ART MUSEUMS – AUSTRALIA

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

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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NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY