The exhibitionists : a history of Sydney's Art Gallery of New South Wales / Steven Miller.
Author(s): Miller, Steven, 1962-
Library Item Details
Main Title
The exhibitionists : a history of Sydney's Art Gallery of New South Wales / Steven Miller.
Author(s)
Miller, Steven, 1962-
Collation
295 pages :
26 cm
26 cm
Variant Title
a history of Sydney's Art Gallery of New South Wales /
Dewey Class
708.99441
Contents
Resilience and defiance: a gallery on Gadigal Country -- The academy: the New South Wales Academy of Art, 1871-75 -- The dance hall: finding premises, 1875-79 -- The Annexe: a temporary gallery in the Botanic Garden, 1879-82 -- The 'art barn': moving to the Domain, 1882-93 -- Sinister influences at work: challenges in collecting, 1894-1901 -- A temple to art: building a permanent gallery, 1890-1914 -- Exporting art - promoting Australian art overseas -- Sydney lotus-eaters: boom and bust, 1914-33 -- Little evidence of lusty youth: art wars, 1929-39 -- The vistors' book: distinguished or not -- The Augean stables: Hal Missingham's directorship, 1945-71 -- Art of the people: art education and the gallery -- The frontiers of conservatism: Peter Laverty's directorship, 1971-78 -- Not the pictures alone: increasing audiences -- Tasty Tang: Edmund Capon: the first decade, 1978-88 -- Not one square inch: Edmund Capon: new prorities, 1988-2011 -- The benefactors' book: a history of giving -- Building the future: Michael Brand's directorship, 2012-
Subject
Art museums
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of New South Wales
BRN
10817
Notes
- The book touches upon the history of Sydney's Art Gallery of New South Wales, with a focus on art and the Gallery's collections. It is also about the people and events that have shaped the Gallery.
