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Director's overview
Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report 2010–11
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The development of our Collection, exhibitions, programs
and publications in 2010–11 has been enabled by
the significant support of the Queensland Art Gallery
Foundation, the Queensland Government, private and
corporate patrons. I join the Chair in acknowledging the
Queensland Government, in particular Anna Bligh,
MP
,
Premier of Queensland and Minister for Reconstruction
and our new Arts Minister, Rachel Nolan,
MP
, Minister for
Finance, Natural Resources and The Arts.
I also acknowledge the generosity of artists, individual
donors and collectors who have supported acquisitions
and gifted works to the Collection, in particular Philip
Bacon,
AM
; Henry Bartlett,
CMG
,
OBE
; Patrick Corrigan,
AM
; Tim Fairfax,
AM
; Cathryn Mittelheuser,
AM
; Margaret
Mittelheuser,
AM
; Margaret Olley,
AC
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which allows us to continue to strategically pursue
collecting and programming opportunities.
For their leadership and expertise, I acknowledge
the Chair, Professor John Hay,
AC
, and the Board of
Trustees. I also thank the Foundation Council and
President Tim Fairfax,
AM
, for his exceptional generosity
and support. My thanks also extend to the Executive
Management Team — Andrew Clark, Deputy Director,
Programming and Corporate Services; Suhanya Raffel,
Deputy Director, Curatorial and Collection Development
and Celestine Doyle, Executive Manager, Marketing and
Business Development — Gallery staff and volunteers.
After the difficult start to the year, with many regions
throughout Queensland affected by natural disasters, it
has been remarkable to see the way the community has
come together to rebuild this resilient and vibrant state. I
especially acknowledge the tremendous efforts of Gallery
staff during this challenging period.
In the coming six months we begin our celebration of the
fifth anniversary of the opening of the Gallery of Modern
Art. This is a significant milestone for the Gallery and
for Queensland. Since becoming a two-site institution,
the community has embraced the Gallery, and we have
achieved rewarding success because of this public
support.
Tony Ellwood
Director
Installation view of the
exhibition ‘21st Century:
Art in the First Decade’.
In foreground: Yayoi
Kusama | Japan b.1929 |
Narcissus garden
(detail)
1996/2002 | 4000 balls
(approx.): 17cm diam.,
(each); installed size
variable | Gift of the artist
through the Queensland
Art Gallery Foundation 2002