This exhibition is now closed
During 1982 the Robert McDougall Art Gallery will have been established fifty years. An exhibition of important works from the public collection will be held in recognition of this event.
To mark the Golden Jubilee of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, a series of four exhibitions will be held throughout 1982 outlining the life of the Gallery from the beginning to the present. At least fifty per cent of the Gallery's exhibition space will be given over to the installtion of important works from the public collection.The periods which the four exhibitions will focus on are:
Beginnings: 1932
The 1930s and 1940s: Criticism and Controversy
The Gallery during 1950s and 1960s: Consolidation
The 1970s: Changes in Direction
The installations will also include photographs with extended explanatory labels showing the major exhibitions that were held.
A publication on the history of the Gallery and a complete catalogue of the collection will also be published in recognition of this event. Bulletin issues numbers 20 - 23 will also feature special articles focusing on highlights of the Gallery's history.
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Date:
16 June – 15 December 1982 -
Exhibition number:
275B
Related
Bulletin 23
September/October 1982
Contents include
Death of Olivia Spencer Bower
Death of Ron O'Reilly
Boyd Webb exhibition
Bulletin 22
July/August 1982
Contents include:
Gallery extensions approved
Julia Morison exhibition
Conformity and dissension exhibition
Still life in the age of Rembrandt exhibition
Supplement
The New Zealand Work In the Fourth Biennale of Sydney: John Hurrell
Bulletin 21
May/June 1982
Contents include:
Jubilee celebrations
Theft of Solomon J Solomon's Psyche
Philip Trusttum exhibition Supplement
Henriette Browne and La Lecture de la Bible - Essay by Julie King
Bulletin 20
March/April 1982
Contents include:
Opening of conservation laboratory
History of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery
Graham Sydney exhibition
Body building - photographs by Fiona Clark exhibition