Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1991-92

CURATORIAL & SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM Mr Christopher Saines, Australians grant, a professional development furniture, metalwork, painting, photographs Manager Curatorial & grant from the Visual Arts/Craft Board of the and prints from Belgium, England and japan). Support Services (left) Mr Peter Maxwell, and Mr John Hook, Australia Council, and a grant-in-aid from the Similar arrangements were made and work Contract Conservator Senior Conservator, British Council, to undertake internship at the undertaken for all loans to Gallery-organised (Outdoor Sculpture), discussing an infra-red Tate Gallery, London. She is looking at the ageing exhibitions, national and international exhibitions Queensland Art Gallery reflectograph and x-ray of artists, oil paint and microscopic methods for shown at the Gallery and loans from the Gallery Contract Conservation (right rear) of Jacopo Services, cleaning the Tintoretto's The determining information about the condition of Collection. A total of 1078 items was received on nineteenth century Resurrection, as part of an oil paint film, and in particular the role of loan for exhibition and general display purposes. Borghese warrior (after a major collaborative Rhodamine B in the examination of paint Items lent to other institutions for exhibition Agasius The Ephesian) in research project on the sculpture courtyard the work, cross sections. purposes totalled 350, while thirty-three items Framing were lent to government offices. During the year, Conservation/restoration work on existing the Gallery reviewed its policy of lending to frames and major new frame projects were government offices undertaken during the year using a wide range of The Australian and international movements of skills traditionally practised by gilders/framers the 'Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition were co including hand carving nineteenth century ordinated and supervised including customs compo pressing methods and water, oil and formalities ground and air transportation burnish bronze gilding couriers and security escorts By the time the Y. Collection works for which frames made in the exhibition had returned to Paris twelve V Gallery's Workshop were gilded by the Framer international and six domestic flights involving IIL - included Edouard Vuillard s Le Salon des Hesse/ six French and three Australian couriers had c 1906 de Brierss Still life with fruit 19th century been utilised Henry Rielly 's Ghost Gully, evening 1894 J H The many objects lent during the year included Carse s Wallaga Lake near Bega New South Wales Sydney Longs Spirit of the plains to the Art Gallery 1877: and H. J. johnstone's Murray River at of New South Wales for inclusion in its Australian Mannum 1882. landscape exhibition travelling to japan; Conservation/restoration was carried out on Tintoretto's The Resurrection and Rubens's Portrait the frames for Australian wild birds 1889 by Neville of a young woman in a fur wrap (after Titian) to the Cayley and Charles, Duke of Lennox c. 1660s after Australian National Gallery for its 'Rubens and Sir Peter Lely. the Italian Renaissance exhibition Bronwyn The Framer completed text for a book on Oliver's Curlicue to the Australian Exhibitions "VkAo, gilding and making period frames and negotiation Touring Agency for inclusion in its exhibition to be is currently underway for its production through shown in Seville Paris Berlin and Amsterdam r ' a specialist publisher and of major importance Pablo Picassos La Belle PW Hollandaise to the Museu Picasso Barcelona / REGISTRATION and the Kunstmuseum Bern for the Picasso I T r a n s p o r t a t i o n insurance documentation and 1905-1906 exhibition Extensive liaison was packing/unpacking were undertaken for 315 undertaken with airlines, shipping agents, road objects under consideration for acquisition by the transport and security agencies, both Australian .I Gallery and fourteen items de-accessioned and and international, to ensure the safety of the despatched for sale or auction. This included latter, major, work. international transportation and customs Insurance coverage was also maintained for formalities for thirty-one items (ceramics, the tours of the Regional Services exhibitions 40