afocus on Indigenous children.Indigenous artists who have worksin the Gallery’s permanent collectiontalked to students about their workand assisted them with art making.
Children’s Art Trails are an innovativeand interactive education resource,combining looking at andinterpreting specific artworks withdrawing and writing activities. Thisyear an art trail was designed inconjunction with the Living blackexhibition.
A major Aboriginal art publication,One sun one moon, was launchedin July 2007. More informationabout this wonderful book can befound in the ‘Publications’ section of this report.
Three Indigenous teacher–lecturerssuccessfully completed the biannualGallery Educators Course, joiningthe Gallery’s Education team andadding an important dimension toeducation program delivery relatedto the Yiribana Gallery andAboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderart.
Throughout the year, the volunteerguides received ongoing trainingthat specifically focused on theAboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderart collection. This important traininggoes beyond the artwork in theGallery, introducing guides to themany social and political issuessurrounding the production ofIndigenous art in Australia. Thetraining aims to continue thedevelopment of the volunteerguides, ensuring they are up to datewith the dynamic nature ofIndigenous art and culture.
One-hour educational tours of theYiribana Gallery designed forkindergarten to secondary schoolchildren, for tertiary students and forspecial needs groups areconducted regularly.
Throughout the year, guided tourswere conducted for Aboriginalpeople to assist in strengtheningtheir appreciation of Aboriginal artand artists.
Several years ago, as part ofCollection Character Tours, thecharacter of Ngununy, the cheekyfruit bat, was created to take visitorson a lively tour of Aboriginal art,creating a greater understanding ofkey artworks from the collection.Unfortunately, due to lack ofsponsorship funding for familyprograms, the character tours feltthe pinch and have been paredback until a new funding source canbe made available. However,Ngununy was revised and refreshedfor NAIDOC Week in July 2008.
Strengthening our archive ofIndigenous art, the Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander Art Departmentcontinued to film interviews withIndigenous artists, as well as collect documentary materials onIndigenous art.
And, finally, the Aboriginal CollectionBenefactors Group continued toraise funds specifically for theacquisition of Indigenous art.
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ETHNIC AFFAIRSPRIORITIESSTATEMENT
The Gallery is committed to theprinciples of multiculturalism, asoutlined in section 3 of theCommunity Relations Commissionand Principles of MulticulturalismAct 2000.
The NSW government has identifiedfour key objectives for respectfulintercultural community relations:leadership, community harmony,access and equity, and economicand cultural opportunities.
In working to achieve theseobjectives, the Gallery presentsexhibitions, public and educationprograms, and other initiativesdeveloped during the year which arelisted in the outcomes below.
Ethnic affairs priorityoutcomes 2007–08
EXHIBITIONS
The following exhibitions included inthe 2007–08 exhibitions programreflected and promoted culturaldiversity.
The arts of Islam: treasures fromthe Nasser D Khalili collection(22 June – 27 September 2007)was a major exhibition consisting of more than 350 rare and beautifulpieces of Islamic art from the KhaliliCollection, including illuminatedmanuscripts and Qur’ans, colourfulceramics and enamelled objects.This significant exhibition, the finestdisplay of the arts of the Islamicworld ever seen in Australia, offereda rare opportunity to experience the rich and diverse artisticachievements of the 7th to the early 20th centuries.
The photographs of August Sander(17 November 2007 – 3 February2008) featured 158 photographsdocumenting Sander’s interest intypologies and his aim to produce a definitive ‘atlas’ of the Germanpeople. The exhibition was shownonly in Sydney.
Ishiuchi Miyako: mother’s(24 May – 5 August 2007)showcased photographs by notedartist Ishiuchi Miyako, reconstructingthe show she presented at theJapan Pavilion at the VeniceBiennale in 2005. One of theBiennale’s highlights, it contained a series of moving photos of theartist’s deceased mother’s personalbelongings.
Translucent world: Chinese jadefrom the Forbidden City(29 August – 11 November 2007)was a unique presentation ofChinese jade from the outstandingcollection of the Palace Museum,Beijing. The exhibition includedmore than 180 works representingall periods of Chinese jade carving,from Neolithic times to the Qingdynasty. The key object was amarvellous carved jade mountain,more than one metre high, depictingthe nine elders of Huichang,commissioned by the EmperorQianlong in 1787.
Intimate encounters: Indianpaintings from Australian collections(22 February – 4 May 2008) wasdrawn from collections throughoutAustralia, both public and private.The exhibition of approximately 70objects surveyed the major schoolsof Indian painting, highlighting therich interactions that inspired eachtradition.
Taishô chic: Japanese modernity,nostalgia and deco(22 May – 3 August 2008) capturedthe balance between modernity andnostalgia, the clash and theembrace. The exhibition featuredpaintings, prints, textiles anddecorative arts from the period,ranging from prints of coollysophisticated young women, tobold kimonos with abstract patternsthat reinterpreted traditional motifs,to sleek glassware that representedthe latest in art deco chic.
EDUCATIONAL ANDENTERTAINING PUBLICPROGRAMS
The ongoing presentation of adynamic and culturally varied seriesof public and education programsreflects the Gallery’s commitment tomaking the collection and temporaryexhibitions readily accessible to thepublic.
• Art After Hours: special programsheld every Wednesday night includeperformances, talks, films andmusic, with many of these eventshighlighting and exploring culturaldiversity.
• Arts of Asia: this lunchtime lectureseries invited leading curators andscholars to explore the inspirationand influence of the word in the artsof China and Japan.
• Decoding the Baroque: this sold-out lecture series continued toexplore the development of Westernculture through the examination ofworks by artists such as Bernini,Caravaggio and Velazquez.
• Education kits and languageworksheets: this year the printed
education kits included Adventuresin Asia and the new languageworksheet series Art speaks:Japanese and Art speaks: Italian.The rapidly expanding collection ofonline education kits has enabledwider access to a culturally diverserange of educational resources.There are now 34 online educationkits freely available for downloadfrom the Gallery’s website atwww.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/ed/resources/ed_kits
• Children’s Art Trails: this innovativedevelopment in interactiveeducation for children combineslooking at and interpreting specificartworks with drawing and writingactivities. Current art trails forchildren include The arts of Islam,Goddess: divine energy, Giacomettiand Pissarro.
• Film: special film series weredevised and presented inassociation with major exhibitions,including Translucent world: Chinesejade from the Forbidden City andIntimate encounters: Indianpaintings from Australian collections.Particularly popular was the filmseries The Iranian new wave, whichscreened in conjunction with Thearts of Islam exhibition.
PROMOTION AND RESOURCES
Selected exhibitions and specialevents were advertised in variousmulticultural publications, includingIndian Link and Oziran. The Galleryregularly advertises on SBS invarious languages, includingMandarin, French, Arabic, Hindi,Punjabi and Vietnamese.
The Gallery continues to providemanagement services support to VisAsia, which promotes andcultivates a better understandingand enjoyment of Asian arts andculture.
The Gallery’s guide maps wereupdated during the year and areavailable in Japanese, Mandarin and Korean, Italian, French, Spanishand German. This year the Galleryreleased an Arabic guide map inconjunction with The arts of Islamexhibition, which attracted a lot offirst-time visitors to the Gallery.
GALLERY EMPLOYEES
This year, 27% of the Gallery’semployees indentified as comingfrom non-English-speakingbackgrounds, which exceeds theNSW government target of 20%. A number of employees who speakcommunity languages assist otherstaff and visitors, earning aCommunity Language Allowance.
As at 30 June 2008, the Gallery hadstaff officially designated as able tooffer assistance in Hindi, Cantonese,Polish, German, Italian, Mandarin,Spanish and Indonesian. An annualcalendar of significant religious andholy days was circulated to allsupervisors to enable scheduling ofemployees’ commitments to meettheir religious obligations.
Ethnic affairs prioritygoals for 2008–09The Gallery’s 2008–09 program ofmajor exhibitions and associatededucational programs will continueto reflect and promote culturaldiversity and harmony.
• The lost Buddhas features superbstone sculptures, some dating tothe 6th century. The discovery ofthese Buddhist figures at the site ofa long-destroyed temple in China isconsidered an archaeological findon par with the First Emperor’sterracotta soldiers. Lost for over 800 years and on display for thefirst time outside of China, thesculptures will be on view only atthe Gallery.
• Monet and the Impressionistsincludes 29 works by ClaudeMonet, alongside masterpieces byCézanne, Degas, Pissarro, Renoir,Sisley and other artists. The Gallerywill be the only Australian venue for this extraordinary exhibition ofimpressionist paintings from theMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston.
• Genji: the world of the ShiningPrince celebrates the 1000thanniversary in 2008 of Japan’soldest novel, the Tale of Genji. Thisexhibition will feature approximately70 works displaying the imaginativepower of Japanese artists inadapting and translating thistimeless and popular tale.
The Gallery will present public andeducation programs supportingboth exhibitions and associatedevents in 2008–09, including thelecture series Arts of Asia: literatureand legend 2, Monet’s world andDecoding the Baroque I asindividual lunchtime and eveninglectures. Art adventure tours will be conducted in conjunction withvarious exhibitions focusing onpeople and their cultural beliefs. The Gallery will continue to presenta culturally diverse range of films.
The Gallery will also continue toencourage staff to participate in theCommunity Language AllowanceScheme and to extend the range of languages currently represented.
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OVERSEAS TRAVEL
Donna Brett, project officer,Curatorial ServicesEurope, 27 July and 3–4 September2007Meetings to discuss exhibition loansand collections management.
Sun Yu, conservator, Asian ArtChina, 6–16 August 2007Condition report on works from theTranslucent world exhibition onreturn to the Palace Museum.
Brian Ladd, head, Public ProgramsEurope, 18–24 August 2007Invited to speak at ICOM GeneralConference.
Natasha Bullock, curator,Contemporary ArtUK and Europe, 19 August to 14 September 2007Courier return of Untitled (oldwoman in bed) and undertakeexhibition research.
Terence Maloon, senior curator,Special ExhibitionsUSA and Europe, 1 September to 9 November 2007Research for Abstraction andClaude Monet exhibitions.
Kristel Smits, conservator, PaintingsUK, 11–22 September 2007Courier two Millais paintings toTATE, London and courier toSydney of works by Nolan forexhibition.
Liu Yang, curator, Chinese ArtHonolulu, 13–19 September 2007Present research paper atinternational symposium on 19th-and 20th-century Chinese paintingand calligraphy.
Tristan Sharp, senior coordinator,Education ProgramsUSA and Europe, 16 September to2 October and 8–15 October 2007Research leading art museum andschool partnerships.
Charlotte Cox, registrar, ExhibitionsAbu Dhabi, 2–7 October 2007Courier works from The arts of Islamexhibition.
Alan Lloyd, head, ConservationAbu Dhabi, 7–14 October 2007Courier works from The arts of Islamexhibition.
Charlotte Davy, senior registrar,ExhibitionsAbu Dhabi, 8–14 October 2007Courier for works from The arts ofIslam exhibition.
Khanh Trinh, curator, Japanese ArtJapan, 25 October to 7 November2007Research exhibitions on Japanesecontemporary art (2009), Lovers(2009) and Garden paintings (2010).
Jackie Menzies, head curator,Asian ArtKuala Lumpur, Singapore andIndonesia, 27 October to 24November 2007Research an exhibition of earlyJavanese Buddhist and Hindu art;investigate venues for futureAustralian art.
Judy Annear, senior curator,PhotographyKorea, 28 October to 7 November2007Courier Sander work.
Jacqueline Strecker, curator,Special Exhibitions Germany, 2–24 November 2007Research and develop an exhibitionon the art of the Weimar Republic.
Charlotte Cox, registrar, ExhibitionsUSA, 7–16 November 2007Attend Australasian RegistrarsSymposium in Chicago.
Richard Beresford, senior curator,European ArtUK, 10 November to 3 December2007Inspect and, if satisfactory, courierproposed acquisition to Sydney;continue research on collection andresearch catalogue entries forproposed Devotion exhibition.
Karen Hancock, graphic designerHong Kong and China, 15–24November 2007Supervise printing of Brett Whiteley:studio handbook.
Sun Yu, conservator, Asian ArtChina, 16–29 November 2007Condition report on works from theTranslucent world exhibition onreturn to the Palace Museum.
Charlotte Cox, registrar, ExhibitionsUSA, 6–13 February 200 Courier return of August Sanderexhibition to the J Paul GettyMuseum in Los Angeles.
Peter Raissis, curator, EuropeanPrints, Drawings and WatercoloursEurope, 11–28 February 2008Courier Vlaminck’s The red roofs toPalais de Luxembourg, Paris andundertake research for twoexhibitions.
Stewart Laidler, senior conservator,PaintingsItaly, 19–29 February 2008Courier Francis Bacon’s Study forself-portrait to Palazzo Reale andSkira Editore.
Anthony Bond, head curator,International ArtEurope, 27 February to 20 March2008Research and development of twomajor exhibitions for 2011 andbeyond.
Anne Flanagan, general manager,Exhibitions and BuildingEurope, 15–28 April 2008Present paper at the InternationalExhibition Conference in Bonn.
Terence Maloon, senior curator,Special ExhibitionsEurope and UK, 24 April to 29 Mayand 18–28 June 2008Research, identify and negotiateloans for Paths to abstraction andconduct a tour for AGS.
Richard Beresford, senior curator,European ArtUK and The Netherlands, 4–23 May2008Courier return of painting by SirJohn Everett Millais and continueresearch on collection.
Jacqueline Strecker, curator,Special ExhibitionsUSA, 25 May to 13 June 2008Research and develop an exhibitionon the art of the Weimar Republic.
Denise Faulkner, book buyer,Gallery ShopUSA, 28 May to 4 June 2008Attend Book Expo America and visitkey museum stores in Los Angeles.
Belinda Hanrahan, director,MarketingUK, Europe and USA, 20 June to 8July 2008Attend marketing conference inVenice and meet with heads ofmarketing in major galleries.
Chaya Chandrasekhar, curator,South and Southeast Asian ArtIndia, 29 June to 25 July 2008Develop and research threeexhibitions for the AGNSW.
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COLLECTION –PURCHASES
Dates of works given in brackets areestimates. Titles in brackets aredescriptions rather than titlesassigned by artists.
Australian art
David Aspden (Australia,1935–2005), 1 painting and 8drawings: Loneliness of the longdistance painter (1986), oil oncanvas; Brazil revisited (late 1990s),synthetic polymer paint on whitewove paper; Black light no 5 (1976),synthetic polymer paint on ivorywove paper; Breakaway no 2 1976,synthetic polymer paint wash, blackink on paper; Silent music II 1976,synthetic polymer paint on whitewove paper; Blues in threemovements 1976, synthetic polymerpaint on white wove paper; Redviolet (1976), synthetic polymerpaint on white wove paper; Drawing(yellow and orange) (1976),synthetic polymer paint on whitewove paper; untitled (mutedlandscape) (c1972), syntheticpolymer paint on white wove paper.Patrick White Bequest Fund 2008
Judy Cassab (Australia, b1920),Anandamai Ghat 2002, pencil,watercolour on paper. Purchasedwith funds provided by theAustralian Prints, Drawings andWatercolours Benefactors Fund2007
eX de Medici (Australia, b1949),United spectres #3 2007, hard-ground etching, black ink on sixsheets of white wove paper.Purchased with funds provided bythe Art Gallery Society of NewSouth Wales Contempo Group2007
Petr Herel (Australia, b1943), JeanTardieu, the truth about monsters(letter to a visionary engraver)(2007), bound artist’s book: 19leaves; 1 etching and aquatint,black and sepia ink; 13 leavescontaining letterpress text; 2 leavescontaining letterpress etchingreproduction. Thea ProctorMemorial Fund 2008
Martin Lewis (Australia,1881–1962), Milsons Point andCircular Quay c1900, pencil onpaper, from a sketchbook.Purchased with funds provided bythe Gil & Shay Docking DrawingFund, Judy Cassab, Sue Hewitt,John Keightley, Lesley O’Shea andJoe Penn, Alan and Jancis Rees,and Joy West 2007
Martin Lewis (Australia,1881–1962), Street booth in Tokyo,New Years Eve (1927), drypoint,printed in black ink on cream wovepaper. Purchased with fundsprovided by the Australian Prints,Drawings and WatercoloursBenefactors Fund 2007
Kevin Lincoln (Australia, b1941), 1 drawing and 1 watercolour: Stilllife with box 1989, watercolour,charcoal, pastel on white Johannotpaper; House by a canal 5 2006,watercolour on paper. KathleenBuchanan May Bequest Fund 2008
Sidney Nolan (Australia; UnitedKingdom, 1917–92), Hare in trap1946, Ripolin enamel on hardboard.Purchased with funds provided bythe Nelson Meers Foundation, theMargaret Hannah Olley Art Trustand the Art Gallery of New SouthWales Foundation 2007
Rodney Pople (Australia, b1952),North south runway, Sydney airport2008, oil on linen. D G WilsonBequest Fund 2008
Tom Roberts (Australia, 1856–1931),Fog, Thames embankment 1884, oil on paperboard. Purchased withfunds provided by the GleesonO’Keefe Foundation 2008
Clan Rodda (Australia, b1935), 2 drawings: Dancer 2005, pencil onoff-white cartridge paper; Maledancer 2005, pencil on white laidpaper. Thea Proctor Memorial Fund2008
John Peter Russell (Australia,1858–1930), Study for ‘Lot’s wife’1886, pencil, white chalk highlightson laid paper on thin card.Purchased with funds provided bythe Gil & Shay Docking DrawingFund 2007
Wendy Sharpe (Australia, b1960),Red dress 2007, charcoal, pastel on paper. Purchased with fundsprovided by the Gil & Shay DockingDrawing Fund 2007
SUB TOTAL 23 WORKS
Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander art
Tony Albert (Australia, b1981),Headhunter 2007, synthetic polymerpaint and vintage Aboriginalephemera. Purchased with fundsprovided by the AboriginalCollection Benefactors Group 2007
England Banggala (Australia, bornc1925–2001), untitled (triangularpandanus skirt) 1988, naturalpigments on bark. Purchased 2007
Kresna Cameron (Australia,b1982), 3 photographs: No I never
2007, digital print lightbox; Comeand sniff 2007, digital print lightbox;Help help help help 2007, digitalprint lightbox. Purchased with fundsprovided by Warawara Departmentof Indigenous Studies, MacquarieUniversity 2008
Lorraine Connelly-Northey(Australia, b1962), 4 woven stringbags: Narrbong (string bag) 2008,rusted mesh fencing wire; Narrbong(string bag) 2007, rusted chicken-coupe tie wire; Narrbong (stringbag) 2007, rusted exhaust pipe andfencing wire; Narrbong (string bag)2008, rusted chimney flue andfencing wire. Purchased with fundsprovided by the Women’s Art Group2008
Destiny Deacon (Australia, b1957),Michael Riley (Australia,1960–2004), I don’t wanna be abludger 1999, colour DVD, sound,30 minutes. Purchased with fundsprovided by the AboriginalCollection Benefactors Group 2008
Jack Maranbuma (Australia, bornc1932), Hollow log bone coffin,natural pigments on bark.Purchased with funds provided byWarawara Department ofIndigenous Studies, MacquarieUniversity 2007
Doreen Reid Nakamarra (Australia,born c1955), Untitled 2007,synthetic polymer paint on canvas.Purchased with funds donated inmemory of James Agapitos OAM2007
Eubena Nampitjin (Australia, bornc1925), Kinyu 2007, syntheticpolymer paint on canvas. Purchasedwith funds provided by the PatriciaBernard Bequest Fund and the DonMitchell Bequest Fund 2007
Makinti Napanangka (Australia,born c1930), Untitled 2007, syntheticpolymer paint on canvas. Purchasedwith funds donated in memory ofJames Agapitos OAM 2007
Marie Orsto (Australia, b1962),Miyinga jilamara 2008, diptych:natural ochres on canvas.Purchased with funds provided bythe Aboriginal CollectionBenefactors Group 2008
Paddy Japaljarri Sims (Australia,born c1917), Yanjirlpirri Jukurrpa(Star Dreaming) 1961, 2007,synthetic polymer paint on canvas.Purchased with funds provided bythe Aboriginal CollectionBenefactors Group 2008
Christian Bumbarra Thompson(Australia, b1978), 10 untitledphotographic prints from the seriesEmotional striptease 2003, Pegasusdigital print, 12 all of the samename. D G Wilson Bequest Fund2008
Greg Leong (Australia; Hong Kong,b1946), Opera frock for a giantChinese Australian warrior diva2003, various brocades and fabrics,heat transfer prints. Roger PietriFund 2008
SUB TOTAL 1 WORK
CHINA
Ram-shaped candle holder WesternJin dynasty 265–316 CE, celadonstoneware. Edward and GoldieSternberg Chinese Art PurchaseFund 2007
Miao people, 4 pieces of jewellery, 5textiles and 2 tools for batik making:Dragon ball necklace 1900s, silver;Embossed headdress comb 1900s,silver; Large silver dress fastenerhook with ornamentation 1900s,silver; Layered rounds of necklace1900s, silver; Dark blue and purpleembroidered baby carrier completewith original long straps 1900s, silkembroidery on cotton; Baby carrierembroidered with orange butterflydesign 1900s, silk embroidery oncotton; Yellow embroidered cape1900s, silk embroidery on cotton;Red diamond checks belt 1900s,silk embroidery; Shaman or leader’srobe with blue and white designs1900s, silk embroidered on cotton;Pen for batik designs 1900s, wood,metal; Pen for batik designs 1900s,wood, metal. Roger Pietri Fund2008
HUANG Yi (China, 1744–1801),Embarking on the journey, hangingscroll, ink on paper. Edward andGoldie Sternberg Chinese ArtPurchase Fund 2008
SUB TOTAL 13 WORKS
INDONESIA
Java, Cloth with Islamic inscriptions1900s, blue ground cotton batik.Purchased with funds provided bythe VisAsia Dinner Fund tocommemorate The arts of Islamexhibition 2008
SUB TOTAL 1 WORK
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JAPAN
Male and female Shintô deities900s–1000s, Heian period794–1185, cypress wood withtraces of polychromy. AsianCollection Benefactors Fund 2008
Male and female Shintô deities1100s, Heian period 794–1185,cypress wood with traces ofpolychromy. D G Wilson BequestFund 2008
Iwasa Matabei School, Tale ofGenji mid 1600s, Edo (Tokugawa)period 1615–1868, pair of six-foldscreens, ink and colour on paper.Purchased with the assistance ofthe Diana Dorothea Bennett Fund2007
Utagawa KUNISADA (Japan,1786–1864), Chapter 3 Shell of thelocust from the series Romanticreminiscences of Genji 1857–61,Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615–1868,ôban diptych, colour woodcut.Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 2007
Utagawa KUNISADA (Japan,1786–1864), Andô/UtagawaHIROSHIGE (Japan, 1797–1858),‘Yuki no niwa’ (Garden scene insnow) from the series ‘Azuma Genji’1854, Edo (Tokugawa) period1615–1868, triptych, colourwoodblock print. Yasuko MyerBequest Fund 2007
SUB TOTAL 5 WORKS
KOREA
Seven star spirits (ch’ilseungtaeng)1931, hanging scroll, ink andmineral colour on cloth. Purchasedwith the assistance of the AsianCollection Benefactors Fund 2008
SUB TOTAL 1 WORK
INDIA
North India, probably Uttar Pradesh,Folio from a dispersed series of the‘Bhagavata Purana’ c1520–30,opaque watercolour on paper.Purchased 2007
Rajasthan, The levels of hell early1800s, concertina album, gouacheon paper; 62 folios comprising 58full-page illustrations in red, blue,green, yellow, black and white plus4 fly leaves, Prakrit in blackDevanagari script; bound in beigecanvas cover with scalloped flapand tie. Purchased 2008
SUB TOTAL 2 WORKS
PAKISTAN
Swat Valley, ancient Gandhara,Reliquary stupa 1–200s, Kushanperiod c50 – early 400s, crystal, in 3 sections, with square goldparapet and 8 gold and pearl chains
suspended from lowest parasol(chattra) of the six surmounting thedrum, an additional cylindricalbronze container containing relics(one crystal drop, two gold rings, agold stupa and a finely wrought giltsix-petal flower). Purchased 2007
Shahzia Sikander (Pakistan; UnitedStates of America, b1969), TheFabric Workshop and Museum(United States of America, est.1977), The illustrated page (edition#2) 2005–07, gouache, gold leaf,silkscreen. Purchased with fundsprovided by the VisAsia Dinner Fundto commemorate The arts of Islamexhibition and the Asian CollectionBenefactors Fund 2008
SUB TOTAL 2 WORKS
THAILAND
Northern Thailand, Black waterbottle 1900s, earthenware. RogerPietri Fund 2008
SUB TOTAL 1 WORK
VIETNAM
Yao people, 2 textiles: Woman’sembroidered cross stitch garmentwith leaf pattern 1900s, cotton,beads; Embroidered Yao magician’srobe with numerous symbols1900s, silk embroidered on cotton.Roger Pietri Fund 2008
SUB TOTAL 2 WORKS
VIETNAM/LAOS
Border of Vietnam and Laos, Co’tuarea, Metal beaded woven textile1900s, metal. Roger Pietri Fund2008
SUB TOTAL 1 WORK
TOTAL ASIAN ART DEPARTMENT29 WORKS
European art pre-1900
Jacques Blanchard (France,1600–38), Mars and the vestalvirgin, oil on canvas. Purchased withfunds resulting from a gift by JamesFairfax AO and with the support ofthe Art Gallery Society of NSW2007
Rodolphe Bresdin (France,1822–85), The flight into Egypt1855, lithograph. Purchased 2008
Jean-François Millet (France,1814–75), The gleaners 1855–56,etching. Parramore Purchase Fund2007
SUB TOTAL 3 WORKS
Modern andcontemporary art
Brook Andrew (Australia, b1970),Ngajuu Ngaay Nginduugirr (I seeyou) 1998, diptych: neon andtransparency face mounted onacrylic. Contemporary CollectionBenefactors 2007 with theassistance of Anonymous, MarkBaxter, Luca & Anita Belgiorno-Nettis, Peter Braithwaite, KemsleyBrennan & Stephen Buzacott,Andrew Cameron, Trevor & CaroleChappell, Jen Dowling & James Hill,Rob Gould, Stephen Grant &Bridget Pirrie, Ginny Green, DavidKent, Robyn Norton & StephenMacMahon, Nicola Pain & MichaelHarris, Lisa Paulsen, Sue Salmon,Penelope Seidler, Bernard Shafer,John Sharpe, Vivienne Sharpe,Stephen Solomons, Miriam & LesStein, Rachel Verghis, MichaelWhitworth & Candice Bruce,Corinne & John Young
John Beard (Wales; Australia,b1943), Janet Laurence 2007, oiland wax on linen. Purchased 2007
Ian Burn (Australia; United States ofAmerica, 1939–93), ‘Artists think …’no 1 1993, oil, card, wood (threeparts). Rudy Komon Memorial Fund2007
Adam Cullen (Australia, b1965),Comedic relief 2000, syntheticpolymer paint on canvas.Contemporary CollectionBenefactors 2008 with the generousassistance of Richard & ChrissieBanks, Peter Braithwaite & GaryLinnane, Stephen Buzacott &Kemsley Brennan, AndrewCameron, Joseph Catanzariti, TrevorChappell, Fran Clark, Peter English,Robert Gould, Ginny Green, Julian &Stephanie Grose, James Hill & JenDowling, Davina Jackson & ChrisJohnson, Vasili Kaliman, StephenMcMahon & Robyn Norton, JanMinchin, Morna Seres & Ian Hill,Vivienne Sharpe & Tim McCormick,Lucy Turnbull, Rachel Verghis, RayWilson
Neil Emmerson (Australia, b1956),wood nymph triptych (the heart is alonely hunter) 3 2006, colourscreenprint on Dutch etching paper.Contemporary CollectionBenefactors 2008
Valie Export (United States ofAmerica, b1940), Touch cinema1969, black and white single-channel video, sound, 1:08 minutes.Mervyn Horton Bequest Fund 2007
Gail Hastings (Australia, b1965), Soshe said 2007, enamel on plywood,acrylic on linen and canvas, framedwatercolour and pencil on paper.Contemporary CollectionBenefactors 2007
Anton Henning (Germany, b1964),Portrait no 236 2007, oil on canvaswith lightframe. Purchased withfunds provided by Geoff and VickiAinsworth and the Mervyn HortonBequest Fund 2008
Roger Hilton (England, 1911–75),Figure 1970, charcoal. Purchasedunder the terms of the FlorenceTurner Blake Bequest 2007
David Hockney (England, b1937),A closer winter tunnel, Feb–Mar2006, oil on canvas, 6 panels.Purchased with funds provided byGeoff and Vicki Ainsworth, theFlorence and William CrosbyBequest and the Art Gallery of NewSouth Wales Foundation 2007
Ruark Lewis (Australia, b1960),Paul Carter (Australia, b1951), Raft1995, stenciled hexaglot text inpencil graphite on chalk gessoground inscribed on rafters withunderframes (28 sets, each 120cmsquare), silk drapes and audiosoundtrack (42 minutes). RudyKomon Memorial Fund 2008
Nigel Milsom (Australia, b1975), 2paintings: untitled (the incident)2007–08, oil on linen; untitled (theincident) 2007–08, oil on linen.Contemporary CollectionBenefactors 2008
Giorgio Morandi (Italy, 1890–1964),Still life 1947, oil on canvas.Purchased with funds provided byRob and Jenny Ferguson and theMargaret Hannah Olley Art Trust2007
Bruce Nauman (United States ofAmerica, b1941), 2 DVDs: Revolvingupside down 1969, black and whitesingle-channel video, sound, 61minutes; Lip sync 1969, black andwhite single-channel video, sound,57 minutes. Mervyn Horton BequestFund 2007
Scott Redford (Australia, b1962), 4photographs from the series Urinals:Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach,Fortitude Valley 2000–01, 2000–01:Urinal Broadbeach A 2000–01, typeC photograph; Urinal Broadbeach B2000–01, type C photograph; UrinalFortitude Valley A 2000–01, type Cphotograph; Urinal Fortitude ValleyD 2000–01, type C photograph.Contemporary CollectionBenefactors 2007
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Julie Rrap (Australia, b1950), Bodydouble 2007, DVD, silicon rubberand electronic components.Contemporary CollectionBenefactors and Rudy KomonMemorial Fund 2007
Carolee Schneemann (UnitedStates of America, b1939), Meat joy 1964, single-channel video of 16mm colour film, sound, 6 minutes. Mervyn Horton BequestFund 2007
William Sharp (United States ofAmerica, b1936), Joseph Beuys(Germany, 1921–86), Joseph Beuys’public dialogue 1974, black andwhite single-channel video, sound, 2 hours and 15 minutes. MervynHorton Bequest Fund 2007
KOGANEZAWA Takehito (Japan;Germany, b1974), Untitled 2007,neon, chair. Gift of Geoff and VickiAinsworth 2007
SUB TOTAL 27 WORKS
Photography
Jane Burton (Australia, b1966),Wormwood #3 from the seriesWormwood 2006–07, type Cphotograph. Purchased with fundsprovided by John Armati, Robert &Vassily Skinner, and SuzanneSteigrad 2008
Jane Burton (Australia, b1966),Wormwood #10 from the seriesWormwood 2006–07, type Cphotograph. Purchased with fundsprovided by John Armati, Rex IrwinArt Dealer, Tara Mackay, andAndrew Rothery 2008
Olive Cotton (Australia,1911–2003), Gwynneth Stone1942, gelatin silver photograph,vintage. Purchased with fundsprovided by the PhotographyCollection Benefactors Program2007
Shannon Ebner (United States ofAmerica, b1971), Sculpturesinvoluntaires 2006, printed 2008,type C photograph. Gift of Geoffand Vicki Ainsworth 2008
Maria Elvira Escallón (England;Colombia, b1954), 7 photographsand 1 DVD from the series From theinside 2003, printed 2008: From theinside #1 2003, printed 2008, typeC photograph; From the inside #22003, printed 2008, type Cphotograph; From the inside #32003, printed 2008, type Cphotograph; From the inside #62003, printed 2008, type Cphotograph; From the inside #7
2003, printed 2008, type Cphotograph; From the inside #102003, printed 2008, type Cphotograph; From the inside #112003, printed 2008, type Cphotograph; From the inside 2003,colour video, sound, 12 hours.Mervyn Horton Bequest Fund 2008
Merilyn Fairskye (Australia, b1950),Aqua/Bay #1 from the series Aqua2007, pigment print. Purchased withfunds provided by the PhotographyCollection Benefactors Program2007
Simryn Gill (Singapore; Malaysia;Australia, b1959), Run 2006, printed2008, 6 gelatin silver photographsand 3 type C photographs.Purchased with funds provided by the Mordant family and thePhotography Collection BenefactorsProgram 2008
Ken Gonzales-Day (United Statesof America, b1964), At daylight themiserable man got carried to an oakfrom the series Hang trees 2002,printed 2007, Chromogenicphotograph. Gift of Geoff and VickiAinsworth 2008
Rebecca Ann Hobbs (Australia,b1976), High from the series Upwith the fall, down on the diagonal2006, printed 2008, lightjet print.Purchased with funds provided bythe Photography CollectionBenefactors Program 2008
Rebecca Ann Hobbs (Australia,b1976), Slip ‘n slide from the seriesUp with the fall, down on thediagonal 2007, printed 2008, lightjetprint. Purchased with fundsprovided by Cameron Williams 2008
Sharon Lockhart (United States ofAmerica, b1964), Untitled 2007,Chromogenic photograph. Gift ofGeoff and Vicki Ainsworth 2008
Paul Ogier (New Zealand; Australia,b1974), Hauptbahnhof, Berlin 2007,archival pigment ink on cotton ragpaper. Purchased with fundsprovided by the PhotographyCollection Benefactors Program2008
Catherine Opie (United States ofAmerica, b1961), Justin Bond 1993,Chromogenic photograph. Gift ofGeoff and Vicki Ainsworth 2008
Franz Roh (Germany, 1890–1965),Untitled c1930, gelatin silverphotograph, vintage. Purchasedwith funds provided by thePhotography Collection BenefactorsProgram 2007
Allan Sekula (United States ofAmerica, b1951), Mother andpremature baby, Kassel 2006–07,type C photograph. Gift of Geoffand Vicki Ainsworth 2008
Tim Silver (Australia, b1974),untitled (tuvaluan triptych) 2007, 3 type C photographs, uniqueprints. Purchased with fundsprovided by the PhotographyCollection Benefactors Program2008
Glenn Sloggett (Australia, b1964),Roadworker blues from the seriesDecrepit 2006, printed 2007, type Cphotograph. Purchased with fundsprovided by King St Gallery, JaneWhiston and the PhotographyCollection Benefactors Program2008
Glenn Sloggett (Australia, b1964),Dolphin from the series Decrepit2005, printed 2007, type Cphotograph. Purchased with fundsprovided by Sandra Ferman and thePhotography Collection BenefactorsProgram 2008
Darren Sylvester (Australia, b1974),All you need to know you knew2007, lightjet print. Purchased withfunds provided by BronwynDoutreband, Egil Paulsen, RussellSkelton & Virginia Trioli, Sullivan &Strumpf and the PhotographyCollection Benefactors Program2008
SUB TOTAL 26 WORKS
TOTAL WESTERN ARTDEPARTMENT 56 WORKS
TOTAL ALL DEPARTMENTS 135 WORKS PURCHASED
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COLLECTION –GIFTS
Australian art
KAREN ASPDEN
David Aspden (Australia,1935–2005), 37 drawings: untitled(tree bark) (1997), synthetic polymerpaint on ivory wove paper; untitled1981, brush and black ink, syntheticpolymer paint wash on ivory wovepaper; untitled (some black) (1978),synthetic polymer paint on ivorywove paper; Castle Hill No II 1976,synthetic polymer paint on paper;untitled (1982), charcoal on ivorywove paper; untitled (New Britainbrown series) (1980–81), syntheticpolymer paint on paper; Ali’s bar(New York) (1980), syntheticpolymer paint on ivory wove paper;untitled (1984), synthetic polymerpaint and collage on ivory wovepaper; Ramingining 1991, syntheticpolymer paint on cream wovepaper; Waterscape 2005, syntheticpolymer paint on white wovewatercolour paper; Central desertlandscape 1995, synthetic polymerpaint on white wove paper; Treetotem no 1 1998, synthetic polymerpaint, wash on white wove paper;Tree totem no 3 1998, syntheticpolymer paint, wash on white wovepaper; Tree totem no 2 1998,synthetic polymer paint, wash onwhite wove paper; Grey day atSanctuary Point 1998, syntheticpolymer paint on white wove paper;Egypt 2005, synthetic polymer painton white wove paper; Meditationson landscape no 3 1998, syntheticpolymer paint on white wove paper;Leaf fall at Sanctuary Point no 21998, synthetic polymer paint, washon white wove paper; untitled(Garden series) 2005, syntheticpolymer paint, wash on white wovepaper; Egypt II 2005, gouache onwhite wove paper; untitled(Japanese) 1998, gouache on ivorycard; Market 3 (Papua New Guinea)(1981), ink, wash on ivory wovepaper; untitled (Papua New Guinea)(1981), pencil, watercolour, wash onivory wove paper; Baai village 3(1981), synthetic polymer paint onwhite wove paper; untitled (NorthernTerritory) (1982), synthetic polymerpaint, wash on ivory wove paper;untitled (Duk Duk) 1981, ink onwhite wove paper; Baai village 4(1981), synthetic polymer paint,wash on white wove paper; untitled(Papua New Guinea) (1981),gouache, wash on white wovepaper; Ritual dance (1981),synthetic polymer paint, ink washon white wove paper; Night heron
1999, ink, wash on ivory wovepaper; untitled (Northern Territoryseries) 1991, synthetic polymerpaint on ivory wove paper; untitled(Northern Territory series) (1991),synthetic polymer paint on ivorywove paper; Coast II 1978,synthetic polymer paint, collage onwhite paper; Coast III 1978,synthetic polymer paint, collage onwhite paper; Untitled (1979), ink,wash on white wove paper; untitled(Balmain) (1984), synthetic polymerpaint, collage on white wove paper;Untitled (1984), synthetic polymerpaint, collage on white wove paper
David Aspden (Australia,1935–2005), 6 prints: Tantara 1976,linocut, brown ink on ivory wovepaper; Channels no 1 (1978), colourscreenprint on Japanese paper;Channels no 2 (1978), colourscreenprint on Japanese paper;Channels no 3 (1978), colourscreenprint on Japanese paper;Cross current 1976, colour linocut,blue ink on ivory wove paper; Subaqua (1976), colour woodcut, darkblue ink on cream wove paper
David Aspden (Australia,1935–2005), 4 paintings: Brown flagjazz 1968, synthetic polymer painton canvas; Black music 2003, oil oncanvas; Reef 1984, oil on canvas;Mountain scenery (1973), syntheticpolymer paint on canvas
David Aspden (Australia,1935–2005), 2 watercolours:untitled (Woolloomooloo) (1978–79),watercolour, ink wash on ivory wovewatercolour paper; untitled(Woolloomooloo) (1979),watercolour, ink wash on ivory wovewatercolour paper
BEQUEST OF EVELYN EDITH CARR
Ellis Rowan (Australia, 1848–1922),untitled (flannel flowers) 1879,watercolour, gouache on paper
JUDY CASSAB
Judy Cassab (Australia, b1920),Madras, India 2002, pencil,watercolour on white wove paper
NEILTON CLARKE
Neilton Clarke (Japan; Australia,b1958), Jumping Jack 1986, colourscreenprint on cream wove paper
KEVIN CONNOR
Kevin Connor (Australia, b1932),31 drawings from the portfolioAndalusian drawings, c1967–69:Sand mirror of the moon and thehouse at Almayate Bajo c1967–69,pen, brush and black ink on ivorywove paper; Dawn before the
children play c1967–69, pen, brush,black and dark blue ink on ivorywove paper; Andalusian nightc1967–69, pen and black ink, washon ivory wove paper; Alhambrac1967–69, pen and black ink, washon ivory wove paper; Alhambrac1967–69, pen, brush and black inkon ivory wove paper; Alhambrac1967–69, pen, brush and blackink, wash on ivory wove paper;Alhambra c1967–69, pen, brushand black ink on ivory wove paper;Alhambra c1967–69, pen, brushand black ink on ivory wove paper;Alhambra c1967–69, pencil, pen,brush and black ink on ivory wovepaper; untitled c1967–69, pen,brush and black ink on ivory wovepaper; The peasants city c1967–69,brush and black ink on ivory wovepaper; Night sea – Almayate Bajoc1967–69, pen, brush and black inkon ivory wove paper; Almayate Bajonight c1967–69, pen, brush andblack ink, wash on ivory wovepaper; Witches’ tale – Alhambrac1967–69, pen, brush and black inkon ivory wove paper; Almayate Bajoc1967–69, pen, brush and black inkon ivory wove paper; Donkey man –Sayalonga c1967–69, pen andblack ink on ivory wove paper;Witches’ tales Guadix 1 c1967–69,pen, brush and black ink on ivorywove paper; Man on a donkeyc1967–69, pen and black ink onivory wove paper; Portrait of thefisherman of Almayate Bajofromc1967–69, pen, brush and black inkon ivory wove paper; Witches’ tale,Guadix 2 c1967–69, pen, brush andblack ink on ivory wove paper;Cómpeta c1967–69, pen, brushand black ink on ivory wove paper;Cycle c1967–69, pen and black inkon ivory wove paper; Portrait –Velez de Malaga c1967–69, pen,brush and black ink on ivory wovepaper; Goat herd – Almayate Bajoc1967–69, pen, brush and black inkon ivory wove paper; Harvest – roadto Granada c1967–69, pen, brushand black ink on ivory wove paper;Rainbow harvest c1967–69, pen,brush and black ink on ivory wovepaper; Blind man – Competa 1969,pencil, pen, brush and black ink,gouache on ivory wove paper;Gypsy dancer c1967–69, pen andblack ink on ivory wove paper;Gipsy dancers c1967–69, pen,brush and black ink on ivory wovepaper; Rider, Competa c1967–69,pen and black ink on ivory wovepaper; crucifixion 1969, pen, brushand black ink on ivory wove paper
THE SIR WILLIAM DOBELL ARTFOUNDATION
Ana Pollak (Australia), Mullet Creek2007, graphite on rice paper
THE WILLIAM FLETCHERFOUNDATION
William Fletcher (Australia,1924–83), 1 painting and 1 drawing:Olearia (c1969), oil on hardboard;Lambertia (in dappled sunlight)1974, gouache on paper
JOHN KEIGHTLEY
Lyndon Dadswell (Australia,1908–86), Figure studies 1960, pen,blue, black and brown ink and washon lined exercise book page
RICHARD KING
Charles Conder (Australia;England, 1868–1909), 4 prints: Lafille aux yeaux d’or (1899), transferlithograph, black ink on Japanesepaper; La peau de chagrin (c1903),transfer lithograph, sanguine ink onivory laid paper; A pastoral fantasyfrom Carnival set (1904, printed1906), transfer lithograph, sanguineink on ivory laid paper; The maypole(c1905), lithograph, black ink onivory laid paper
Adrian Feint (Australia,1894–1971), 12 prints from aportfolio of 12 prints (1922–c1925,printed 1982): The balcony (1922,printed 1982), etching, brown ink oncream Arches paper; The threepines (1925, printed 1982), etching,brown/black ink on ivory Archespaper; La surprise (1923, printed1982), etching, brown ink on creamArches paper; The south wind(1923, printed 1982), etching, blackink on ivory Arches paper;Rendezvous (1923, printed 1982),etching, brown ink on cream Archespaper; The bathers (1922, printed1982), etching, black ink on ivoryArches paper; Milsons Point (1924,printed 1982), etching, brown/blackink on ivory Arches paper; Thesonnet (1922, printed 1982),etching, brown ink on cream Archespaper; The scarf dance (1924,printed 1982), etching, black ink onivory wove paper; Basket willows(1922, printed 1982), etching, blackink on ivory wove paper; Thedancer (c1925, printed 1982),etching, black ink on ivory wovepaper; The collector (1925, printed1982), etching, black ink on ivoryArches paper
Conrad Martens (Australia,1801–78), Study of a tree fern (mid1850s, printed 1920), etching, blackink on white wove paper
Ralph Trafford Walker (Australia,1912–2003), 2 watercolours and 3drawings: five female nudes 1974,pencil, watercolour on white wovepaper; mother and child, two nudesin background 1974, pencil,
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watercolour on white wove paper;two female nudes 1971, pen andblack ink, wash on ivory wovepaper; two female nudes 1973, penand black ink, wash on ivory laidpaper; two nudes – woman and girl1974, pen and black ink, wash onivory wove paper
PETER KINGSTON
Peter Kingston (Australia, b1943),Australia -v- England chess set1976–78, reworked 1981, 1985,2008, carved Oregon wood,enamel, perspex lid
LUCY LOANE
Yvonne Boag (Scotland; Australia,b1954), Urban landscape II (2000),colour sugarlift and open biteetching on white Somerset paper
JULIET LOCKHART IN MEMORYOF JOHN LOCKHART AO QC
Hector Gilliland (Australia,1911–2002), Gravel works,Richmond NSW (1937), pencil,watercolour on ivory wove paper
JENNY POLLACK
David Barker (Australia,1888–1946), 8 prints: Jerusalem(c1920), etching, black ink withplate tone on cream laid paper;untitled (kookaburra), etching,brown/black ink on thick ivory wovepaper; untitled (sailing ships andseagull), drypoint, black ink withplate tone on thick white wovepaper; The fig tree (c1920), etching,black ink with plate tone on thick,dark cream wove paper; The mill,Sussex (c1929), etching, foul bite,black ink on ivory wove paper;untitled (trams in street) (c1929),drypoint, black ink on ivory wovepaper; (Martin Place) (c1929),pencil, drypoint, black ink on creamwove paper; Bridge Street (1930),drypoint, black ink on ivory wovepaper
GARRY PURSELL
Dick Watkins (Australia, b1937),October 1967, diptych: syntheticpolymer paint on canvas
ALAN AND JANCIS REES
Lloyd Rees (Australia, 1895–1988),21 prints and 1 drawing: The distantDerwent II 1983, transfer lithograph,black ink on ivory wove paper;Sunrise at Sandy Bay 1985, transfercolour lithograph, black, blue andyellow ink on ivory Velin Archespaper; Sunrise at Sandy Bay 1985,transfer lithograph, black ink on
white Velin Arches paper; The littleboat 1983, transfer lithograph, blackink on ivory laid paper; untitled (TheDerwent, Hobart) 1983, transferlithograph, black ink on ivory wovepaper; untitled (The Derwent,Hobart) 1984, transfer lithograph,black ink on white Velin Archespaper; untitled (The Derwent,Hobart) (1984), transfer lithograph,black ink on white Velin Archespaper, hand-coloured inwatercolour; Untitled 1983, transferlithograph, black ink on white wovepaper; untitled (The Derwent,Hobart) 1983, transfer lithograph,black ink on white Velouwe paper;Untitled 1983, transfer lithograph,black ink on white Velouwe paper;untitled (Sunset, The Derwent,Hobart) (1984), transfer lithograph,black ink on white Velouwe paper;untitled (The Derwent, Hobart)1983, transfer lithograph, black inkon ivory Velin Arches paper; untitled(The Derwent, towards the TasmanBridge, Hobart) 1984, transferlithograph, black ink on white VelinArches paper; untitled (TheDerwent, Hobart) 1984, transferlithograph, black ink on white VelinArches paper; untitled (TheDerwent, Hobart) (1984), transferlithograph, black ink, hand-colouredwith watercolour on white VelinArches paper; untitled (TheDerwent, Hobart) (1983, printedlater), transfer lithograph, black inkon white Johannot paper; Boat inthe bay (1982, printed later), transferlithograph, black ink on cream wovepaper; untitled (Tasmania) 1987,transfer lithograph, black ink onVelin Arches paper; untitled (thirdversion of Veteran tree) (c1988),transfer lithograph, black ink onivory Velin Arches paper; untitled(Balls Head, Sydney) 1987, transferlithograph, black ink on white VelinArches paper; Rainforest (1988),transfer lithograph, black ink onivory Velin Arches paper; Untitled(c1986), lithographic crayon ontransfer paper
JAN RISKE
Jan Riske (Australia, b1932), 12drawings: Untitled 1990, pen andblack ink on white wove paper, 12all of the same name
HANS AND PAMELA SCHUTTLER
Chris Denton (Australia, b1950),Beyond the hyperdrome 4 1992,photo-etching, aquatint, dark green/black ink on white wove paper
Euan Heng (Scotland; Australia,b1945), Ne’erday 1991, linocut,black ink and hand-coloured withwatercolour on white wove paper
Timothy Ralph (Australia, b1959),Goodbye Chiko 1989, drypoint,black ink on ivory wove paper
GEORGE SOUTTER AND JOHN YU
attrib. Ailsa Lee Brown (Australia,1898–1943), untitled (cranes byharbour) (c1937), wood engraving,black ink on cream Japanese paper
Noel Counihan (Australia,1913–86), Mexican girl 1970,linocut, black ink on white Japanesepaper
Gladys Gibbons (Australia,1903–69), Daisies (c1933), linocut,black ink on ivory Japanese paper
Weaver Hawkins (United Kingdom;Australia, 1893–1977), 1 print and 1watercolour: Maltese cart (1930),colour woodcut on ivory(Japanese?) paper; Untitled 1940,pencil, watercolour on white wovepaper
Frank Hinder (Australia, 1906–92),Enid at mealtime 1937, black contéon ivory paper
attrib. Adelaide Ironside (Australia,1831–67), untitled (figure with sheafof wheat – Ruth?) (c1853),watercolour on ivory wove paper oncard
Bea Maddock (Australia, b1934),Male I (1967), woodcut, black inkon ivory Japanese paper
Eileen Mayo (Australia; NewZealand; United Kingdom,1906–94), 2 prints: Mantis (c1968),colour linocut, collotype; Mantis inthe sun (c1968), colour linocut,collograph on white paper oncardboard
Adelaide Perry (Australia,1881–1973), The Bridge, October1929 (1930), linocut, black ink onthin cream paper on cardboard
Algirdas Simkunas (Latvia;Australia, 1927–72), 2 drawings:(Figure on horse), charcoal on ivorywove paper; (Cubist figure),charcoal on ivory wove paper
Peter Upward (Australia, 1932–83),8 prints from the Sandura suite1974–75: Sadewa’s servants arefrightened by the presence of evilspirits 1974, colour screenprint onivory wove paper; Garuda bird1974, colour screenprint on ivorywove paper; Jungle near theElephant Caves 1974, colourscreenprint on ivory wove paper;Gamelan orchestra 1974, colourscreenprint on ivory wove paper;Monkey savouring the momentbefore eating the louse found on theBarong 1974, colour screenprint onivory wove paper; My old black billy1974, colour screenprint on ivorywove paper; Lah deed dah 1974,
colour screenprint on ivory wovepaper; Bronte 1975, colourscreenprint on ivory wove paper
MEREDITH STOKES
Nora Heysen (Australia,1911–2003), Portrait of Evie Stokes1935, brown conté on ivory wovepaper
BARBARA TUCKER
Albert Tucker (Australia, 1914–99),Gift bearers 1955, oil on hardboard
ANNE WIENHOLT
Godfrey Miller (Australia,1893–1964), 2 drawings: Nudestudy, pencil on ivory machine-wovepaper; Nude study, pencil on ivorymachine-wove paper
STAFF OF THE ART GALLERY OF NSW
Michael Kempson (Australia,b1961), Regret 2002, colouretching, aquatint, open bite, deepetch on cream Arches paper
Unknown (Australia), Small figure1989, synthetic polymer paint onwood
Unknown (Australia), Eagle c1990,synthetic polymer paint on wood
Unknown (Australia), Echidna c1990,synthetic polymer paint on wood
Unknown (Australia), Untitledc1990, wood
Unknown (Australia), Bird 1988,synthetic polymer paint on wood
MARGARET TUCKSON
Rosella Namok (Australia, b1979),That day 1999, synthetic polymerpaint on canvas
SUB TOTAL 19 WORKS
TOTAL AUSTRALIAN ARTDEPARTMENT 203 WORKS
Asian art
CHINA
RENA BRIAND
Export ware, Dish with two birds,blue and white porcelain
MRS H DRESDNER
Bi disc decorated with dragonsQing dynasty 1644–1911, jade
MARY AND HENRY FUNG
3 sculptures and 1 ceramic:Rectangular bead ornamented with dragon motif Han dynasty 206 BCE – 220 CE, yellowish jadealtered to brown in some areas;Tongue amulet of a cicada Handynasty 206 BCE – 220 CE,greyish-white jade with stains of red pigment; A pair of ornaments1800s, Qing dynasty 1644–1911,light green jadeite; A pair of bowlswith floral design 1920s, Republic1912–49, porcelain with underglazeblue decoration
DR SINCLAIR GILLIES
Oriental cup early 1800s, porcelain
Export ware, 2 ceramics: Teapot1700s, stoneware with gilt andenamel decoration; Jug with raisedfloral and butterfly pattern 1700s,porcelain
MS NANCY LEE
LIANG Dingfen (China,1859–1919), Poem in runningscript, ink on paper
Duanfang (China, 1861–1911), 2rubbings: Ink rubbing taken from aWestern Han dynasty (206–25 BCE)tile with an inscription 1909, ink onpaper and silk; Ink rubbing of theinscription cast on the lid of a ‘gui’vessel of the late Western Zhoudynasty (c1000s–771 BCE), ink onpaper and silk
TANG Hengwen (China, late1800s–early 1900s), Ouyang Xiu’s‘On the clique’ in regular script, inkon silk
DUAN Xu (China, 1864–1936),Poem in running script, ink on silk
SHANG Yanliu (China, 1875–1963),Huang Junbi (China; Taiwan,1899–1991), Fan with ‘Comment onpainting’ in running script 1941,1942, ink and colour on paper
YU Youren (China, 1878–1964),Poem in cursive script, ink on paper
FROM THE COLLECTION OF THELATE AUDREY QUIGLEY, A GIFTFROM HER LOVING HUSBANDBARRY QUIGLEY
Water pipe c1900, brass withcotton tassel
JUDITH AND KEN RUTHERFORD
5 textiles: Double-sided cheat’shandkerchief, calligraphy on silk;Cheat’s handkerchief, calligraphy onsilk; Cheat’s handkerchief, calligraphyon cotton; Cheat’s handkerchief,calligraphy on paper; Cheat’shandkerchief, calligraphy on paper
THE STORCH FAMILY IN LOVINGMEMORY OF FREDDIE STORCH
Armchair with stone panel set onsplat early 1900s, wood (huali), stone
BEQUEST OF FREDDIE STORCH
1 ceramic and 1 sculpture: Coveredbowl with plum blossom and magpiedesign Guangxu 1875–1908, Qingdynasty 1644–1911, porcelain withyellow, blue, black enamel decoration
Hebei Province, Bodhisattva Tangdynasty 618–907, white marble,standing on a black base
JOHN YU AND GEORGE SOUTTER
Changsha ware, 2 ceramics: Kendiwith straight spout Tang dynasty618–907, earthenware decorated inyellow glaze; Kendi Tang dynasty618–907, stoneware with yue-likeglaze decorated with brown splashes
SUB TOTAL 27 WORKS
INDIA
ZENOBIA BOYCE
Krishnaji Howlaji Ara (India,1914–85), untitled (still life) c1945,gouache on paper
Shiavax Chavda (India, 1914–90),1 drawing and 1 painting: Manipuridrummer 1963, ink and pencil onpaper; Dancer 1961, acrylic oncanvas
Sayed Haider Raza (India, b1922),untitled (village landscape) 1948,watercolour on paper
DR AND MRS D HODGKINSON
North India, Dagger (khanjar)Mughal c1526–c1857, steel withbone handle, pigment, blue scabbard
J A AND H D SPERLING
Double-handled punch-dagger(‘katar’) with cover, metal with giltpattern on handle
SUB TOTAL 6 WORKS
INDONESIA
PETER COURT AND FAMILY INMEMORY OF DEE COURT
East Timor, Granary door c1940s,carved wood
THOMAS MURRAY
Kalimantan, Bead panel, glassbeads on cloth
JOHN YU AND GEORGE SOUTTER
5 textiles: Batik with rusak designc1900s, cotton, dyes; Batik withrusak design c1900s, cotton, dyes; Batik – kain panjang, cottondecorated with rasak pattern; Batik – kain panjang c1940s,machine-woven cotton; Batikhanging, cotton
Aceh, Batik head cloth with stylisedIslamic calligraphy design early1900s, cotton, dyes
Cirebon, 3 textiles: Batik man’shead piece or Kepala mid 1900s,machine-woven cotton; Batik – kainpanjang mid 1900s, machine-wovencotton, synthetic dyes; Batik – kainpanjang 1950s–70s, machine-woven cotton, synthetic dyes
Eliza van Zuylen workshop(Indonesia, est. 1925, closed 1975),Batik – kain panjang, cotton
Oey Kek Hwa II (Indonesia), Elizavan Zuylen workshop (Indonesia,estab. 1925, closed 1975), Batik –kain panjang 1960, cotton
Jambi, Sumatra, 4 textiles: Batikcoffin cover with stylised Islamic
calligraphy design mid 1900s,cotton, dyes; Batik cloth withtraditional Jambi stamped floraldesign early 1900s, cotton, dyes;Batik early 1900s, cotton; Batikearly 1900s, cotton
Java, 3 ceramics and 4 textiles:Large kendi, terracotta with silveralloy spout and later woodenstopper; Kendi, terracotta with silveralloy spout; Kendi, terracotta withsurface polished by burnishing;Batik – selimat or breast wrapper,cotton; Batik – kain panjang, cottonwith traditional repeat geometricpattern; Batik – kain panjang,cotton; Batik – selimat (scarf) orbreast wrapper, cotton
Java or Bali, Block-printed textile –kain panjang c1975–2000, cotton
Java, probably Pekalongan, Batik –kain panjang (long cloth), cotton
Liem Wat Beng workshop(Indonesia), Batik – kain panjang mid 1900s, cotton
Pekalongan, Java, Batik altar clothc1930, tulis design on cotton
Persia, Jug c1150–1200,earthenware decorated in black slipunder turquoise glaze
SUB TOTAL 1 WORK
IRAQ
MAREA GAZZARD
Abbasid lustreware bowl 900s,earthenware painted in lustre on anopaque white glaze
SUB TOTAL 1 WORK
JAPAN
REV JOHN ADAMS
Shrine procession of the Tôshôgûpost 1850, Edo (Tokugawa) period1615–1868, Meiji period1868–1912, illustrated book
ANONYMOUS GIFT
Tosa School, Quails and pampasgrass 1700s, Edo (Tokugawa)period 1615–1868, single six-foldscreen, ink and colour on gold ground
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REV MUNEHARU KUROZUMI
YAGI Issô (Japan, 1894–1973),Flower vase, stoneware with darkgreen glaze
STEPHEN MENZIES
Utagawa Kunisada (Japan,1786–1864), Chapter 2 Hahakigifrom the series Romanticreminiscences of Genji 1857,woodblock print
JEAN FRANCES MICHAELIDES
Satsuma ware, Hodota (Japan,est. 1887), Plate with design ofthree women playing musicalinstruments early 1900s,earthenware, gilding, enamel
KLAUS NAUMANN
Sumiyoshi Gukei (Japan,1631–1705), Chapter Usugumofrom the Tale of Genji withaccompanying poem late 1600s,Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615–1868,2 album leaves, mounted in aframe, illustration: ink, colour andgold on silk, calligraphy: ink ondecorated pape
JOHN YU AND GEORGE SOUTTER
AKIYAMA Iwao (Japan, b1921), Onthe evil soldiers – the graphic tableof fighting December 1966, papercollage, gouache and carbon ink
SAITÔ Kiyoshi (Japan, 1907–97),Signal (A) 1962, woodblock print,colour on paper
Rôsen (active 1900s), Daruma1924, Taishô period 1912–26,hanging scroll; ink on paper
Yamawaki Kôhô (Japan, active1900s), Daruma and calligraphy1900–50, hanging scroll; ink andcolour on paper
SUB TOTAL 10 WORKS
UZBEKISTAN
JOHN YU AND GEORGE SOUTTER
15 textiles: Trapping, cotton or wooltapestry weave on lined cottonsupport; Pouch, silk embroidered on cotton support, metal threads;Pouch, silk embroidered on cottonsupport, couched metal threads;Pouch, silk embroidered on silksupport; Pouch, silk embroidered on cotton, mirrors; Pouch, silkembroidered on cotton; Ikat wallhanging c1900s, old silk ikat panelmounted on a plain silk red groundbase cloth; Pair of tasselled animaltrappings early 1900s, embroideredsilk, tarnished metal threads, 3tiered tassels; Pair of animaltrappings early 1900s, silk tapestry
weave using Memling gul pattern;Hat with long tail, embroidered silk;Woman’s coat or japon 1900–25,cotton with elaborate traditionalembroidered design; Man’s silk ikatcoat c1900s, silk ikat with cottonlining; Wall hanging, silk threadembroidery on cotton with nicheand plain white cotton ground; Wall hanging c1900s, old silk ikatpanel mounted on a plain silk redground base cloth; Tent pole bag,embroidered silk on wool or silkbacking
1 piece of metalwork and 1lacquerware: Cham bell, bronze;Lacquer tray, wood, mother of pearlinlays
FROM THE COLLECTION OF THELATE AUDREY QUIGLEY, A GIFTFROM HER LOVING HUSBANDBARRY QUIGLEY
Cylindrical betel nut containerc1900, mother of pearl inlay intoChinese hardwood, with metal rims
SUB TOTAL 3 WORKS
TOTAL ASIAN ART DEPARTMENT93 WORKS
European art pre-1900
BEQUEST OF MISS DOROTHYSCHARF
John Constable (England,1776–1837), Stoke-by-NaylandChurch c1814, pencil
Thomas Gainsborough (England,1727–88), Trees by a pool early1750s, pencil
GEORGE SOUTTER AND JOHN YU
Frederick Christian Lewis(England, 1779–1856), after JohnFlaxman (England, 1755–1826), 8 prints and 5 duplicate prints fromActs of mercy 1831: Instruct theignorant 1831, engraving; Feed thehungry 1831, engraving; Clothe thenaked 1831, engraving; Visit the
sick 1831, engraving; Comfort theafflicted 1831, engraving; Go to thehouse of mourning 1831, engraving;Comfort the fatherless and widow1831, engraving; Deliver the captive1831, engraving; Instruct theignorant 1831, engraving; Clothethe naked 1831, engraving; Go to the house of mourning 1831,engraving; Comfort the fatherlessand widow 1831, engraving; Deliver the captive 1831, engraving
SUB TOTAL 15 WORKS
Modern andcontemporary
ANONYMOUS GIFT
Adam Cullen (Australia, b1965),John Travers 2003, syntheticpolymer paint on canvas
ESTATE OF STEPHEN BIRCH
Stephen Birch (Australia,1961–2007), 1 installation and 1 sculpture: Civic minded 1999,polyurethane, fiberglass, leather,rubber, acrylic and oil; Untitled2005, polyurethane, fibreglass,acrylic and oil
JANET BURCHILL AND JENNIFERMcCAMLEY
Janet Burchill (Australia, b1955),Jennifer McCamley (Australia,b1957), Temptation to exist (untitled)1986, 6 type C photographs onaluminium
DENISE GREEN
Denise Green (Australia; UnitedStates of America, b1946), Curfew1976, black ink on paper
MIKE PARR
Mike Parr (Australia, b1945), 1 sculpture, 1 DVD and 2photographs from the mixed-mediainstallation AMERIKA the ice ismelting … 2006: AMERIKA, bridedress vitrine 2006, truncated wedgevitrine containing gold leaf casting ofthe artist’s left arm and bride dress;AMERIKA, performance for as longas possible, 9–12 May 2006 2006,videostream, 74 hours; Best man2006, type C photograph; Primitivegifts 2006, type C photograph
ROBBIE AND MARY RUDKIN
Denise Green (Australia; UnitedStates of America, b1946),Tulipidendron #1 1977, oil on canvas
GEORGE SOUTTER AND JOHN YU
Keith Vaughan (England, 1912–77),Boy by a dingy 1949, colourlithograph
SUB TOTAL 11 WORKS
Photography
BONITA ELY
Bonita Ely (Australia, b1946), set of 85 unique jet prints in 9 groupsfrom the series The Murray’s edge2007–8, 2007–08: 1. Murrayheadwaters 2008, 14 unique inkjetprints; 2. Near Corryong 2007, 8 unique inkjet prints; 3. Barmah2007, 9 unique inkjet prints; 4. LakeBoga 2008, 5 unique inkjet prints;5. Near the Murrumbidgee Murrayjunction 2007–08, 12 unique inkjetprints; 6. Robinvale, Euston2007–08, 4 unique inkjet prints; 7.Bottle Bend near Mildura 2008, 11 unique inkjet prints; 8. NearSwan Reach, South Australia 2007,12 unique inkjet prints; 9. TheMurray’s estuary: Lake Alexandrina,Lake Albert, the Coorong 2007, 10 unique inkjet prints
RICHARD WOLDENDORP
Richard Woldendorp (Netherlands;Australia, b1927), 4833 Seawaterleaching into Lake Macleod, north ofCarnarvon, Western Australia 2006,inkjet print
SUB TOTAL 10 WORKS
TOTAL WESTERN ARTDEPARTMENT 36 WORKS
TOTAL ALL DEPARTMENTS 332WORKS GIFTED
TOTAL WORKS PURCHASEDAND GIFTED IN 2007–08: 467
ART GALLERY OF NSW APPENDICES 07–0884
COLLECTION –LOANS
*Renewed loans
Works lent to the GalleryThe Gallery received a long-termloan of two major works by BertramMackennal from Tate Britain.Mackennal’s Earth and the elements1907 and life-size marble Dianawounded 1907–08 were purchasedfrom Mackennal for the Britishnation in the early 20th century andwill become permanent features ofour Gallery’s colonial display courts.
A work by the young Sydney-basedIndigenous artist Daniel Boyd, Sir no beard 2007, has been offered to the Gallery on long-termloan from a private collector. Boydwill be the subject of a Sunday artsdocumentary for ABC Television inthe coming year.
Colin McDonald has continued toprovide the Gallery with a rotatingloan of different Japanese swords,which have a permanent displaycabinet in the Japanese galleries.This is one of the only permanentdisplays of such unique pieces in an Australian Gallery.
JOY FLEISCHMANN
Arthur Fleischmann, Bali womanwith scarf (1940s), terracotta;Masked dancer (c1939), terracotta
Works lent by the GallerySignificant loans from the Gallery’spermanent collections were madethis year to the National PortraitGallery, Penrith Regional Gallery, the National Gallery of Australia and Queensland Art Gallery, eachstaging major exhibitions onAustralian artists John Brack, Peter Upward, Richard Larter andKenneth Macqueen, respectively.Two touring exhibitions, Cuisine andcountry, commissioned by OrangeRegional Gallery, and Harbourlife:Sydney Harbour form the 1940s torecent times, organised by ManlyRegional Art Gallery and Museum,borrowed extensively from theGallery’s 20th-century Australian art collections, requiring significantrehanging of the modern courts and providing an opportunity for the public to discover seldom-seen works from this collection. Three iconic paintings from the19th-century courts – ArthurStreeton’s Fire’s on, W C Piguenit’sThe flood in the Darling 1890 1895 and Eugene von Guérard’sMilford Sound, New Zealand1877–79 – were lent to the National Gallery of Australia for the exhibition Turner to Monet: the triumph of landscape.
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OFTECHNOLOGY ART MUSEUM,QLD
Breaking new ground: Brisbanewomen artists of the mid-twentiethcentury27.07.07 to 30.09.07
William Dobell, Margaret Olley1948, oil on hardboard
Margaret Olley, Portrait in themirror 1948, oil on cardboard
BALLARAT FINE ART GALLERY,VIC
Eye to I: the self in recent art01.08.07 to 28.10.07
Mutlu Çerkez, Untitled: 18 April2013 2002, oil on canvas; Untitled:19 April 2013 2002, oil on canvas;Untitled: 21 April 2013 2002, oil oncanvas
HAWKESBURY REGIONALGALLERY, NSW
BloodLines: art and the horse02.08.07 to 14.10.07
Harold Cazneaux, Black horses1920–30, bromoil photograph;Untitled (dray horses in lane) c1908,gelatin silver photograph
Ken Whisson, Australian light 1984,coloured crayons
Ethel Spowers, The plough 1929,wood engraving, black ink on thinivory laid tissue paper
David Moore, Fairground horsesc1953, printed 1997, gelatin silverphotograph 1997
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY,OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE, ACT
John Brack portraits24.08.07 to 18.11.07
John Brack, Barry Humphries inthe character of Mrs Everage 1969,oil on canvas; Portrait of FredWilliams 1979–80, oil on canvas;Head and arms (Barbara Blackman)1954, black conté on ivory wovepaper
NEWCASTLE REGION ARTGALLERY, NSW
Lucian Freud: about menNewcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW25.08.07 to 14.10.07Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC 20.10.07 to 18.11.07
Lucian Freud, Self portrait:reflection 1996, etching onSomerset textured white paper;Man posing 1985, etching onSomerset Satin white paper; Manresting 1988, etching on SomersetSatin white paper
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THE DRILL HALL GALLERY,AUSTRALIAN NATIONALUNIVERSITY, ACT
Creative fellowsThe Drill Hall Gallery, AustralianNational University09.08.07 to 16.09.07
Sidney Nolan, Desert storm 1966,synthetic polymer paint on hardboard
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARYART, NSW
Julie Rrap30.08.07 to 28.01.08
Julie Rrap, Hairline crack 1992,Perspex and hair
CAMPBELLTOWN ARTS CENTRE,NSW
News from islands01.09.07 to 28.10.07
Simryn Gill, Wonderlust 1996–98,Lee Weng Choy’s shoes balancedon a pair of coconuts
CITY MUSEUM AT OLDTREASURY, VIC
Melbourne bohemia: insideMelbourne artists’ studios05.09.07 to 25.11.07
A D Colquhoun, Amalie SColquhoun 1948, oil on canvas
Norman Carter, The private view(c1905), oil on canvas
MANLY REGIONAL ART GALLERYAND MUSEUM, NSW
Artists as social commentators andactivists 1946–2006Manly Regional Art Gallery andMuseum, NSW06.09.07 to 28.10.07Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW08.02.08 to 30.03.08
Weaver Hawkins, Atomic power1947, oil on hardboard
Grace Cossington Smith, Signing1945, oil on paperboard
Roy Dalgarno, Young miner andthe old workings 1984, syntheticpolymer paint on canvas
Graeme Inson, Roderick Shaw1956, oil on hardboard
Herbert McClintock,Dawnbreakers 1939, oil on canvason hardboard; Street scene 1944,oil on paperboard
Hal Missingham, The barn, Essex(1935), oil on canvas on hardboard
Roderick Shaw, Cable layers 1946,oil on plywood
Roy Dalgarno, Miner drilling 1945,pen and ink on blue paper; The‘Mae West’ c1948, pen and ink,wash; Steel worker c1948, pen andink, wash
Herbert McClintock, Seatedworker 1957, pen and black ink,watercolour on light grey laid paper
Michiel Dolk, Woolloomooloo mural project. Documentation ofcommunity art project 1982, 8 Cibachrome photographs;Woolloomooloo mural project.Documentation of community artproject 1982, Cibachromephotograph
Merilyn Fairskye, Woolloomooloomural project. Documentation of community art project 1982, 8 Cibachrome photographs
Merilyn Fairskye, Michiel Dolk,Woolloomooloo mural project.Documentation of community artproject 1982
NATIONAL GALLERY OFAUSTRALIA, ACT
Black robe, white mist: art of theJapanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu08.09.07 to 27.01.08
O- tagaki RENGETSU, Calligraphy:(poem) 19th century, hanging scroll,ink on paper; Teabowl 19th century,stoneware with underglaze blue andblack pigment on white slip
NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA,VIC
Gordon Bennett, a surveyIan Potter Centre: NGV Australia, VIC24.08.07 to 03.01.08
Queensland Art Gallery, QLD10.05.08 to 03.08.08
Art Gallery of Western Australia, WA20.12.08 to 22.03.09
Gordon Bennett, Myth of theWestern man (white man’s burden)1992, synthetic polymer paint oncanvas
TATE BRITAIN, UK
MillaisTate Britain, UK 26.09.07 to 13.01.08Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam,Netherlands 15.02.08 to 18.05.08
Sir John Everett Millais, Thecaptive 1882, oil on canvas
LEWERS BEQUEST AND PENRITH REGIONAL ARTGALLERY, NSW
Frozen gestures: the art andphilosophy of Peter Upward20.10.07 to 02.12.07
Peter Upward, Surry Hills green1960, oil, synthetic polymer paint on hardboard; (Abstract) 1960, oil on hardboard; New reality 1961,synthetic polymer paint onhardboard
CASTLEMAINE ART GALLERY ANDHISTORICAL MUSEUM, VIC
Centenary celebration: firstAustralian exhibition of women’swork 190721.10.07 to 09.12.07
Eirene Mort, Tablecloth withwaratah design c1910, hand-stencilled and embroidered organdy
Elizabeth Söderberg, Tankard withfrilled lizard, insect and gumleafdesign c1906–c1908, beatencopper with chased and repoussédecoration; Candlestick with dolphindesign c1910, brass with repousséand chased decoration
Edith Cusack, Aline (1890s), pastelon linen
Constance Roth, Apples 1890, oil on cedar panel
Susan Gether, Wall panel withswan and landscape design c1908,handwoven wool
QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY, QLD
Kenneth Macqueen retrospective01.11.07 to 05.05.08
Kenneth Macqueen, The boatbuilders c1948, pencil, watercolour;Sandhill and sea (c1945), pencil,watercolour on white watercolourpaper; Twin hills 1935, pencil,watercolour on white watercolourpaper; Cultivation paddocks on Mt Emlyn (c1953), pencil,watercolour; Mt Domville (1945),pencil, watercolour
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICANART, USA
Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEEWhitney Museum of American Art,USA15.11.07 to 10.02.08Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA13.04.08 to 14.07.08K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany27.09.08 to 04.01.09
Lawrence Weiner, (THIS ANDTHAT) PUT (HERE AND THERE)OUT OF SIGHT OF POLARIS 1990,synthetic polymer paint
NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA,VIC
Modern Britain 1900–1960NGV: International, VIC15.11.07 to 24.02.08
Leonard Appelbee, Herrings 1946,oil on paper over cheesecloth onpanel
John Bratby, Interior with fireplaceand window at Greenwich 1957, oilon board
Edward Burra, Holy Week: Seville1937, watercolour over pencil andblack chalk
Merlyn Evans, The trial 1949,tempera on duck; Stone axe foundin Scotland 1933, chalk (conté)
Spencer Gore, The Icknield Way1912, oil on canvas
Tristram Hillier, Careening 1939, oil on canvas; Criquetot – l’Esneval1945, oil on canvas
Ivon Hitchens, Evening pool 1947,oil on canvas
Augustus John, Reverie c1914, oil on wood panel
David Jones, Self-portrait 1928, oil on canvas
Henry Moore, Sculptural ideas,hollow form 1938, pencil, pen andred and black ink, red and grey wash
Paul Nash, Mimosa wood 1926, oilon canvas; Sunflower and sun1942, oil on canvas
Ben Nicholson, Still life (Alicethrough the looking glass) 1946, oiland pencil on canvas
Samuel Peploe, Melon c1906, oilon canvas; Still life: apples and jar1912–16?, oil on canvas
Glyn Philpot, The draughtsman1923, oil on canvas, mounted onhardboard
William Roberts, The intervalbefore round ten 1919–20, oil oncanvas; Study for ‘The Prodigal setsout’ 1926–27, watercolour, pencil
William Scott, Frying pan and eggs1949, oil on canvas
Walter Richard Sickert, Sketch for‘The raising of Lazarus’ 1929–32, oilon canvas
Sir Stanley Spencer, Christ inCookham 1951–52, oil on canvas;Cookham Lock 1935, oil on canvas;The scrapheap 1944, oil on canvas;Wheatfield at Starlings 1947, oil oncanvas
Graham Sutherland, Devastation:burnt out offices 1941, watercolour,black, white and yellow chalks, overpencil
John Tunnard, Abstract 1944,watercolour and gouache
THE DRILL HALL GALLERY,AUSTRALIAN NATIONALUNIVERSITY, ACT
Smile of the Buddha: image ofenlightenment02.11.07 to 17.12.07
Unknown, Seated Buddha 18thcentury, gilt bronze
ART GALLERY OF NSW APPENDICES 07–0886
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARYART, NSW
Shahzia Sikander27.11.07 to 17.02.08
Unknown, Portrait of Khuda-BandaKhan, son of Amir-ul-umarac1720–50, watercolour on paper
Unknown, Portrait of a nobleman1720–50, opaque watercolour withgold on paper
Bhupat Das, Ibrahim Adhamministered by angels c1760,opaque watercolour with gold onpaper
Unknown, Todi Ragini late 18thcentury, opaque watercolour withgold on paper
Unknown, Portrait of a Mughalcourtier c1770, opaque watercolouron paper
Unknown, Kabir tending his loomc1740, opaque watercolour onpaper
Unknown, Figure of a woman late18th century, opaque watercolourwith gold on paper
Unknown, Study for a portrait of anobleman c1800, ink on paper
Unknown, Girl with flowersc1720–50, opaque watercolour onpaper
Unknown, A rajah of Jodhpur inceremonial procession c1820,opaque watercolour with gold onpaper
MANLY REGIONAL ART GALLERYAND MUSEUM, NSW
Harbourlife: Sydney Harbour fromthe 1940s to recent times
Manly Regional Art Gallery andMuseum, NSW30.11.07 to 13.01.08
Macquarie University Art Gallery,NSW23.01.08 to 08.03.08
Kevin Connor, Night road to theHarbour Bridge 1987, oil
Sali Herman, Sydney 1942 1981,oil on canvas
Fred Leist, Falling tide (1940s), oilon canvas on paperboard
John Olsen, Entrance to theseaport of desire 1964, syntheticpolymer paint on canvas
John Passmore, Miller’s Point,morning (1952), oil on hardboard; Ifyou don’t believe me, ask the oldbloke (1953), oil on hardboard
Lloyd Rees, The blue bayc1938–45, oil on canvas; Theharbour from McMahon’s Point1950, oil on canvas
Roland Wakelin, The bridge 1958,oil on hardboard
John Firth-Smith, Seaway 1988, oilon linen
Peter Kingston, Morning star 2002,hand-coloured sugarlift aquatint,black ink and gouache on whiteBFK Rives paper; Friday night atKookaburra’s 2003, colour linocutprinted in blue and black inks,hand-coloured in yellow and whitegouache on cream laid tissue
Margaret Preston, Manly Harbourbeach 1943, oil on canvas
Donald Friend, A view of theharbour (1981), pen and black andred ink, watercolour, gouache,pastel on buff wove paper
Brett Whiteley, Big orange (sunset)1974, oil and collage on wood
NATIONAL MUSEUM OFAUSTRALIA, ACT
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
National Museum of Art, Osaka,Japan26.02.08 to 13.04.08
National Art Centre, Tokyo, Japan30.05.08 to 28.07.08
National Museum of Australia, ACT22.08.08 to 12.10.08
Emily Kam Ngwarray, Untitled(Alhalkere) 1992, synthetic polymerpaint on canvas (not displayed atNMA); Untitled (Awelye) 1994,triptych: synthetic polymer paint onpaper laminated to canvas
Louie Pwerle, Kangaroo 1989,synthetic polymer paint on wood
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM,SA
A travelling exhibition on frogs inAustralia, mixing cultural andzoological knowledge03.12.07 to 10.02.08
Yanggarriny Wunungmurra,Barama and Lany’tjung: Yirritjacreation story c1966, naturalpigments on bark
NEWCASTLE REGION ARTGALLERY, NSW
Tracing the meridian: the drawingsof William Dobell15.12.07 to 10.02.08
William Dobell, Study for‘Emergency loading at night’ c1944,pen and black ink, white gouache;Study of a barrowman c1943, whitegouache on black paper; (Soldier’suniform study) (London genre),pencil, pen and ink; (Head of an oldwoman with earring) (gouaches),gouache; (Horse in landscape)(gouaches), gouache on dark brownpaper; (Landscape) (gouaches),wash, gouache; (Landscape with
figure) (gouaches), wash; (Untitled –abstract study), blue ballpoint penon cream wove paper; (Untitled –abstract study), blue ballpoint penon cream wove paper; Love song(1952), oil on hardboard; Nude1931, oil on canvas on wood;Village scene, Mount Hagen (1953),oil on hardboard; The night of thepigs 1970, oil on hardboard
Eric Wilson, The artist and WilliamDobell, c1937, carbon pencil
PERTH INSTITUTE OFCONTEMPORARY ARTS, WA
Gail Hastings sculptural situations07.02.08 to 30.03.08
Gail Hastings, So she said 2007,enamel on plywood, acrylic on linenand canvas, framed watercolourand pencil on paper
NEWCASTLE REGION ARTGALLERY, NSW
Whiteley’s gardens16.02.08 to 04.05.08
Brett Whiteley, Garden in Rome1982, etching, aquatint, sugarlift,chine colle on ivory wove paper;Lindfield gardens II 1984, pen andbrown ink on cream wove paper;Garden in Sanur, Bali (1980), colourscreenprint on white wove paper
PALAZZO REALE, MILAN, ITALY
Francis Bacon04.03.08 to 24.08.08
Francis Bacon, Study for self-portrait 1976, oil and pastel oncanvas
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARYART, NSW
Fiona Hall: force fieldCity Gallery Wellington, NZ28.06.08 to 19.10.08Christchurch Art Gallery, NZ04.12.08 to 01.03.09Museum of Contemporary Art, NSW06.03.08 to 01.06.08
Fiona Hall, Cash crop 1998, 80carved soap, painted bank notes ina vitrine; Untitled 1984, gelatin silverphotograph, toned
NATIONAL GALLERY OFAUSTRALIA, ACT
The triumph of landscape: Turner to Monet14.03.08 to 09.06.08
J M W Turner, High force, fall of theTees, Yorkshire 1816, watercolourand scraping out
Samuel Palmer, Landscape withwatermill c1855, watercolour andbodycolour with gum, with scrapingout over black chalk underdrawing
Eugene von Guérard, MilfordSound, New Zealand 1877–79, oil on canvas
Claude Monet, Port-Goulphar,Belle-Île 1887, oil on canvas
Arthur Streeton, Fire’s on 1891, oil on canvas
W C Piguenit, The flood in theDarling 1890 (1895), oil on canvas
MUSEE DU LUXEMBOURG, PARIS,FRANCE
Vlaminck. Un instinct fauve20.02.08 to 20.07.08
Maurice de Vlaminck, The redroofs (landscape) c1912–c1914, oil on canvas
HAZELHURST REGIONALGALLERY AND ARTS CENTRE,NSW
Lines in the sand: Botany Baystories from 177028.03.08 to 11.05.08
Gordon Bennett, Metaphysicallandscape II 1990, oil on canvas
MUSWELLBROOK ART CENTRE,NSW
James Clifford: a retrospective28.03.08 to 18.05.08
James Clifford, Untitled 1981,synthetic polymer paint on canvas;Hawkwind c1975, oil on hardboard;Adventures of the mind 1986,synthetic polymer paint on canvas
THE IAN POTTER MUSEUM OFART, VIC
Vivienne Shark Lewitt survey show03.05.08 to 20.07.08
Vivienne Shark LeWitt, The omen,‘That wascally wabbit’ 1987, oil onlinen
DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY,NZ
The colour of every day: theEuropean watercolours of FrancesHodgkins
28.04.08 to 08.03.09
Frances Hodgkins, The windowseat 1907, watercolour
BIENNALE OF SYDNEY LTD, NSW
Revolutions – forms that turn: 2008Biennale of Sydney
Museum of Contemporary Art, NSWCockatoo Island, NSW18.06.08 to 07.09.08
László Moholy-Nagy, An outline ofthe universe 1930, gelatin silverphotograph, vintage
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Valie Export, Touch cinema 1969,black and white single-channelvideo, sound, 1:08 minutes
Bruce Nauman, Revolving upsidedown 1969, black and white single-channel video, sound, 61 minutes;Lip sync 1969, black and whitesingle-channel video, sound, 57minutes
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIMEMUSEUM, NSW
Trash or treasure: souvenirs of travel25.06.08 to 30.06.09
Unknown, Model of the temple atBodhgaya 10th century–11thcentury, chlorite
Kalighat school, The godNarrayon, as an incarnation of a fishlate 19th century, watercolour withsilver paint
Unknown, Jagannatha, Subhadraand Balabhadra late 20th century,pigment on ‘pati’ cloth
NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA,VIC
Art deco 1910–1939NGV: International, VIC27.06.08 to 05.10.08
Charles Meere, Australian beachpattern 1940, oil on canvas
HEIDE MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTOF AUSTRALIA, VIC
Albert Tucker landscapes28.06.08 to 22.02.09
Albert Tucker, Trees I 1964, oil,sandpaper on hardboard
*AUSTRALIAN NATIONALMARITIME MUSEUM, NSW
01.09.07 to 01.09.12
After John Flaxman, Lord Nelson,pressed metal medallion
Unknown, Tea bowl and saucerc1785, porcelain with glaze,decorated blue, gilded
Unknown, Tazza 1850–99, blownglass
Unknown, Jug mid 19th century,porcelain
Michael Cardew, Teapot 1969,glazed stoneware
John Chappell, Tea bowl 1931–64,stoneware
Furnishing loans
*INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSCOMMISSION
Sir Arnesby Brown, Augustmorning 1920, oil on canvas
Frederick McCubbin, Landscape1914, oil on canvas
Roland Wakelin, Richmondlandscape, Tasmania 1944, oil onpaperboard
Marion Borgelt, Fire, wind andwater 1989, triptych, oil on canvas
Michael Shannon, Autumnlandscape, Heathcote no 1 1985, oilon canvas
Sydney Ball, Sabbath night 1982,oil, collage on paper
*OFFICE OF THE HON NICKGREINER
Kenneth Green, Fallen tree 1968,oil on hardboard
H Enslin Du Plessis, Snow inHighgate, oil on canvas
George Lawrence, River suburb1948, oil on cardboard
*GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HISTORICHOUSES TRUST OF NSW
Will Ashton, Building the bridge1932, oil on canvas
Rupert Bunny, Flowersc1927–c1930, oil on canvas
Douglas Dundas, The towers ofSan Gimignano, oil on canvas
Adrian Feint, (Flowers) 1949, oil oncanvas
Elioth Gruner, New England (1921),oil on canvas
Hans Heysen, A bowl of roses1924, oil on canvas
Robert Johnson, Macleay River(1958), oil on canvas; Out west, oilon canvas
Clifton Pugh, Acacia and bush1957, oil on hardboard; The eagleand the baobab trees 1957, oil onhardboard
Tom Roberts, Harrow Hillc1910–c1912, oil on canvas onplywood
Albert Sherman, Gordonias (1945),oil on canvas
*PREMIER’S OFFICE, GOVERNORMACQUARIE TOWER
Paul Partos, Untitled (black-grey)1990, oil on canvas
*CHIEF JUSTICE SPIGELMAN,SUPREME COURT OF NSW
Justin O’Brien, Little boy incostume (1957), oil on hardboard
Jean Appleton, Landscape(c1955), oil on hardboard; Bushlandscape with rocks (1952), oil onhardboard
Will Ashton, Pont Philippe IV, Paris,oil on canvas
Robert Campbell, Avenue duMaine, Paris c1930, oil on canvas
Douglas Dundas, Chianti country(1929), oil on canvas
George Lawrence, Autumnmorning, Hyde Park 1948, oil onpaperboard
Seymour Lucas, The Gordon Riots,1780 1879, oil on canvas
Sidney Nolan, Ned Kelly at the riverbank 1964, oil on hardboard;Policeman floating in the river 1964,oil on hardboard; Kelly andpoliceman 1964, oil on hardboard
Justin O’Brien, Supper at Emmaus,oil on hardboard
Desiderius Orban, Village church inHungary (c1925–c1926), oil oncanvas on paperboard on plywood
Lloyd Rees, Dusk at North Ryde1948, oil on canvas
Jeffrey Smart, Alma Mahler feedingthe birds (1968), oil on canvas
Tony Tuckson, Interior with figures(1954), oil on canvas
Fred Williams, Lal-Lal Falls 1976,oil on canvas
*LOWY INSTITUTE
Lance Solomon, Country lane1947, oil on canvas on hardboard
Dora Meeson, Thames at ChelseaReach, oil on canvas
Michael Kmit, Woman and girl1957, oil on hardboard
Charles Lloyd Jones, Afternoonlight 1941, oil on canvas onpaperboard
Max Ragless, Second valley 1954,oil on canvas
Douglas Pratt, The old toll house,Rushcutters Bay 1959, oil oncanvas
Albert Rydge, Morning in NeutralBay 1955, oil on hardboard
Eugene Claux, Street scene, oil oncanvas
Sali Herman, Lane at the Cross1946, oil on canvas on plywood
Howard Ashton, Jamieson Valley1931, oil on canvas
John Brack, In the corner 1973, oilon canvas
Russell Drysdale, Rocky landscape(early 1960s), oil on canvas
Sidney Nolan, Ant hills, Australia1950, synthetic polymer paint onhardboard
Jeffrey Smart, Parkland 1950, oilon canvas
Kevin Connor, Man on stairs 1963,oil on hardboard
Will Ashton, Kosciusko, oil oncanvas
Lawrence Daws, Poinciana tree I1991, oil on hardboard
Will Ashton, The Cornish coast1932, oil on canvas
Charles Bryant, Quayside, St Ives,Cornwall, oil on canvas onpaperboard; Low tide, St Ives,oil on canvas
Charles Bush, Landscape nearTarquinia, Italy 1952, oil on hardboard
Alun Leach-Jones, Monsoon1979, synthetic polymer paint oncanvas
Paquita Sabrafen, Australianwildflowers 1990, oil on canvas
Jan Senbergs, Structure with blackpeaks 1973, oil, screenprint oncanvas
Criss Canning, Waratah in a greenjug (1999), oil on canvas
*LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, NSWPARLIAMENT HOUSE
George Bell, Lady in black (c1923),oil on canvas
François Bossuet, La Place de laconstitution 1880, oil on paper overmasonite
J Browne, Landscape with view ofSalisbury Cathedral 18th century, oilon canvas
Nora Heysen, Petunias 1930, oil oncanvas
James R Jackson, The timberschooner, oil on canvas; The oldroad, South Coast, oil on canvas
James Kerr-Lawson, Refugeesreturning to Cambrai underprotection of an Australian trooper,oil on canvas
George W Lambert, The threekimonos (1905), oil on canvas
John Longstaff, Sir George Reid,oil on canvas
William Marlow, San GiorgioMaggiore, oil on canvas, relined;The Rialto Bridge, Venice, oil oncanvas
John Masquerier, Warren Hastings(1732–1818) 1810, oil on canvas
Gion Pentelei Molnar, Pears, oil oncanvas
Tom Roberts, Sir Henry Parkes,c1894, oil on canvas
Arthur Streeton, Beneath thepeaks, Grampians 1921, oil oncanvas
Dorothy Thornhill, Morning atCremorne 1939, oil on canvas
Dora Toovey, How does yourgarden grow (1939), oil on canvason paperboard
Charles Wheeler, The UpperMurray, oil on plywood
*OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER, NSWPARLIAMENT HOUSE
Arthur Boyd, Landscape atMurrumbeena c1968, oil on canvas
Sir William Dargie, La Perouse1947, oil on canvas
H A Hanke, Low tide, Balmoral1947, oil on canvas
*ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITALFOR CHILDREN, WESTMEAD
Sam Byrne, Mt Robe, highest peak,Barrier Range, oil on hardboard
Lawrence Daws, Summerlandscape 1994, oil on canvas
Sam Fullbrook, Ford on theCondamine with Jacaranda (c1985),
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oil on canvas
Guy Grey-Smith, Gascoyne Rivercountry 1958, oil on hardboard
*OFFICE OF THE SHADOWMINISTER FOR THE ARTS, NEWSOUTH WALES PARLIAMENTHOUSE
Elioth Gruner, Bondi Beach(c1912), oil on cardboard
Margaret Preston, Rose andbanksia 1936, oil on canvas
*OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER, NEWSOUTH WALES PARLIAMENTHOUSE
Justin O’Brien, (Still life with fruit,flowers, ewers and statue), oil onpaper on hardboard
Arnold Shore, Still life 1940, oil oncanvas
Charles Meere, Brickworks atBexhill, Lismore 1958, oil on canvason plywood
Percy Lindsay, Late afternoon,autumn c1937, oil on canvas onhardboard
Jean Appleton, Bush things (1951),oil on paper on paperboard
*OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFTHE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, NSWPARLIAMENT HOUSE
James R Jackson, Little boats,Middle Harbour (1946), oil oncanvas on paperboard
Rhys Williams, Ripples in the bay1948, oil on canvas on plywood
Muir Auld, Winter morning 1935, oil on canvas on paperboard
Lance Solomon, Summer (1948),oil on canvas on hardboard
John Eldershaw, Tilba Tilba (NSW)(c1938), oil on canvas
*OFFICE OF THE LEADER OF THEOPPOSITION, NEW SOUTHWALES PARLIAMENT HOUSE
Tom Roberts, Trawool landscape1928, oil on canvas on cardboard
Seymour Lucas, The King’s rival1901, oil on canvas
*OFFICE OF THE DEPUTYPREMIER, NEW SOUTH WALESPARLIAMENT HOUSE
Arthur Boyd, Midday, the Wimmera1948–49, oil on canvas on plywood
James R Jackson, Summer day,Mona Vale (1937), oil on canvas onpaperboard
Sydney Long, Reflections,McDonald River c1931, oil on canvas
Tom Roberts, On the Timbarra –Reek’s and Allen’s sluicing claim(c1894), oil on canvas on hardboard
Roland Wakelin, The bridge 1958,oil on hardboard
Pro Hart, At the trots 1977, oil onhardboard
Dora Meeson, Ville Franche-Sur-Mer 1927, oil on linen
*VAUCLUSE HOUSE, HISTORICHOUSES TRUST OF NEW SOUTHWALES
Giovanni Brilli after Carlo Dolci,Virgin and Child, oil
Costa Conti after Andrea del Sarto,The Annunciation, oil; La Madonnadelle Arpie, oil
Unknown after Giovanni Biliverti,Angel refusing the gift of Tobias, oil
Unknown after Raphael, Madonnadi San Sisto, oil
*ELIZABETH BAY HOUSE,HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST OFNEW SOUTH WALES
Charles Coleman, St Peters atsunset from the Doria PamphiliGardens, Rome c1865, oil oncanvas
Unknown after Raphael, Madonnadella Sedia, oil
*OFFICE OF THE DIRECTORGENERAL OF CABINET, NEWSOUTH WALES PARLIAMENTHOUSE
John Brack, Out 1979, oil on canvas
Jeffrey Smart, The stilt race (1960),oil on plywood
OFFICE OF THE HON BOB CARR
John Coburn, Litany 1958, oil onhardboard
William Salmon, The goldenCharinga 1971, synthetic polymerpaint on canvas; Six frames 1975,synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Margaret Woodward, Oranges ontable 1982, oil on canvas onhardboard
Roy de Maistre, Magnolias in redvase, oil on hardboard
Sidney Nolan, Painted lady (red-necked Avocet) 1948, syntheticpolymer paint on hardboard
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John Baird, Farm at North Ryde(1954), oil on canvas on paperboard
Clifford Hall, Maida Vale in snowc1947, oil on hardboard
Sali Herman, Sleeping cat 1983, oil on canvas
Jack Carington Smith, Regatta,Sandy Bay 1949, oil on canvas
Newell Wyeth, CommodoreHornblower 1944, oil on board
Terrick Williams, The Rialto, Venicec1926, oil on canvas mounted onhardboard
Will Ashton, Old buildings, Sospel,France, oil on canvas on paperboard
Margaret Olley, Still life with leaves(c1960), oil on hardboard
*PREMIER’S OFFICE, NSWPARLIAMENT HOUSE
Frank Andrew, All night joint 1946,oil on hardboard
Arthur Boyd, Cattle on hillside,Shoalhaven c1975, oil on canvas
John Brack, Battle of the Etruscans1975, oil on canvas
Milton Budge, Three and a half1994, synthetic polymer paint oncanvas
Rita Kunintji, Special law andceremony ground, syntheticpolymer paint on canvas
Marilyn McGrath, Palea 1975,bronze
Sidney Nolan, Broome –Continental Hotel 1949, syntheticpolymer paint and red ochre oilpaint on hardboard; Wounded Kelly1969, synthetic polymer paint onhardboard
Max Ragless, Dust, Birdsville(1959), oil on hardboard
Fred Williams, Landscape 1969, oilon canvas
Bryan Westwood, South of AliceSprings after good rains 1992, oilon canvas
James Cook, Hikers 1957, oil oncanvas
Lance Solomon, Winter shadows1953, oil on canvas on hardboard
Max Ragless, Hobart waterfront(1950), oil on canvas
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Hans Heysen, Delphiniums andlilies 1924, oil on canvas
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Peter Schipperheyn, MascheraMaschio 1991, carrara marble;Maschera Femina 1991, carraramarble
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STAFF,VOLUNTEERS AND INTERNS
Staffas at 30 June 2008
DirectorEdmund Capon AM, OBE, M Phil
Executive personal assistant to the directorLisa Franey BA (Hons)
Curator, Special ExhibitionsTerence Maloon BA (Hons), Dip Art & Design
Benefaction managerJane Wynter BA, LLB
Development coordinatorsLesley AndersonFiona Barbouttis BA, Dip Ed
Head, Business DevelopmentLeith Brooke BA (Communications)
Business Development executivePenny Cooper BA (Art History)
Assistant director, Curatorial Services Head curator, Western ArtCurator, Twentieth CenturyInternational ArtAnthony Bond B Ed (Hons)
Registrar, Collections SystemIntegrationJesmond Calleja BA
Coordinators, Study RoomMatt Cox BA (Indonesian Studies),MA (Art History and Theory)Deborah Jones BA Grad Dip(Museum Studies) (on leave)
Project officer, Curatorial ServicesDonna Brett BA (Visual Arts), MA(Art History and Theory)
Rights & Image sales coordinatorMichelle Andringa BA (Art History),MA (Fine Arts)
Senior curator, European Art, pre-1900Richard Beresford BA (Hons), MBA, PhD
Curator, European Prints, Drawingsand WatercoloursPeter Raissis BA (Hons)
Senior curator, Contemporary ArtWayne Tunnicliffe BA (Hons), MA,M Art Admin
Assistant registrar (curatorial),Western ArtJudy Peacock BA, Grad Dip AppSc, M Art Admin
Curator, Contemporary ArtNatasha Bullock BA (Hons),Postgrad Dip (Art Curatorship &Museum Management), MA
Assistant curatorNaomi Flatt BA
Coordinator, ContemporaryCollection Benefactor and AboriginalCollection BenefactorBambi Blumberg B Econ, Dip Ed,Cert Teach English
Senior curator, PhotographyJudy Annear BA
Assistant curatorElizabeth Maloney BFA, Grad DipMus Studies
Head curator, Asian ArtJackie Menzies OAM, BA (Hons),MA
Curator, Chinese ArtYang Liu BA, MA, PhD
Curator, Japanese ArtKhanh Trinh Pompili BA, MA, PhD
Curator, South and Southeast AsianArtChaya Chandrasekhar BA, MA,PhD
Senior coordinator, Asian ProgramsAnn MacArthur BA (East AsianStudies), M Intl Mgmt
Assistant registrar (curatorial), AsianArtNatalie Seiz BA (Hons), M Art Admin
Head curator, Australian ArtBarry Pearce Dip Art Ed
Senior curator, Australian ArtDeborah Edwards BA (Hons), M Phil
Assistant curators, Australian ArtHelen Campbell BA (Hons), GradDip (Museum Studies)Caroline GeraghtyAnne GerardDenise Mimmocchi BA (Hons), MA(Art History & Theory) Natalie Wilson BA (Visual Arts), MA(Art History & Theory)
Assistant registrar (curatorial),Australian ArtEmma Collerton BA (Visual Arts), M Mus Studies
Senior curator, Australian Prints,Drawings and WatercoloursHendrik Kolenberg
Curator, Australian PrintsAnne Ryan BA (Hons), M Art Admin(on leave)
Senior curator, Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander ArtHetti Perkins BA
Curator, Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander ArtCara Pinchbeck BA (Visual Arts),MA (Visual Arts) (on leave)
Coordinator, Aboriginal ProgramsJonathan Jones BA (Fine Arts)
Dale Amir; Jan Angus; MargaretAnthony; June Armitage; PhillippaBaird; Pamela Barr; Robyn Bathurst;Annabel Baxter; Janet Bell; CarolynBethwaite; Dale Bird; Jenny Birt;Rosalie Blackshaw; Vicki Brown;Cathy Cameron; Lisa Campbell;Norma Castaldi; Licia Cattani;Valerie Chidgey; Bella Church; SusieClark; Anne Cohen; Ann Cole; LizCrenigan; Sally Cullen; AdrienneDan; Lorraine Davids; Jackie DeDiana; Mary De Mestre; RoDermody; Sue Dominguez; JillDunlop; Patricia Elliott; DianeEverett; Louise Fennel; GwenFerguson; Betty Floyd; Judy Friend;Pam Fuller; Caroline Furniss;Jennifer Gardiner; Mary-Lou Gilbert;Deirdre Greatorex; Anna-MarykeGrey; Joan Grimes; Alison Gross;Callie Guinness; Jennifer Harrison;Annie Herron; Shirley Hillman; HelenHolmes; Roslyn Hunyor; MarieHuxtable; Margot Johnston; DianeKempson; Jill Kloster; Kay Knight;Dorothea Labone; Sharon Lain; MeriLane; Jenny Latham; ShirleyLilienthal; Sue Lowes; Fiona Loxton;Angela Luessi; Susan Ma; WendyMatthews; Romola McConnachie;Juliet McConochie; FrancesMcNally; Cherry McWilliam; SereneMiles; Lesley Millar; Norma Milne;Gwyneth Morgan; Janet Morse; LesMoseley; Maureen Murphy; DianaNorthedge; Virginia Osborne;Dianne Ottley; Mandy Palmer;Wendy Payne; Philippa Penman;Carolyn Penn; Keith Potten; CarolinePresland; Dilys Renham; PamelaRex; Margaret Rich; Pam Rogers;Alison Ross; ChristineRustamzadeh; Louise Samer; RuthSams; Pauline Sayle; Lilli Scott;Beverley Shea; Patricia Smith;Beatrice Sochan; Denyse Spice;Fiona Still; Caroline Storch; DorindaSullivan; Jennifer Sutton; SusanSwan; Jill Thompson; Prue Todd;Lee Tredinnick; Jan Tydd; PatriciaWilson; Mary Woodburne; BrendaWoods; Linda Zurnamer
VOLUNTEERS – TASK FORCE
Pearl Adiseshan; Betty Allerton;Robin Amm; Greta Archbold;Meredith Aveling; Julia Baldo;Alexandra Ballard; Linda Barnes;Julia Bate; Diana Berlyn; WendyBeverly; Anne Blomfield; GeorgieBlythe; Joyce Botta; Pamela Bough;W S Bough OAM; Shirley Brettle;Valda R Brook; John Buchanan;Petah Burns; Wendy Canning;
Annette Carlisle; Mary Casey; FaithCharity; June Chatfield; MariaCicutto; Jill Clapin; Annie S Clarke;Lea-Ann Clarke; Anne Cole;Gabrielle Cousins; Patricia AnneCurtis; Beverley Darby; AnnDawson; Francine De Valence; GailDendle; Lynette Dening-Franklin;Charlotte Denison; Ann Dodd;Margaret Doherty; ElizabethDonnelly; Ruth Dornan; Jutta Dubiel;Judith Duff; Peter Eames; CarolineEburn; Pam Ellis; Judy Embrey;Daile Falconer; Ingrid Farago; EvaFeher; Yvonne Fell; Coralie Fergus;Carol Forsythe; Val Freeman; KittyGassner; Yvette Geczy; PatriciaGovernor; Leonie Grattan; Lyn Gray;Sandy Green; Sheba Greenberg;Beverley Griffiths; Kirsten Gross;Aiko Hagiwara; Ben Hall; SimoneHancock; Susan Hand; AverilHargreaves; Jocelyn Harris; EvaHavas; Trish Hay; Frances Hellier;Ann Henderson; Mary Hillier;Margaret Hunt; Madeline Hunter;Pamela Hyles; Teresa Jakubowski;Marie James; Patricia James;Heather Jelfs; Jennifer Jenkins;Felicita Jennings; Patricia GJohnson; Karen Johnston; MargaretJ Johnston; Nita Jones; SandraJones; Noel Jordan; Donna Kelly;Sue Kemp; Vere Kenny; UrsulaKnight; Anneke Kunz; EgmontLademann; Triny Lademann; RoslynLuger; Kristine J MacKenzie; LesleyMackintosh; Suzanne Maddison;Sue Mandelberg; Trish Mappin;Patrick Marco; Margaret Marshall;Barbara Martin; Jan McClelland;Raymond J McDonald; RobinMcIntyre; Margaret McLellan;Marlene McPherson; Heather Mead;Mary Meppem; Sheila Milroy; SusanMitchell; Barry Molloy; DeniseMorris; Hilary Moxon; Gael Murphy;Sandra Myers; Peter Nicholls; KateNoble; Marilla North; Brian Nugent;Petra O’Neill; Lyn Oliver; ElizabethOomens; Ruth Osen; Diana Page;Susan Pajor; Rebecca Pearson;Hetti Penn; Maryann Phillips; DianPitson; Michael Poole; PennyPorter; Judy Preshaw; CynthiaPretty; Marie Puntigam; HanneRaad; Margaret Radford; PatriciaReed; Joan Roberts; AstridRobinson; Stana Rogac; CharlesRushton; Kim Sandford; AnnetteSearle; Cassie Sheehan; MargaretSheppard; Irene Shillington; PennyShore; Dana Skakavac; Ann Smith;Joyce Smith; Shirley Smyth; LesleySommerville; Merrilyn Sowell; JudithStefanek; May Steilberg; PeterStrand; Marsha Swenson; MargaretSwinton; Joan Tasker; Irene Thom;Sue Thomas; Fay Thurlow; SusanTompkins; Judith Twist; Mary Unwin;Ursulal Ure; Jill Vaughan; ValerieVogt; Julie Wallace; Cilla Warre; GailWatt; Carolyn Webb; Rita
InternshipsGallery internships took placeacross a range departments,including Education and PublicPrograms, Curatorial, Exhibitions,Library and Archives, Registration,Conservation and Marketing.Eighteen internship placements forundergraduate and post-graduatestudents from Australia andoverseas took place in 2007–08,from faculties such as MuseumStudies, Arts Administration, ArtHistory and Theory, Visual ArtsEducation and ConservationManagement. Participating Australianinstitutions included the College of Fine Arts, University of NewSouth Wales, University of Sydney,University of Western Sydney,University of Technology Sydney,University of Newcastle, AustralianCatholic University and Academy ofPerforming Arts WA. Participatinginternational universities includedthe British School of Athens(Greece), University of Bochum(Ruhr, Germany) and NorthumbriaUniversity (UK).
Unless otherwise stated, all lecturesand presentations were held at theAGNSW.Abbreviations:AAANZ: Art Association of Australiaand New ZealandAAH: Art After HoursAGNSW: Art Gallery of NSWAGS: Art Gallery Society of NSWBoS: Biennale of SydneyCoFA: College of Fine Arts, UNSWMCA: Museum of Contemporary ArtNAS: National Art School NGA: National Gallery of ArtNGV: National Gallery of VictoriaQAG: Queensland Art Gallery SCA: Sydney College of the Arts,USydUMelb: University of MelbourneUNSW: University of New SouthWalesUSyd: University of SydneyUTS: University of Technology,SydneyUWS: University of Western SydneyVG: Volunteer guides
George Alexander (Coordinator,Contemporary Programs)Principal writer: Anselm Kiefer,education kitPrincipal writer: Adam Cullen,education kitArticle: ‘Cue the sun’ (Peter Hill/GailHastings), ArtAsiaPacific, no 54,July/Aug 2007Article: ‘Text messages’ (ZinaKaye/Stills), ArtAsiaPacific, no 56,Nov/Dec 2007Article: ‘Text appeal’ (MariaCruz/Adam Cullen), ArtAsiaPacific,no 58, May/June 2008Review: ‘Howard Arkley’,ArtAsiaPacific, no 53, May/June 2007Book review: Brought to light II:contemporary Australian art1966–2006 by Lynne Seear andJulie Ewington (eds), ArtAsiaPacific,no 55, Sept/Oct 2007Australian desk editor:ArtAsiaPacific (Hong Kong/NewYork)Book launch: John Conomos,Mutant media, Gleebooks, 1 Apr 2008Bloomsday reading: LiverpoolLibrary, 16 June 2007
Judy Annear (Senior curator,Photography)Curator (with Virginia Heckert): Thephotographs of August Sander fromthe J Paul Getty Museum, LosAngeles, AGNSW, 17 Nov 2007 –
3 Feb 2008; J Paul Getty Museum,Los Angeles, 6 May – 14 Sept 2008Curator: Ghosts in the machine:anonymous photographs, 10 Apr –16 July 2008Curator (with Karen-Anne Coleman):Yasumasa MORIMURA seasons of passion/a requiem: Mishima,24 Nov 2007 – 25 Mar 2008Launch: Comedies & proverbs:Vivienne Shark LeWitt, Ian PotterMuseum of Art, UMelb, 6 May 2008Launch: Gavin Hipkins: billboards,Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery,Gymea, 9 Feb 2008Board member: Artspace/visual art centre, Sydney Committee member: PhotographyCollection Benefactors, AGNSW
Richard Beresford (Senior curator,European Art pre-1900)Lecture: ‘Changes of appearance of paintings’, USyd, Aug 2007Lecture: ‘Questioning the frame’,USyd, Aug 2007
Anthony Bond (Head curator,International Art)Curator: Sphere of influence, JonRose and Hollis Taylor, Nov 2007Curator: Bill Viola, Love death: theTristan project, Apr 2008Co-author: ‘Phantom clubs’ in NinaFischer and Maroan el Sani, BlindSpots jpr/ringier, SMBA StedelijkAmsterdam 2007, pp 169–86Article: ‘Why art matters’, ArtInfluence e-magazine, no 1, Feb 2008Article: ‘Mike Parr: a personal view…’, Art World, no 3, June/July2008, pp 84–85Article: ‘Monumenta: Kiefer atGrand Palais Paris’, Craft ArtsInternational, no 71, 2007, p 92Article: ‘A summer in Europe’, Art &Australia, vol 45, no 2, summer2007, p 193Lecture: AGNSW collection, StJosephs College, 30 May 2008Lecture: AGNSW collection, CoFA,6 May 2008 Lecture: AGNSW collection, SCA,30 Apr 2008 Lecture: Forum on art andcensorship, MCA, 12 June 2008Lecture: ‘Relevance of wood firingtoday’, Sturt wood fired conference,18 Apr 2008 Lecture: ‘This summer in Europe’,Western Plains Cultural Centre,Dubbo, 21 Sept 2007Lecture: ‘Conservation andinterpretation’, USyd, 13 Sept 2007Lecture: ‘Freud: about men’,Newcastle Region Gallery, 11 Sept2007Lecture: ‘Why art matters’, DunedinUniversity, NZ, 7 Sept 2007Lecture: ‘Biennales’, NAS postgradseminar, 5 Sept 2007Lecture: ‘Performing bodies’, CoFA,
20 and 21 Aug 2007Lecture: ‘Venice and Documenta’,CoFA, 14 Aug 2007Lecture: ‘European summer’,Newcastle University, 1 Aug 2007Lecture: ‘Heaven and Earth: AnselmKiefer’, Wollongong City Gallery, 25 July 2007Lecture: ‘Site specificity: groundingart in the local’, AAANZ Art and theReal conference, and chair, openingsession, 13–14 July 2007Judge: Jenny Birt Award forDrawing and Painting, CoFA, 28 Apr 2008 Judge and launch: Gold Coast ArtPrize, 1 Dec 2007Launch: Layers marks tracks,Orange Regional Gallery, 11 Apr2008 Launch: Denise Green, LiverpoolStreet Gallery, 3 Apr 2008Launch: Larter family values, CasulaPower House, 11 Aug 2007Forum participant: Danks StreetDepot, 10 Oct 2007Discussant: SBS Insight program, 3 June 2008Speaker: Forum, Sherman Galleries,with Michael Landy, 21 July 2007Chair: Biennales in Dialogue Forum,Australia Council and BoS, AGNSW,10 July 2008Chair: exhibitions and selection sub-committees, BoSMember: Power FoundationCouncil, USydMember: Executive, AAANZ Assessor: Australian ResearchCouncil Grants in the category ofFine Arts
Donna Brett (Coordinator,Curatorial Project and Research)Article: ‘Neues sehen in Berlin’,Kultur, Goethe Institut, Sydney2008, p 22Lecture: ‘Collection provenance andlooting issues’, Museum Studies,USyd, Aug 2007Tutor: Modern Art and Film, ArtHistory & Film Studies, USyd, 2008Conference manager: Art & theReal: Documentary, Ethnography,Enactment, AAANZ NSW, July 2007Symposium coordinator: Biennalesin Dialogue Forum, Australia Counciland BoS, AGNSW, 9 and 10 July2008Member/Treasurer: AAANZ (ArtHistorians Association)Committee member: MuseumsAustralia, Art, craft and design SIGCommittee member: SafARI Member: Dictionary of AustralianArtists Online, chief investigator(partner) 2007; editorial workinggroup, 2005–07Treasurer: AICA Australia,Association International Critiqued’ArtScholarship: Goethe InstituteAustralia, German language
scholarship for arts professionals,Berlin, Aug 2007Research: PhD candidate, NeuesSehen: uncanny vision and theastigmatic view in Germanphotography, Art History andTheory, USyd
Natasha Bullock (Curator,Contemporary Art) Curator and commissioning editor:Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro: thepaper trail, 16 Aug – 14 Oct 2007Curator and commissioning editor:Gary Carsley: scenic root, 25 Oct –9 Dec 2007Curator and commissioning editor:Scott Redford: blood disco, 13 Dec2007 – 24 Mar 2008Curator and editor: Bill Viola: theTristan project, 10 Apr – 27 July2008Curator and commissioning editor:Harold Cazneaux: artist inphotography, 5 June – 10 Aug 2008Curator: Jacky Redgate, EvaSchlegel, Rosslynd Piggott andChristine Cornish, PDP gallery, 19 Oct 2007 – 24 Mar 2008Essay: ‘Into the light: the origins ofthe Sydney Camera Circle’ inNatasha Bullock (ed), HaroldCazneaux: artist in photography,AGNSW, Sydney 2008, pp 33–40Essay: ‘Love and mud’ in ReubenKeehan (ed), Column 1, Artspace,Sydney 2008, pp 130–31Artist entry: ‘Damien Hirst’ in MamiKataoka (ed), Art is for the spirit:works from The UBS Art Collection,Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 2008Artist entry: ‘Out from the depths’ in Natasha Bullock (ed), HaroldCazneaux: artist in photography,AGNSW, Sydney 2008, p 44Introduction: Gary Carsley: scenicroot, AAH, 31 Oct 2007
Jesmond Calleja (Senior registrar,Collections Systems Integration)Book review: Vitalizing memory bythe American Association ofMuseums, Journal of the AustralianRegistrars Committee, vol 55,Dec 2007, p 41Paper: ‘Heading in the rightdirection: documenting our culturalheritage globally’, 21st GeneralConference of the InternationalCouncil of Museums: Museums andUniversal Heritagel, CIDOC –International Committee forDocumentation: Managing theGlobal Diversity of CulturalInformation, Vienna, Austria, 20–24 Aug 2007
Leeanne Carr (Coordinator,Secondary School and AsianEducation Programs)Lectures and workshop: ‘Guidingfor children’, Wollongong CityGallery, new guide intake,
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19 Mar 2008Lecture: Japanese LanguageTeachers Conference (introducingthe Art speaks Japanese educationkit), 4 Apr 2008
Dr Chaya Chandrasekhar (Curator,South and Southeast Asian Art)Curator: Intimate encounters: Indianpaintings from Australian collections,22 Feb – 4 May 2008Paper: ‘The sword and the lotus:interpreting the role of weapons andplants in Buddhist art’, 32ndCongress of the InternationalCommittee of the History of Art,UMelb, 17 Jan 2008
Victoria Collings (Coordinator, K–6School and Family Programs)Book review: The manual ofmuseum learning by Barry Lord (ed),Altamira Press, 2007, MuseumsAustralia Magazine, vol 16, no 3,Feb 2008, p 26Judge: Dymocks Golden PawAward 2007, National Parks andWildlife, Sept 2007FloortTalk: AAH (on ARTEXPRESS),6 Feb 2008
Jonathan Cooper (Manager,Information)Lecture: ‘Unwrapping the world of art’, Seniors Network, Gosford,June 2008Paper: ‘Making the most of yourdigital assets and virtual tour online– a museum case study’, 4thAnnual Web Content Managementfor Government Conference,Canberra, Sept 2007Paper: ‘Meeting user expectations:web usability and functionality’,Understanding Web Capabilities and Limitations Conference, Sydney, May 2008Paper: ‘Future trends in the internetand their impact on museums’,Collections Australia Networkseminar: Collections and the Web:Audiences, Content andTechnologies, Parramatta, May2008
Barbara Dabrowa (Conservator,Frames)Lecture: ‘Pink lady’, conservationprocedures, Queens Club, Sydney,Mar 2008Articles: ‘History of Archibald Prize’, Parts 1 and 2 (in Polish),‘Archibald, Wynne and Sulman2008’ (in English), Puls Polonii,online magazine
Charlotte Davy (Senior registrar,Exhibitions)Article: ‘Braving the unknown:couriering in the Middle East’, ARC Journal, vol 56, June 2008, pp 18–20
Lecture: ‘Loans and touringexhibitions’, USyd, May 2008 Lecture: ‘Couriers: the managementof objects in transit’, full-dayworkshop, Auckland Art Gallery, NZ,Sept 2007 Conference convenor: SharingCollections: The Ins and Outs ofLoans, Australasian Registrar’sCommittee annual conference,Sydney, Mar 2008 Paper: ‘Negotiating and managingcouriers’, Sharing Collections: TheIns and Outs of Loans, AustralasianRegistrar’s Committee annualconference, Sydney, Mar 2008 President: Australasian RegistrarsCommittee
Deborah Edwards (Senior curator,Australian Art)Curator: Bertram Mackennal: thefifth Balnaves Foundation SculptureProject, AGNSW, 17 Aug – 4 Nov2007; NGV, 30 Nov 2007 – 24 Feb2008Author: Bertram Mackennal,AGNSW, Sydney 2007 Author: ‘Bertram Mackennal,Australia’s most successfulsculptor’, World of Antiques andArt, July 2007Author: ‘Robert Klippel’ in Robertand Andrew Klippel, NGV, Melb2008 Author: ‘Barbara Tribe’ (introduction)in Works from the studio of BarbaraTribe, Bonhams, London, May 2008Author: ‘Ralph Balson: a new realmof visual experience’ in RalphBalson 1941, Ivan DoughertyGallery, Sydney 2008 Lecture: ‘Curating in the 21stcentury’, Loretto College, Kirribili, 18 Sept 2007Lecture: ‘Bertram Mackennal’, NGV,30 Nov 2007Launch: Mosman Annual Art Prize,Mosman Art Gallery, 27 July 2007 Keynote address: ‘The artist inpublic spaces’, Sculpture by theSea, artist and public symposium, 1 Nov 2007 Judge: Mosman Annual Art Prize,Mosman Art Gallery, 18 July 2007Judge: Sculpture by the Sea annualexhibition, Sydney, 30 Oct 2007 Judge: City of Sydney annual artcompetition, 11 June 2008Judge: Paris Studio Scholarships,15 May 2008Host: Ellen Goldberg MeadmoreFoundation, New York, 13 Nov2007Member: USyd Fine Arts AlumniCommitteeMember: Dictionary of AustralianArtists Online, editorial sectionMember: Art Association of AustraliaMember: Sculpture by the Seaworking group
Alec George (Coordinator, BrettWhiteley Studio)Talk: ‘Whiteley’s Garden’, NewcastleRegion Art Gallery, 26 Feb 2008Essay and publication coordination:Brett Whiteley Studio, AGNSW,Sydney 2007
Hendrik Kolenberg (Senior curator,Australian Prints, Drawings andWatercolours) Curator: Jan Senbergs: fromscreenprinter to painter, 5 Apr – 25 May 2008Curator: Dobell Prize for Drawing,August 2007Author: ‘Bernard Visser, figuur enmaterie schilder’ in Bernard Visser,grondtoon Weert, TGV 2007 (Dutchand English text)Author: Jan Senbergs: completescreenprints 1960–88, AGNSW,Sydney 2008Essay: ‘Anton Holzner’ in ThreeAustralian artists – Holzner, Dyer,Chen (series of international artexchange), Guangzhou, GuangdongMuseum of Art 2008Launch: Sydney printmakers, TaylorGalleries, Sydney, 17 Aug 2007Launch: Sydney printmakers,curated by Anne Ryan, S H ErvinGallery, 18 Aug 2007 Launch: Tony Ameniero, MarianneNewman Gallery, Sydney, 31 Aug 2007Launch: Anton Holzner, LongGallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart,13 Nov 2007Launch: Kevin Lincoln, LiverpoolStreet Gallery, Sydney, 31 Jan 2008Judge: Margaret Flockton botanicalillustration award, BotanicalGardens, 10 Mar 2008
Brian Ladd (Head, PublicPrograms)Paper: ‘The artist as educator,examining innovative artists-in-residence programs at Art GalleryNSW’, International Commission on Museums conference, Vienna,22 Aug 2007Chair: ‘Partnerships andcollaborations’ session at Sites ofCommunication 3: Art MuseumsSymposium, NGV, 8 Sept 2007Chair: ‘Public art in Sydney’, paneldiscussion at Sculpture by the Seaconference, 1 Nov 2007Judge: Operation Art, PenrithRegional Art Gallery, July 2007Director: Brett Whiteley Foundation,SydneyMember: Editorial Advisory Panel,Art & Australia, SydneyArt Advisor: William FletcherFoundation, SydneyMember: Curatorial Panel forHeadland Sculpture Park, SydneyMember: Steering Committee forSites of Communication: ArtMuseums Symposia
AGNSW representative: AustralianNational Heads of Education andPublic Programs Forum
Yang Liu (Curator, Chinese Art)Curator: Mountains and streams:Chinese paintings from the NationalGallery of Victoria Collection,29 Nov 2007 – 10 Feb 2008Curator: Translucent world: Chinesejade from the Forbidden City,29 Aug – 11 Nov 2007Author (with Edmund Capon):Translucent world: Chinese jadefrom the Forbidden City, AGNSW,Sydney 2007 Author: ‘Reciprocity: a socialhistorical perspective of QingMandarin’s calligraphy’ in HaroldMok and Chen Yafei (eds),Proceeding of the InternationalConference on Couplets of the Qing Dynasty, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008, pp 97–128 Article: ‘Predator and prey intranslucent stone’, Orientations(HK), vol 39, no 1, Jan/Feb 2008,pp 76–80Article: ‘Popular beliefs in Chinesejade carving’, TAASA Review, vol16, no 3, Sept 2007, pp 22–24Article: ‘Translucent world:representations of nature in Chinesejade’, Arts of Asia (HK), vol 37, no 6, 2007, pp 1–14Article: ‘Nature in the world of thejade (Part I)’, Art & Collection(Taipei), no 180, Sept 2007, pp 75–80Article: ‘Nature in the world of thejade (Part II)’, Art & Collection(Taipei), no 181, Oct 2007, pp 76–81Lecture: ‘Chinese jade’, CoFA, 11 Sept 2007Paper: ‘In pursuit of the picturesquequality: jade carving in Qianlong’sera’, Nature through jade, 1 Sept2007Paper: ‘Webs of obligation: thesocial dimension of calligraphy art in late imperial China’, When Art Met History: A Symposium on the Richard Fabian Collection,Honolulu Academy of Arts, 14 Sept 2007Paper: ‘Gu Kaizhi’s Vimalakirti andtwo popular Buddhist and Daoisticonographic formulae of thesouthern and northern dynasties’,Ancient Chinese Figure Paintingfrom the Liaoning Museum and the Shanghai Museum, ShanghaiMuseum, 13 Mar 2008
Jethro Lyne (Coordinator, PublicPrograms)Lecture: ‘Chartres Cathedral’,University Art Gallery, USyd, 16 Sept 2007Lecture: ‘The silver age of Russian art’, AGS, 28 Oct 2007Lecture: ‘Gary Deirmendjian –
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a life’, presentation and paneldiscussion, Sculpture by the Seaconference, 1 Nov 2007 Launch: Jaroslav Prochazka,Headland Park, Middle Head, 18 Oct 2007 Launch: Layers, Flinders StreetProject Space, Paddington, 19 Oct 2007Lecturer: Department of Art History,NAS, til June 2008 Research: doctoral research, French medieval sculpture, USyd,ongoing
Elizabeth Maloney (Assistantcurator, Photography)Curator: Surreal aesthetic,28 July – 14 Oct 2007Curator: Charles Bayliss: landscape photographer, FocusRoom, 9 Feb – 25 May 2008
Terence Maloon (Curator, SpecialExhibitions) Member: Société Paul CézanneMember: Alliance Française ofSydney (vice president)
Jackie Menzies (Head curator,Asian Art)Article: ‘A pre-Mughal Krishna folio’, TAASA Review, vol 16, no 4,Dec 2007, p 15Lecture: ‘Japanese shows’,Asialink’s Japan Forum, AGNSW,15 June 2008Launch: Gallery 4A, Sydney, 31 Aug 2007Honorary associate: School ofLanguages and Cultures, USyd,2008Director: VisAsia (Australian Institute of Asian Culture and Visual Arts)Member: Morrissey BequestCommittee, USydMember: Vice-Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for theNicholson Museum, USyd Award: Medal of the Order ofAustralia, for ‘the study, preservation and promotion of Asian art in Australia, particularlythrough curatorial roles at theAGNSW’, 2008
Denise Mimmocchi (Assistantcurator, Australian Art)Curator: From subject to object,New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, 27 June – 21 Sept 2008
Carolyn MurphyArticle: ‘Framing works on paper forthe exhibition Modern BritishWatercolours and Drawings at theArt Gallery of NSW’, AICCMNational Newsletter, no 104, Sept2007, pp 14–16
Barry Pearce (Head curator,Australian Art)Curator: Sidney Nolan retrospective,AGNSW, 2 Nov 2007 – 3 Feb 2008;NGV, 22 Feb – 18 May 2008; QAG,6 June – 28 Sept 2008Author: Sidney Nolan, AGNSW,Sydney 2007Author: Margaret Olley, Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane 2007Lectures and talks relating to SidneyNolan retrospective: VG lecture,NGV, 19 Feb 2008; NGV staffguided tour, 20 Feb 2008; ‘Inconversation: Frances Lindsay andBarry Pearce’, NGV, 23 Feb 2008;lecture for The Australia Club,Melbourne, 28 Feb 2008; mediatour, QAG, 5 June 2008; QAGFoundation address, 6 June 2008;‘In conversation: Frances Lindsayand Barry Pearce’, QAG, 7 June2008Lecture: ‘Tom Roberts: Fog,Thames embankment’, VG, 23 June2008Advisor: forthcoming opera basedon Sidney Nolan’s life, to be writtenby librettist Jason PragueAdvisor: forthcoming feature film onBrett Whiteley, produced by PrimaProductions, SydneyAdvisor: New England Regional ArtMuseum, ArmidaleAdvisor: S H Ervin Gallery, SydneyAdvisor: Lismore Regional GalleryOpened: Sidney Nolanretrospective, QAG, 5 June 2008Judge: Gosford Art Prize, Aug 2007Judge: Portia Geach MemorialAward, Sept 2007Judge: Paris Studio Scholarships,NAS, Oct 2007Judge: Inaugural NSW ParliamentPlein Air Painting Prize, May 2008
Hetti Perkins (Curator, Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander Art)Curator: One sun, one moon:Aboriginal art in Australia, 3 July – 2 Dec 2007Curator: Boomalli: 20 years on,Project Gallery, 1 Sept – 28 Oct2007Curator: Living black, 20 Dec 2007 – 16 Nov 2008Comrade: Revolutions – forms thatturn, BoS, assistance to MichaelRakowitzAuthor: One sun, one moon:Aboriginal art in Australia, AGNSW,Sydney 2007Essay: ‘Ningura Napurrula’ in Anne& Gordon Samstag, WonderfulWorld, Museum of Art, Adelaide2007Essay: ‘Bush mechanics’ in‘Comrades’, Revolutions – formsthat turn, BoS 2008Essay: ‘Something borrowed,something new’ in Australian graffiti:Christian Thompson, GalleryGabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne 2008
Essay: ‘Richard Bell’ in Culturewarriors: National Indigenous ArtTriennial, NGA, Canberra 2007Essay: ‘John Mawurndjul’, Culturewarriors: National Indigenous ArtTriennial, NGA, Canberra 2007Floor guide: Australian IndigenousArt Commission, Musée du quaiBranly, Paris, Australian Council forthe Arts and Harold MitchellFoundation, 2008Essay: ‘Water Dreaming’ inAustralian Greats, Random HouseAustralia, 2008Book launch: Beyond sacred:recent paintings from Australia’sremote Aboriginal communities,June 2008Launch: Lines in the sand: BotanyBay stories from 1770, HazlehurstRegional Gallery and Art Centre,Mar 2008Launch: Walungurru CommunityPool, Walungurru, Northern Territory,Feb 2008Book launch: Macquarie PENAnthology of Aboriginal literature,Macquarie University City Campus,May 2008Launch: James Agapitos OAMMemorial Fund acquisitions, Dec2007Panel discussion: Michael Riley:sights unseen, Museum ofBrisbane, July 2007Discussion (with Apolline Kohen):Culture warriors: NationalIndigenous Art Triennial, NGA,Canberra, Feb 2008Delegate: 2020 Summit, ParliamentHouse, Canberra, Apr 2008Interview: Michael Riley: sightsunseen, documentary, MessageStick, ABC Television, SydneyInterview: Songlines to the Seine,documentary, SBSi and Arte,FranceInterview: Indigenous Art CentreOperations Resource (IACOR)projectDirector: Arts Law Centre ofAustralia Board, SydneyMember: Artists in the Blackreference group, Arts Law Centre of Australia, SydneyMember: Public Art Advisory Panel,City of SydneyForum member: Sustainable Sydney2030, City of SydneyMember: Australian InternationalCultural Committee, Department ofForeign Affairs and Trade, CanberraMember: Papunya Tula ReferenceGroup, Maritime and MovableHeritage Section, Heritage Division,Department of the Environment,Water, Heritage and the Arts,CanberraTrustee: Charlie Perkins Children’sTrustDirector: Michael Riley Foundation
Peter Raissis (Curator, EuropeanPrints, Drawings and Watercolours)Curator: Modern Britishwatercolours and drawings, 28 July – 14 Oct 2007Curator: Käthe Kollwitz andcontemporaries, Mar–June 2007 Lecture and tutorial: ‘Techniquesand function of old masterdrawings’, Art History Honoursstudents, USyd, 9 Aug 2007Course: Royal Collection Studies,Windsor, UK, 2–11 Sept 2007 Interview: ‘Drawings from the HintonCollection at NERAM’, ArmidaleExpress, Jan 2008
Anne Ryan (Curator, AustralianPrints)Curator: Judy Cassab, landscapewatercolours from the collection,29 May – 31 Aug 2008Curator: Australian etchings andengravings 1880s to 1930s from theGallery’s collection, 5 May – 22 July2007Author: Australian etchings andengravings 1880s to 1930s from the Gallery’s collection, AGNSW,Sydney 2007Article: ‘The weekly bus–rail ticket:Noel McKenna’, Artworld, June/July2008, pp 166–67Article: ‘Preview – Australianetchings and engravings 1880s to1930s from the Gallery’s collection’Imprint, vol 42, no 2, winter 2007,pp 4–5Catalogue essay: ‘Andrew Antoniou’in Andrew Antoniou, a rollingnarrative, Wollongong City ArtGallery, 2008Launch: G W Bot, paddock glyphs,Australian Galleries Works on Paper,Sydney, 17 Apr 2008Launch: Polarities in print (SydneyPrint Circle exhibition), Mosman Art Gallery, 1 June 2007Curatorial advisor, committeemember: NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize 2008Member: Dictionary of AustralianArtists Online, chief investigator,2005–present; editorial committee,2007–present
Malgorzata Sawicki (Seniorconservator, Frames)Article: ‘From Lady in black to Artstudents: the story behind changinga frame’, AICCM Bulletin, vol 30,2007, pp 44–50Article: ‘Practical implications ofresearch into non-traditional in-gildingtechniques: losses compensation inconservation of gilded objects’,AICCM Bulletin, vol 30, 2007, pp 63–69Research: doctoral research, UWS –‘Research into non-traditional gildingtechniques as a substitute fortraditional matte water-gilding’,finalising
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Susan Schmocker (Head librarian)Curator (with Liz Jeneid): Searchingfor Asphodels: artists in theMediterranean, AGNSW ResearchLibrary and Archive, 12 Mar – 30 May 2008Curator: Australian bookbinders,AGNSW Research Library andArchive, 18 June – 3 Oct 2008Lecture: ‘Role and function of theGallery’s research library andarchive’, Information Managementstudents, Charles Sturt University,19 Sept 2007Lecture: ‘Fund-raising for theLibrary’, members of Art LibrariesSociety, 15 Nov 2007Lecture: ‘A delicate balance: accessand security at the research libraryand archive’, members of ArtLibraries Society, Sydney, 19 Apr 2008Talk: ‘Management of specialcollections in an art library’, UTS, 11 Oct 2007Talk: Introduction to ‘Onlineresources at the research library andarchive’, Master of ArtAdministration students, CoFA,9 Apr 2008
Treasurer: ARLIS/ANZ NSWChapter, 1993–presentMember: Dictionary of AustralianArtists Online advisory committee,Jan 2004 – June 2008
Natalie Seiz (Assistant registrar(curatorial), Asian Art)Guest editor (with Leong Chan):TAASA Review, vol 17, no 1, Mar 2008Article: ‘Traveller’s choice: Asia ArtArchive, Hong Kong’, TAASAReview, vol 16, no 3, Sept 2007, p 21Article: ‘Mapping Taiwan: activism in the work of Wu Mali’, TAASAReview, vol 17, no 1, Mar 2008, pp 14–15Seminar paper: ‘Making a space of one’s own: the Taiwan Women’sArt Association and its impact oncontemporary Taiwan’,London–Taiwan Seminar Program,London School of Economics, AsiaResearch Centre, London, 6 Mar2008Management Committee member:The Asian Arts Society of AustraliaResearch: PhD candidate,‘Contemporary women artists inTaiwan’, School of Art History andTheory, USyd
Tristan Sharp (Senior coordinator,Education Programs)Author: Foreword, CambridgeSenior Visual Arts Stage 6,Cambridge University Press,Melbourne 2008 Article: ‘Artside-In Moree’, Artreach,The Regional Arts NSW Magazine,spring 2007, pp 14–15
Lecture: ‘Practice and process:ARTEXPRESS 08’, NewcastleRegion Art Gallery, May 2008Lecture: ‘The value of the Gallery asan education resource’, UTS,Kuring-Gai Campus, May 2008Lecture: ‘Visual arts education now’,Dulwich Visual Art and Design HighSchool awards ceremony, Dec 2007Paper: ‘Sustainability within the arts:developing tomorrow’s audiencesand artists’, Sydney ArtsManagement Group, Opera Centre,Sydney, May 2008Paper: ‘The artist’s role ineducation’, Art as an IndustrySymposium, Arts North West,Qurindi, May 2008Launch: Artside-In Moree StudentExhibition, Moree Plains Gallery, Nov 2007Launch: Visual Art Exhibition,North Sydney Girls High School,Aug 2007Launch: Art Show, Knox GrammarSchool, Aug 2007Launch: Senior Art Exhibition,Kuring-Gai Creative Arts HighSchool, Aug 2007Judge: The Emanuel Archies, TheEmanuel School Archibald Prize,Apr 2008Judge: A central vision: studentaward and exhibition, GosfordRegional Art Gallery, Dec 2007Scholarship: International Researchinto Innovative Gallery Programs forYouth and Teens, AGS TravellingScholarship, Oct 2007Member: Visual Arts ReferenceCommittee, Museum and GalleriesNSW, SydneyMember: Sydney Arts ManagementGroup Committee, Sydney ArtsManagement Advisory Group,Sydney
Emma Smith (Senior registrar,Collections)Paper: ‘I’ll show you mine if youshow me yours: dealing withinternational outward loans’, SharingCollections: The Ins and Outs ofLoans, Australasian Registrar’sCommittee annual conference,Sydney, Mar 2008
Dr Jacqueline Strecker (Curator,Special Exhibitions)Article: ‘Two pair’, Portrait 27,National Portrait Gallery, Canberra,autumn 2008, pp 10–13Article: ‘The Mad Square’, Kultur,Goethe-Institut Australia, no 16, Apr 2008, p 11Catalogue essay: ‘Germanexpressionism 1913–1930’ inGerman expressionist prints, RexIrwin Art Dealer, Sydney, June 2008Launch: German expressionistprints 1898–1930, Rex Irwin ArtDealer, Sydney, June 2008
Valerie Tring (Librarian)Curator: The artist in the director:the art of directors of the Art Galleryof NSW, Art Gallery of NSWResearch Library and Archive, 13 Feb – 7 Mar 2008
Khanh Trinh PompiliCurator: Taishô chic – Japanesemodernity, nostalgia and deco,22 May – 3 Aug 2008 Paper: ‘Capturing nature’s innertruth: the “true-view” concept inChina, Korea and Japan’, CIHAconference, Melbourne, Jan 2008
Wayne Tunnicliffe (Curator,Contemporary Australian Art)Co-curator and managing editor: An incomplete world, AGNSW, 19 May – 29 July 2007; NGV,28 Sept 2007 – 6 Jan 2008Co-curator: An incomplete world,AGNSW, 19 May – 29 July 2007;NGV, 28 Sept 2007 – 6 Jan 2008Co-curator: contemporarycollection, 9 Aug 2007 – 24 Mar2008Co-curator: contemporarycollection: History and memory,10 May – 26 Oct 2008Curator and editor: Adam Cullen:let’s get lost, 15 May – 27 July 2008Entries: ‘Yasumasa Morimura’,‘Andreas Gursky’, ‘WalterNiedermayr’ and ‘Thomas Struth’ in Mami Kataoka (ed), Art is for thespirit: works from The UBS ArtCollection, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo2008Launch speech: Planet Craft Gallery,Nov 2007Advisor: Capp St residency, WattisInstitute, San Francisco, Feb 2008
Sheona White (Senior coordinator,Public Programs)Lecture: Development andMarketing Forum conference, 16 May 2008 Judge: Paris Studio Scholarships2009
Natalie Wilson (Assistant curator,Australian Art)Curator: Indigenous connections:Sidney Nolan’s ‘Rite of spring’ –photographs by Axel Poignant,Australian Collection Focus Room,AGNSW, 2 Nov 2007 – 3 Feb 2008;State Library of Queensland, 16 June – 31 Aug 2008Author: Indigenous connections,online exhibition catalogue,Australian Collection Focus Room,AGNSW, Sydney 2007Member: Oceanic Art Society,Sydney
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CUSTOMERCOMPLAINTSIn accordance with our Pledge ofService, visitors are invited to leavepraise, complaints and suggestionsin the Gallery’s visitor commentsbook. During 2007–08, there were446 comments recorded (109compliments, 206 complaints and131 suggestions). The commentsbook is regularly reviewed by theGallery’s senior management forappropriate response and furtheraction, if appropriate. The majorityof praise comments are thanks forthe wonderful volunteer guideservices, which are provided freeevery day to highlight works fromthe Gallery’s collections, as well asthe major temporary exhibitions.Also popular and well appreciatedare the various public programs onoffer, again many for free, especiallyon weekends and during schoolholidays.
The major areas of complaint reflectthe high-volume activity of theGallery’s business and heritagebuilding. And, while all complaintsare considered critically, the verysmall volume of complaints inrelation to the total number ofvisitors – over one million annually –reflects the generally high rating ofvisitor enjoyment.
General areas of visitor concernsduring 2007–08 include:
Chalk on outside of heritagebuilding
As part of the Biennale of Sydneyexhibition, one artwork was chalkeddrawings on the front of ourheritage building. This particulartemporary contemporary work wasnot popular with some of ourvisitors. However, the Galleryensured that the chalk material usedin the work would not cause anydamage to the sandstone prior topermitting the work to be includedin the exhibition, and it was promptlyremoved following the end of theexhibition.
Signage – too small; badly placed
The placement of labels and thesize and font of text are consideredfor each new major exhibition.However, the low lighting oftenrequired for the conservation ofartworks on display, especially forworks on paper, makes readinglabels more difficult for somepeople. The Gallery produces a free printed exhibition guide, whichincludes details of all works in eachof the major temporary exhibitions.
Inadequate cloaking facilities
The Gallery has limited cloakingfacilities and an ever-increasingvisitor population. At the presenttime, we cannot accommodate the cloaking of heavy winter coats.Unfortunately, because we have a single front door, permanentlyexpanding the cloaking facilitieswould require conversion of ourheritage front foyer. However, during major exhibitions for whichwe anticipate high attendance, weinstalled temporary cloaking facilitiesthat expanded into the heritagevestibule area. These additionalfacilities were available for theSidney Nolan retrospectiveexhibition (our major 2007–08summer show) and for the popularannual Archibald Prize.
Food services
The majority of visitor concerns areabout the timeliness of service, orbelief that prices are too high. Fastservice is sometimes difficult toachieve during the Gallery’s busiestmonths, even with additional staffengaged for peak periods –especially during the Archibald Prizeexhibition, when more than 262 000visitors came to the Gallery in Marchand April 2008. In response todemand, the Gallery placedadditional tables to temporarilyexpand the café area during thispeak period; arranged for thecaterer to operate duel cashiers;and introduced partial tableservices, whereby customersordered at the counter and weregiven a table number to which theirorder was delivered.
These complaints and the onesrelating to prices are forwarded toour contract caterers to assist themin planning future staff requirementsand to consider their pricing points.
Lack of adequate disabledaccess and seating
This area of concern also includescomplaints about lack of adequatepram access at the front of theheritage building, as well as seatingthroughout the building. The Gallerycontinues to explore better ways for disabled and pram entry into the building and has developedbuilding plans for a second entranceon the northern side of the building.Unfortunately, lack of the significantcapital funding required forimplementation means that thisissue remains problematic.Transferring the entry by schoolgroups to the back of the buildingvia the new education entrance has provided some relief to thecongestion at the front door.
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ELECTRONICSERVICE DELIVERY
Our main website and its manysubsites continue to grow insophistication and richness ofcontent, resulting in more peoplefrom throughout New South Wales,across Australia and around theworld accessing information andinteracting with the Gallery.
Overall visitationThe total number of actual visits forthe year (to all Gallery websites) was1 799 248 (over 454 000 more thanin 2006–07), an average of 4929visits per day, peaking at 7984 perday in March 2008.
The Gallery’s main websiteaccounted for three-quarters of theoverall visitation, followed by theArchibald Prize (10%), the BrettWhiteley Studio (4%) and the otherfive websites (between 1% and 3%each, a total of 11%). ‘Exhibitions’was the most visited section of thewebsite (26%), followed by ‘Pressoffice’ (17%), ‘About us’ (11%),‘Events’ (10%) and ‘Education’ (8%).
E-commerceA total of 1141 transactions(representing a turnover of morethan $78 000) have been made with the Gallery’s online shop, anincrease of approximately $30 000from 2006–07. Exhibition ticketsrepresented approximately 9% ofthe overall orders and 4% of theturnover.
Messaging via thewebsitesThe ‘contact us’ form on the main website was used for 523messages from the general public.Over one-third of all messages werefor curators and 19% were generalenquiries. The Research Libraryenquiry form was used for 227messages, 45% for ‘generalinterest’, 31% for ‘professionalresearch’ and the rest by students.The ‘frequently asked questions’form for submitting new questionswas used for 88 messages, whilethe website feedback form wasused for for 66 messages.
Website upgradeThe process of upgrading the mainwebsite to the next-generationcontent management system,MySource Matrix, continues. Thebasic design has been created, thesite structure has been determinedand more than 95% of the newcontent has been edited orrewritten. To reduce the amount ofmanual labour required to build thenew site, a software tool thatautomatically copies across thestructure and text content ofselected portions of the existing sitehas been created.
myVirtualGalleryThis interactive educational toolallows anyone to create their ownvirtual exhibitions using artworksfrom the Gallery’s permanentcollections. The tool continues togrow in popularity and usage. Thereare now 2475 people who haveregistered as exhibition creators and there are 1352 exhibitions (504newly created during 2007–08).Over half of the 151 525 page-views in 2007–08 were from people logging in to edit their ownexhibitions. In 2008, during the first seminar, myVirtualGallery wasused as an assessment tool for the University of Newcastle.
New website contentApart from regular updates to theprincipal website (particularly in the‘Events’, ‘Exhibitions’ and ‘Pressoffice’ sections), the followingsignificant developments haveoccurred:
• Videos of key events, mostly Art After Hours celebrity talks andperformances, have been posted toa new ‘videos and podcasts’ area of the main site, as well as the ArtAfter Hours site. Selected videoshave also been posted on YouTube.
• New ‘encapsulated mini-websites’have been created for theexhibitions Bertram Mackennal andThe photographs of August Sander,as well as the contemporarycollection reinstallation. These arelocated within the ‘Exhibitions’section of the main website, butalso have their own internalnavigation menus. The BertramMackennal mini-website has its ownURL (www.mackennal.com.au).
• The website for The arts of Islamexhibition (www.artsofislam.com.au)was launched in late June 2007 andfeatures images of the exhibition,which was on view through toSeptember 2007. It also hasinteractive educational content onthe history of Islam and Islamic art.This website was visited 17 161times during 2007–08.
• A new website for the SidneyNolan retrospective exhibition(www.sidneynolan.com.au) waslaunched in November 2007,complete with videos of the artist atwork, commentary by the curatorand an introduction by the director.It was visited 20 016 times during2007–08.
• Inside ARTEXPRESS 08(www.insideartexpress.com.au),celebrating 25 years ofARTEXPRESS at the Gallery, waslaunched in February 2008. Inaddition to the usual features (suchas an interactive virtual walkthrough,downloadable process diaries andconnections with the Gallery’scollection for six works), the sitealso includes 14 complete videosfrom the exhibition, viewable online.The site and its predecessor, InsideARTEXPRESS 07, were visited56 871 times during 2007–08.
Social mediaIn April 2008, the Gallery created apresence, in two different forms, onthe popular social networking siteFacebook. The Gallery’s own pageis located at www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Sydney-Australia/Art-Gallery-of-New-South-Wales/25274327104. Members of thepublic can register as ‘fans’ andreceive automatic notification ofupdates, including news, eventsand videos.
The Gallery also participates, with 15 other art institutions (includingthe Tate Museum), in ArtShare:apps.facebook.com/artshare.
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COMPLIANCEREPORTING
Major assetsThe Gallery’s major assets are itsartwork collections, valued at $795 million (as at 30 June 2008),and the perimeter land and buildingin the Domain, valued at $160.6million (as at 30 June 2008).
Engagement and use of consultantsThere were three consultancies in2007–08, costing a total of$33 075. All of the consultancieswere each paid less than $30 000.Two were engaged for securityreviews and the other was in themanagement services category.
Credit card usageThe director certifies that credit card usage in the Gallery has beenconducted in accordance withrelevant Premier’s Memorandumsand NSW Treasury Directions.
Summary of landholdingsThe following is a listing of landowned by the Art Gallery of NSW as at 30 June 2008:Art Gallery of NSWAddress: Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney NSW 2000
Land disposalThe Gallery did not acquire ordispose of any land in 2007–08.
Production costs 2008annual reportThe total external costs incurred inthe production of the 2008 annualreport are approximately $23 000(this includes text editor, prepress,printing and copyright fees). The report, in hard copy, is provided free to key stakeholdersand other interested parties. It is also available in the ‘About us’ section of our website(www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/aboutus)
Freedom of informationproceduresApplication for access to Gallerydocuments under the Freedom ofInformation Act 1989 should beaccompanied by a $30 applicationfee and directed in writing to:Human Resources Manager (FOI Coordinator)Art Gallery of NSWArt Gallery RoadThe Domain, Sydney NSW 2000
Freedom of information –statement of affairsThe following Statement of Affairs is presented in accordance with the Freedom on Information Act1989, section 14 (1) (b) and (3). The Gallery’s statement is correct as at 30 June 2008. The Gallery(FOI Agency no 376) received three(3) formal requests for information,all classified as ‘other’, under theAct during 2007–08. All requestswere completed. No requests werecarried over from the previousfinancial year.
The Gallery regularly receivesrepresentations from the publicconcerning its operations.
We endeavour to make thecollection and associated informationas accessible as possible to thegeneral public and we welcomepublic interest and participation inGallery activities.
Documents held by the Gallery: Art Gallery of New South Wales Act 1980; accounts manual;administrative policies andprocedures; agendas and minute ofmeetings; collection managementpolicy and procedures; annualreports; EEO annual report; film andphotography policy; strategic plan2003–2008; financial reports; andhuman resources policies andprocedures.
Documents available for purchase:The Gallery publishes a range ofcatalogues and art books (seeappendix – AGNSW publications for sale). Publications prices areregularly reviewed by the GalleryShop. Selected items are availablefrom our website(www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/shop).The Gallery publishes regularexhibitions and events bulletins.
The following table shows details of freedom of information (FOI)requests received by the Gallery:
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Major capital works
Costs 2007–08 Completion OverrunCapital works project $’000 date $
Artworks purchased 12 390 ongoing nil
Building works 2373 ongoing nil
Plant & equipment replacement 446 ongoing nil
Total 15 209
Payment performance
Aged creditor analysis at the end of each quarter 2007–08
Current Less than Less than Less than More than (ie within 30 days 60 days 90 days 90 days
