Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 3 : Presscuttings, Sept 1959 - Sept 1967

Old. Art Gallery "far too small ... Jttt: «•lur.unslnnd Arl Galler.i• l\'R s n11e– te111 h tlrn ~l1.e it should b,., tlu, i;nlli,r,1• llir,wlnr (Mr. l.nurir Thomas) snid 1·rsterd11 ,.. The 0 Go\'cnu11~11 r should ha\'P tAkcn nosi livc steps ln Pill up n proper build– In~ n Ion~ lime Rl?O. he said. Mr. Thomn• said that nccommoctn rion at the qaller.v In Gre~or.v Terrace was so llmlled thnt onl y A fraction of rhe pntnt ini:s. drnwini:s, nnd prints ,torcd there could be shown nt one rime. "We have 85() palntlnl?s alone, but can hAnl? on ly 80 comforl abl.v. We hn v'e to i,:;wap arnunrt 10 give I.hem all an airtm: ." h e sat~. No space "Stornge space ts ltmil ed 1.hnr. Pictures dama1?ed. There is no and attendants h ave cnn-v heav.v rxhtblls a nd down stairs "Our llbrar:1 consists of a contrfor. ond we have no fnclllties for \'lsltt., ~ .;tudent..,i; 01· others who want. to read." Mr. Tho11111s sn ld <evcrnl .vcnrs •~a the Gov– •rnment oromisert Lo out uo about £2~0.000 for " / new aaller.v ur·ovtded Lhat th e public subscribed a ;imller amount "The scheme fe ll 1 hl'Ouah. chlcll.v because lhev ~ot muddled UP With a wider nnrt hnol'RcLlcnblc idea or combinin2 it with bulldin~s with enLtrel.1• dltrercnt ourooses. Dissension "This led tn d1sscn s1on among the people orimar– llv concerned with it. and even to the rcsh:naLion or my predecessor, Mr. Robert Haines." 1\•tr. H11i11es rr.~1J;:11ed 111 1960 ;iflcr dis11grce1n~ with n nropO!-.nl In incorr,01·at1e :~u :!;t~:1~·~· rf'i! ieia;ci I~~ l~ 0 J 1~ l~ Gnrclcn~. Mr. Tl10111fl ~ ~nld : "Now I f1•cl I fH! Lime hns com e lo l'C•Ol)Cll l h r \\'hole (lUCS· t.ion Rllci makr A Sl. l'Ollg and d('1ermi1wd c!frtrL In enlist I he SIIJ)J)Ol'L n Ihe public /iiO Lhnt a rmu·ertccl cllort en 11 be made to ~CL a new gnllcl'_v." l\tr, Thonrn:.. ~RIO Lhal It }'iJ~.oi~lli1;~11rdos~~•~ I. a I~~~: 10 rimes 1hc size of the present bu1ld111s nnd h Rvr =~a?:~~-:·~m~~Lorn~~rk!/~g~~: and other fndillles such ns re!iit rooms. 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