Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 1 : Presscuttings, 1959-1962

THE COURIER -MAIL MONDAY DEC 21 1959 3 ********************************************************** *************************** **********t .1x is Is is Is .is is is * '.* * * * 4. * * as 4 HUGE ceilipliar, v ear cultural scheme. %t hick luny involve El it million expenditure, has been "blue- * printed- for Queensland. The scheme, biggest of its kind in State * 4, history, will begin with a £500,000 project * in Brisbane backed by the State Government. The Governer , 'Sir Mist or Alderman (stols: Vsee- Henry Abel Smiths and limos- aAldrIttion (1.1"111 the Premier e Mr. Nieklin I ,,,,,t,'""ydrtdi 1-;= ''',!,'1,''!':',?i!!," head the petal of lendiliC II trn 11'8'1'1.! Federal ilit6t :,rt,- State figures sponsoring tettl,,e t,1 I hr C'IcknItor1 of conum .... the programme, 1.m.ee 'hem,. utt.ett,...t..: Latin '1 ensile Association preside, Programme planning . Mr C A Edwards,. and the during the year has been '4'."""" ' "'M." 1. Ds . posse: I conducted by the Queens- . I land Centenary Committee s,!,..1.,...,,.."-;'.',',17 "",,^;;yr7*.ny, I and a special Finance ott,,,,e.etei chamber ..I sissgesc- Committee. ,m t. past pre. ident . Mr A H. Pelftell ., Queenxiand Moser:My Centenary' Committee member. ilesearel. Nor etwo. of Medical are. The Premier INV Ninth, paxelp,i,at ppm s.or John th.,- CLiMailen Minixier .Mr. Pi. ,et , tort: I Me Krolltenstits Or. Power. Queensland I Mar Pero I rinks- .Queen ,land Chamber of Commerce I Mr, flout, the wife of the Labor. Bettor president i Mr. W. I.stm- nd Indultry Knob, Mrs Aler hero. Brisbane Itinir Chamber OBI. Mr. W. E. Knox. M.L.A., Mr of Commerce prealdeni . Mr Bon - J W. Houston. !ALLA., the Lord, ell It Taylor:. Mr. C. A Eda as As, *************************** cultural £1 m. State programme IER MAIL" Brisbane, QId. The rio7rier-Mail Our Liberty depends on the freer/mu of the prelim, end that 'mums be limited with - 'out being Mo.-Jefferson. A better Brisbane NNOUNCENIENT of plans for a 000,000 cultural centre for Brisbane, including an art gallery, follows much pre- liminary negotiation during Centenary Year. The State Government' support is shown by Cabinet's willingness to meet half o the coat, on a fl for fl sub sidy basis, up to a limit o 1250,000. Many details rail remain to be worked on before an appeal can be launched for public subscrip- tions in 1960. There can be little doubt however, that the general out line of the plan will appea strongly to Queenslanders and particularly to the Bria bane business community. Th city cannot afford to lag in lb pace of its development. I will grow as it should only i it remains a pleasant an( interesting place in which t live, able to attract new resi dents and hold old ones. It is high time that Rris bane had a fitting permanen home for its National Grillers rite State's collection of ai has been moved from pillar ti post for more than 60 years- first from the old Town Hall to the Executive Building, ane !hen in 1931 to its present "temporary" location nt t h Exhibition Building. The fiallery's collection h: grown in value and importance in recent years, particularly since rect.nt acquisition of lb "Rubin" paintings. It de serves a setting where it ea he enjoyed by the public, Fur Ilse' details of plans for U. Gallery will be awaited with mid alt. linter Ian.public rels Trust, - Centenary Finance with their fmanclal re- mg., ,',.....1.,,,.. Committee, and Brisbane sources." ' Tile Gore' 11111011 will City Council." Sections \t'. pwey last week In- huiuSltinInlirop toshoedBrflors. ; city sta ge of the scheme Lo NI- A.0.rd a site I hat hits bane centre are a t300.- ; the ext ent 0t t250.000 on a be en MIMI IA for B1'1,- u110 art gallery, and a * C for f: batik.ha ne's t till eeral :entre inI cultural -purposes and * A s pecial "Queensland the lint tilt (mecums. ::, exhibition hall to hr * Cultural Centres" society site netween the known a. "Hall of Pion- : trill be I ' ! ItoI I err" Companies and individ- * hounds Of t lit'iveway of funds, and the Queens- I old Governmentlnd House at vital totett"rlilleluteb,e In - The long-term object is bane River the bottom George Street, and the Bris- lials, on a contribution * basis, will be invited to t have the histories of them- ; to build and operate publ,e selves or their families en- art genetics, museums, or other cultural halls Government,auuarea a ntfl ill!! will he surveyed by ill graved In an "Honour Book." Brisbane and the larger ..several acres." Public-spirited cog- * proviliclal cities. Mr. Flury, speaking of Ti i extend 1p!inies and individuals, * ty contributing to the * the Brisbane project, said: ' project, may have halls, "It will be the greatest The Finance' COMMiliCt galleries, fountains, or * Government - and - rit Veil I Millman I Sir Loon ether architectural fea- t ores named after them. * For drama * * * programme planned in the Tmutl said the Quecm- Cell t emery Year. land Cull Ural Cents S,,ciely would require el' City site million for the over-all State scheme.aims tohemwe. si,',;31,1,elitiltit;Pedr),1:11g.intt suleat7, The extend. cover a five -Near period, the Brisbane project to with provision for an take in other Queensland allocation of 7511,11110 a cities, and to provide for year. the grunting of scholar "The type of cultural ships and bursaries, and building, or buildings, for other purposes. Brisbane will be determined Sir Leon said: "We by a Joint committee corn- have endeavoured to pro - prising representatives vide for contributions from the Government. from n11 sections of the Queensland Art Gallery community in accordance Sir Leon Trout said yes- terday the Finance Com- mittee was seriously con- sidering the possibility of building one of the most * up-to-date drama theatres in Australia. All contributions to the scheme would be free of probate, succession, Fed - oral estate duty, and gift * duty, and would act as * deductions for Income tax , 11111'110SPS. 48 TRUTH, Sunday, January 10, 1960 UY ROY CONNOLLY Our Wine Snobs do it a great disservice bicause, by their pretentiousness, they make a mystery out of the simple pleasure of drinking an appropriate wine with the food one is eating. UNAWARE of even such I'm quite certain that the Wine Snob has not the faintest notion of what he is talking about. Consider the extraordinary range of Australian wines In varieties and types, their differences In color, strength, age, fragrance, and flavor. The grape juice, or must. front which they are made, is itself of a variathe 'nature. and to produce the must. consideraTdos such as location, climate, soil and state of Yea- ,sr.9.7P,S when picked are all as important as they are diverse. So are the different fermentation processes. And all this is only part of the complex nature of an industry to which men must devote their lives If they are to understand it. and years of study if they are to he wine con- noisseurs. superficial facts as these concerning wine -making, our Wine Snob Is not deterred from setting himself up as a judge and an arbiter. With a full 12 months' experience of table wines, drunk about once a week, he considers he knows the lot. In an unwary moment. you agree to go to his house to dinner. And the way that boy gives tongue! YAM 'm rolls his eyes, and smacks his lips, and nods his head sagely. Of one wine he Jays, "Alt, a shy little vint- age! Virpitl! To be treated with tenderness': Of another he pronounces, "Note how smoothly it caresses tile palate, tltlllathng tip tastebuds!" And of a third, "What a bouquet! So charming! So delicate!" AND NOT AT ALL SHY! The upshot of all this Is tile ruination of your meal, and your reduction to such a state that you don't know whether to tap hips on the head with one of his own rarefied bottles,,or tig him. Perhaps the thing to do it to rush from your host's house and hare back with a bottle of good old Queensland ruin. Thus .you could introduce to the Wine Snob a beverage that he will find not a scrap shy, and cer- tainly not virginal: one that will let the palate know what's lotting it. And of a bouquet tres magnifique! HEAD it comes to the future cultural life of Brisbane. 1 view with deep suspicion nebu- lous proposals that are being carted around this city at the rnorn,; What Is this proposed Cultural Centre for Itris- bane? Who is behind it, and what does It stand for? Let's have It nut In the open. The Government must make Its own stand clear.: What does it want? Manifestly, the Government. cannot go on as it has done throughout the whole Centenary Year leaving it to little coteries to give tis what passes for them as culture. As I understand the position. the Government: promised to subsidise the erection of a new Arts Oallery-something that is long overdue. It row appears that some interests are endeavor- ing to translate this promise into one WhICII will involve subsidisation of a building to include not only a full range of the Arts. but Commerce as well. Commerce and Industry are vital to a young corn munity such as ours. and we must all be in favor of every thing which will advance both. * * * I/ AY I express my view? I think this is quite foolish. To suggest. however. that we combine the Arts and Commerce and Industry In one building, Is to indulge In muddled thinking. The culture of a community collies (tom creative minds, and you cannot really put a price upon it. As the supreme example-let the greatest bust- ness brains give me an assessment, In terms of money, of what the mighty Shakespeare has done' for the thinking of the world since he wrote his: plays centuries ago. Show me a balance -sheet of the greatest, accretion of companies in history and compare them. if you can, with what William Shakespeare has' given the world! What goes for literature, goes for all the Arts., And 1 now suggest to the State Government. that it thinks long and clearly about what it will do. with any proposed Cultural Centre. The Government's record in artistic! achievement in Centenary Year is deplor- able. This year, it could make amends.