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First Nations board for the arts unveiled

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Original article by Tim Douglas
The Australian – Page: 4 : 10-Sep-24

Rachael Maza and Philip Watkins have been announced as co-chairs of the inaugural First Nations Arts board, which is a federal government commitment as part of its Revive cultural policy. The all-Indigenous 10-person board will oversee $52 million in funding over four years from 2024-25, with its aim being to support and increase career pathways for First Nations people involved in the arts. Maza is a film and stage director while Watkins is CEO of Aboriginal art advocacy group Desart.

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Priceless artworks in the bush firing line

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Original article by Matthew Westwood
The Australian – Page: 19 : 6-Jan-20

Some of the major artworks at the historic Bundanon property and art centre near Nowra in New South Wales have been moved to a safer location due to the bushfire threat. The Bundanon Trust has indicated that more artworks may be moved after the Currowan bushfire came close to the property, which was gifted to the nation by artist Arthur Boyd and his wife in 1993. Bundanon’s $43m art collection include works by Boyd, Sidney Nolan and Charles Blackman. Meanwhile, poor air quality due to smoke from bushfires prompted the closure of art museums in Canberra on 5 January.

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BUNDANON TRUST, NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY (AUSTRALIA), MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY

Qantas gives $2.75 million to secure Aussie artists exposure at Tate

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Original article by Primrose Riordan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 29-Sep-15

The Qantas Foundation has donated $A2.75 million to London’s Tate and Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). The donation will be used by the two institutions to jointly buy works by Australian artists. The acquired works will be shown at the MCA in 2016, and later at the Tate in London.

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QANTAS FOUNDATION, TATE GALLERY OF MODERN ART, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (NEW SOUTH WALES)

Exemplary Smart work to test secondary market for first time

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Original article by Jane O’Sullivan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 4-Jun-15

Sotheby’s will hold an Important Australian Art auction in August 2015. Paintings that will go under the hammer include Jeffrey Smart’s "Morning Practice, Baia", which is expected to fetch between $A550,000 and $A750,000. The painting has been owned by one family since 1970, and Sotheby’s Australia chairman Geoffrey Smith says it has generated much interest among the firm’s clients.

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SOTHEBY’S AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, DEUTSCHER AND HACKETT PTY LTD, SAMSTAG MUSEUM OF ART, TARRAWARRA MUSEUM OF ART LIMITED, BONHAMS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Economist’s $8m parting gift to gallery

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Original article by Timna Jacks
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 19-Mar-15

The late Alan Boxer has bequeathed a collection of paintings by Australian modernists to the National Gallery of Australia. The 19 artworks include paintings by Sidney Nolan, Brett Whiteley and Arthur Boyd, and are estimated to be collectively worth $A8m. Boxer, who died in 2014, worked as the Federal Treasury from 1975 to 1986, and began collecting artworks in the 1950

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Expert says painting looked ‘odd’

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Original article by Anne Davies
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 12 : 25-Jul-14

Supreme Court of New South Wales judge Patricia Bergin is hearing a suit launched over an allegedly fake Albert Tucker painting by barrister Louise McBride. The respondents are auctioneer Christie’s, art dealer Alex Holland and Vivienne Sharpe, who had acted as adviser to McBride on the purchase of the work. The court on 24 July heard the testimony of Tucker expert Lauraine Diggins, who said she had doubts at the time about the authenticity of "Faun and Parrot"

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