Topical Issues: Arts Philanthropy

The Australian media has been flooded this week (beginning September 3) with news of major donations to arts institutions. This page aims to list and link to all the relevant information and media.

This page was last updated 5 September, 2007 - It is no longer being updated.

 

Summary of Donations (September 2007)

• 05/09/07 - An anonymous female benefactor pledges $14 million to the Art Gallery of NSW after she dies (her details to be revealed only after the gift has been received).
• 05/09/07 - David Coe & Simon Mordant pledge $5 million each toward the redevelopment of the Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art's Circular Quay site.
• 04/09/07 - Ros Packer donates statue worth $1 million to National Gallery of Australia
• 04/09/07 - Family of Franco Belgiorno-Nettis donates $4 million to the Art Gallery of NSW, to help convert a new contemporary art gallery.

 

Media

03/09/07 - Gifts not always from nearly departed - Read Online
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales
There are different types of benefaction, and not all of them require the donor to be dead.

02/09/07 - The art of giving - Read Online
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales
Steve Meacham asks if Australian arts philanthropy has come of age. A Sydney woman has pledged $14 million to the Art Gallery of NSW when she dies.

 

Links

• Philanthropy Australia Arts Affinity Group

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