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Underwater War Wrecks

This article first appeared on the Radio Australia website. Deborah Rice, ‘Australia urged to ratify UN convention of underwater cultural heritage to protect endangered war wrecks’, 21 March 2014 The Federal Government is being urged to take a major step towards protecting Australian war wrecks that are being pulled apart, stripped and looted in waters […]

Sponsorship: Blurred Lines

This article was first published in The Daily Review March 26 2014 Raymond Gill, ‘Arts Sponsorship: Blurred Lines and Mixed Signals’. Australia’s performing arts companies appeared to have no ethical guidelines on sponsorship, or that was the case until this morning when the umbrella group representing the 28 major companies released this statement, which is a […]

Search for new NGA Director

This article first appeared in The Australian, March 28 2014 Michaela Boland ‘In search of Ron Radford’s successor at NGA’ THE most prestigious art gallery director’s job in the nation is up for grabs after Ron Radford last week signalled his intention to retire in September from Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia. The industry has […]

Songline Show Cancelled

This article first appeared in The Australian 28 March 2014 Sarah Martin and Verity Edwards, ‘Songline show canned over threat’ A CONTROVERSIAL exhibition depicting an ancient Aboriginal songline has been indefinitely postponed by the South Australian Museum after a group of trad­itional owners threatened to take legal action. Meanwhile, more than 50 Anangu people from […]

NSW to return sculpture

This article first appeared on the Skynews website  Australia is returning a stolen statue worth more than $300,000 to India. March 28 2014 The 1000-year-old Ardhanariswara idol, depicting Hindu god Shiva and his consort Parvati, was on display at Sydney’s Art Gallery of NSW after being purchased during the tenure of former director, Edmund Capon. […]

Aboriginal history critical to curriculum

Alexandra Smith, ‘Aboriginal history “crucial” for national curriculum, says schools submission’  The Australian, 28 March 2014 NSW schools want Aboriginal history to remain a ”crucial feature” of a national curriculum, putting them at odds with the federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne’s push for a greater focus on Western civilisations. The state’s school sectors including the […]

UK Copyright Exceptions

The following item first appeared in the NMDC UK Newsletter January 2014. British Library Chief Exec supports copyright exceptions legislation for museums, libraries and archives British Library Chief Executive Roly Keating has written for the New Stateman supporting the proposed copyright exceptions for museums, libraries and archives. These proposed changes will shortly be debated in […]