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INTRODUCTION
Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report 2013–14 05
Queensland Art Gallery
Board of Trustees
The Board is a statutory body. Its existence, functions and
powers are set out in the
Queensland Art Gallery Act 1987
(the Act).
The Board’s functions include:
(a) to control, manage and maintain the Queensland Art
Gallery and each branch thereof and all property in
the possession of the Board;
(b) to develop the Queensland Art Gallery’s Collection
of works of art;
(c) to minister to the needs of the community in any or all
branches of the visual arts, including by displaying works
of art; promoting artistic taste and achievement through
the illustration of the history and development of the visual
arts; promoting and providing lectures, films, broadcasts,
telecasts, publications and other educational or cultural
instruction or material, and promoting research;
(d) to control and manage all land and premises vested
in or placed under the control of the Board;
(e) to restore and repair works of art in the possession
of the Board;
(f) to frame and package, and manufacture display materials
for, works of art in the possession of the Board; and
(g) to encourage artistic achievement by artists resident
in Queensland.
For performing its functions, the Board has all the powers of
an individual and may, for example, enter into arrangements,
agreements, contracts and deeds; acquire, hold, deal with and
dispose of property; engage consultants; appoint agents and
attorneys; charge, and fix terms, for goods, services, facilities
and information supplied by it; and do anything else necessary
or desirable to be done in performing its functions.