Professor Susan Street, Chair,
Queensland Art Gallery Board of
Trustees; Tim Fairfax,
AM
, President,
Queensland Art Gallery Foundation;
and Suhanya Raffel, Acting Director,
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of
Modern Art at the Foundation Christmas
Party, Gallery of Modern Art, December
2012 / Photograph: Brad Wagner
consistently presented at QAG and
GOMA. In 2012, these included
La Sala del Prado for ‘Portrait of
Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado’
and Kids APT7; award-winning
publications for adults and children;
audience engagement opportunities
through public programs, educational
resources and online access; and a
comprehensive program of exhibitions
touring regional Queensland.
The Tim Fairfax Family Foundation
continued to provide tremendous
support for Gallery initiatives,
including the children’s publication
for ‘Portrait of Spain’, as well as the
presentation of Kids’ APT7, including
the associated publication and
regional tour.
The success we have enjoyed this
year would not have been possible
without the considerable support
of the Queensland Government.
We particularly acknowledge the
Honourable Campbell Newman,
MP
, Premier of Queensland; the
Honourable Ros Bates,
MP
, Minister
for Science, Information Technology,
Innovation and the Arts; Philip Reed,
Director-General, Department of
Science, Information Technology,
Innovation and the Arts; and the
staff of Arts Queensland. We also
thank the Honourable Janet Stuckey,
MP
, Minister for Tourism, Major
Events, Small Business and the
Commonwealth Games and the
wonderful teams at Events
Queensland and Tourism Queensland;
and the Honourable John-Paul
Langbroek,
MP
, Minister for Education,
Training and Employment.
In 2012, we farewelled Chair Professor
John Hay,
AC
, and Deputy Chair
Tim Fairfax,
AM
, from the Board of
Trustees, while Tony Ellwood, former
Director, and Andrew Clark, former
Deputy Director of Programming and
Corporate Services, took up positions
at the National Gallery of Victoria.
John, Tim, Tony and Andrew
provided strong leadership and
strategic vision for the Gallery,
and they oversaw a period of
momentous growth for QAGOMA
and the cultural standing of our
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