Wieneke Archive Book 4c : Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings

ty he n- '13.1* .'cts ial (Dr. Port t of MR - ?nth on- on- for ,lon 'srste - ray. 11111111i1111111111111111111111111fi Galleries criticised over art ADELAIDE. - The quality of paintings in the Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth art galleries was criticised yesterday by the Australian National Gal- lery director (Mr. James Mattison/. In the Brisbane Gal- lery there was only one Picasso, nothing of sig- nificance in Perth and Adelaide only had porce- lain and silver of any quality, he said. The lack of quality ex- plained the public's re- luctance to visit galleries. Top works Mr. Mollison was in Adelaide yesterday for the opening of an exhibi- tion, Genesis of a Gallery Part 2. It is an offering from the Australian National Gallery's most recent ac- quisitions, and includes works by Picasso, Modi- gliani, Toulouse-Lautrec, David Hockney Streeton, D obe 11 and Leonard French. Mr. Mollison said each item bought by the Na- tional Gallery was the fi- nest available of its type in the world. Unless exhibits were of the highest quality, there was no reason wIty people should go to gal- leries. dnVti*" 6 r 4 4.1=1* Plus 0 Co: ri J