Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

,• #" I The Courier-Mail 20 September 1982 Thousands a·ttend exhibJiian t ., 1 i ; ,4 ' ~~ .. ,., .,. !'~1: • , 'ff UL :,f~ • I ,•. JI 11·,l,· ,• 11111lot 'r,(; t/, ..,......er~ , .,f. sored by The Courier-Mail, drew large crowds to see some or the most spectac– ular pictures or the world's sportsmen. set up the exMbllions in the gallery. Other exhibitions included Prfaceu Diau's wedding dress and a beaiidrul display or kit,-s mounted on the gallery's ceiling. The new exhibitions were opened rol– low1.ig a short closure or the gallery to Tl s C0!!!" · 0 r-Mail 22 September 1982 -'Open' go for artists FOR the first tlmQ, an open lnvltailon has been extended to entrants In the annual Queensl1:1nd Art Gallery Trus– tees' Purchase E'<hlbltlon. Prcvioualy, only SCllected artists were asked to compete, bcciluse of a lack of gallery space. Formerly the H.C. Richards Prize Exhibi_tion, l;he display bu been held Art sill<'~ 1951. Ho\li~ver, in 1977, the prize wr,s abandoned a.nd replaced with the r,urchase scheme. This year, trustees will purchase :,20,000 worth of the b.."!t paintings for display in the Quccnaland An Gallery. Paintings can bc'bought by the pub– lic, but only if they have been passed ovc,• by the gallery. ' Ptius, includinf ,.he SSOOO Meh•ille , Haysoin MemMia1 Art Scholarship for • the best work by ~n artist under 25, will all(\ feature. Nominations close on November 25. •·