Impediments to loaning artworks? Understand the new $11.8M pathway
Responding to a first wave of criticism, the NGA's Nick Mitzevich says the Gallery's new lending program is about partnerships, not a rigid loan scheme.
A year to share. National Gallery curator of Australia Art Rebecca Edwards with works of art by Jeffrey Smart. Image: Supplied.
On 30 January 2023, the Federal Government released the long-awaited National Cultural Policy. Within its pages was the Action proposing long-term loans from the National Collection:
‘Provide $11.8 million to share the National Collection by establishing a program of long-term loans of works from the National Gallery of Australia’s Collection to regional and suburban cultural institutions across Australia.‘ (Revive, page 104)
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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