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

.record 1 Tht ThrtNR•lentl• •1111 • rt coll • ctlell • f luro,.H Hd AM • rlco• ,.,.,1.,, ,.,,....,1., "A C1!l'u,y 1f MNlnt M11t• ,n 111 '" Auet,elle• 1t111N11n11 rKord 11 the QUHRIIH4 Art 0 • 111,y lest •l1ht, ,--- . The •20 mllllon exhlbl• lion wlll conclude Its Brisbane showing at the Ann Street a•llery to• morrow. 'fhe record was set when the gallery had ILS 6 O, OOO t h 1•lslt-0r last n I g h t ' eclipsing the record set In Perth last year when the Thysaen• BorneQll.ua palntlnp opened the new Wlit Auatrallan Gallery, The exhibition In Bria• bane hu been 1p0114Dred by The Courier-Mall and BTQ ChaMel 'I, , Blackouts In Brlabane forced the 1allerr to cloae on Thursday, ~t porta~le' aeneratlnr equipment was llled yes• terday and the 1allery stayed open until 9 p.m. · The collection wlll be on view today In ttle 1al• lery, on the fifth floor of the MIM building In Ann Street, city, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 11nd to• morrow t>etween noon and 6 p.m. Prom Brisbane, the collectlon wlll be taken to Melbourne. ,, The Queensland Gal• •lery wlll reopen nu t Bat• urday with an exhibition of Australlan contempo rary paintings from own collection. QUEENSLAND Art' Gallery assistant director Mr Bussell Kerrlson supervising the lifting of a power generator to the MIM Building second noor level last night. The generator was to allow the gal• ~ery's display "A Century ot Modern Masters" to continue despite power problelllll. RA.AF aids art exhibits, THE Queensland Art Gallery's T~yssen-Bomemlsza Exhibition wlll re-open {or public ,· viewing today, despite any black-outs, .. The Federal Government had Indemnified the paint~ · lnas aaalnst loss or damap In Aw;trallt.. , The pllery deputy director, Mr Russell Kerrlson, aald yeaterday t.ht.t a 11cnerator powerf1~ enou1h t.o air-condition the vtewln11 area ·had been lent by the Amberle:, RAAI" bale, It would be lnatt.lled In Ume for opening at 9.30 a.m. t.oday. Be .,.Id the pllery was sealed when the pow– er failed yesterday. 'Ibis was an attempt t.o keep the temperature Inside 15 low u poealble to 11.vold dam• aae to the '20 mllllon collection. It was eaaentlal that the paintings be kept In the right environment - Ideally 23 deg. and 55 percent humldlt,y, He said the Pederel Housing and Construction .J)epart.ment hglped get the generator from Amberley. The exhibition would be open 15 normal for Ill· last three days In Brisbane. · He s.~ld hundreds of people were turned away yesterday from the gallery, 5th floor, MIM Bulldlnl, • Ann Street, city. :nte Thyssen•Bornemlsza Exhibition Is sponsored . In Queensland by The Courier-Mall and l:ITQ Channel 7. Admission charges t-0 cover costs are S2 for ndults, and '1 !or children. students and pensioners. Exhlb• ltlon hours are to a.m.•o 5 p.m. Monday t-0 saturday, ext.endlnl! to 9 p.m. Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Bun• day.