1 / Annual Dinner and launch of the 2012
Foundation Appeal. Many donors made
contributions to assist the Gallery’s
acquisition of this important group of works,
which has strengthened the Collection’s
early Indigenous holdings
2 /
Edgar Degas
Danseuse regardant la
plante de son pied droit, quatrième étude
(
Dancer looking at the sole of her right foot,
fourth study
) c.1882–1900, cast before 1954
In 2012, Trustee and Special Patron of
the Foundation, Philip Bacon,
AM
, made a
generous gift to the Gallery — in memory
of Margaret Olley,
AC
— of this stunning
sculpture, a feature of the Drawing Room,
part of the ‘Matisse: Drawing Life’ exhibition
(3 December 2011 – 4 March 2012)
3 /
yayoi kusama
The obliteration room
2002–present
QAGOMA has enjoyed a long and fruitful
relationship with senior Japanese artist
Yayoi Kusama, which was celebrated in
2012 with the artist’s gift of her incredibly
popular work
4 / ‘Sculpture is Everything: Contemporary
Works from the Collection’ featured many
works acquired with the support of Tim
Fairfax,
AM
, including Michael Sailstorfer’s
Wolken
(
Clouds
) 2010 (foreground and
Zilvinas Kempinas’s
Columns
2006
(background)
5 / The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert
Galleries were named in honour of one
of the Gallery’s greatest benefactors,
Win Schubert
// RElATIONShIPS
/ REVIEW 2012
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