❓ Details the Art Gallery of WA's artwork loans to government entities, including locations, durations, and valuation policies. It reveals artworks on display at the Department of Premier and Cabinet and Hale House, but declines to disclose their monetary value due to security concerns.
AnsweredQoN 4823Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
How
many works from the Art Gallery of WA are on loan to the Department of the Premier
and Cabinet and Government House: (a) Please
list the artworks and the department or venue at which they are on display; (b) For
how long has each artwork been on display at the respective department or venue; (c) Who
determines which artworks are displayed at the department or venue; (d) What
is the policy for the display duration of artworks on loan to the department
and Government House; (e) What
is the value of the artworks on display at the department and Government House; and (f) Are
there any other artworks on display at other government agencies: (i) If
yes, please list the artworks, the location at which they are on display and
the duration of their exhibition; and (ii) What
is the value of the artworks on display at these venues?
many works from the Art Gallery of WA are on loan to the Department of the Premier
and Cabinet and Government House: (a) Please
list the artworks and the department or venue at which they are on display; (b) For
how long has each artwork been on display at the respective department or venue; (c) Who
determines which artworks are displayed at the department or venue; (d) What
is the policy for the display duration of artworks on loan to the department
and Government House; (e) What
is the value of the artworks on display at the department and Government House; and (f) Are
there any other artworks on display at other government agencies: (i) If
yes, please list the artworks, the location at which they are on display and
the duration of their exhibition; and (ii) What
is the value of the artworks on display at these venues?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
19 March 2019
Responded by
Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
6 days
(a) Department of the Premier and Cabinet, 8 paintings:
Stuart GREEN Night moving over hospital 1990-1991
Frank NORTON HMAS Australia under attack 5 January 1945 c 1960
Joanna LAMB Flatland (Figure A, Figure B, Figure C, Figure D) 2006
Allery SANDY The land of many rivers 2008
Clifton MACK Jarman Island (Lighthouse series) 2012
Brian McKAY Mediterranean legend 1975
Maudie JERROLD The seagulls and cormack birds 2015
Aileen SANDY Colours through the rocks 2015
Government House, none.
(b) 6 works since 11 September 2018; 2 since 7 November 2018.
(c) The Gallery staff determine a selection of works for consideration. The final selection is made in consultation with representatives from the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
(d) The conditions of loan are covered by the AGWA ‘Duties of the Borrower’ and ‘Outgoing Loan Agreement Conditions’.
(e) AGWA, like other art museums, does not publicly provide values for works on loan as this potentially makes them targets for theft or subject to other risks. AGWA is updating its loan documentation to borrowers to include an explicit statement on the confidentiality of the valuation of works.
(f) Yes
(i) 13 works at Hale House since 12 December 2012,
Howard TAYLOR Northcliffe across the paddock 1976
Peter DAILEY Over the back fence 1991
Elizabeth BARBER Christmas trees near Fremantle c 1950s
Elizabeth BARBER Timber mill c 1950s
Robert JUNIPER Ever upward: The wild horses 1996
David Hall TJANGALA Kuningurra in the Great Sandy Desert WA 1995
Frank NORTON Australian cruiser escort leading troop ship convoy Western Australian coast 20 January 1940 c 1960
Jimmy PIKE Spirit man
Robert JUNIPER Outcamp 1977
Frank NORTON Bunbury and Koombana Bay 1939
Jimmy PIKE Sandhills in the Great Sandy Desert 1984
Kathleen O'CONNOR Still life with apples c 1955
Howard TAYLOR Hillside 1976
(ii) AGWA, like other art museums, does not publicly provide values for works on loan as this potentially makes them targets for theft or subject to other risks. AGWA is updating its loan documentation to borrowers to include an explicit statement on the confidentiality of the valuation of works.
Stuart GREEN Night moving over hospital 1990-1991
Frank NORTON HMAS Australia under attack 5 January 1945 c 1960
Joanna LAMB Flatland (Figure A, Figure B, Figure C, Figure D) 2006
Allery SANDY The land of many rivers 2008
Clifton MACK Jarman Island (Lighthouse series) 2012
Brian McKAY Mediterranean legend 1975
Maudie JERROLD The seagulls and cormack birds 2015
Aileen SANDY Colours through the rocks 2015
Government House, none.
(b) 6 works since 11 September 2018; 2 since 7 November 2018.
(c) The Gallery staff determine a selection of works for consideration. The final selection is made in consultation with representatives from the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
(d) The conditions of loan are covered by the AGWA ‘Duties of the Borrower’ and ‘Outgoing Loan Agreement Conditions’.
(e) AGWA, like other art museums, does not publicly provide values for works on loan as this potentially makes them targets for theft or subject to other risks. AGWA is updating its loan documentation to borrowers to include an explicit statement on the confidentiality of the valuation of works.
(f) Yes
(i) 13 works at Hale House since 12 December 2012,
Howard TAYLOR Northcliffe across the paddock 1976
Peter DAILEY Over the back fence 1991
Elizabeth BARBER Christmas trees near Fremantle c 1950s
Elizabeth BARBER Timber mill c 1950s
Robert JUNIPER Ever upward: The wild horses 1996
David Hall TJANGALA Kuningurra in the Great Sandy Desert WA 1995
Frank NORTON Australian cruiser escort leading troop ship convoy Western Australian coast 20 January 1940 c 1960
Jimmy PIKE Spirit man
Robert JUNIPER Outcamp 1977
Frank NORTON Bunbury and Koombana Bay 1939
Jimmy PIKE Sandhills in the Great Sandy Desert 1984
Kathleen O'CONNOR Still life with apples c 1955
Howard TAYLOR Hillside 1976
(ii) AGWA, like other art museums, does not publicly provide values for works on loan as this potentially makes them targets for theft or subject to other risks. AGWA is updating its loan documentation to borrowers to include an explicit statement on the confidentiality of the valuation of works.
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