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

ART GALLER INCLUDED IN NEW CENTRE OF CULTURE A NEW Queensland art gallery, with four times the han&ing space of the pres-ent gallery, will be built In Brisbane. !No commerce It will be part of a Queensland ~,r. 1•w.1·.v " "" 11\llt C I I C b bi . h d t 11"\'l•r Ill 11111 , 111,:1• h:111 ll u tura entre to • esta 1s e a ,h:cn 11s11·,·<1 '""' 1111' Art !he . lower end of George Street, but ~;~: 1; 1 :;'; ):;·.p::i;:~ 1 1 "r ,·,nn- 1t will be controlled and administered ··An)' , 1:11,•1111'111 that. It I I b h G II was 11111'11111'11 In hr 11, rd lll so e 1y y t e a ery trustees. .,11rh 11 " ''·'' " 11 <1r liber:i1r Under separate control, o Pionccn' Ccn - a11rl 1111,.d1J1·1""' 11t1•:)1111t tenary Hall, with seating accommodation ;;,t'" 1 '''" 1 11 '" 1nil,hc. 110 for 1000 to 1500, will be built. "Tl10' Art t;11ll<'1',r Tr11s- T , 'll , 'd 1 - . tees i\lnnr. wlln Rl'l 0 11 be· htH WI JHOVI C built nL the lower r nd of hair or ull Q1ir•r11'iln11d el'S, {aclllties for dramatic George St rrct will rlrl'l(lr whn1 " , hnwn arts, m11skn l nrlH, nnd flt·~· 1 ~!~ I s '~~i~Jli;~•~a rr~;~t :l; 11 ~. 1JnL the nrw Art Gallen·.'' other cultural acliviliPH, [~~cl~\\~_1.·rs 01 UlH' l1n,1 100 1 The project wa~ un- 1· "Thi' projC't t wn:- 1111n 11i• ,nounced la~t night by 1he m ou.-- lv nrloptt•d bv tlH' Educrntlon Mlnl~ter I l\Jr. romnt·iurr.. whil:h · \\'fl:– Pl1.zcy, nfll'I' lt1e Qucf:'11!-,- wi<leJy rc prC'sl'llln tl\'r." lnnri Ccntr1rnry Cclch rn- Mr. P17.Zf'\' :-n ul Ilic tlons excc11tl\'c conunllt.~c mollC'\"-rn h-ln~ ln'-k h:1ei hnd conferred for .~rrcrul been r 111rut-ll'cl 10 !Ill' Ce11- ho11n; wllh Oalh'ry 1 ru"'tcP rr n ur.v Ftnnnrr c om111!11rr ,' nnd Cl'tHcnnrv F'innnc!' Committee rcpresellt:ttl\'P, Group of 7 Mr. Plzir~, snlcl l'~ttmnt crt l!c :--n lrl it was ii•1\\' r.ost or the pr?Jcrt. w:~s lph1 11nPCI 111111 the t·nllurn l .£600,000. Of Lhi~. the fin . - rt·111 rr :-ho11lcl l11c\utlC Old ernmcnl hn,I Rl,!rrNI tn Go\·crnmc-111 H011, r whll'h contrlbulr [250,000 O\:cr 11 wnulrt IJP rC!--lorcc1 ' b\' Lhc rive-ycnr period on n l:I for lo<wc•rn11wn1 rind 111i1.Hkcl £1 basls, O\'l'I' l o 1,!i! llt•n· l l'IISI L'rli. Thf Premier I Mr. Nick - \VIH'H <'IIOm.:°h 11101\C!\' wn-. tin• . who ~l\\'e. his clcr. rni~rcl tn Ur1:1n l he 1•rnjrc1 tlnn policy ~f'JP~h In n co1luni tl~1• nr :-l'\'f'l1- t\\'0 1 M1uoochyrlorc 011 1 hur.lidu y Gov1~rn m c111 m ember:-. two ' nlghl. madr n ,c;p~cinl. lrlp µn lh•ry tru,let' n ·111·cst•11111- to Brlshnnr 10 chnla Ll1Cjt l\·t•~. 1wn 11 0 111 the C C'n- mcellng. 1c11arr Fi1rn 11,·~ Commillt'c. "A tribute" ~';'i . 0 "~~;;i,·;,'.'11'~~.~t,'i:1b" '1\~ Mr. Plz1.cy ,nld lnsticstn bl tsh crl to 111loc111c the nt2ht : "Alter n long dis- fund •n!tcr ,·o:isullln~ llw cu~slon, It wn:- unnnlmm1,;ly Cc11Lcnno 1 Exrcutlrc Com- ftHl'~fd 11\~1 n~op~ll:~.l~~d m \~,l:-~~: · dct II lied 1·c11ulre• ~LurRI Centre proJee~ be m ent, or the Art Oallcry l will be determined bi' 1hr µnllr n · t ru!-.trr.c. wlw n· they hn vf' cnn ~l1ll rd olhrr in- ' LCrc-.:1C'd bocllr ,:· ~t r. Pl7.7.C)' l:Ricl. \ Must concur ··TJH• t I'll, ll'f'"' 11:n·c bl'rll HMlll'rcl l hn l 110 pl'OJX)liltl lll\'Ol\'111~ th r An Oallel'\' I~:;: t 1 1,n!i~ 1 Y~: .. i;::'",~n,,c~ 1 :f.~~~!~ ··Tiu~ lru.-.1c•('.i;, ha\·1• Contest now f or1 l ll L: l"C'f'rl lhn t Illf'rr 011151 b(• ovrrnll h urn,1111\' In the nrrhirccturnl 1tP!-1'm Rnd Jnynu t or t ht.• Cul ttfral Cc11-1 1 rr n!'i I\ whnlr. "Th ey \\'Ill r o 11f1•r with nil l11trrr s t •et bochrs In n11 Cfnrt tn nd1lr \'r hi'<. 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