2012-13 Report

OVERVIEW

Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report 2012–13 07

The Gallery has pursued its goals throughout 2012–13 in

accordance with the

Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees

Act 1987

;

the

Queensland Art Gallery Strategic Plan 2012–17

and

Operational Plan 2012–13

; and our two specific purpose

plans, the

Queensland Art Gallery Asset Strategic Plan 2012–

and

Queensland Art Gallery Information Communication

and Technology Resources Strategic Plan 2012–17

. The

Board recognises a number of challenges with the potential

to infuence the achievement of the Gallery's goals and its

contribution to government objectives; these include ensuring

the Gallery is adequately resourced sustainably support

audience growth, and the associated demand for programs

and services; remaining responsive to changing audience needs

in a competitive and diverse leisure market; and continuing to

secure the support of donors and benefactors in order to build

the Collection.

QAGOMA benchmarks operations, resources and outcomes

with other art galleries and museums through professional

networks across disciplines and levels. The Gallery’s risk

management process includes a strategic risk framework,

a strategic risk assessment process, an Audit and Risk

Management Committee and an internal audit function.

The strategic risk framework, which has been prepared in

line with the international standard

ISO 31000: 2009 Risk

management — Principles and guidelines

, provides guidance

on how the Gallery manages its overall risk and details key

roles and responsibilities. The strategic risk assessment

process includes an external environmental scan, an internal

scan, and identification, assessment and mitigation of strategic

risk. Both documents are presented annually to the Audit and

Risk Management Committee for review. Major operational

risks involved the safekeeping and preservation of the Gallery’s

Collection and other assets, the safety of staff and visitors,

and the management of the Gallery’s reputation. Operational

risks are addressed by individual managers; risks that have

the potential to become strategic in nature are referred to the

Executive Management Team. The findings of risk assessment

inform the Gallery’s broader planning processes.

I acknowledge the considerable support provided by the

Queensland Government, in particular the Honourable

Campbell Newman,

, Premier of Queensland; the current

Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation

and the Arts, the Honourable Ian Walker,

, and the former

Minister, the Honourable Ros Bates,

. I also thank the

current Director-General, Department of Science, Information

Technology, Innovation and the Arts, Andrew Garner; his

predecessor Philip Reed; the Acting Deputy Director General of

Arts Queensland, Evan Hill and the staff at Arts Queensland,

who we have had the great pleasure of working closely

with in 2012–13. I also welcome the Newman government’s

commitment to make Queensland an arts and cultural hub,

with the signing of the

Cultural Precinct Strategy

in June; the

Gallery looks forward to developing closer partnerships with

its neighbouring arts organisations.

The Gallery has shared a great working relationship with the

Department of Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and

the Commonwealth Games, and I sincerely thank their Minister,

the Honourable Janet Stuckey,

; along with Stephen Gregg,

Chair, and Steven Wright, Chief Executive Officer, Tourism and

Events Queensland; and John Aitken, Chief Executive Officer,

Brisbane Marketing, for their support.

This year the Gallery started a new chapter in its history

with the appointment of Chris Saines,

CNZM

, as Director. Chris

returned to the Gallery in April, after 17 years as the Director

of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, and I congratulate

him on the tremendous start he has made to his tenure. I also

offer my sincere gratitude to Suhanya Raffel, who acted in the

position of Director from July 2012 to January 2013, and who

has now taken up the position of Director of Collections at the

Art Gallery of New South Wales — we wish her every success.

Former Director, Tony Ellwood, and former Deputy Director,

Programming and Corporate Services, Andrew Clark, took up

appointments as Director and Deputy Director, respectively, at

the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, and I acknowledge

the contributions they made to the Gallery. I also acknowledge

the support we received from Philip Reed and Evan Hill, who

assumed the Director’s delegation duties in the interim period

before Chris’s arrival.

I acknowledge and thank the Trustees during the period under

review — my predecessor, Professor John Hay,

, who retired

as Chair in July 2012; Dr Amanda Bell, who did a wonderful

job as Acting Chair in the interim before my appointment in

August 2012; Philip Bacon,

; Margie Fraser; John Lobban;

Avril Quaill; Rick Wilkinson; David Williams and Peter Young,

Finally, I congratulate the Gallery’s Executive Management

Team for their contribution and leadership throughout

2012–13. A revision of the management structure in

October saw Celestine Doyle appointed as Deputy Director,

Marketing, Development and Commercial Services; Maud

Page appointed as Acting Deputy Director, Curatorial and

Collection Development; and Simon Wright appointed as

Assistant Director, Programming. I also extend my thanks to

the Gallery’s staff for their outstanding commitment during

the year.

We are now at the beginning of a new chapter in the history

of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, and

the Board feels extremely confident and enthusiastic about

its future direction.