Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

Kenneth Reed Announces His Significant Bequest to the Art Gallery of New South Wales

October 22, 2010 by  
Filed under Museums & Galleries

SYDNEY.- Kenneth Reed today announced his intention to bequeath to the Art Gallery of New South Wales a substantial collection of old master paintings, Italian Maiolica and European 18th-century porcelain. Numbering over 70 items in total the Ken Reed bequest will represent a most significant addition to the gallery’s European collection said Edmund Capon, Director, Art Gallery of New South Wales. Abraham Bloemaert, Cimon and Iphigenia, late 1620s. Oil on panel, 36.9 x 52.1 cm Mr Reed, a Sydney-based retired [...]

Gleeson O’Keefe Foundation Provide Funds to Acquire Sidney Nolan Painting

SYDNEY.- In 2000, in association with the Olympics in Sydney, the Art Gallery of New South Wales staged a special display of its Australian collections under the title, Australian Icons. Central to the display was the work of Sidney Nolan, whom many consider to be the most influential painter in the history of 20th century Australian art. The selected Nolan works from the collection demonstrated that Nolan was inadequately represented in the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Thus the [...]