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

PROTEST PLAN! ON GALLERY e RUBIN TAKES ANOTHER PAINTING A protest meeting over control of the Art Gallery would be held soon, Mr. H. Rubin, philanthropist and art collector, said today. He n·hHWd IO sa y - - - - ·1 , 11 c . h, wns ur~1111·. , 11vall:,l)h• for Pllbl11· ~ . H! 1 1 c _ 1 · , lJ1t,lou !:ti er. l,"ll!J the meeting. /llr llubln ,aid ht• l\lr. lluhln today look hu11et1 the public nould .1. pa lntinc b~· lhe t;.1kt• the 01,portunit,· t·renl'I, m,uder !\l~lll!'t. of huyin,:: "'orks of ;.u·l entllletl f'emmr Assis~ tu he ,,ucUoncd In t hr 1Seal4•d \\'onrnnl . in a ('ih Halt hast:nll'nl taxi frn111 the ~allt•ry, . J n 1 _,,,1 1 l\1111r1da,· Ila• ah 1 1 1 •·",,r l Four times lnsl W\'1,.' ,: un, s or Mr. Rubin look u\ n,·1· Q11ccn,h111d Art Gal– works or nn which. llk1· . h•ry. the Mnnd pninllllg. ltc I . I Mor~ . t h ~. 11 . h ncl loaJll'cl tu the ga l1111·y. J),lilltm:..s a nd Sl' lliplll! CS He said he i·emored :;:~~~•ia~rll gh'en for the them bl'cun,c or _t,:c Mr. 1111ui11 sni<I he h11cl ~hnotic con<1n1on~ •·XIM • suggr:-:.tl'd thil'\ llll't hod pf m~:lw Arl rnisin:.! moncl·. Dil'C'ClOI'. i\·1 I'. R . J-111 illt=-' h11:,; n •:si:.:11ccl in prolL;:-i nguinst a pn1pu~al to 1u– rorpora1.r thL' Al'l, Gulh: ~·r in u c11ltur:1 I ccutrt.' tu the Butnrnc Ganll'11:-. I l\ 1 Jr. Rllbill said whetll 1 •r t lwn• Wll :O: Ollt' pul>lic ~ H ! . lt'I'\' in Bri:-;bnlle or l\\'O 1 llf' paint i1111 \\'Ou lcl •JL' MARCH 20, 1960 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• new Rubin build art gallery? By a Staff Reporter MAJOR Harold Rubin might use his million-pound cheque book as an armistice weapon in the Queensland Art Gallery "war," Thi• I• thr lmprts– slon r ,rot artcr •prakln,r lo the arl– lovlng mllllonalre 1ra1icr y1•sler,ln~·. M.1Jor Hubin would not ht> cornl'rrd . . . llr Ju•t hlnlrd. 11 1 ln!ipcclr1I 11 beautiful rrrrhohl sllr In Brl~hanc toda~·," hu said. For anuthrr nrl ~;1 1- lrn· ;\t:,Jor Ruhln'.'– ••1 wlll not r labor• ate further," iFtn•eecl' Major Huhln said he wa~ forrccl to t•nn- .. Unue on the "lines I ha,·r hct•n followln~... fll'ca mw tlu- 11rumls1:1I !iltalt•nwnt nf Stt1h: C11hl1wl's lnh:nllons In tht• g11llrl')' dlS(Hllt– h:t.d not heen rorth~ r.urnlnK, •~dtu·alion l\llniskr fi\lr, Plue:n had HRld he 1''0Uld 1111tke a ~tntrmrnt on thr lllsue hrforr lhr. r nd of ••••••••••••••• this werk, hr addt•fl. ~laJor ltubtn stated : "There can be no • rom1nnmb1•. ''Thr rlr~l thlnt: b • the nlnstnti•mrut or • , :\lr. ltohert lf;.1inrs, 1hr qurrn:--land ,\rt (~allr r.,· tlirrdor, who has rc!-11,;nrfl. "I.rt rl,:ht hr donr. •:duration l\11nlstcr 1:\Jr. Piur.,·) sahl ~·rs– lrnl.1y he would proh– a hl.,• make a :,,lall•– ment nn the a n J:::t l– lrr,· lssm• 11rtcr Slal4• ( 'ahltwl lllt?rtini,:- nex t 'l'nrs,lny. The Arts I I Great Public PROTEST Meeting Watch this space --Thl? ' i Courier-Ifoil / Uur l.ilwrt.,· ,l,•p,•lul• m• ,1,,._ ,..r,,,.,fo,,. o/ 1/1,- pr,•u. ""'' 1/1111,·muml 1,,-/imit,•,lwillt• ,ml lwi11K lo•t,-J,-J/1•rr.011, A public trust A LL Quperrnla nders who want to Hee their State advance in cultnrr HS wr ll 11s in mnlcrinl prosperity mnst wish fo r 11 11 curly Hettie· ment of the conlroverRy con– cerning the future of the National Art Gallery, The gallery is a <'<'lllre of art appreciation. It hnR been thr means of Hllrncting very valuable gifts and should go on performing this sm·vice for· a ll art lovers in the State. It is also a public trust, a nd its trustees should want lo see its growing collection of art treasures better housed. Friends of the Art Ga IIPJ'Y had been led, lo bPlieve that it was the intention of the Government to hack a public appeal for thiH purpose. When at the end of lasl yea r they were presented with a mnch bigger project for eRla blish– ing In Brisbane a cu ltural centre to serve many other a ctivities nnd interrsls some thought that it would retard instead of speed the building of II new art ga llery. The resulting controversy has been damnging to the reputa lion of the Stnt.e, The gallery is facing the loaR by resignation of a able director, One of its most gcncrnna benefactors lrns been withdrawing from its coll ection a rt treasur·<>s he had lent it. There have bren s uggestions that the 1>uhlic should b,, asked to s upport a n independent effort to build a new gr1llcry, The galler,l''s tnrstccs could nt (Nist try to • lrnighlPn 0111. this argument b)• cn lling into conference all parties lo ii.. The viewa Hild wishes of fri ends nnd bPnrfactors of tlw ga llery should ccrl.ainl)· he• considered. Thr Government and other spnnsor·s or I iu, " c11lt11ra l centre'' scheme could mal<e more explicil' their ideas for prod ucing from it a new Art Gn llpr1· that wnuld not ha ve lo w;iit for ,,t her projcr·ts. ~rhe mnin JHll'JJO!--t 1 of a nationa l 11 1-t gallery s hou ld not be Inst sigh1. of. It is tn Hhow 1-1 11d ,·arr• for workR of r11-t in such a wn 1· ns to induce privHI P benefa clM.s to enrich it with gifts. t hat b,icomr a p11hli t: poss,•ssion, or with loan s. B1· tl11i11g t ha l it can rnnk e II g r·owing cnntribulion In th r c11ll'11rnl life nf the Htstlp Hnd nurturp (' rcnliv young QIIN'IIH I