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Three people standing for portrait. Mordant major gift
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Major gifts for NSW galleries before EOFY by Mordant and Medich families

Newcastle Art Gallery and Powerhouse are the winners of program-altering major gifts by the Mordant and Medich families.

A circus performer appears to be rehearsing. They are hanging with one arm holding a thin rope and legs bent 90 degrees, against the backdrop of a large textile with blocks of neon yellow, blue, pink and purple colours.
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Evie (aged 8), Dr Pamela Wall AO, Douglas Gautier AM, CEO and Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival Centre, Leila (15) and Emerson (10) at Adelaide Festival Centre.
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$10 million philanthropic gift will support Adelaide Festival Centre’s arts programming

Dr Pamela Wall AO’s $10 million pledge is the largest performing arts donation ever made in South Australian history.

Jenny Leaper OAM and Dr John Leaper OAM. Two white elderly figures standing next to the Arts Centre Melbourne spire.
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Arts Centre Melbourne boosted with $5 million gift for rebuild

Arts Centre Melbourne’s Theatres Building function space will be renamed The Leaper Family Pavilion with their $5 million development pledge.

A collection of 17 small figures with circular heads and bodies, painted in bright pigment and displayed in front of a black wall at AGNSW.
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AGNSW receives largest First Nations gift from across the ditch

The Horton Bequest is the largest donation to AGNSW's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art collection to date, and includes…

Man in blue jumper standing with fashion on manequins, Martin Grant.
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200 fashion designs gifted to NGV

Paris-based Australian fashion designer Martin Grant gifts significant collection to NGV ahead of exhibition.

Andrew Rogers, ‘Flora Exemplar 2’, 2020, bronze diptych. Photo: Courtesy of the artist. Bronze sculpture resembling flowers in a natural setting.
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Rogers’ $6.1 million gift to university collection

Sculptor and land artist Andrew Rogers has gifted another 31 contemporary works to Deakin University to provide students access to…

A car backfiring on the road at night, a flash of flame emerging from its exhaust.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Our weekly wrap of Australian arts sector appointments.

Phoenix. Image is a keyboard player, a drummer and a guitarist playing on a dark stage with two strong lights at the back.
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An unfunded discovery platform: inside Phoenix Central Park

Phoenix’s financial freedom allows the team to focus on curating a mindful audience experience. Patrons are invited in for one…

Adopt an Artwork. Jennifer Taylor, Registrar and Collections Manager at NERAM among some of the adopted artworks that are part of the 'Adopt An Artwork' exhibition currently on at NERAM. Photo: Supplied.
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Adopt an Artwork raises $30,000 for preservation at regional museum

NERAM's Adopt an Artwork program shows symbolic ownership and direct connection are key to driving donations for preservation.

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