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Relationships are essential to the Gallery’s purpose.
Relationships with audiences, artists, colleagues, staff,
volunteers, government, corporate supporters, the
tourism sector, benefactors, the media, and touring and
funding agencies, are among those that sustain our
activities and help us achieve our goals.
Notable highlights this year:
− With 204 staff and 81 volunteers the Gallery achieved
a total attendance of 1 304 440 in the financial year
2007–08.
− Unprecedented investment from media and tourism
partners contributed to a record level of sponsorship.
− Queensland Events Corporation was Presenting
Partner for ‘Picasso & his collection’ and, with
Santos, was Principal Partner for ‘Andy Warhol’.
− Collaborative marketing with Tourism Queensland
and Brisbane Marketing increased visitor numbers
and helped profile the Gallery and Brisbane as a
major cultural tourism destination.
− The Chairman’s Circle, a new exhibition support
program, attracted 11 corporate members in its
first year.
− Art Exhibitions Australia (AEA) partnered with the
Gallery to bring ‘Picasso & his collection’ to Brisbane;
we will work together again to present ‘American
Impressionism and Realism: A Landmark Exhibition
from the Met’ in 2009.
− In addition to its ongoing funding, the Queensland
Government will fund the much-needed
refurbishment of gallery spaces in the original
Queensland Art Gallery building in 2009.
− The Australian Government, through Art Indemnity
Australia, and the Queensland Government provided
funding for insurance for ‘Picasso & his collection’.
Left: An opening event for the ‘Premier of Queensland’s National New Media Art Award’,
October 2008. Photograph: Ray Fulton
Above left: Artists Yoshitomo Nara and Hideki Toyoshima (pictured) discuss work for
'The Sixth Asia Pacific Triennial' with Gallery staff. Photograph: Natasha Harth
Above right: The Honourable Rod Welford, MP, Minister for Education and Training and Minister
for the Arts, discussing an art work at the opening of ‘Creative Generation Excellence Awards
in Visual Art and Design’, March 2008. Photograph: Ray Fulton