Mr. Krsticevic questions the Art Gallery of WA regarding display targets, percentages of collection displayed, new vs. repeat displays, and the proportion of Australian and Western Australian works displayed over the past five years. The answer provides specific figures and targets.

AnsweredQoN 3416Legislative Assembly
Asked
28 June 2018
Portfolio
Culture and the Arts

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I refer to the collection at the Art Gallery of WA, and ask: (a) Does the gallery have any targets for what percentage of: (i) the collection is displayed each year; and (ii) the displayed collection is Western Australian; (b) What percentage of the total collection has been displayed, for each of the past five years; (c) Of those pieces displayed over each of the past five years, what percentage of works were new displays and what percentage were identical to the preceding year; and (d) Of those pieces displayed, for each of the past five years, what percentage of works were: (i) Australian; and (ii) Western Australian?

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Answered
14 August 2018
Responded by
Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
1 days
(a)(i) in 2018-19 the target is 5% of the collection
(ii) in 2018-19 the target is at least 20% of works displayed are Western Australian
(b) 2013-14 4.6%
2014-15 6.4%
2015-16 5.6%
2016-17 5.9%
2017-18 4.8%
(c) 2017-18 60% works new to display and 40% the same
Accurate statistics not available for previous years
(d)(i) 2013-14 29.3%
2014-15 43.1%
2015-16 44.7%
2016-17 46.0%
2017-18 36.0%
(ii) 2013-14 25.8%
2014-15 28.4%
2015-16 24.8%
2016-17 28.5%
2017-18 28.5%

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