Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 8 : Pressclippings, 1977-1981

The eourier-Mail Fe bruar y 9t h ,1978 Arm-twisting gets Colombia's gold glory here By /\NDREW illl /\SICR AUSTRAL IA is fi nal– I y lo sec 238 price– less South American arte(acls <I a l i n g back lo before the c o n q u istador~ thanks lo i he effor t s of Mrs Bronwyn Thomas. Mrs 'fhomas I:. t•xccutivc dircclor nf tht• Austrn– la ln /\rt lsxh i1Jil1011 Corporal.Ion, which Inst yoa r nrrnngcd the ac· r l11!1111·d Ch l11csc c,h lhl– tlon lour or Austr:tltn. Tired hul elated, s h e hns Just returned rrorn Co– l o m b I a , when• she bnltlcd the Lolln llnll'rl – ca11 bureau rncy. nnd fina lly persuaded 1Jff\clal to nllow lht•1r t•xhlhition to tour. The cxhihils m:\111\ · ft•n– turc nnlld ~nlcl :-.ta lll'.'Ltcs lllltl o rrHlllH'III~ whlr h c.scnpcd lt\1' ln \·ad ln1; S panh1rcls and thou– s1mds of otllr r ln •af.un· hunl r rs. who wo11ld 11or– mnll\' hmt• flll'll r d lhf'lll dowrl. or ~old thrm to 111 l\1r'Jbo11rnl' \'estn day Mrs Thoma:; ;;ulrl the Colo111blun Onvr•r1tmi:11t WI\S rnl11ct:.inl to k ncl :1nv 11rlcfnt'l.'-l fr11111 lh1; rcPublk 's Mll:-tl'O de\ O ru tGulfl Mll'it' t1111 1. She :mid the Spanish did not find us mu~h ~old IU ulolllhia ;1:-. ttu·.r dlcl hl Pt•ru nr Ml'XILQ On ly 111 the past 70 ycnr-. had I a r ~ t•-:.."C:1 le dl:iCO\'t'rh•s bl'cll madr . " A whole hushll'S!i bcr n g_oinf.! on ror r r n LI o n s . ' ' she r.aId, "where ramlill'S jllSl l:O f!f.l \'(•- d \µt,:'i ll~ I OO k i '11 G for GOid urtd :1cts." Mrs T l1omas hclleves the 1•.,hlhlt lo11 will be !)jll'Cial ch:HlC't' for J\US 4 I r:dlans to lcnr11 sn111c– t h i 11 I! nhOUI L11 tl11 l\ lll('rkn. S ill' !'..:lid: "Sn frw \!ans k nm · :,n:•~llllll,: allout Cnlo1nlll.1. \"fr will p r u C1 11 c 1• ,1 \\'t•ll •1' •~ -.,•arclu.. ·d rn 111 h>l!ll" wit h t he h ,•lp or llH· Colom · blun l1lll."il'\llll :,;t II ff "W1• tin 11111 kno\\' wlt<'l'I' a 1111 or tlw p it"''''·" Wl'r,• <hlK up, hill th1•y tin t1111,• v1•r.r :q1p,.u\'.\1111111•ly 1nu:,; •11ms, 1'rc1111 200 !IC 11, 1 tw rite• cullc•ctlot1, \dlh IJ In~ 1111d~lfit l1 i'l'lllUry." cudt~s dr{tl h mni.k,o,;, l'lw ,•~lllh111on wlll llllf'll 111•cklnc•1•:-. :1111I ,,th• r ~•,,ld j a t tt11• SP11lh J\u•:t r.d i,111 sc ut1•l1in•.-., "'ill ,, rnn • .\rt Li:i lll•I • 1:1 1\ ckl.11d,• n r\'.l 111011t h :.1nrnl , i,•hl 1 011 I•\ lir11:t1, •~;, scct1rlly 11 will d w ' .. p, , ,ll lt t.-. 11:11111• El l)nr ,d 1 1 ntlu•r , 1,1.I ,1 ,•11 1,•, Cnlm:1blnl\ (. ,uhl, 111 1r r ,, r, rl!t IH1111 :\hr,·!1 i o IL 1 Jw11dory kin:~ ,·,,v,•p •d 111 ,\ p ril It, ~1,•11 ,,11r11, f! lli1 l,!Ohl wh n 11\l'rl i., 1111• \ 11.r :! ; I" J11l v ' llrt."· 11w u11t,i\nou . 1nl,•ri1 r \ll 1,.11l1· frnm ,J uh· 1=c lo South /\1114 r11·:i :tl Ih t• 1:1 :1:1d lillH' nf ll u• h p,1111-.;h ,·0111111 i~t:111(1r.\ Australian 19 January , 1978 Aztec gold • coming AN AZTEC gold u hibition, doting back to be tore the 15th century, will be shown al the Queensland Art Gallery tor a month trom July 13. 'l'un lrnndrPrl t1)I on •rr1.~. 1111 r1C·:ttrl\ n,~_:1lp1Prl ro111 lllllC~ br l111('1 lll,. :·nam~h 1'01,QllO, llf Sou:h .", 11Wr H·:t ~, :11 hr tor rl \\ it h :!OO :\1\, ~• JllC',:t•., f ot' r x!11 b11hm T h e !,!Ohl 110 1t'l'ljl ~I'" rrllz1ou. Anrl t l'rr11\1}111:a.l p1r1•f'-• \\ h1rt1 rrllrr rnri• ou Colo111b1an 1·u1l .,rr . .\ ~tnrllm: dRt r for thr111 ha~ not been dr· t't'~ 111111,d. TIH• piCCf'li rnn:z, 1n t-.1.:f" rrom to centimetres to :.m c, m 1111t.tres. First .-\11,trP.lla Hi h~hP\ P.ri tn hP the n111,· countn· to s, cure the · 10P.n or' thr p1e,·r~ rrn111 1 ll, Gnlci ~ lll"(!lllll ln R n~ntH , c,,. lr11nbrn . n p 1111111~ 111 \ tirlruclr 1111 F't'hr ,HI'\' :!:i. rhr r xhthl• nnn \\ 11\ hr 1.111:u:rd o,· 11,,. .• 1.•nrn l!a11 Art.: F:~h1h1 - 11on Gorpo ra1·011 ~n th lhf' A l~l rRll:Ul (l~l\rry 01rPrtor:1· ,4, .. !)1,,·1a11011. T hP Q11r r 11-.J:md .\ l't G nl:e:·,· r cf'icnt1on o fr!Cf'I' •~trs. Bti !l~R '.\IRcAuta,·• aid the e~.l11i1~t!o11 v,n1ilrt h~ tl,e ~sllcr)··, !11·.<1 "block-buster", • n~ . h • hoped to a l t 1·11 r1 11eonlr r r o m tJ1roughotl! the St• te. ~J:-s. :\1 Hc i\1•I:,, ,t~lrl 111 ,·alut> 11. d n,H iJt'P I\ !) It nn ~he e-· l•·1w :on ror ~r – C'Ur!· , purrm e~. '1' ·e ~~l!rn· " 'll1lrl h~ lo0t:rni: foi• µ 11 hhf' RHP· n(,•·t .--,r 11,r J'•:11 1 11!·:on il~ ;; !nd:ctt' 'l"r 1h11 i11r– r11, r •-1:,,·1.,r .hov.·11:~~ ,u, 11 ld nl" "\ll<.'Cf'll .. flll T I,~ .a.1.l f'r C'nld "1n hr ,111 d1spln~· rrn111 J ui., I:\ o ., 112u,1 I :i.