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

Sunday Md i l l January 19134 NeWslaiUe· tlmely bqy By KATE COLLINS ' ' QUNnlland Art Gallery offl• clall in patting themNlvee OIi lh• back and IOHlclllnil their hNda al the ume time over lhe ;al..,,._ major ~rchaH In 1113. The prized purchaac i1 a massive bronze sculpture by the Spanish surre– alist, Joen Miro. Witb either great foresight or sheer good timing, the Queensland Art Oal– lery boaJhl the 2.9 metre (8ft) aptly– named -Monument" at a Cbriatica' New Yorlt ule in May. Whether it wu luck - (Miro'• aculpturca are rare) or fOl'Clight (the artlil turned 90 lut year) - the Oal– le~jll timing right bocauac Mi,a, w ' ucnced a gcncratioa ol artlall rro Picauo to Jacbon Pollock died at his home in Spain on December 26. "for sccurity rcuona" the Queens– land.Gallery will not reveal the price paid (or ill Miro but it la ufe to u– aume the artist's death will have in– creased the value aatronomically. That's why the gallery ii palliq it– self on the back. The hcad-acratcbina is ,:auscd by a development tbat'1 not nearly as encouraging. The orficial1 have discovered the gallery needs major at.ructural rein– forcements before the hefty aculpturc can be urely placed. Perhaps the •allery' should take heart. Stealing th11 particular art work would be a weighty undertaking in– deed. Even exhibiting it ia proving dif– ficult. Above-average rainfall hu com– pounded the gallery's probliem. Spon• gy ground in the outdoor sculpture garden has made installation of the Miro impossible since its arrival - last May. Kita Collln1' Aaftecliona column appaare on PAGE 17. THI 111,0 ,r,tut ... 1ft or ln– c rtu In 9 I1 uluablt m1ttrl1I. .- I I I ) ) -r ---- ·•·