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INTRODUCTION
Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report 2016–17 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).
Under the Act, the Board’s functions include:
(a) to control, manage and maintain the art gallery
and each branch thereof and all property in the
possession of the Board
(b) to develop the 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, package, and manufacture display materials for
works of art in the possession of the Board
(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.