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About the National Gallery of VictoriaYear’s Highlights4 5NGV MISSIONTo illuminate life by collecting, conserving andpresenting great art.VISIONAs Victoria’s cultural flagship and home toAustralia’s finest art collection, the NGV will berecognised as one of the leading art museumsof the world.VALUESExcellenceIntegrityAccessORIGINSFounded in 1861, the National Gallery ofVictoria (NGV) is Australia’s oldest public artgallery. We will celebrate 150 years in 2011.GOVERNANCEThe State Government’s National Gallery ofVictoria Act 1966 established the gallery asa statutory authority which sits within theDepartment of Premier and Cabinet portfolio.The Act provided for a Council of Trustees withoverall responsibility for the NGV. The Councilreports to the Minister for the Arts.LOCATIONSThe NGV’s St Kilda Road gallery, designedby Sir Roy Grounds, opened in 1968. SinceDecember 2003 NGV has operated onegallery across two sites – NGV Internationalon St Kilda Road, re-designed by Mario Bellini,and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australiaat Federation Square, designed by LABArchitecture Studio.COLLECTIONOver 65,000 works including paintings,sculpture, antiquities, works on paper,photography, decorative arts, furniture, fashion,textiles and multimedia.ADMISSIONAdmission to the State Collection(the NGV Collection) is free.Entry fees are charged forsome exhibitions.OPENING HOURSNGV INTERNATIONAL180 St Kilda RoadOpen 10am–5pmUntil 9pm Wednesdays (art after dark) duringMelbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibitionsClosed TuesdaysTHE IAN POTTER CENTRE:NGV AUSTRALIAFederation SquareOpen 10am–5pmUntil 9pm ThursdaysClosed Mondays• Launching the Masterpieces for Melbournecampaign aimed at securing $150 million byour 150th birthday in 2011, with leadershipgifts of $46 million including Loti and VictorSmorgon making the largest cash donationever given by individuals to an Australianart museum• The fourth Melbourne Winter Masterpiecesexhibition, Guggenheim Collection:1940s to Now attracting a new, youngervisitor demographic and securing a record$11 million in editorial media coverage• Welcoming NGV’s 10 millionth visitorsince re-opening in 2002–03 after theredevelopment program• Hosting the opening of the InternationalCommittee of the History of Art (CIHA’s)art history congress, with many delegatesvisiting our collections and exhibitions• Acquiring major contemporary artworksincluding Bill Viola’s installation OceanWithout a Shore 2007, Imants Tillers’Melancholy Landscape 2007, BrookAndrew’s Gun-metal grey 2007, and the2007 collaborative painting by BentinckIsland artists, Dulka Warngiid (Land of All)• Acquiring major Asian artworks rangingfrom an early 17th Century Japanese foldingscreen, Horse stable, to Zhang Huan’sphotograph Shanghai family tree 2001• Acquiring a Carlo Bugatti Snail Chair 1902and Art Deco pieces including a 1920Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann desk and chair andFrançois Pompon’s 1927 bronze, Polar bear• Holding 20 exhibitions with diverseappeal, including painter Gordon Bennett;sculptor Geoffrey Bartlett; Body Language:Contemporary Chinese Photography;Black in Fashion: From Mourning to Nightand the Art Gallery of NSW’s Sidney Nolanretrospective• Touring 46 NGV exhibitions to 121Victorian, interstate and overseas venuesin just over a decade• Touring the first comprehensiveVFLAA exhibition, Lives and Times:A selection of works from the VictorianFoundation for Living Australian Artiststo the first four of six regional galleries• Lending works by Amedeo Modigliani andEmily Kam Kngwarrey to simultaneousexhibitions in Japan• Launching a new collection support group— the Supporters of Decorative Arts• Using a new, internationally recognisedtechnique developed within NGVConservation to frame large photographsincluding Liu Wei’s Landscape 2004• Re-opening our refurbishedMedieval Galleries• Researching the possibility of one of ourmajor 18th Century paintings being infact the work of Tiepolo• Achieving over 38,000 NGV Members• Achieving 19.6% reduction in energyconsumption since 2003• 233,000 participants in educationand public programsExhibition banners for Role Play, Super Bodies, Joseph Beuys and Rudolf Steiner and Krishna on the north wall of the NGV International building, St Kilda RoadDeputy Director Frances Lindsay presents a Sidney Nolan catalogue to Georgia Griffiths of Fulham, London, the 10 millionth visitor to the NGV since its re-opening in 2002–03 after redevelopment

President’s Review6Last year we welcomed one of Victor and Loti Finally, our gratitude to those on NGV Council7Smorgon’s grandsons, Peter Edwards, to the Committees, particularly the NGV FoundationNGV Foundation board. In May 2008 Peter Chairman, Bruce Parncutt; to members of allbecame a member of the NGV Council of NGV affiliated organisations and to all ourCombine this with the fact that, apart from its Trustees. We are delighted that he accepted supporter groups.initial seed funding for the Victorian Foundation the role as he is young, enthusiastic and with afor Living Australian Artists, the Stategreat interest in the arts.The Trustees look forward to an exciting year,Government does not fund NGV acquisitions,including attending the 2008 MWM exhibition,it was clear that we had to move seriously to On behalf of the Trustees, I would like to thank Art Deco 1910–1939 and approving somesecure funding to continue to grow and enrich Victoria’s Minister for the Arts, Lynne Kosky substantial acquisitions for the State Collection.the State Collection.MP, Victoria’s former Premier, Steve Bracksand the current Premier, the Hon. John Brumby In this way we will continue to fulfill theThe NGV has been a significant beneficiary MP, for their continued support. We thank the NGV’s Mission, ‘to illuminate life by collecting,of the Federal Government’s Cultural Gifts Premier for publicly supporting our vision for conserving and presenting great art,’ andProgram with 466 gifted artworks, received an extension of the NGV over the railyards Vision, ‘to be Victoria’s cultural flagship and onethrough the Program, accepted into theeast of Federation Square. We are delighted by of the leading art museums of the world.’If the State Government goes ahead with itsState Collection. The value of these works any opportunity to increase the NGV’s displayplanned arts precinct behind our St Kilda Roadwas $2,781,047. The majority of the works of Asian, Indigenous and Oceanic art to meetThe 2008/09 year was a very solidbuilding, with NGV entry from the west into The year’s fundraising highlight, however, wasacquired are represented by 297 Fred Williams increasing public interest.Allan Myersone for the National Gallery of Victoria.our Grollo Equiset Garden, it will only increase the 21 May launch of NGV’s Masterpiecesetchings from Lyn Williams AM and 44 HarryPresident, Council of TrusteesIt began with our fourth Melbourne Winter public access to our art.for Melbourne campaign, aimed at securingNankin photograms.Thank you to my fellow Trustees, who work National Gallery of VictoriaMasterpieces exhibition, Guggenheim$150 million by NGV’s 150th birthday inharder than anyone knows, and to Dr Vaughan,Collection: 1940s to Now, which attracted It is important to the NGV that it attracts the 2011 — $50 million in cash for immediate artMy colleagues and I would like to thank two to whom this also applies. We congratulate July 2008a new crowd of young people. It ended with widest possible audiences. One reason the purchases, $50 million in endowed fundsfellow Council of Trustees members who retired Gerard on his appointment as honorarythe launch of our ambitious but, we believe, gallery is building its decorative collection is and $50 million in notified bequests.during the year after making tremendous Professorial Fellow by the Council of theachievable Masterpieces for Melbourne because so many people relate to the everydaycontributions to the NGV — Rino Grollo and University of Melbourne.Fundraising campaign.utility of these objects as well as to their beauty. Leadership gifts for the campaign reachedSally Smart.$46 million even before the launch. On behalfSpecial thanks to the NGV’s StrategicOne of many highlights was the visit to the As well as its inspiring permanent collection of the Trustees I thank all donors including LotiRino, chairman of the Grollo Equiset Group, Leadership Team and, in particular, togallery’s two venues in January by 700 people, displays and diverse exhibition and educational and Victor Smorgon who committed 10% ofalways showed common sense and good Frances Lindsay, NGV Deputy Director sinceincluding many of the world’s leading art programs, NGV management focussed intently the $150 million target to purchases of 20thjudgment in his work as a Trustee. He and the NGV’s Deputy Director, Internationalhistorians and museum professionals, during on its fundraising efforts.Century and contemporary art – the largesthis family have left us a wonderful legacy Art, Tony Ellwood, moved to the Queenslandthe global CIHA Congress in Melbourne.cash donation ever given by individuals to anin the beautiful garden they funded forArt Gallery in July 2007. Frances’ newIn April, 200 people attended the launch of Australian art museum.NGV International. Sally, a successful artist, responsibilities are enormous.It is a credit to NGV Director, Dr Gerardthe Supporters of Decorative Arts where thehas made an enormous contribution to theVaughan, a member of CIHA’s organising NGV announced its desire to buy the wonderful The NGV has always relied on privateNGV, particularly in her role as Chair of thecommittee, that we were able to showcase the Bugatti Snail Chair, something achieved philanthropy, evidenced by the greatExhibitions Committee.NGV’s collections, facilities and staff to this through this group’s donations.masterpieces purchased last century thoughinfluential audience.the bequest of Alfred Felton. But a gradualFunds raised by the Supporters of Asian Art, decline in the Bequest’s purchasing power andPublic awareness of the NGV continued to which was only founded last financial year, have increases in art prices has meant that the NGVgrow, reflected in many ways including robust already led to the purchase of an important 17th cannot afford the acquisitions it used to make.attendances of late night openings at NGV Century Japanese screen and contemporaryAustralia in Federation Square on Thursdays Asian photographic works.and at NGV International on St Kilda Roadduring Guggenheim.NGV President, Allan Myers, welcoming gueststo the Asian Art Acquisition Fund DinnerVisitors to the 2007 Melbourne Winter Masterpiecesexhibition, Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now,in front of Dan Flavin’s untitled (to Jan and RonGreenberg) 1972–1973. © Stephen Flavin/ARS,New York. Licensed by VISCOPY, AustraliaConservator of European Paintings, Carl Villis at workon the Oval PortraitRecently retired Trustee Rino Grollo andhis wife Diana Ruzzene-GrolloGerard Vaughan, Paul Ruddock Chairman ofThe Victoria and Albert Museum, London, andMinister for the Arts Lynne Kosky

Director’s Report8ACQUIRING ARTOur acquisitions focus was very much on 20th9Century and Contemporary Art (see p.22–25).When we de-accessioned 18th and 19thExciting contemporary artworks acquired century furniture for auction, we undertookincluded Bill Viola’s three screen video,to recycle the proceeds into items by majorOcean Without a Shore — a highlight of the designers whom we aspired to bring into One fascinating innovation was displaying both2007 Venice Biennale — and an artist in our the collection. We achieved this by theYinka Shonibare’s 2005 Reverend on ice andsights for a long time. Its purchase was made purchase of works by Carlo Bugatti and, with his Un ballo in maschera video (featured in ourpossible through the Loti and Victor Smorgon additional help from Paula Fox and the NGV 2006 Contemporary Commonwealth exhibition)Fund. We also acquired Dulka Warngiid (Land Women’s Association, a superb Art Deco in our 18th Century Galleries. Our Educationof All) 2007, a huge work of the Bentinck writing desk by Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann. officers said this juxtaposition, a change fromartists of Mornington Island bought with help With donations made at our 2008 Annual chronology-based display and pioneeredfrom Supporters and Patrons of Indigenous Dinner, we acquired François Pompon’sby our Deputy Director, Frances LindsayArt and the basis of a Victorian Tapestry iconic bronze, Polar bear 1927, and with help at NGV Australia, engaged and ‘delighted’Workshop piece for the new Elisabeth Murdoch from the Eugenie Crawford Bequest we young visitors.I am delighted that in the lead up to the launchRecital Hall. Modern art included a circa acquired Amedée Ozenfant’s masterpiecewe received leadership donations of $46 million1940 Margaret Preston painting and a rare Still Life c.1920. All these enhanced our 2008 GUGGENHEIM MWM(see p.44) including 10% of our $150 millionprint reflecting her pioneering interest in the MWM exhibition, Art Deco 1910–1939, from Our fourth Melbourne Winter MasterpiecesThe past year was a watershed for the National target from Loti and Victor Smorgon, earmarked NGV hosted the opening and closing events;aesthetics of Aboriginal art.London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.(MWM) exhibition, Guggenheim Collection:Gallery of Victoria. After several years of for 20th century and contemporary art.hundreds of the delegates attended floor1940s to Now, proved the ability ofresearch and planning we launched some The announcement of such generosity led talks by NGV curators — Alisa Bunbury, RogerThe Victorian Foundation for Living Australian DISPLAYING THE COLLECTIONcontemporary art to attract a new and youngerimportant initiatives to ensure that we remain to an eruption of spontaneous applause at Leong, Judith Ryan, Sana Balai, Maggie Finch,Artists (VFLAA) funded purchases across many Gallery refurbishments included the Medieval demographic. A high proportion of under-30sat the centre of Melbourne’s cultural life and the launch, and no wonder!Amanda Dunsmore and Allison Holland– and bymedia and art making practices, reflecting the Galleries which re-opened in May, with Agnolo visited the show and more than 20,000 peoplebecome an even stronger drawcard for regional,Carl Villis, European Paintings Conservator.vitality and dynamism of contemporary art in Gaddi’s 14th century Madonna and Child with attending the weekly art after dark viewings.interstate and overseas visitors. At the heart THE STATE COLLECTIONI thank them for their input.Australia today.St John the Evangelist, St John the Baptist, St Most said it was their first NGV late nightof everything we do is the importance of our Fifty large gallery spaces are dedicated toJames of Compostela and St Nicholas of Bari, opening and that they would come againpermanent collection, the State Collection. our collection across NGV International in We already enjoy the highest level of visitationA welcome grant from the State Government enhanced by its beautiful new frame, for which at night.St Kilda Road and The Ian Potter Centre:to any Australian gallery. In 2008 we attractedfund for the acquisition of articles ofwe thank our Conservation team.Our key initiative was launching theNGV Australia in nearby Federation Square. just under 1.5 million visitors and welcomedsignificance to the history of Victoria enabledThe show created two new records.Masterpieces for Melbourne (MFM) fundraising There, and at our off-site store, the collection our ten millionth visitor since NGV re-opened inthe purchase of a rare 19th century Broadshield We refurbished two of our Asian Galleries, A significant 32% of Guggenheim visitors camecampaign. Inaugurated by Victorian Premier, stocktake of close-to 65,000 items progressed 2002/03. According to comparative statisticsfrom South-East Australia.introducing some contemporary work by from outside Victoria – the highest for a MWMthe Hon. John Brumby MP, on 21 May, it aims during the year (see p.17) — a collection now published by the London-based Art Newspaper,Asian-born Australian artists, and our 20th exhibition, making a very significant economicto raise $150 million by the end of our 150th independently revalued at $3.3 billion.we had the 19th highest visitation of any artOur Supporters of Asian Art group helped Century Contemporary Painting and Sculpture impact on Victoria. The exhibition’s Teachers’birthday in 2011 through cash donations,museum in the world in 2007. That is welcomeus acquire some powerful contemporary Gallery which now displays Yayoi Kusama’s Preview attracted more than 300 participantsendowments and notified bequests, enabling We welcomed the opportunity to showcase our news and we work hard to ensure that each andphotographic works, shown in ourbeguiling fibre optic ladder Tender are the — the highest attendance at a teachers’us to buy significant works of art when the collection, facilities and staff during the 32nd every one of our visitors has an enjoyable andBody Language: Contemporary Chinese stairs to heaven 2004, an important example preview since our re-opening.opportunity arises.Congress of the International Committee of the worthwhile experience.Photography exhibition. We also acquired the of contemporary Japanese art purchased withHistory of Art conference (CIHA), organised bybeautiful 17th Century Japanese Horse stable assistance from Peter and Joan ClemengerIn 2006/07, thanks to the generosity of many The University of Melbourne’s Professor Jayniescreen, exhibited in our 2007 Golden Screens and NGV Contemporary.donors, particularly the President of our Council Anderson and held in the Southern Hemisphereexhibition – the inaugural acquisition throughof Trustees, Allan Myers and his wife Maria, we for the first time.the Asian Art Acquisition Fund, which reachedre-entered the market for significant Old Masters,$10 million by February thanks to a magnificentafter decades of inactivity. Now we need to enterpledge of $6 million from Allan and Mariathe more costly market for great 20th CenturyMyers, for which I thank them most warmly.and contemporary art. Our inability to secureJohn Brack’s The Bar in 2005/06 had brought themessage home to our many friends and supporters.Talking to the press about Circe, 1893, at the preview ofthe Bertram Mackennal exhibition in NovemberWelcoming Premier John Brumby and Minister forEducation Bronwyn Pike to the NGVRecently retired Trustee Sally Smart, who inparticular represented the interests of theartists’ communitySenior Curator Indigenous Art Judith Ryan withMichael Moon at the Supporters and Patrons ofIndigenous Arts DinnerBrowsing in the Shop at NGV InternationalWilliam Barton plays the didgeridoo atthe CIHA opening event

‘Our exhibition program was very balanced interms of period and media, with appeal to highlydiverse audiences [and] we received an ArtsVictoria Leadership Award for building youthaudiences through our NGV Youth Forum andour innovative programs.’‘We began reinforcing the fact that our combinedcollections constitute one of the nation’s richestcultural assets [and] that entry to the permanentcollection and its temporary exhibitions are free.’We thank the show’s Principal Sponsor,As always, Top Arts: VCE 2007 was hugelyWe are fortunate that Victoria has Australia’s LENDING ART10Mercedes-Benz and all the support sponsors popular and we thank Victorian teachers forbest regional gallery infrastructure, and regional NGV lent 239 works to 93 venues. Artworksand our marketing and sponsorshipsupporting it, and the 2,000 VCE Art and StudioThe implementation of our new commercial Victoria remained our major focus (see p.20). lent including Albert Tucker, Philip Wolfhagen11departments. Our team received two 2007Arts Victoria Leadership Awards andcommendations for collaborating with ACMIfor NGV’s Guggenheim and their PIXAR 20Years of Animation, and for collaborating withall other arts agencies on the Culture Victoria(CV) project. Congratulations, too, to our NGVMembers team with more than 400 new NGVMemberships signed during the last eight daysof the exhibition.The goodwill and professionalism associatedwith Guggenheim cemented our relationshipwith a major international gallery with whom wecan build future projects, while the experiencegained by key staff who worked on the showwill stand us in good stead.EXHIBITING ARTOur exhibition program, very balanced in termsof period and media, appealed to highly diverseaudiences. We opened 20 new exhibitions— eight at NGV Australia and eleven at NGVInternational, as well as Black in Fashion: FromMourning to Night on display at both venues.In addition to the Guggenheim show, webrought great international contemporary artto Melbourne with Works from The UBS ArtCollection and Body Language: ContemporaryChinese Photography.We exhibited new media, including ResonantVisions: Contemporary video from LatinAmerica, and surveys including Yvonne Audette:Different Directions 1954–1966, which hadparticular appeal to Melbourne artists. ModernBritain 1900–1960: Master works fromAustralian and New Zealand collections, curatedby our Senior Curator, International Art, Dr TedGott, was a triumph and we thank all the publicinstitutions who lent us their paintings, sculptureand works on paper. The fine catalogue isalready an important reference work.Arts students who submitted more than 5,000images of photography, digital prints, DVDs andnew media art, paintings, drawings, sculptures,printmaking, textiles and mixed media forselection for the exhibition.Geoffrey Bartlett, the artist’s first major artmuseum survey, continued the sculpturebasedfocus begun with last year’s DeborahHalpern exhibition. We thank the Art Galleryof New South Wales (AGNSW) for lendingus Bertram Mackennal: The Fifth BalnavesFoundation Sculpture Project, featuring nineworks from the NGV collection, and the SidneyNolan retrospective, which strongly related toMelbourne and received a terrific response.Joseph Beuys & Rudolf Steiner: Imagination,Inspiration, Intuition, exploring connectionsbetween Beuys’ conceptual and performanceart and Steiner’s teachings, was ofspecial interest to CIHA delegates, aswas the Indigenous vision of Australia inGordon Bennett.CONSERVING ARTWe continue to take pride in our ConservationDepartment’s achievements, including their finework for our exhibitions. Highlights includedcompleting three years conservation for ourBlack in Fashion show, and using a new,internationally recognised technique developedby our full-time photographic conservator,Pip Morrison, to mount and frame very largephotographs, including Liu Wei’s Landscape2004 — a work bought with funds raised bySupporters of Asian Art and featured in ourBody Language show.In preparation for our MFM campaign launch,we held Preserving the past, enriching thefuture: Hugh Williamson’s legacy, an exhibitionof works from our collection and the BallaratArt Gallery bought by the Hugh D.T. WilliamsonFoundation, established by the visionary formerANZ Bank CEO. It included a multimediapresentation highlighting work undertakenby two NGV intern conservators funded bythe Foundation’s $100,000 a year grantsince 2006.In March I gave a lecture about HughWilliamson, who became involved in the NGV inthe 1960s, following his retirement, through thecommittee overseeing the construction of ourSt Kilda Road building. In 1985, before he died,Hugh committed to funding Melbourne-relatedart for NGV through his new foundation, nowfollowed by the conservation internships. I hopethis exhibition inspired potential benefactors tothink about making their own enduring mark onour collection, and on our community.VISITOR EXPERIENCESince the NGV International’s 2003re-opening the public has shown great interestin — and affection for — the NGV by flockingto our permanent galleries and more than 140splendid exhibitions. People love our late nightopenings. NGV Australia is now open until9pm every Thursday, as part of Late NightThursdays at Fed Square, supported by specialgovernment funding. We are also offering artafter dark on Wednesdays at NGV Internationalduring MWM exhibitions. Over 50,000 peopleattending after 5pm in 07/08. Our audiencesare also in touch with us online. Our websitereceived 1.92 million website hits — 200,000more than in 2006/07.strategy (see p. 46), centred on an improvedvisitor experience, bore fruit with the year’stransformation of the shop and dining areasat NGV International, now drawing people forreasons additional to viewing art. Visitors nowhave a choice of our ground floor Persimmon(formerly The Garden Restaurant), divided intoa faster café section and a bistro for longerlunching; the ground floor Gallery Kitchen andour re-designed Tea Room on Level 1, revivingthe tradition of quality morning, afternoonand high teas.We congratulate our new shop’s designers,Tandem Design, for commendations at the2007 Inside Design Awards, and to ourmerchandising team for selecting suchenticing stock and to everyone involved withour publications (see p.52), particularly ourcatalogues, which keep getting better andbetter and selling strongly.Our next project is making our venues morefamily-friendly by encouraging more children’sactivities, which explains the mobile modularunit piloted as the Art Deco Kids space duringArt Deco 1910–1939. The Council of Trusteeswarmly endorsed management’s proposal todevelop a more focused ‘NGV Kids’ Program inthe coming year.TOURING EXHIBITIONSWe noted at year end that in just over a decadeour three-tiered touring strategy had led to ourexhibitions touring to almost every Victorianregional gallery, every interstate gallery and 19international venues in eight countries — a totalof 121 venues.Again, we worked with NETS Victoria (NationalExhibition Touring Support), the PublicGalleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) andVFLAA to extend the experience of art inthis state. For example, we toured Lives &Times: A Selection of works from the VFLAAcollection to six Victorian regional galleries(see p.28) while NETS, with Arts Victoriasupport, toured the NGV-curated The Cicely &Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award 2006to regional Victoria, NSW and the AustralianCapital Territory.Interstate touring highlights included takingGordon Bennett to the Queensland Art Gallery(QAG) with Federal Government’s Departmentof Communications, Information Technologyand the Arts Contemporary Touring Initiativefunding; taking Kitty Kantilla to Art Galleryof New South Wales (AGNSW); and takingMountains and Streams, comprising works fromour Collection, to AGNSW and QAG. We hopeto receive funding to take Gordon Bennettto Perth.The NGV-curated Tezuka: the Marvel of Mangaattracted large audiences at AGNSW beforegoing to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museumwhere it was viewed by 85,000 visitors. Weare aligning our future international touringprogram, where possible, with Arts Victoria’sInternational Program focus on the Asia Pacific,Japan, China and Italy, and with the FederalGovernment’s focus on cultural diplomacy.and Ah Xian to regional and metropolitangalleries included Bendigo Art Gallery, BallaratArt Gallery, Castlemaine Art Gallery andHistorical Museum; Gippsland Art Gallery;Heide Museum of Modern Art; LatrobeRegional Gallery; Shepparton Art Gallery;Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery and MonashGallery of Art (see and p.26–29).Among our loans to regional gallery exhibitions,we contributed eight Indigenous works toHeide Museum of Modern Art’s Power andBeauty: Australian Indigenous Art since 1990;eight McCubbins to Gippsland Art Gallery’sMcCubbin, which I had the privilege of opening;and four works to Bendigo Art Gallery’sThe Long Weekend: Australian Artists inFrance 1918–1939.In Brisbane our Andy Warhol Self portrait no. 9joined QAG’s Warhol show, and in Canberra,12 of our 19th century artworks, includingImpressionist landscapes, joined the NationalGallery of Australia’s highly successfulThe triumph of landscape: Turner to Monet.We lent five major Emily Kam Kngwarreyartworks to Tokyo’s National Art Centre;Bellotto’s Ruins in the Forum, Rome, alongwith our newly attributed Bellotto, The Rialto,to the Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio in Turin,Italy; and Hoffman furniture to Tate Liverpool’sGustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Lifein Vienna 1900.NGV supporter Loti Smorgon and family, at the launchof the Masterpieces for Melbourne campaignProfessor Jaynie Anderson speaks to delegates in theGreat Hall during the opening of the CIHA conferenceTrustee Jason Yeap, Director Arts Victoria Penny Hutchinsonand Senior Curator Photography Isobel Crombie at theopening of Body LanguageBarbara Kane, Gareth Sansom, Senior Curator ContemporaryArt Alex Baker and Gerard Vaughan at theawarding of the John McCaughey Memorial Prize

‘The almost saturation level of presscoverage at the MFM campaign launchcommunicated our message to a very widecross section of the community, and I feelvery confident that our fundraising forgreat art will gather momentum.’I extend our deep gratitude to all NGV donors,including those who joined our Benefactors’Honour Roll in 2008 — Loti and VictorSmorgon, Allan and Maria Myers, John Higgins,Peter and Joan Clemenger, Jason Yeapand Min Lee Wong, Bruce Parncutt andRobin Campbell, the Bowness family, Alanand Mavourneen Cowen, and Baillieu andSarah Myer’s Yulgilbar Foundation(see p. 44 and p.99).Key appointments included Dr Alex Bakeras Senior Curator, Contemporary Art (fromFinally, I extend a huge thank you to allour volunteers and supporters, including12EDUCATION & PROGRAMSThat particular school had extended studentPhiladelphia’s Pennsylvania Academy of Art), our Voluntary Guides; the NGV Women’sIt was a good year for Education and Programs, involvement in NGV programs to every yearI also called on the directors of key artAnna Kopinski as Head of Major Donors Association; the NGV Business Council; the13(see p.31–32). Around 120,000 students andteachers visting the NGV through schoolsprograms; 71,000 attending 846 programsand more than 42,000 participating in 3,170Voluntary Guide tours. Our renewed focus onfamily activities was typified by our Teddy Bear’sPicnic during the Modern Britain exhibition.Many programs combined family activities withcultural diversity, such as the Krishna Family Dayand the Public Galleries Association of Victoria(PGAV) Open Day at NGV International with thePolyglot Puppet Theatre, in collaboration withthe Ibijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderTheatre Cooperative.We collaborated with numerous state andfederal arts, education and health-relatedevents and cultural festivals; with fellow ArtsVictoria agencies including the Victorian ArtsCentre, Victorian College of the Arts andMuseum Victoria; with organisations suchas Craft Victoria and the Victorian TapestryWorkshop; with the Melbourne InternationalFestival; and with academics and artists.Once again we partenered with educationproviders, philanthropic organisations andsponsors to deliver high quality programs andservices to schools, youth and young children.An initiative to ensure tertiary studentparticipation in important programs began withthe Guggenheim symposium addressed by theDirector of the Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumNew York, Lisa Dennison, and Guggenheimcurator, Valerie Hillings, on 30 June 2007.We offered 39 complimentary student placesto ensure that students who needed to be atthis paid event were guaranteed access.In February I was delighted to receive a letterfrom an art teacher at an outer suburban highschool thanking NGV for its free TeacherPreviews and for its student programs,delivered with a ‘passion and enthusiasm’ thatinspired both the teachers and students.level after a Year 7 excursion to AustralianImpressionism and use of our online educationalresources. The teacher said the experience hadeven transformed the attitudes of some Year 7boys who had ‘provided ongoing challenges in theclassroom.’ This sort of feedback makes us veryproud of our Education and Programs staff.We are also proud of our educational outreach,such as our annual Hamilton Outreach, whentwo education officers conducted a week-longprogram of Australian Impressionism workshopsand talks for all students at Hamilton NorthPrimary School.Another cause for pride was last year’sHerald-Sun newspaper article about how NGVYoung Ambassadors training — a tour guidecourse including learning to deal with groupsof people who wouldn’t normally set foot in agallery — had transformed the lives of youngparticipants. A boy who was interviewed, whohad not achieved a VCE Enter score beforejoining the program, is now studying fine arts atthe Victoria College of the Arts. Who could askfor a better outcome? We are indebted to thePratt Foundation for providing funding for theNGV Youth Access program.SPONSORSThe other key initiative was undertaking afull marketing brand audit which has resultedin our new styleguide, based on new visitorsegmentation research. Having discoveredmore about our audiences and who we still needto attract, we began reinforcing the fact thatthat some of our collecting areas rival the bestin the world; and that entry to the permanentcollection and most temporary exhibitions is free.Acquisitions made possible by our MFM campaignwill only make our collection more compelling.Our other major move was refining andstrengthening our long-term sponsorpartnerships. Having launched our new threeyearNGV/ Principal Partner SponsorshipStrategy, we welcomed new Principal Sponsorsin Mercedes-Benz and Ernst & Young asLead Supporter International Art.Our exhibitions management team workedclosely with our sponsorship team creating athree-year package of exhibitions, includingtouring shows. Meanwhile, a ‘first’ amongsponsor initiatives was the Bank of Queenslandpromoting the Modern Britain 1900–1960exhibition in their Victorian branches, a new wayfor us to reach even broader audiences.STAFF TRAVELMany NGV staff, including myself, travelledabroad during the year – critically importantfor maintaining institutional vitality, especiallywith exhibitions, planning and professionaldevelopment — making valuable personalinternational contacts and promoting NGV andour collection by word of mouth. We thank Peterand Joan Clemenger and the bequest of thelate Elizabeth Summons for important privatesupport in this crucial area (see p.43).In April I visited Paris where Dr Ted Gott andI met with senior people from key Parisianinstitutions to discuss a range of futureexhibitions, including MWMs. In May I attendedthe opening of the National Museum ofAustralia’s Emily Kam Kngwarrey exhibition atTokyo’s National Art Centre which containedNGV artworks including two of Emily’sgreatest masterpieces, the NGV’s Big Yam andBig Yam Dreaming.museums, and look forward to positive futurecollaborations, including the NGV providingTokyo’s National Museum of Western Artwith a complete exhibition of the graphicart of Albrecht Dürer drawn from ourincomparable holdings.PEOPLEIn November we reluctantly farewelled TerenceLane, our outstanding Senior Curator of19th Century Australian Art, after 40 yearsof contributing to the life of the NGV, and toAustralian art in general, through his curatorialand scholarly skills. His last NGV exhibition,Australian Impressionism, was of course atriumph, but equally it was just one of Terry’smany great achievements. By a specialresolution, our Trustees inducted him as aNGV Life Member in November.We noted with sadness the sudden deathlate last year of John Stringer, who startedhis career as an NGV Print Room assistantin 1957 and left in 1970 as our ExhibitionsOfficer. Among John’s many achievementswere organising in 1967 the groundbreakingTwo decades of American painting, followed bythe first major exhibition in the St Kilda Roadbuilding, The Field . He will be sadly missed.We congratulated Tony Ellwood, our formerDeputy Director, International Art, on hisappointment as Director of the Queensland ArtGallery (QAG). We thank him for the importantcontribution he made to the delivery of the NGVInternational building during our redevlopmentand for his strong work in internationalexhibition planning.Frances Lindsay, formerly Deputy Director,Australian Art, became Deputy Directorresponsible for all Australian and Internationalcuratorial staff, exhibitions and programs.and Bequests (from ANZ Private Banking),Debra Adamidis as Manager, Patrons, Programs& Stewardship (from the McFarlane BurnetInstitute) and Amanda Burritt as SeniorEducation Officer (from Korowa AnglicanGirls School and Gallery Ranfurlie).I extend thanks to David Legg from our ArtHandling Department, who retired after 25years, and our former Exhibitions ManagerTarragh Cunningham, who returned to Brisbaneto a new role at QAG, and was succeeded byNicole Monteiro.THANK YOUI also congratulate our fundraising, marketingand media teams for their work on MWM andto the NGV Members team who increasedmember numbers by 6% during the year.Thanks to our Strategic Leadership Team(see p. 57) – Frances Lindsay, Liz Grainger,Lisa Sassella, Miranda Crawley, Judy Williams,Leigh Mackay and our new member, AnnaKopinski – for their outstanding performancein leading so many key NGV teams.I would like to thank our NGV President AllanMyers for his inspired leadership and personalgenerosity, and all members of our Council ofTrustees for their crucial contribution to ourgovernance and strategic thinking. I particularlythank Rino Grollo and Sally Smart who retiredduring the year. We welcome Peter Edwards,our new Trustee.I would like to thank the former Premier, SteveBracks, the Premier, the Hon. John Brumby MP,the Minister for the Arts, Lynne Kosky MP andthe head of Arts Victoria, Penny Hutchinson, fortheir support.NGV Foundation, which celebrated its 30thanniversary in August 2007; NGV Members;our supporter groups; Friends of the GalleryLibrary; the Felton Society; and the FeltonBequest’s Committee.YEAR AHEADThe coming year will be full of discovery. Is our18th century painting, The Finding of Moses,traditionally ascribed to Sebastian Ricci,actually a masterpiece by Giambattista Tiepolo?Will the State Government advance its supportfor an extension of NGV at Federation Square?Above all, how will our MFM fundraisingcampaign progress?We are seeking broad community support forour campaign at every level. I have invited all ourNGV Members, and our many friends, to join ourPatrons Program through annual tax-deductibledonations of $2,500, $5,000 or $10,000.The huge level of press coverage at the MFMcampaign launch communicated our messageto a very wide cross section of the community,and I feel confident that the fundraising forgreat art will gather momentum.Let’s look forward to some headline purchasesof Masterpieces for Melbourne — the best wecan possibly find!Gerard VaughanDirector30 June, 2008During the CIHA conference we welcomed theDirector of British Museum, Neil MacGregor and theDirector of The J Paul Getty Museum, Michael BrandKim Hoa Tram at work in his studio. The artist’s exhibitionMoon in Reflection opened in AprilRecently retired Senior Curator 19th Century Australian Art,Terence LaneMinister for the Arts Lynne Kosky, General Manager Marketing Lisa Sassella, Gerard Vaughan,President & CEO, Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific, Wolfgang D Schrempp, and General ManagerMarketing Mercedes-Benz Australia Pacific, Gavin Allen

NGV Goal 1CollectionAIMTo develop, maintain and research theState Collection to ensure it remainsAustralia’s finestCollectionCase Study: Collection Stocktake‘Our stocktake is the most thorough of its kindever undertaken, or likely to be undertakenagain, by the NGV. It sets a new benchmark inart museology standards in this country. Manyof the major institutions of the world have neverattempted to stocktake their collections in thiscomprehensive way.’NGV Director, Gerard Vaughan16CASE IN POINT17In July 2007 at the NGV’s Off-Site Store,NGV Collection Stocktakers Sara Givins andBelinda Cannizarro sighted a brass-inlaidrosewood dressing case. Compartments in itsremovable drawer held a velvet pin cushion,seven silver-lidded glass jars, two porcelain jarsand a small ivory handled tool.With no attached tag or accession mark, theyfollowed stocktake procedures and created atemporary tracking number in NGV’s electronicdatabase, the Collection ManagementSystem (CMS). Research revealed it hadbeen tracked before — an accessioned item(i.e. officially part of the Collection) from acollection gifted to the NGV by John H.Connell in 1914.Once catalogue records confirmed its identity,Sara and Belinda deleted the temporarytracking number, ‘resighted’ the work, taggedit with its correct accession number and tookphotos for the CMS.Once recorded as ‘one part’, the case is nowrecorded as the 16 parts that comprise it,each with an identifying part number. Thus theprocess enables definitive identification andimproved documentation; being tagged forfuture identification and tracking helps ensureevery item can be easily and accurately located.WHAT IT ISAn NGV Major Project, begun in 2005.The NGV’s first complete meticulous inventoryacross multiple sites, imposing a level ofdetail not achieved in previous stocktakes.Fulfils accountability and audit requirementsby creating full, accurate location records forevery artwork in the NGV’s care — baselinedata for future collection tracking andmanagement programs. Comprehensivecollection stocktakes are becoming global artmuseum best practice. The National Galleryof Australia and the Australian War Memorialhave recently undertaken them.COMPLEXITYChallenges include: Legacy issues — Victoria’sState Collection is the nation’s oldest public artcollection and one of the largest and, beforedocument centralisation in 1994, each curatorialdepartment kept its own stockbook. Many storeditems - there have been five collection relocationssince 1999 when the St Kilda Road galleryclosed for renovations. Best practice methodology— artworks used to be recorded as onepart when they consisted of multiple parts.Picasso’s Weeping Woman is one part;a Lee Bul installation is 75 parts.TEAMLed by Deputy Director, Frances Lindsay,chair of the Collection Stocktake SteeringCommittee and managed by Senior RegistrarLocations, Julie Banks. Sara Givins andBelinda Cannizzaro spend two days at NGVInternational and three at the Off-Site Store.A working group of NGV curators, conservators,registration and cataloguing representativesmeet quarterly.CAPTUREDWorking progressively through each storageand display area, the stocktakers recordeach item’s location, create records forundocumented works and record furtherresearch, storage or other requirements bysearchable ‘flags’ in the CMS. Approximately1 in 5 items are flagged.APPROACHSara and Belinda work methodically, listening toCDs as they unpack and check objects andupdate their details on the CMS. The work canbe painstaking, like unwrapping 19th centurysilver packed in multiple layers of tissue paper,each needing flattening to ensure objectsare not missed. It can also be dangerous, likeunpacking an 18th century mirror, last handledin 1999, with hazardous mercury seepingthrough the packaging. The staff and mirror arekept safe by following procedures.RANGEThere are over 65,000 items in the StateCollection and recently sighted items haveranged from Chinese snuff bottles to threemetretall indigenous poles. Extraordinary itemshave included 1960s Type C NASA moonexploration photographs; 1996 Harry Nankingelatin silver photograms; a ‘thumbikin’, a 17thCentury torture device, and an 1845 Englishbracelet with blonde human hair woven intohollow balls and flower motifs.PERSONAL PERSPECTIVESSara Givins: ‘The best thing is the breadth ofobjects — textiles, paintings, photography,decorative arts, Asian and Indigenous art. It’san epic history lesson as much as scientific-likehandling exercise.’Belinda Cannizzaro: ‘Along with the history andhandling, it’s interesting to see the developmentof each collection and the various directionsthey take over the course of time.’Julie Banks: ‘It’s satisfying to know that we arecontributing to the future and care of the StateCollection. Sometimes it can feel daunting, butit’s an incredible opportunity.’Yinka Shonibare, MBE’s Reverend on ice, 2005 in the 18th Century galleries at NGV International. © The artist, courtesy of Friedman Gallery, London and James Cohan Gallery, New YorkAssistant Collection Manager Offsite Store BelindaCannizzaro and Registration Assistant Collection StocktakeSara Givins with Senior Registrar Locations Julie Banks,examining Chinese snuff bottlesSighting Indigenous poles as part of theCollection Stocktake

CollectionKey Achievements‘We have focused on enhancing and promotingthe NGV Collection by launching our fundraisingcampaign to buy great works of art, restructuringour Asian, Contemporary and Medieval galleriesat NGV International and reminding people thatentry to the State Collection at both our venues isabsolutely free!’NGV Director, Gerard Vaughan18 19• Lending Andy Warhol’s Self portrait no. 9to the Queensland Art Gallery’s Warhol;12 works including Constable and TurnerPERFORMANCE INDICATORS• Total value of 2007/08 acquisitions:$8.7 million• Total value of gifts in kind: $3.3 million• Percentage of recent acquisitionsdisplayed or on loan: 9% (06/07 13.1%)• Number of works lent to peer institutions:515 (06/07 645)• Stocktake Progress — sighting nearly22,744 artworks comprising more than32,500 parts or 31.2% of artworks in theState Collection, including nearly 56% ofall paintingsDIVERSE ACQUISITIONS• Contemporary art including Bill Viola’s 2007installation Ocean Without a Shore, ImantsTillers’ painting, Melancholy Landscape 2007,Brook Andrew’s photographic screenprints,Gun-metal grey 2007, and Kim Hoa Tram’s2005 work on paper, Lost one’s way• Modern Australian art including MargaretPreston’s Shoalhaven Gorge 1940–41 andJohn Brack’s Shasta Daisies 1959• Photographic art including Zhang Huan’sShanghai family tree 2001 and WangQingsong’s Preincarnation 2002• Indigenous art including a 2007 MorningtonIsland collaborative work, Dulka Warngiid(Land of All) and Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri’sRockholes near the Olgas 2007• Art Deco items including AmédéeOzenfant’s 1920 Still Life, Jacques-ÉmileRuhlmann’s c. 1920 Lady’s writing desk andFrançois Pompon’s 1927 bronze, Polar bear• Carlo Bugatti’s Art Nouveau Snail Chair 1902• Fashion including Balenciaga’s (NicolasGhesquière) Pair of sandals 2007and Lanvin’s (Alber Elbaz) Dress andnecklace 2008• European porcelain including aMeissen Pair of parrots c. 1738 andRustic cottage c. 1745• An early 17th Century Japanese foldingscreen, Horse stable and an important18th Century Korean Dragon jarSee p.22–25 and p.102–108ATTRIBUTION• Investigating the potential re-attribution ofour early 18th Century oil, Sebastiano Ricci’sThe Finding of Moses, as a masterpiece byGiambattista Tiepolo, following cleaning byCarl Villis and John PayneCOLLECTION ROTATIONS• 1,127 works from the Collection rotated onand off permanent display and rehangs in24 separate galleries at NGV International,including Signac’s The Gazometers at Clichy,rehung following cleaning• NGV Australia changeoversincluding significant works shown inAustralian ImpressionismDISPLAY• Refurbishing NGV International’s Asian,Contemporary Galleries and Medieval galleries• Installing Antony Gormley’s Inside Australia2002 sculptures in the NGV Internationalfoyer under his direction• Displaying 38 VFLAA works includingworks by Peter Booth and Janet Laurence,and large installations in the 20th centuryContemporary Painting and SculptureGallery, including Lee Bull’s Untitled 2003and Yayoi Kusama’s Tender are the stairsto heaven 2004• Displaying Yinka Shonibare’s Reverend onice 2005 and Un ballo in maschera 2004video as an intervention in NGV International18th Century GalleriesCONSERVATION• Restoring Carlo Bugatti’s Throne Chairc. 1900, including replacing missing ivory• Completing three years of conservation workfor the Black in Fashion: From Mourning toNight exhibition shown at NGV Australia andNGV International• Using the large photograph mounting andframing technique developed by NGV’sphotography conservator, Pip Morrison,to frame large items including Liu Wei’sLandscape 2004• NGV objects conservator Trude Ellingsensuccessfully cleaning Barbara Hepworth’s1947 sculpture, Eidos• Conserving two 16th Century HagetsuTsatsu screens in Japan by the prestigeousProject for Conservation of Work ofJapanses Art in Foreign Collections• Conserving 47 Indian miniatures for Krishna:Love and Devotion exhibition• Working with the CSIRO on spectral imagingto ascertain authenticity and ageing ofpaintings without taking samplesKEY OUTWARD LOANS• Lending VFLAA works including PhilipWolfhagen’s Night Beacon VI to CastlemaineArt Gallery and Historical Museum, SusanNorrie’s Passenger to Latrobe RegionalGallery and Ah Xian’s China China —Bust 71 to Shepparton Art Gallery• Lending Albert Tucker’s Self portrait toHeide Museum of Modern Art; as well aseight Indigenous works; eight McCubbinpaintings to Gippsland Art Gallery’sMcCubbin; four works to Bendigo ArtGallery’s The Long Weekend: AustralianArtists in France 1918–1939• Lending weaver Yvonne Koolmatrie’sCoorong Dreaming 1995 to the Swan HillRegional Art Gallery’s Murray Cod: thebiggest fish in the river, toured by NETS(National Exhibitions Touring Support)to Gippsland Art Gallery, Shepparton ArtGallery, the Albury Regional Art Gallery,Flinders University City Gallery andMelbourne Museum• New long-term loans to state governmentbuildings including Parliament House,Supreme Court of Victoria, Departmentof Premier and Cabinet and institutionsincluding the Royal Children’s Hospital• Eight art changeovers at Arts Victoriato the National Gallery of Australia’sThe triumph of landscape: Turner to Monet• Lending Bellotto’s Ruins in the Forum, Rometo Turin’s Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasioand Hoffman furniture and decorative artsitems to Tate Liverpool’s Gustav Klimt• Having works by Emily Kam Kngwarray andAmedeo Modigliani’s Portrait of the painterManual Humbert exhibited in Japan at thesame time at Tokyo’s National Art CentreKEY INWARD LOANS• Negotiated 1,502 inward loans• Highlights from the five main lenders to theModern Britain 1900–1960: Masterworksfrom Australian and New Zealand Collectionsexhibition: Art Gallery of New South Wales’William Roberts The interval before roundten 1919–20, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi oTamaki’s Jacob Epstein Torso in metal fromRock drill 1913–16, Art Gallery of SouthAustralia’s Walter Sickert The Raising ofLazarus 1929, Museum of New Zealand TePapa Tongarewa’s Glyn Philpot Man in white1934, and Art Gallery of Western Australia’sStanley Spencer Christ in the wildernessseries 1939–54.THE SHAW RESEARCH LIBRARY• Sending our duplicate publications toregional Public Galleries Association ofVictoria (PGAV) members• The Director of the University of Reading’sCentre for Ephemera Studies, Dr MichaelTwyman lecturing on early lithographedbooks for Friends of the Gallery LibraryGLOBAL NETWORKING• Hosting the opening of the CIHAinternational art history congress in January• An AusAid grant bringing two trainees fromDili’s Leste Museum, East Timor, to work atNGV in a program run by The University ofMelbourne’s Centre for CulturalMaterials Conservation• Philanthropic travel grants taking NGVcurators abroad and a British Council granttaking NGV Indigenous Art curator, StephenGilchrist, to the British Museum in June2008 for two months to study its south-eastAustralian artefactsREGIONAL COLLABORATION• NGV continuing to provide NETSVictoria and PGAV with pro-bono officesand services• Hugh T.D. Williamson Foundation FellowMelanie Carlisle using infra red imagingat Geelong Gallery on two Eugène vonGuérard paintings; Raye Collins working withinfra red imaging at the Ballarat Art Gallery• PGAV-funded Professional DevelopmentSupport Program for week-long PGAVstaff internships at NGV: Sally Huguenin(Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery); ClaireWatson (Gippsland Art Gallery); EileenThurgood (East Gippsland Gallery) andKay Parkin (Central Goldfields)• Regional gallery talks by NGV AssistantCurator, Contemporary Art, Jane Devery;Curator, Contemporary Art, Kelly Gellatlyand Senior Curator, Contemporary Art,Dr Alex BakerYEAR AHEAD• Acquiring great works of art• Accessing funding from the new $100,000Susan Morgan Fund for conservation staffresearch and conference attendance• Considering extending PGAV’s ProfessionalDevelopment Support program for NGVinternships at PGAV galleries• Focusing on harnessing science andtechnology to preserve, store and displaythe State CollectionQuilt washing in the Textiles DepartmentConservator Marika Strohschnieder with RogerioMartins and Daniel Sera of Alaf Museum, East Timor,viewing an Egyptian burial maskFramemaker Robin Murdoch working on the new framefor Gaddi’s Madonna and child with St John the Evangelist,St John the Baptist, St James of Compostela andSt Nicholas of BariVisitors to the Modern Britain 1900–1960: Masterworksfrom Australian and New Zealand collections exhibitionHugh D.T. Williamson Foundation Painting ConservationFellow Melanie Carlisle at work in the studioYayoi Kusama’s Tender Are the Stairs to Heaven 2004.© The artist, courtesy of Roxlyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

CollectionVictorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists20 21ARTISTIC PERFORMANCEIndicator Projected Target OutcomeNumber of artists whose art was acquired 5 21Number of VFLAA works acquired 5 45Number of Victorian artists whose art was acquired 2 10Number of Indigenous artists whose art was acquired 1 4% income spent in primary market 60 100VFLAA/STATE COLLECTION ACCESS PERFORMANCEIndicator Projected Target Outcome2007/08 HIGHLIGHTS• Contemporary artworks acquired by theVictorian Foundation for Living AustralianArtists (VFLAA) # continuing to extend therepresentation of Australian artists in theState Collection at the NGV and supportingthe exhibition programs of Victoria’s regionaland metropolitan gallery network• The VFLAA committee convening inNovember 2007, March 2008 and May2008 and acquiring 45 artworks across arange of disciplines including photography,painting, prints, jewellery, fashion andtextilies and new media works• Acquisitions including Brook Andrew’s Gunmetalgrey 2007 photographic screenprints;Imants Tillers’ Melancholy Landscape 2007;Stieg Persson’s Sinister 2006; Vernon AhKee’s charcoal drawings; Pat Brassington’sphotographs; Judith Wright’s videos; GwynnHanssen Piggott’s ceramics• Farewelling Danny McOwen, Director,Hamilton Regional Art Gallery and KarenQuinlan, Director, Bendigo Art Gallery, afterserving on the VFLAA committee since itsinauguration in 2004• Welcoming new regional gallery directorsto the VFLAA Committee — the Director,Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Di Manganand the Director, Warrnambool Art Gallery,Murray Bowes# Established by the State Governmentin November 2002 with a $5 milliongrant subsequently matched by theNGV; enables the NGV to purchasesignificant works by living Australianartists, display them and lend them toregional art galleries.Number of Regional Galleries who received loans 6 7 (plus Arts Victoria foyer)Number of VFLAA works loaned to galleries 9 79 (plus 16 works lent to Arts Victoria)Number of works displayed and attributed to VFLAA at the NGV 5 38NGV’S MANAGEMENT OF VFLAA PERFORMANCEIndicator Projected Target OutcomeNumber of Regional Galleries having VFLAA membership 2 2Number of VFLAA acquisition meetings 3 3Publication of VFLAA annual (activities, financial & artistic) report in NGV Annual Report 1 1FINANCIAL PERFORMANCEIndicator Notes Projected 2007/08 ActualTotal return on investment 1 7% -13%Investment income returned to capital 10% 10%Annual value of acquisitions $350,000 $499,536Market value of fund at year end 2 $10,000,000 $9,869,8321 The negative return on investmentsreflects the downturn in theperformance of the market2 The market value of the fund atthe end of the year reflects thedownturn in the performance ofthe marketVFLAA Lives and Times exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery, featuring David Wadelton’s workMake me over. © Courtesy of the artist and Tolarno Galleries, MelbourneMurray Bowes, Director of Warrnambool Art Gallery, andmember of VFLAA Committee, with Head Corporate OfficeLeigh MackayVisitors viewing Brook Andrew’s Gun-metal grey 2007, purchased through the VFLAA.. © Brook Andrew/Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia

CollectionAcquisition & Gift Highlights: Australian22 23Birmuyingathi Maali, Netta Loogatha,Mirdidingkingathi Jurwunda, Sally Gabori,Warthadangathi Bijarrba, Ethel Thomas,Thunduyingathi Bijarrb, May Moodoonuthi,Kuruwarriyingathi Bijarrb, Paula Paul,Wirrngajingathi Bijarrb, Dawn Naranatjil,Rayarriwarrtharrbayingat, Amy LoogathaDulka Warngiid 2007Purchased with funds donated by Catherine Allen,Carolyn Berger and Delma Valmorbida, 2007© The artists, courtesy of Mornington Island Art CentreJohn BrackFlowers (Shasta daisies) 1959Gift of Frank and Yvonne Nicholls, 2008© Courtesy John Brack EstateImants TillersMelancholy landscape I (2007)Purchased, Victorian Foundation forLiving Australian Artists, 2008© Courtesy of the artistMargaret PrestonAboriginal design — The hunt 1940Purchased with funds donated fromthe Estate of Dr Donald Wright, 2008© Margaret Preston/Licensed byVISCOPY, AustraliaBill Whiskey TjapaltjarriRockholes and country near The Olgas 2007Purchased, NGV Supporters of Indigenous Art, 2008© Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri, courtesy of Watiyawanu ArtistsJohn BrackStudy for The chase (1959)Gift of Frank and Yvonne Nicholls, 2008© Courtesy John Brack Estate

CollectionAcquisition & Gift Highlights: International24 25Carlo BUGATTIChair, from the Snail Room c.1902 (cat. 13)National Gallery of Victoria, MelbournePurchased NGV Foundation, 2008Jacques-Emile BLANCHEThe pink rose (1890)Gift of Alice Vaughan, 2008Amédée OZENFANTStill life (Nature morte) (1920)The Eugenie Crawford Bequest, 2007© Amédée Ozenfant/ADAGP. Licensed byVISCOPY, AustraliaFrançois POMPONCLAUDE VALSUANI, Paris (foundry)Polar bear (Ours blanc) 1927, cast (c. 1933)Purchased with the assistance of the proceeds of theNational Gallery of Victoria Annual Dinner, 2007WANG QingsongPreincarnation 2002Purchased with the assistance of theLillian Ernestine Lobb Bequest, 2007© Courtesy of the artistYinka SHONIBARE, MBEstill from A masked ball (Un ballo in maschera) (2004)colour digital video, sound, 32 min, edition of 6Purchased with funds donated by Joan and PeterClemenger AM, 2008 (2008.25)© The artist, courtesy of Friedman Gallery,London and James Cohan Gallery, New YorkJacques-Emile RUHLMANN (designer)Lady’s writing desk (Bureau de dame) (c. 1920)Purchased with the assistance of the NGVWomen’s Association and Paula Fox, 2007Bill VIOLAvideo still from Ocean without a shore 2007Performer: Blake ViolaPurchased with funds donated byLoti Smorgon AO and Victor Smorgon AC, 2008Photo: Kira Perov© Bill Viola, courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York

CollectionOutward Loan Highlights26 27Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, TurinCanaletto and Bellotto: two Masters ofVenetian View Painting compared13 March 2008 – 15 June 2008Bernardo BELLOTTORuins of the Forum, Rome (c.1743)Felton Bequest, 1919 (964-3)Shepparton Art GalleryVFLAA Touring Program — Ah Xian15 February – 28 April 2008Ah XianChina China - Bust 71 (2002)Purchased with funds from the VictorianFoundation for Living Australian Artists, 2006© Courtesy of the artistGallery of Modern Art,Queensland Art GalleryAndy Warhol01 December 2007 – 13 April 2008Andy WARHOLSelf-portrait no. 9 1986Purchased through The Art Foundation ofVictoria with the assistance of the NationalGallery Women’s Association, Governor, 1987© Andy Warhol/ARS. Licensed byVISCOPY, AustraliaCastlemaine Art Gallery and Historical MuseumVFLAA Touring Program — Wolfhagen16 May – 15 November 2007Philip WolfhagenNight beacon VI 2005Purchased with funds from the VictorianFoundation for Living Australian Artists, 2006© Philip Wolfhagen, courtesy of ChristineAbrahams Gallery, Melbourne and Bett Gallery,Hobart. Represented by VISCOPY AustraliaThe National Art Center, TokyoModigliani et le primitivisme26 March 2008 – 09 June 2008Amedeo MODIGLIANIPortrait of the painter ManuelHumbert (Portrait du peintreManuel Humbert) (1916)Felton Bequest, 1948The National Art Center, TokyoUtopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye28 May – 28 July 2008Emily Kam KngwarrayBig yam Dreaming 1995National Gallery of Victoria, MelbournePresented through The Art Foundation of Victoria byJanet and Donald Holt and family, Governors, 1995© Emily Kam Kngwarray/Licensed by VISCOPY, AustraliaShepparton Art GalleryMurray Cod: the biggest fishin the river25 October 2007 –09 December 2007Yvonne KoolmatrieCoorong Dreaming 1995Purchased, 1999© Courtesy of the artist

NGV Goal 2Audienceand AccessAIMTo create opportunities for broadly basedpublic participation, engagement andenjoyment in both our galleries, on-lineand through other mediaAudience and AccessCase Study: NGV Touring —a regional journey‘Having Lives and Times was an excellentopportunity to display contemporary art in aregional setting that complemented our collection.We have a Brook Andrew for example, so requestedNGV include one. It enabled education groups toview more than one work by an artist withouttravelling to a metropolitan area to do it!’Leanne Fitzgibbon, Senior Curator,Bendigo Art Gallery28AFTERNOON IN BENDIGO29On Thursday 10 April 2008, the NGV’s SeniorCurator, Contemporary Art, Dr Alex Bakerand Curator, Contemporary Art, Kelly Gellatlyheaded north to the Bendigo Art Gallery.There they gave two 90-minute floor talksabout the NGV touring exhibition, Lives andTimes: A selection of works from the VictorianFoundation for Living Australian ArtistsEXAMPLE(Lives And Times), curated by David Hurlston, Lives and Times went to six regional galleries,NGV Curator of Australian Art.opening at Latrobe Regional Art Galleryin June 2007, then to Swan Hill RegionalTheir Public Talk was followed by a Teachers’ Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery, Mildura Arts ARTIST PARTICIPATIONPreview, with participants drawn from Bendigo Centre and Monash Gallery of Art before In March John Wolseley opened Lives andSecondary College, the Catholic College, closing at Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery in Times at Bendigo. Rosslynd Piggott attendedBendigo, Goethe Grammar and LaTrobe October 2008.the opening at Mildura, and lectured studentsUniversity campus.at Latrobe University’s Mildura campus. PeterSIGNIFICANCEGraham participated in Public and EducationDespite the plan to repeat the talk, which Senior Exhibitions Co-ordinator, Cherie McNair, programs at the Monash Gallery of Art.covered an explanation of the VFLAA and says Lives and Times is ‘the first dedicatedindividual works and artists and their context, consolidated VFLAA exhibition we’ve toured’, EDUCATIONthe Teachers’ Preview became a discussion. while Deputy Director Frances Lindsay says NGV’s Education and Programs DepartmentSays Alex, ‘Teachers asked questions that it ‘really gives people a chance to see artists’ offered a free 45-page Lives and Timesrelated to their curriculum and talked about vastly different approaches to materials’. educational resource, also available on-line,students’ questions, like what makes a goodwith information suitable for children through towork of art, and authenticity.’DIVERSITYtertiary students. It includes biographies of theThe exhibition includes paintings (Peter six core artists, interviews with them and withAlex and Kelly operated as a ‘tag team’, says Graham, Tim Johnson, Rosslynd Piggott); contemporary art curators, including the show’sBendigo Gallery’s Leanne Fitzgibbon. ‘Kelly fashion and textiles (Akira Isogawa); works originating NGV curator, Jason Smith, nowhad worked with a number of the artists while on paper (Nadine Christensen, Savanhdary Director Heide Museum of Modern Art.Alex, as a newcomer from the US, compared Vongpoothorn, John Wolseley); collagecontemporary Australian artists to others. (Nick Mangan); photography (Rosemary Laing,Both sessions were exciting!’Peter Kennedy); Indigenous art (Clinton Nain, PERSONAL PERSPECTIVESWalangkura Napanangka) and sculpture Kelly Gellatly: ‘I really enjoy talking with peopleCONTEXT(Bronwyn Oliver).about the joy of what I do. Touring gets us to theNGV Touring, an NGV Priority Project, takesregions where we get a different perspectiveart to regional, national and international CHOICEand get to know other collections and theaudiences, maximising audiences and the Regional galleries received a selection of six artists who come to the openings.’NGV’s profile. Touring Lives and Times was core works representing the breadth of the Alex Baker: ‘Sharing what we do is a newa major part of the NGV’s engagement with collection, supported by 13 optional works. concept to me, coming from the US. It was myregional Victoria in 2007/08 and supported Some galleries, including Bendigo and Monash, first talk to country teachers and I really enjoyedthe State Government’s policy objectives of a requested additional loans to tie in with art in having to think on my feet and being in anculture of participation, dynamic arts sector and their collections, such as art by Brook Andrew informal dialogue and seeing how it all fits withdeveloping artists, ideas and knowledge. and Patricia Piccinini.the NGV’s program.’Artist John Wolseley opening VFLAA Lives and Times exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery flanked by Director Karen Quinlan and President John HiggsCurator Contemporary Art Kelly Gellatly andSenior Curator Contemporary Art Alex Bakertalking on Tim Johnson’s Imitating art 2005during the Lives and Times exhibitionVisitors strolling past works byTristram Hillier during the Modern Britain1900–1960 exhibition

Audience and AccessKey Achievements‘NGV is becoming a more people-friendly place.Recently, at NGV in St Kilda Road in the middle ofthe week, I observed the buzz emanating from thecross-section of the community converging there —mothers with babies, schoolchildren, young people,elderly people and tourists.’Allan Myers, President, NGV Council of Trustees• Young Ambassadors and NGVeducation officers taking Regional ArtsVictoria’s ‘Arts 2 Go’ Designers @ Work30• NGV and Alfred Brash Sound House piloting program to hundreds of secondaryArt Trax NGV and Australian Centre for the students in Warrnambool, Charlton,31Moving Image piloting Arts About Media for Bendigo and KynetonYear 9 regional students — NGV tours andfilm/theatre and media workshopsFAMILY FOCUS• NGV’s annual Hamilton Outreach• 400 families over two Guggenheimprogram for all Hamilton North Primaryfamily days in August and 200 childrenNGV TOURINGSchool students — Australianat the February Teddy Bear’s Picnic and• NGV lending 78 words for touringImpressionism workshopsbooked-out preschooler blackboard-andchalkexhibitions at 10 Australian venues including • NGV’s third $50,000 VicHealth Schoolsactivities during Joseph Beuys andtouring Lives and Times: A selection of works Access Grant giving transport assistance to Rudolf Steiner.from the Victorian Foundation for Livingstudents who have not visited NGV due to • NGV Australia continuing free ArtcartAustralian Artists to regional Victoriadistance or disadvantage led to introductory events every Sunday, including ‘making art’• NGV-curated solo exhibitions including• NGV’s Howard Arkley at AGNSW attracting collection tours, involving more than 3,000 with Top Arts artistsGordon Bennett; Yvonne Audette:17,000 visitors and at QAG attractingprimary and secondary school students, • Free NGV family trail and activityDifferent Directions 1954–1966; The Moon92,000 visitorsincluding 12 Catholic schools and 26 others sheets; seasonal Public and NGV Kidsin Reflection: The art of Kim Hoa Tram;• Touring Mountains and Streams:in towns including Sale, Myrtleford andprogram brochures, and a bi-monthlyand Geoffrey BartlettChinese Painting from the Asian Collection CarraragaramungeeWhat’s On booklet• Our fourth Melbourne Winter Masterpieces • Photography including Body Language:to AGNSW and QAG. Gordon Bennett • NGV and Mackillop Family Services• Children’s Archibald Prize programs at(MWM) exhibition, Guggenheim Collection: Contemporary Chinese Photography andto QAG’s Gallery of Modern Art anddeveloping classes for students withMyer Mural Hall — the second such1940s to Now (Guggenheim), attracting over Role Play: Portrait Photography; and videoKitty Kantilla to AGNSWEnglish as a second languagecollaboration with Myer and AGNSW.180,000 visitors, with a higher number of including Resonant Visions: Contemporary• Arts Victoria supporting the NETS• Professional Development teacher events • 250 people attending the Krishna family dayPERFORMANCE INDICATORSyounger visitorsvideo from Latin America(National Exhibitions Touring Support)including the inaugural NGV/Classical • Presenting Oceanic art through NGV’s• Total visitor numbers (target 1.4m):• People under 40 exceeding 53% of• Fashion including Super Bodies: Heroictour of the 2006 Cicely and Colin RiggAssociation of Victoria program on NGV Hilhilsi (The Basket Weaver) performance1.48 million (06/07 1.65m)NGV’s audience (up 40%)Fashion from the 80s; and Black in Fashion:Contemporary Design Award to Shepparton Collection as a VCE resource and a CSIRO/ for the Victorian Arts Centre’s Chookas• Pay exhibition tickets (target 343,600): • A high proportion of under-30s visitingFrom Mourning to NightArt Gallery and Swan Hill Regional ArtNGV Conservation teacher lectureKids Festival 2007262,000 (06/07 409,875)Guggenheim and 32% of Guggenheim • Cultural diversity with Krishna: Love andGallery, attracting more than 8,700 visitors • Catholic Education Office and COASIT • Story-telling and drawing in the• School students and teachers attending visitors coming from outside Victoria —Devotion from the NGV Collection• NETS touring contemporary jewellery from (Italian Assistance Association) providing Great Hall for Children’s Week 2007education programs (target 110,000):the highest tourist turnout for a MWM • Top Arts: VCE 2007 receiving more thanthe Cicely and Colin Rigg Contemporary programs and resources focused on Italian120,000 (06/07 130,930)• Attracting more than 20,000 people to2,000 submissions from 2007 VCE Art andDesign Award to five regional Victorianlanguage, art and cultureGREEN PROGRAMS• Participants in public programsGuggenheim art after dark late nightStudio Arts students — its 14th yeargalleries and the Australian Capital TerritoryNGV’s Education and Programs Department(target 108,000): 113,000openings; the first late opening for 74% of • Opening our 2008 MWM exhibition,YOUTH OUTREACHhas developed two public programs about• Visitors to touring exhibitions: 375,000those surveyed, of whom 94% said they Art Deco 1910–1939 from the Victoria &SCHOOL PROGRAMS• NGV Programs receiving an Arts Victoria environmental sustainability. The NGV Water• Visitors rating NGV visit ‘Good/ ‘Very Good’ would participate againAlbert Museum, London, with additional• Producing online and hard copy educational Leadership Award for building youthTrail, developed with South East Water, to(target: 95%): 95% (06/07 94%)works from the NGV Collection andresources for all major NGV exhibitionsaudiences for programs for the Tezuka, help the public understand through artworks• Number of NGV Members (target 32,000): EXHIBITION DIVERSITYother lendersand themes from the State Collection, and Howard Arkley and Sneakers: Classics to the importance of water in history and38,100 (06/07 33,332)• Displaying 20 diverse exhibitions• NGV Exhibition Design winning the 2008establishing a new NGV online benchmark Customs exhibitions through the NGV across cultures• Bringing international art to MelbourneDulux Colour Award for Commercial Interiorwith the Guggenheim online resource with Youth Forum, a youth advisory groupVISITORSthrough Guggenheim, Modern Britainfor Juan Davila and a Special Commendationits interactivity and podcasts• Ten new Pratt Foundation-sponsored• Welcoming NGV’s 10 millionth visitor1900–1960: Master works from Australian for Australian Impressionism• High demand for Guggenheim school and NGV Young Ambassador training graduatessince re-opening in 2002–03 after theand New Zealand Collections; An incomplete • ABC Television’s A Year in the Art Lifeteacher programs and talks; January Art starting work as Education and Programsredevelopment program — a London tourist, world: Works from The UBS Collection, and nominating Gordon Bennett as one ofStart courses on the State Collection for casual staffGeorgia GriffithsJoseph Beuys & Rudolf Steiner: Imagination, the year’s Top 10 ExhibitionsVCE students booked out and 200 VCE• Attracting young visitors through higher Inspiration, Intuitionstudents at NGV’s Top Arts: VCE 2007profile for contemporary art, the• Hosting the Sidney Nolan retrospectiveand Body Language Study DayNGV@rt e-newsletter, art after dark late and Bertram Mackennal: the Fifth Balnavesnight openings and festival collaborations Sculpture Project from the Art Galleryof New South WalesSecondary school students bound for the Sidney Nolanexhibition at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV AustraliaThe Top Arts: VCE 2007 exhibition featured interactivemultimedia touchscreens to access further informationabout the works and student artistsTop Arts: VCE 2007 artist Edwina Sangster withSue Sedgwick, Ballarat Grammar art teacher Visitors enjoying the Sidney Nolan exhibition Relaxing in the NGV Members’ Lounge at NGV InternationalSenior Curator International Art Ted Gott,speaking at the NGV Members Christmas Party

32 33COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT• Expanding NGV visitor demographics byinaugural collaboration with the 2008Melbourne International Comedy Festivalthrough free events — The Big Laugh Outat NGV International and Rod Quantock’sThe NGV Collection Comedy Tour atNGV Australia• Collaborating with Alzheimer’s Australiaon Alzheimer’s Awareness Month launch;Voluntary Guide training for Art and Memorytours; exhibiting work by dementia sufferers• Hosting Indonesia cultural day supported bythe Australian Indonesian Association andIndonesian Consulate-General with Balineseand Javanese singers and dancers• Hosting the 2007 Craft Victoria AnnualLecture (by a former Museu da CasaBrasiliera director); the Victorian TapestryWorkshop’s 2007 Hancock FellowshipLecture and the PGAV Open Day with morethan 500 at the Polyglot Puppet Theatre’sHeadhunter with the lbijerri Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander Theatre Cooperative• More than 1,200 attending two TramwaysBig Band performances in the Great Hallfor Seniors Week• More than 500 people attending the firstof three NGV-hosted lunchtime OrchestraVictoria performances• Free films at NGV International —from Working Girl (during SuperBodies)to Pollock (during Gordon Bennett)• Hosting 2 day symposium featuringpapers by academics, artists, architectsand museum professionals focusing ongalleries as sites of communication via newtechnologies, learning partnerships andspecial dialectives. International speakersincluded Kim Manatoni, Head of Educationat the Guggenheim Museum of Art,New YorkARTISTS & ACADEMICS• NGV artist workshops including YvonneAudette’s Life Drawing Workshop; free artistfloor talks, including by Ah Xian, ‘Tour andTea’ sessions with sculptor Geoffrey Bartlettand landscape artist John Wolseley and freedemonstrations including calligraphy by KimHoa Tram and ikebana by Masumi Jackson• Free floor talks and curatorial seminarsfor major exhibitions and collecting areasat both venues — from Majolica potteryto Gordon Bennett & Post 9/11 Politics bythe Director of The University of NSW’sCentre for Contemporary Art and Politics,Jill Bennett• Academics involved in NGV programsincluding Heidelberg University’s Dr DagmarEichberger; Curator of Switzerland’s SteinerArchive, Dr Walter Kugler; The University ofMelbourne’s Centre for Applied Philosophyand Public Ethics’ Dr Stephen Curry;LaTrobe University’s senior Art Historylecturer, Richard Haese and VictorianCollege of the Arts’ Norbert Loeffler• The Director, Institute of Archaeology,Urumuqi, Professor Yidlis, discussingChina’s Treasures of the Taklimakan Desertin collaboration with Monash University’sAsia Institute• Record attendance for the 2007 BarbaraBlackman Annual Temenos Lecture onDa Vinci’s Last Supper by Renaissance artscholar, Andrew Wolpert,• Artists drawn to art criticChristopher Heathcote’s lecture forModern Britain 1900–1960.NGV VIRTUAL• 1.92 million website hits (06/07: 1.7 million)• NGV Multimedia and Education presentingits Broadband Innovative Project workto the 2008 Innovation Showcase,including electronic whiteboard technologyutilising online material based on pastNGV exhibitions• Increased production of NGV Multimediacontent for innovative exhibition design• In house production of iPod audio videoguides for all major exhibtions• Collection On-Line being launchedwith VFLAA• Digitising Project being supported by agrant from the Gordon Darling FoundationNGV MEMBERS• A 12% increase in memberships to 20,158(totalling 38,100 members); 6% increasein Member retention and 82% increase inArtbeat Members• Special Member events ranging from anNGV Artbus discovery tour of Indian culturein Melbourne to an exploratory tour ofoutdoor Bertram Mackennal sculpture• Redesigning NGV Member cards,incorporating Gareth Sansom’sJunior’s brush with Vorticism (2007)MARKETING AND ADVERTISING• NGV’s new visitor segmentation-basedBrand Strategy differentiating betweenexhibitions (art), collections (art and space)and programs (people, art and space) whilesharing a new branding template• Promoting ‘free entry’ in NGV marketingmaterials promoting the State Collection• Receiving two Arts Victoria LeadershipAwards and commendations forcollaboration with ACMI on the 2007 MWM(‘This winter it’s easy to lose yourself inthe arts of Melbourne’) and with all artsagencies in the Culture Victoria project• Receiving the March 2008 NationalAvant Card of the Month Award for theBlack in Fashion postcard• Advertising and promotion up 4% to 48%as the source of NGV Australia awarenessamong exit survey respondents• General Manager Marketing, Lisa Sassella,being elected chair of the NationalDevelopment and Marketing Forum (DMF),a body representing all Australian nationaland state galleries, libraries and museumsSPONSORSHIP• Delivering $3.2m in cash and contrapartnerships with the Australiancorporate sector• Record visitor awareness of Guggenheimsponsors with exit surveys recording top-lineresults for Mercedes-Benz (61% awareness)and The Age (69%)• Welcoming new sponsors —Mercedes-Benz, Mercer, Abercrombie &Kent, Metlink, Nine Network Australia,Yarra Trams and Bank of Queensland• Launching a new three-year PrincipalPartner Sponsorship Strategy which willsecure long-term Principal Partners forInternational Art (Ernst & Young from 2008),Australian Art, Education and Community• Modern Britain 1900–1960’s PrincipalSponsor, Bank of Queensland, promotingthe exhibition in Victorian bank branches— a benchmark in exhibition co-promotion— as well as tram and radio adsGrants• Gordon Bennett exhibition: receiving aVisions Australia Grant from the AustraliaCouncil for the Arts to tour the exhibitionto Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art and aQIMEA Arts Partnership Program Grant(through the Queensland Government)for the production of the catalogue• The Hugh D.T Williamson Foundationproviding funding to support twoConservation Fellows in the NGV’sPainting Conservation section• Multimedia Victoria providing a grant fora project to use technology in an onlineeducation context, made possible withthe collaboration of the Department ofEducation and the Victorian Curriculumand Assessment Authority• Support from our education partners:the Department of Education and EarlyChildhood Development (DEECD), theCatholic Education Office — Archidiocese ofMelbourne (CEO), COASIT and the ConsulGeneral of Italy, the Pratt Foundation,VicHealth and AlcoaMEDIA COVERAGE• Record editorial support for Guggenheim,with $11 million free editorial value assessedby external media consultants, exceeding$9 million coverage for the 2006 MWM,Picasso: Love & War• Major coverage of all NGV exhibitionsin metropolitan and regional electronicand print media including six features onNGV decorative arts in ABC Television’sCollectors program and many appearancesin ABC’s Sunday Arts• Front-page coverage of our Masterpiecesfor Melbourne fundraising campaign launch• Good coverage of NGV’s 10 millionthvisitor since redevelopment; the NGVInternational’s new shop; NGV’s supportof freedom of artistic expression and BillHenson’s art during the debate, and fornews that NGV’s Head of a Man, formerlyattributed to Van Gogh, is — in the opinionof the Van Gogh Museum — now believed tobe by an unknown artistYEAR AHEAD• Holding our fifth MWM exhibition,Art Deco 1910–1939• Touring The Gallery Ark, a thematicexhibition about animals, drawnfrom NGV’s Australian, VFLAA andInternational collections• Preparing for our sixth MWM exhibition in2009 –Salvatore Dali: Liquid Desire• Planning for Rosalie Gascoign andJohn Brack exhibitions at NGV Australia• Late night openings — working forcontinued funding at NGV Australiaand the business case for expansion atNGV International• City of Melbourne sponsorship forArt Deco 1910–1939; Dutton Internationaland Lavazza as cash sponsors forCarlo Bugatti• 40th anniversary of NGV VoluntaryGuides and publication of the historyof guiding at NGVVisitors strolling through the Modern Britain1900–1960 exhibition Visitors to Top Arts: VCE 2007Rod Quantock giving a tour at The Ian Potter Centre:NGV Australia, as part of the Melbourne InternationalComedy FestivalThe theatres at NGV International and The IanPotter Centre: NGV Australia are venues forhundreds of public programsMalvern Primary School students with NGVEducation Officer Rebecca Hicks

Audience and AccessExhibitions: NGV AustraliaGordon Bennett6 September 2007 – 16 January 2008Galleries 17–20, Level 3Gordon BennettNotes to Basquiat: Double vision 2000National Gallery of Victoria, MelbournePurchased through the NGV Foundationwith the assistance of Henry Gillespie,Governor, 2000© Courtesy of the artist34 Sidney Nolan3522 February – 18 May 2008Galleries 17–20, LevelOrganised by the Art Gallery ofNew South WalesSidney NolanSelf-portrait 1943 (detai)Art Gallery of New South Wales, SydneyPurchased with funds provided by the ArtGallery Society of New South Wales, 1997© The Trustees of theSidney Nolan TrustPrincipal SponsorErnst & YoungSupport SponsorsMercerSofitel Melbourne on CollinsThe AgeJCDecauxMelbourne AirportYarra TramsYvonne Audette: DifferentDirections 1954–196613 September 2007 – 17 February 2008Gallery 11, Level 2Indemnification for this exhibition wasprovided by the Victorian GovernmentYvonne AudetteCantata No12: The journey 1963National Gallery of Victoria, MelbournePurchased through The Art Foundationof Victoria with the assistance ofMiss Flora MacDonald Anderson andMrs Ethel Elizabeth Ogilvy Lumsden,Founder Benefactor, 1994© Courtesy of the artistTop Arts: VCE 200727 March – 9 June 2008Gallery 15–16, Level 3A VCE Season of Excellence 2008 eventNicole GOOEYStevieSt Leonard’s College,East BrightonEducation SupportersDepartment of Education& Early ChildhoodDevelopmentPrincipal SponsorGoldman Sachs JBWereVictorian Curriculum andAssessment AuthorityCatholic Education OfficeAssociation of IndependentSchools of Victoria

Audience and AccessExhibitions: NGV InternationalPreserving the past,Jon CattapanBertram Mackennalenriching the future:The Melbourne panels 2003National Gallery of Victoria, MelbourneThe Fifth Balnaves FoundationCommissioned through the NGV Foundation byHugh Williamson’s legacySculpture ProjectThe Hugh D. T. Williamson Foundation,36 14 March – 24 August 2008Founder Benefactor, 200330 November 2007 – 24 February 200837Gallery 11, Level 2© Courtesy of the artistGalleries 15 & 16, Level 3Organised by the Art Gallery ofNew South WalesBertram MackennalCirce 1892–93 (detail)National Gallery of Victoria, MelbourneFelton Bequest, 1910Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2007Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to NowNew York–Venice–Bilbao–Berlin30 June – 7 October 2007Temporary Exhibition Spaces 1, 2 and 3, Ground LevelThis exhibition was organised by the Solomon R. GuggenheimFoundation and the National Gallery of VictoriaRoy LICHTENSTEINPreparedness 1968Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,New York© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein/LICHTENSTEIN, New York.Licensed by VISCOPY AustraliaPrincipal SponsorMercedes–BenzOfficial AirlineQantas AirwaysSupport SponsorsErnst & YoungThe AgePublicis MojoSofitel MelbourneTourism VictoriaCity of MelbourneMelbourne AirportJCDecauxGeoffrey Bartlett21 July – 14 October 2007Galleries 15 & 16, Level 3Geoffrey BartlettAltar 2004–07Collection of the artist, Melbourne© Courtesy of the artistPhotographer; Christian MarkelPrincipal SponsorMacquarie GroupBlack in Fashion:Mourning to Night8 February – 24 August 2008Fashion and Textiles Gallery, Level 2Studibaker Hawk, Sydney(fashion house)Wendy Arnold (designer)Janelle Miles (designer)David Miles (designer)(business partner)Evening dress 1989 (detail)Purchased, 1990© STUDIBAKER PTY LTDExhibition SupportersMetlinkYarra TramsPrincipal SponsorMyerSupport SponsorsSofitel Melbourne on CollinsLavazza

Modern Britain 1900–1960:Masterworks from Australian andNew Zealand collections15 November 2007 – 24 February 2008Temporary Exhibition Spaces 2 & 3, GroundLevel & Prints & Drawings Gallery, Ground LevelLouis DUFFYChrist driving out the moneychangers c. 1940National Gallery of Victoria,MelbournePurchased with the assistanceof Bruce Parncutt and RobinCampbell, 2006© Louis Duffy EstatePrincipal SponsorBank of Queensland38 Support SponsorsWar: The prints of Otto Dix Otto Dix39Sturmtruppe geht unter Gas vorSofitel Melbourne on Collins12 April – 10 August 2008[Stormtroops advancing under aThe Agegas attack] 1924Dulux AustraliaRobert Raynor Gallery, Ground FloorNational Gallery of Australia,JCDecauxCanberraConnexA National Gallery of AustraliaThe Poynton Bequest 2003Melbourne AirportTravelling Exhibition© Otto Dix/Licensed by3AWVISCOPY, AustraliaSuper Bodies:Heroic Fashion from the 1980s22 August 2007 – 3 February 2008Fashion and Textiles Gallery, Level 2ISSEY MIYAKE, Tokyo(fashion house)Issey MIYAKE (designer)Bustier 1980 autumn–winterPurchased, 1996Principal SponsorMyerResonant Visions:Contemporary videofrom Latin America16 February – 17 August 2008UBS Contemporary Art Galleries, Level 3Jennifer AlloraGuillermo Calzadillastill from Returning a sound 2004Collection of the artists, courtesyof Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris© Jennifer Allora andGuillermo CalzadillaPrincipal SponsorUBSAn incomplete world:Works from The UBS Art Collection28 September 2007– 6 January 2008UBS Contemporary Art Galleries, Level 3Yasumasa MORIMURAAngels descending staircase 1991The UBS Art Collection© 2007 Courtesy of the artistand Luhring Augustine, New YorkPrincipal SponsorUBSBody Language: ContemporaryChinese Photography14 March – 18 May 2008Temporary Exhibition Space 1, Ground FloorSHENG QiMemories (Me) 2000, printed 2004National Gallery of Victoria, MelbournePurchased, 2004© Sheng Qi, courtesy of Red GateGallery, BeijingJoseph Beuys & Rudolf Steiner:Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition26 October 2007 – 17 February 2008Temporary Exhibition Space 1, Ground LevelSupported by Pro Helvetia,Swiss Arts CouncilSupported by Goethe–Institut AustralienRudolf SteinerContemplation of the smallest5 July 1924Collection of Rudolf SteinerNachlassverwaltung,Dornach, SwitzerlandBlack in Fashion:Mourning to Night29 February – 31 August 2008Fashion and Textiles Gallery, Level 2COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo(fashion house)Junya WATANABE (designer)Dress and trousers 2005spring–summer (detail)Collection of Anna Schwartz,MelbournePrincipal SponsorMyerSupport SponsorsSofitel Melbourne on CollinsLavazza

Audience and AccessExhibitions: NGV Touring Exhibitions40 Lives and Times:Latrobe Regional Gallery:41Krishna: Love and Devotion6 October 2007 – 16 March 2008Asian Art Temporary ExhibitionSpace, Level 1MithramYasoda nursing the child Krishnafrom a Baghavata Purana manuscript(c. 1525 – c. 1550) (detail) Rajasthan, IndiaNational Gallery of Victoria, MelbourneFelton Bequest, 1976Support SponsorAbercrombie & Kenta selection of works from theVictorian Foundation for LivingAustralian Artists.A National Gallery of Victoria TouringExhibition through the VictorianFoundation for Living Australian ArtistsPeter GrahamWhen my desert blooms 2005National Gallery of Victoria, MelbournePurchased with funds from the VictorianFoundation for Living Australian Artists, 2005© Peter Graham, courtesy of Kaliman Gallery,Sydney and Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne16 June 2007 – 29 July 2007Swan Hill Regional Gallery:7 December 2007 – 3 February 2008Bendigo Art Gallery:29 March 2008 – 18 May 2008Mildura Arts Centre:5 June 2008 – 3 July 2008Monash Gallery of Art:17 July 2008 – 24 August 2008Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery:6 September 2008 – 5 October 2008Moon in ReflectionThe art of Kim Hoa Tram11 April – 21 September 2008Asian Art Temporary Exhibition Space,Level 1Kim Hoa TRAMLost in the world of delusion2001 MelbourneNational Gallery of Victoria, MelbourneLillian Ernestine Lobb Bequest, 2002© Courtesy of the artistRole Play: Portrait Photography25 October 2007– 6 April 2008Photography Gallery, Level 3G. B. POLETTONo title (Ava Gardner in wardrobe still for‘On the beach: Dwight’s cabin’) (1957)National Gallery of Victoria, MelbournePurchased, 2003291: Photographers in the circle ofAlfred Stieglitz2 May – 28 September 2008Photography Gallery, Level 3Gertrude KäsbierThe gargoyle c. 1900Purchased through The ArtFoundation of Victoria with theassistance of the Herald & WeeklyTimes Limited, Fellow, 1979(PH27–1979)Gordon BennettA National Gallery of Victoria Touring ExhibitionQueensland Art Gallery (QAG)10 May – 3 August 2008Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA)20 December 2008 – 22 March 2009Gordon BennettNotes to Basquiat (The coming of the light) 2001Collection of the artist, BrisbanePhotography: John O’Brien© Courtesy of the artistKitty KantillaA National Gallery of Victoria Touring ExhibitionArt Gallery of New South Wales7 December 2007 – 21 January 2008Kitty KantillaJilamara 1997National Gallery of Victoria, MelbournePurchased through The Art Foundationof Victoria with the assistance of MobilOil Australia Limited, Fellow, 1998© The artist’s estate, courtesy ofJilamara Arts & Craft AssociationMountains and StreamsChinese Paintings from the Asian CollectionA National Gallery of Victoria Touring ExhibitionArt Gallery of New South Wales29 November 2007 – 10 February 2008Queensland Art Gallery19 March – 9 June 2008ZHANG RuituRiver landscape 1628Purchased, 1994

NGV Goal 3DevelopmentAIMTo secure a broad and committedfunding base and nurture relationshipswith stakeholdersDevelopmentCase Study :Travel Grants — expandinghorizons through philanthropy‘If ever a business is global today it’s the art business.We’ve realised for some time it was important forsenior NGV staff to be able travel to see the best art,meet other gallery people and make connectionsthat would benefit the NGV. In a small way it helpsbroaden the horizons of people in the NGV.’Peter Clemenger, philanthropist42A TRAVEL TALEFrom 6–24 July 2007 the Elizabeth SummonsCuratorial Travel Scholarship took NGV Curator,Decorative Arts and Antiquities, AmandaDunsmore, to the UK’s Attingham SummerSchool. For three weeks she toured great 15thto 19th Century country houses – NationalTrust, English Heritage and privately-owned.‘Visiting Houghton Hall in Norfolk, built byformer NGV Trustee Peter Clemenger and hiswife, Joan, started supporting NGV staff travelthrough annual grants in 2003. Why? ‘Because,until recently hardly any NGV people travelled,apart from couriering artworks,’ Peter says.RECIPIENTSSenior Curator Prints and Drawings, CathyLeahy, travelled to Dresden, Germany, for fivedays in June for the XXI International Advisory43Sir Robert Walpole and one of England’sgreatest early 18th century neo-Palladianhouses, was of particular interest because theNGV owns a pair of side chairs from there,’Amanda says. They are from one of Houghton’sgrand suites of seat furniture, acquired by theFelton Bequest in 1961.She also visited Paris (including Muséedes Arts Décoratifs) and Vienna (includingKunsthistorisches Museum and the Museumfur angewandete Kunst) where she metdealers in works by Wiener Werkstätte (ViennaWorkshop) designers, including ceramicsmodeller Michael Powolny, whose work isactively collected by the NGV.Amanda says attending Attingham ‘puts youon the radar’ and has raised her internationalcolleagues’ awareness of the depth andrichness of the NGV’s Collection. ‘It enrichedmy understanding and perspective, and meetingthe professionals who attended is invaluable.It was literally a one-off opportunity —you can only attend once!’ELIZABETH SUMMONS SCHOLARSHIPFounded in March 2006, this annual curatorialtravel grant is made by the NGV Women’sAssociation in the name of the Association’sfounder, the late Elizabeth Summons, and tookCurator Amanda Dunsmore to the UK.CLEMENGER TRAVEL GRANTS.Any NGV staff member can apply for aClemenger Travel Grant for professionaldevelopment. Advertising entrepreneur andCommittee of Keepers of Public Collectionsof Graphic Art convention – her secondClemenger grant. The invitation-only conventionaddressed difficult issues such as how toengage and increase audiences for museumcollections of works on paper in a global climateof ‘event culture.’Retail’s Product Development Co-ordinator,Toby Newell, travelled to Paris to the MuseumTrade Fair, Home & Object Trade Fair, museumshops and to meet product designers such asAbstrakt. In Amsterdam, then London, he metproduct developers and buyers from museumsincluding the Rijksmuseum, Tate Modern andthe Victoria & Albert Museum, and checked outmuseum shops including Amsterdam’s JewishMuseum shop.PROFESSIONAL BENEFITSCathy Leahy: ‘The valuable individual contactsI made will facilitate many aspects of my workinto the future.’Toby Newell: ‘Implementing things I sawoverseas, from packaging ideas to opaquebrooches to highlight work from our collectionfor the shops.’PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTSCathy Leahy: ‘The opportunity to network withthe keepers of the most significant collectionsof graphic art in Europe, Britain and America.’Toby Newell: ‘Understanding where we [NGVRetail] are placed in the world. Discovering ourstandard is high. The knowledge I gained hasincreased my confidence in my role.’Amanda Dunsmore: ‘Making internationalmuseum contacts. Being lectured by themost eminent and respected scholars in theirfield. Discovering at Chatsworth the Dukeand Duchess of Devonshire’s interest incontemporary art and decorative arts.’FUNDRAISING OUTCOMEThe NGV Women’s Association fundraisingAnnual Lecture in March featured AmandaDunsmore’s Aristocratic Splendour lectureand slide-show. After addressing the packedaudience in NGV International’s ClemengerAuditorium, Amanda said it was ‘fantastic’ beingable to both share her experiences and helpthe NGV Women’s Association raise funds topurchase works of art.BETTER ACCESS‘Through travel grants many NGV staff haveforged networks which have already been ofhuge benefit by giving us access to exhibitionsand artworks not previously available,’ saysNGV Director, Gerard Vaughan. ‘Our formerDeputy Director Tony Ellwood’s contact withpeople at the Guggenheim Museum helped usget our 2007 Melbourne Winter Masterpiecesexhibition, and, as I seek loans for our 2008Dali MWM Exhibition, I find personal contactsmake a difference.’Curator Decorative Arts and Antiquities Amanda Dunsmore presenting on her travel experiences, with Houghton Hall in the backgroundJoan and Peter Clemenger, benefactors of the NGVTravel Grants program, in the Contemporary galleryspace, NGV International

DevelopmentKey Fundraising Achievements‘Figures recently published by the London-basedArt Newspaper put the NGV as the 19th most visitedart museum in the world. The time has come for theNational Gallery of Victoria to take the lead andagain become one of the great acquiring institutionsof the world; this is essential to maintain ourrelevance and vitality in this creative city.’Bruce Parncutt, Trustee and Chairman ofNGV FoundationFELTON SOCIETYNGV CONTEMPORARYSOME SIGNIFICANT DONATIONS• Celebrating the Felton Society’s third • This support group’s annual fundraiser, • NGV Women’s Association and Paula Fox44anniversary; welcoming two newassisted by a donation from Peter and Joan funding the purchase of Jacques-Émile• Encouraging people to make bequestscommittee members, Marita MaddenClemenger, enabled the purchase of Yayoi Ruhlmann’s Lady’s writing desk45directly to the NGV Endowment Fund, withand David TrenerryKusama’s installation Tender are the stairs to c. 1920 and funds from the Eugeniemembership of the Felton Society followingheaven 2004 — a floor to ceiling fibre optic Crawford Bequest (dedicated to School ofnotifications of proposed bequestSUPPORTERS & PATRONS OFand mirror ladderParis art) used to buy Amédée Ozenfant’s• Welcoming new fundraising staff to helpINDIGENOUS ART• Popular supporter events including a visit to 1920 Still Life — both of which feature inmake MFM a success (see p.51)• Celebrating 30 years of NGV Indigenous sculptor Geoffrey Bartlett’s studioArt Deco 1910–1939• NGV Ambassadors contributing to theart collecting under its Senior Curator,• Dame Elisabeth Murdoch donating the fundsMFM promotional video including filmJudith RyanSUPPORTERS OF ASIAN ART (SAA)for another Roger Kemp-based Victoriandirector Fred Schepisi, actor Geoffrey• Supporters Catherine Allen, Carolyn• $10 million cash and gift pledges for the Tapestry for the Great Hall, AbstractRush, photographer Bill Henson and actorBerges and Delma Valmorbida fundingnew Asian Art Acquisition Fund (AAAF) structure, and Unity in Space commissionedCate BlanchettNGV’s purchase of Dulka Warngiid —announced at the SAA’s second annualby the Sarah and Baillieu Myer’s foundationa painting by the Bertinck artists ofdinner. Committed donors including Allan on loan, as a promised gift. Both worksFUNDS RAISEDMornington Island which will be produced and Maria Myers, Baillieu and Sarahwoven at the Victorian Tapestry WorkshopMASTERPIECES FOR MELBOURNE• Receiving $46 million pre-MFM launchas a tapestry by the Victorian TapestryMyer, Jason Yeap, Bruce Parncutt and • Peter Wynne Morris gifting two important• The May launch of our MFM campaignleadership gifts, including Loti and VictorWorkshop for the Elizabeth Murdoch Hall in Robin CampbellMeissen figures, Pair of parrots and Rusticto raise $150 million by 2011Smorgon’s donation for 20th Centurythe new Melbourne Recital Centre — and • AAAF’s inaugural purchase — the Horse cottage, and helping buy a Chantilly covered• The $150 million comprising $50 million and contemporary art — the largestBill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri’s 2007 acrylicstable screen — was followed by Zhangjug from the Chantilly factoryin cash gifts for NGV’s Art Acquisitioncash donation given by individuals toon canvas, Rockholes and country nearHuan’s Shanghai family tree 2001 and • Hugh DT Williamson Foundation FellowshipsFund dedicated to the immediateany Australian art museumthe Olgas funded by SPIA supportersWang Qingsong’s Preincarnation 2002(see p.19) and the Susan Morgan Fund topurchase of important works of art when • A 10% rise in cash donations to thesupporting Conservation (see p.20)opportunities arise; $50 million added to the Endowment Fund which earns incomeSUPPORTERS OF DECORATIVE ARTS • Receiving private benefactor supportPERFORMANCE INDICATORSEndowment, the income from which will be to buy art• Launching the NGV’s new Supporters of for NGV’s 2007 Joseph Beuys and• Total value of gifts received foravailable in perpetuity; and $50 million in • Attracting $4.9m of new notified bequestsDecorative Arts (SDA) group in AprilRudolf Steiner: Imagination, Inspirationartwork purchases (target: $10m):notified bequests(cash committed through wills); totalIntuition symposium$11.2 million (06/07 $4.5m)• Donors giving $1 million or more to thebequests rising from $28.3m to $35.6m• 30% ($46 million) of Masterpieces forEndowment Fund having their funds• 466 gifted artworks through the FederalYEAR AHEADMelbourne (MFM) target already achieved held in a named fund with the donor’sGovernment’s Cultural Gifts Program were• Having the strengthened buying powername acknowledged in perpetuity on the accepted for entry into the State Collectionto acquire great works of art and helppurchases made from the income• The NGV $1,000-a-head Annual Dinner inthe NGV maintain its role as Melbourne’s• Donors giving cash to the to the ArtJune 2008 raising funds to buy Françoiscultural flagshipAcquisition Fund invited to specify theirPompon’s 1927 bronze, Polar bear, which• Resourcing and promoting thepreference for the kind of artwork they wish featured in Art Deco 1910–1939 exhibitionPatrons Programtheir donation to support• Inviting people to participate in the NGV’snew Patrons Program seeking annual taxdeductible donations of $2,500, $5,000or $10,000 to the Art Acquisition FundThe Great Hall transformed for the Asian ArtAcquisition Fund DinnerAllan Myers and Hugh Morgan at the Asian ArtAcquisition Fund DinnerWendy Cheng, Lord Mayor John So, Robert Joyce, andJo Maindonald at the Asian Art Acquisition Fund DinnerFiona and Sidney Myer at the Asian ArtAcquisition Fund DinnerLady Grimwade, Sir Andrew Grimwade and Head of MajorDonors and Bequests, Anna Kopinski, at the Annual Dinner

DevelopmentKey Commercial Achievements‘It’s been an exceptional year in terms of meetingand exceeding the visitor experience at NGVInternational, with our revamp of the shop’s designand its merchandise, and all our food and beverageoutlets. We’ve done it in a way to encourage the flowbetween gallery spaces and recreational spaces andthe feedback is that it is really working for visitors.’Andrew O’Brien, Head of Commercial Operation46Performance Indicators:47Commercial• Spend per retail customer rising to$33.69 (06/07 $28.73)• 41,736 NGV Publications soldRETAIL — NGV International• The designers of the refurbished NGVInternational Shop receiving commendationsat the National Design Awards idea 07 and2008 Interior Design Awards• Increased book sales with the most populardepartmental book categories beingModern Art, Children’s Books andGraphics and Design• Strong sales of NGV’s catalogue, ModernBritain 1900–1960: Master works fromAustralian and New Zealand Collections,exceeding 3,000 copies, translating to a1-in-13 pick up rate, and notable demandfrom overseas gallery shops• Our first ‘Meet the Designer’ evening in Aprilwith Melbourne designer, Emily Wright —creator of Nancy Bird accessories• More than 16,000 Guggenheim audio tourhires, a 1-in-10 pick up rate• Strong sales of NGV Catalogue Moonin Reflection: The Art of Kim Hoa Tram,with DVDRETAIL — NGV Australia• Strong book sales with a trend towardsAustralian and Melbourne publications,best selling categories including AustralianArt Monographs, NGV Publications andChildren’s Art• Exceptional sales for new third partymerchandise ranges with fashionaccessories the largest growth area• Product Buyer, Caree Staples, and ProductDevelopment Coordinator, Toby Newell,travelling to Paris and London; Toby visitingAmsterdam (see p. 43)• NGV publications generating outstandingsales through a mix of current and previousexhibition catalogues• Australian Impressionism catalogue selling9,100 copies, translating into a 1-in-16pickup rateCATERING• 30 June 2008 opening of The Tea Roomon Level 1, NGV International, as a compactand stylish 45-seat patisserie and tea areawith compelling views of the entrances tothe Asian and Medieval galleries• Reconfiguring the ground floor GardenRestaurant into a 60-seat bistro and a50-seat café ‘Persimmon’, named afterthe much loved tree in the Grollo Equisetgarden, providing exceptional food andbeverages at competitive prices• 521 commercial functions held at NGVvenues, ranging from dinners for 10 to 1,400people at 26 June opening of MelbourneWinter Masterpieces exhibition, Art Deco1910–1939YEAR AHEAD• Development of new product range forboth shops and for 2009 MWM,Salvator Dali: Liquid Desire• Consolidation of NGV Internationalcatering outletsThe refurbished Shop at NGV International features stylish design, dramatic lighting and stunning merchandise.A coffee break at the NGV International’s Gallery Kitchen is always popular with visitorsThe Shop at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia offersone of Australia’s most comprehensive selections of artand design books.

NGV Goal 4ResourcesAIMTo support the achievement of theNGV’s business objectives through thedevelopment of employees and the effectiveand efficient use of all resources.ResourcesCase Study:Saving water and energy‘As custodians of the State Collection we havealways understood our specific responsibilityto conserve and develop the Collection for thebenefit of future generations. We are alsoincreasingly responding to the need to conserveour environment. We are working on someexciting initiatives.’Liz Grainger, General ManagerOperations (CFO)48 49Smart with ResourcesOn 19 March 2008 Victoria’s Minister forEnvironment and Climate Change, GavinJennings launched the ResourceSmartGovernment Program for Change inNGV International’s Federation Court.Developed by Sustainability Victoria and theDepartment of Sustainability and Environment,the program is a comprehensive ‘how to’guide for government agencies reducing theirenvironmental impacts.In 2007 NGV was a participant inResourceSmart’s pilot (aimed at developinga corporate Environmental ManagementSystem) having already exceeded the StateGovernment’s Sustainable Energy TargetsScheme (GSETS) targets set in 2001.‘The NGV has improved energy efficiencyby 19.6 per cent since 2003,’ the Ministersaid. ‘It has also has cut water consumptionthrough using rainwater for its water walland moat. ResourceSmart will build onthese achievements.’Director, Gerard Vaughan, said the gallery wasprotecting the Collection’s 65,000 artworkswhile implanting energy and water savingthat had ‘already substantially reduced ourecological footprint.’Also present — Sustainability Victoria’sacting CEO, Jan Trewella; Melbourne WaterChairman, Cheryl Batagol; Department ofSustainability and Environment ExecutiveDirector, Fiona Williams and the Commissionerfor Environmental Sustainability, Ian McPhail.CONTEXTThe 2001 State Government GSETS(see above) aimed to achieve 15% energyreductions in government buildings and 10%increases in Green Electricity purchasesby July 2006. In 2006 the government’sOur Environment, Our Future EnvironmentalAction Statement (ESAS) set new targets fora further 5% energy reduction and further 5%Green Electricity increase by 2010. In 2008 itlaunched ResourceSmart, an Our EnvironmentOur Future initiative.ACHIEVEMENTSThe Gallery, which accounts for 1.26% ofoverall State Government building energy use,has achieved a 19.6% reduction in energyconsumption since 2003, and purchases 10%of its electricity as GreenPower. This has savedmore than 5,000 tonnes of greenhouse gasemissions — equivalent to emissions by 450houses or 1,300 cars — over the last five years.TEAMIn January 2008 NGV established itsEnvironmental Sustainability Committee, aStrategic Leadership Team sub-committeewith enthusiastic staff representation.FRAMEWORKIn February Contracts Manager, Howard Winter,drafted the NGV Environmental SustainabilityFramework in response to the ResourceSmartpilot project guidelines. Its action plansaim at reducing environmental impacts inareas including electricity, gas, water, waste,purchasing, installation and construction.LIGHTINGInitiatives have included movement and lightsensor switches in offices, storerooms andloading docks; 50% less lighting in areas lit bydaylight; reduced night lighting, and more efficientlighting of the Great Hall stained glass ceiling.CLIMATE CONTROLAs Federation Square Pty Ltd’s tenant, NGVAustralia has benefitted from the complex’sunderground concrete cell-based climate controlpassive system which consumes one tenth ofconventional air conditioning energy and producesfar less CO² emissions.NGV International is also collaborating withthe Victorian Arts Centre Trust on energyefficient improvements to existing shared hotand chilled water systems and air conditionercooling towers.WATERNGV uses about 15% of its mains water forcatering, cleaning and kitchen and bathroomfacilities; 85% for climate control to preserveartworks. Developed with Southeast Water, theNGV’s Water Management Plan has introducedinstalling flow reduction sink valves and othermeasures to save up to 12 million litres ofwater a year.In the Grollo Equiset Garden 2,500 squaremetres of grass is being replaced with moredrought-resistant Kikuyu.NEXTA focus on waste management and recyclingand raising environmental awareness.The moats around the NGV International building utilise only rainwater, collected as run-off from the roof into a 1 million litre storage tank, designed by Sir Roy Grounds in the 1960sJim Grayson, Technical Team Leader with the FacilitiesManagement Group at The Arts Centre, and Paul Williams,Deputy Facility Leader with Honeywell, inspect the NGV’sclimate control system cooling towersJim Grayson and Contracts Manager Howard Winter reviewthe electricity system shared with The Arts Centre

ResourcesKey Achievements:Infrastructure and Finance‘We made some excellent improvements to NGVInternational’s public areas. The new Tea Roomon Level 1 highlights entrances to the Asian andMedieval galleries, with its reduction in seatingcompensated by the expanded Gallery Kitchenand changes in Persimmon Restaurant.’NGV Director, Gerard VaughanResourcesKey Achievements:PeopleThe Human Resources Team works in activepartnership with management and employees tobuild and support workforce capability, engagementand excellence across all organisational levels.’Miranda Crawley, Head of Human Resources50 51PERFORMANCE INDICATORS• Systems uptime (target 99.5%):99.79% (06/07 99.6%)• Compliance with statutory buildingmaintenance regulations (target 100%):100% (previously 100%)FINANCE• Maintaining sound financial managementand leveraging existing resources for moreeffective maintenance and development ofour physical assets• Revaluing the State Collection from$2.5 billion to more than $3.3 billionas at 30 June• Implementing a new investment strategyfor all financial assetsSPACES AND FACILITIES• Publishing a ‘Big Idea for Melbourne’ inFebruary 2008 — the case for extendingNGV’s galleries over the railway yards to theeast of Federation Square to meet growingpublic demand for Indigenous, Asian andOceanic art and helping better positionMelbourne on the global cultural map• NGV Asset Management Frameworkproject underway• Refurbishing NGV International’s MedievalGalleries in May after a three monthrenovation; improving entrances andreconfiguring and relighting for the Medieval,Asian Galleries and Contemporary galleries• Redesigning our major catering outlets atNGV International• Enjoying improved and safer visitor accessfrom Vic Road’s new ‘super tram stop’outside NGV and the Victorian Arts Centre• Introducing new Access Control procedures• Spending, or committing, $1.4m on newcapital projects and applying for Arts andCultural Facilities Maintenance Fund capitalworks fundingSTORAGE• Participating in the State Government’splanning for State Collection IntegratedStorage Project• Moving stores from NGV Publications,Design, Registration, Risk and Facilities andthe Shaw Research Library to the Museumof Victoria-managed Spotswood facilityshared by Victorian arts agencies to relievefuture pressure on non-art storageINFORMATION• Implementing storage for sustainableelectronic collection records• Implementing improved recordsmanagement and trainingYEAR AHEAD• Focusing on the NGV as a sustainableorganization in all its operations• Continuing to participate in theState Government’s SouthbankRedevelopment Plan for an arts precinctbetween Southbank and Sturt Street’sMalthouse Theatre• Further integration of key business systems• Refining risk management framework tomeet best practicePERFORMANCE INDICATORS• Total number of NGV-wide training programsin year (target 30): 75 (06/07 38)• Training and development per EFT(target $1,000): $885 (06/07 $767)BENCHMARKING• Continuing to participate in the AnnualWorkforce Data Collection and PublicSector Agency Surveys. Data obtainedplaying an important role in planning, interms of operational activity and longterm strategy• This year’s survey indicating that the NGVcontinues to meet accepted VPS and ArtsSector benchmarks in: implementationand promotion of a values based culture;supporting managers, supervisors and staff;reviewing policies, programs or practices;base salary profile; age profile; tenure; andleave balancesLIVING NGV VALUES• Compulsory ‘Living NGV Values’ staffworkshops integrating NGV’s core values(see p.4 and p.14), Public Sector Valuesand the Victorian Public Service Codeof Conduct across the organisationand receiving uniformly positiveparticipant feedbackART OF BALANCE PROGRAM• Supporting and encouraging the health andwellbeing of employees since establishedin 2006. The key elements are: an ‘Art ofBalance’ website containing comprehensiveinformation on contemporary workplacehealth issues; an annual calendar of health/wellbeing related activities (flu vaccinations,staff massages, health promotion/awareness campaigns); participation inVPS supported programs and intiativessuch as Ride to Work Day, Travelsmart andWalkSmart/CycleSmart programsLEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT• Strengthening NGV leadership by providingits Leadership Development Program to allStrategic Leadership Team (SLT) and SeniorManagement Team (SMT) members throughcoaching and workshops• Starting the ‘second phase’ of LeadershipDevelopment including a focus on practicalskill development in relationship/stakeholdermanagement, business writing andproject management• Providing mentoring opportunities tomid-level and senior level managers andProfessional Development and StaffAppraisal coaching to new NGV mid-leveland senior managersPULSE CHECK• Achieving a 49% response rate to ourfirst ‘Pulse Check’ staff survey; resultsshowing an overall employee satisfactionlevel of 76%• Surveyed staff identifying the positives oftheir workplace comprising: People —a collegiate, skilled and supportive staff;Art — pride in the NGV Collection andexhibitions and valuing access to theCollection; Organisation — representing,and being part of, an internationallyrecognisedorganisationSTAFF HIGHLIGHTS• Appointing new staff, including Headof Major Donors and Bequest and SLTmember, Anna Kopinski; Senior Curator,Contemporary Art, Alex Baker; Head ofConservation, David Thurrowgood• Congratulating our former Senior Curator of19th Century Australian Art, Terence Lane,on his retirement after 40 years of serviceYEAR AHEAD• Continuing to focus on thedevelopment of leadership capacity,for managers and high performing/high potential employees• Enhancing performance review system(PDP: Performance Development andProgression) to focus on leadershipcapacity, professional development,succession planning, feedback andcommunication mechanisms• Ongoing training and skilldevelopment workshops• Partnering with NGV’s OHS/RiskTeam to deliver practical Art ofBalance initiatives• Continuing the promotion of avalues based culturePhotographer Christian Markel photographing garmentsfrom the Black in Fashion exhibition catalogueRisk and Facilities staff manoeuvre a ‘type 35’ racing carby Ettore Bugatti into Federation CourtThe spaces and facilities at the NGV are used for arange of programs and events throughout the yearHead of Education and Programs Gina Panebiancowith Trustee Jason YeapDirector of the Queensland Art Gallery Tony Ellwoodand Head Corporate Office Leigh MackaySenior Conservator John Payne speaking atthe launch of his recent publication Framing theNineteenth Century: Picture Frames 1837–1935

Publication HighlightsROOM BROCHURES52 Super Bodies: Heroic Fashion from the Yvonne Audette: Different Directions Role Play: Portrait Photography53EXHIBITION CATALOGUES1980s by Roger Leong & Paola Di Trocchio 1954–1966 by Kirsty Grantby Isobel CrombieGeoffrey Bartlettby Ken Wach & David HurlstonGordon Bennettby Kelly GellatlyJoseph Beuys & Rudolf Steiner: ImaginationInspiration Intuition by Allison HollandKrishna: Love & Devotionby Carol CainsResonant Visions: Contemporary Videofrom Latin America by Jane DeveryThe John McCaughey Memorial Prize50 Years by David Hurlston & Barbara KaneOTHERModern Britain 1900–1960:Masterworks from Australian andNew Zealand Collections by Ted GottBlack in Fashion: Mourning to Nightby Roger Leong & Danielle WhitfieldBody Language: Contemporary ChinesePhotography by Isobel CrombiePreserving the Past, Enriching the Future:Hugh Williamson’s Legacy by David Hurlston291: Photographers in the Circle ofAlfred Stieglitz by Susan van WykFraming the Nineteenth Century:Picture Frames 1837–1935 by John PayneMoon in Reflection: The Art ofKim Hoa Tram by Mae Anna PangGuggenheim Collection: 1940s to Nowby Valerie L. Hillings & Tony EllwoodTop Arts VCE 2007by Merren RicketsonANNUAL JOURNALArt Bulletin of Victoria edition no. 47GALLERY (SIX EDITIONS)WHAT’S ON (SIX EDITIONS)

Council of TrusteesCorporate GovernanceThe National Gallery of Victoria, which openedto the public in 1861, is a statutory authorityestablished by the National Gallery of VictoriaAct 1966. The NGV sits within the VictorianGovernment’s Premier and Cabinet portfolio.The responsible Minister is Lynne Kosky MP,Minister for the Arts.Maudie Palmer AOMaureen PlavsicCouncil legislationAppointed a trustee in May 2000;Appointed a trustee in May 2003;The Council of Trustees of the National Galleryreappointed in 2003 and 2006reappointed 2006of Victoria is constituted by s.5 of the NationalHaving begun her career as Assistant Director/ Maureen has more than 25 years executive Gallery of Victoria Act 1966. The Act specifies54Curator at the University Gallery at University experience in media, advertising and brand that ‘in carrying out its functions, the Councilof Melbourne (now Ian Potter Museum of Art), marketing. She is currently a non-executive must endeavor to contribute to the enrichment55Maudie’s roles have included Founding Director director of Pacific Brands Limited andof the cultural, educational, social and economicof both Heide Park and Art Gallery (now Macquarie Radio Network, and is involved in life of the people of Victoria.’ Section 6 of theHeide Museum of Modern Art) and TarraWarra fundraising for various non profit organizations. Act stipulates that the Council shall consistMuseum of Art . She was a Commissioner’s She was CEO and a Director of Seven Network of 11 members appointed by the Governor-in-Councillor at the Venice Biennale 2007. Limited and a Director of Opera Australia. Council. The Council’s composition is:She has worked on a wide range of projectsincluding Herring Island Environmentala) a person holding a senior academic office inSculpture Park and the Melbourne Festivalthe visual arts in a University in Victoria;Allan Myers AOAppointed a trustee in May 2003; reappointed2006; appointed President in June 2004Allan has had a long and distinguished careerin commercial law, has lectured in law atuniversities in Melbourne, England and Canadaand written many legal articles published inAustralia and abroad. He has a long historyPeter EdwardsAppointed a trustee in June 2008Peter is Chief Executive Officer of the VictorSmorgon Group and the grandson of long termNGV supporters Loti and Victor Smorgon. Forthe past 2 years Peter has served as a Memberof the Board of the NGV Foundation and hasbecome closely involved with NGV affairs. HeMerran H KelsallAppointed a trustee in June 2001;reappointed 2004 and 2007Merran is a chartered accountant who branchedinto business as a consultant, an independentcompany director and an executive coach. Shehas considerable experience in the work ofaudit, risk and compliance committees. She is aVisual Arts Program.b) a person having relevant experience inrelation to regional art galleries within Victoria;c) a person who, in the opinion of the Ministerfor the Arts, is distinguished in the field ofbusiness administration;d) a person who in the opinion of the Minister isdistinguished in the field of finance;e) seven others nominated by the Minister.of supporting professional organizations andcharitable foundations including the HowardFlorey Institute.brings to the Board business experience and avery deep interest in contemporary art.director of Melbourne Water Corporation, RACVLimited and Cuscal Ltd and chairman of theAuditing and Assurance Standards Board andPublic Transport Ombudsman (Victoria).Jason YeapAppointed a trustee in June 2005;reappointed in 2008Mr Yeap is the chairman of Mering CorporationDuring the period 1 July 2006 to 30 June2007 two trustees retired, Rino Grollo after one3 year term and Sally Smart after 7 years, andBruce ParncuttPty Ltd, a Commissioner’s Councillor for one new trustee, Peter Edwards, was appointed.Appointed a trustee in March 2005;the Venice Biennale 2007, a former seniorreappointed in 2008partner of Stamfords law firm and a director of Trustees are appointed for a term notBruce is principal of Lion Capital, an investment Herbaceutic Holdings Ltd, China.exceeding three years and may serve up tomanagement and corporate advisory boutique.three consecutive terms. Trustees do notFor more than 30 years he has worked in Retired Trusteesreceive remuneration for their Council activities.financial services including seven years as chiefexecutive of McIntosh Securities Ltd, three Rino GrolloCouncil Meetingsyears as Senior Vice President of Merrill Lynch Appointed a trustee in May 2005,The NGV provides corporate secretariat supportRon DewhurstAppointed a trustee in May 2003;reappointed 2006Ron has had an extensive career in the financeindustry both in Australia and overseas. In2002 he retired from his position in the USas Head of Americas for J P Morgan FlemingAsset Management to return to live in Australia.He was the chief executive of IOOF HoldingsLimited until early 2007 and joined LeggMason as a Senior Managing Director - Head ofInternational in 2008.Vince FitzGeraldAppointed a trustee in May 2003;reappointed 2006Vince is chairman of the Allen ConsultingGroup. Previously he was a seniorCommonwealth official in the departments ofTreasury, Prime Minister and Cabinet, Finance,Trade (Secretary) and Employment, Educationand Training (Secretary). He is a director ofETF Securities Ltd and its subsidiaries, andGold Bullion Securities Ltd; and is a memberof the Advisory Board of MAB Corporationand the governing councils of MelbourneGrammar School and the Australian NationalUniversity. He is a director of the AustralianServices Roundtable and a trustee of theFinkel Foundation.Angela NdalianisAppointed a trustee in July 2004;reappointed in 2007Angela is Associate Professor in the School ofArt History and Cinema Studies, and AssociateDean of Information Technology and Multimediaat the University of Melbourne. She specialisesin the cinema and its interconnection with othervisual media of the past and present and theconvergence of popular forms such as films,computer games, comic books and theme parkspaces. Her publications include Neo-BaroqueAesthetics and Contemporary Entertainment(MIT Press, 2004).and five years as a director of Australian StockExchange Ltd. He is involved in fundraising fornot-for-profit organisations and is a member ofCouncil of Melbourne Grammar School.retired March 2008.Rino is the Chairman of the Grollo Group ofcompanies, whose Equiset companyspecialises in the development of sport,education and tourism in Australia.Sally SmartAppointed a trustee in June 2001;reappointed 2004 and 2007Sally Smart is recognized as one of Australia’sleading contemporary artists. Her work isincreasingly internationally focused with regularexhibitions and projects world-wide.for the Council which meets formally seven timesa year, and for Council Committees which meetbetween three and eight times a year.Council CommitteesAll Council Committees are established unders.11A of the Act. They generally comprise asub-set of trustees and non trustees based ontheir respective areas of interest and expertise.Relevant senior managers attend Committeemeetings. The Committees are responsible fordeveloping policies in relation to their respectiveareas and for making recommendations to theCouncil. The minutes of Council Committeemeetings are circulated for consideration at thenext Council meeting.

Organisation Chart as at 30 June 2008“Thanks to our Strategic Leadership Team —Frances Lindsay, Liz Grainger, Lisa Sassella,Miranda Crawley, Judy Williams, Leigh Mackayand our new member, Anna Kopinski —for their outstanding performance in leadingso many key NGV teams.”NGV Director, Gerard VaughanSTRATEGIC LEADERSHIP TEAMDr Gerard Vaughan Frances LindsayLiz GraingerLisa SassellaDirectorDeputy Director and General ManagerGeneral ManagerActing General Manager Operations (CFO)MarketingExhibition & Collection56Services (from 7.7.07)57Secretary to the Department of Premier and CabinetHelen SilverMinister for the ArtsLynne Kosky, MPDirector, Arts VictoriaPenny HutchinsonCouncil of Trustees PresidentAllan Myers AODirectorDr Gerard VaughanJudy WilliamsHead of FoundationLeigh MackayHead of the CorporateOffice and Secretary tothe Council of TrusteesAnna KopinskiHead of Major Donorsand Bequests(from 1.10.07)Miranda CrawleyHead of Human ResourcesDeputy DirectorFrances LindsaySenior Curators Head of Education &Public ProgramsAsian ArtGina PanebiancoDr Mae Anna PangHead of MultimediaAustralian ArtJean-Pierre ChabrolKirsty GrantManager,Contemporary ArtExhibition DesignDr Alex BakerDaryl West-MooreIndigenous ArtPublications ManagerJudith RyanPhilip JagoInternational Art to 1980Dr Ted GottPhotographyDr Isobel CrombiePrints and DrawingsCathy LeahyGeneral ManagerExhibition &Collection servicesfrances lindsay(acting) (from 7.7.07)Exhibitions ManagerTarragh Cunningham(to 9.1.08)Nicole Monteiro(from 27.3.08)Head of ConservationDavid ThurrowgoodHead of RegistrationJanine BofillManager, CataloguingDavid BelzyckiManager PhotographicServicesGarry SommerfeldSenior LibrarianMichael WatsonGeneral ManagerOperations (CFO)Liz GraingerFinancial ControllerKatrina Excell(to 20.5.08)Head of InformationServicesTrish KnightHead of Risk & FacilitiesTony van NoordenbergGeneral ManagerMarketingLisa SassellaFront of House ManagerAnnaliese FordeManager Graphic DesignJackie RobinsonMarketing ManagerKirstee MacbethSponsorship ManagerAndrew BoydHead of FoundationJudy WilliamsEvents ManagerJo HawleyManager NGV MembersNoela FooteHead of MajorDonors & BequestsAnna Kopinski(from 1.10.07)Head of HumanResourcesMiranda CrawleyHead of CorporateOffice and Secretaryto the Councilof TrusteesLeigh MackayHead of Media &Public RelationsSue CoffeyHead of CommercialOperationsAndrew O’Brien

Council Committees andKey Stakeholder Groups as at 30 June 200858AUDIT, RISK ANDCOMPLIANCE COMMITTEE(incorporating the Gift Fund Committee)Members: Merran Kelsall (Chair), VinceFitzGerald, Jason Yeap, Peter EdwardsIndependent member: Graham SmithManagement: Gerard Vaughan, Liz GraingerCOLLECTION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEEMembers: Allan Myers (Chair), Maudie Palmer,Angela Ndalianis, Jason YeapManagement: Gerard Vaughan, FrancesLindsay, Liz GraingerVFLAA COMMITTEEMembers: Allan Myers (Chair), Angela NdalianisExternal: Dianne Mangan, Murray BowesManagement: Gerard Vaughan,Frances LindsayEXHIBITION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEEMembers: Angela Ndalianis (Chair), MaureenPlavsic, Peter EdwardsManagement: Gerard Vaughan, FrancesLindsay, Liz Grainger, Lisa Sassella,Nicole MonteiroPERFORMANCE ANDREMUNERATION COMMITTEEMembers: Ron Dewhurst (Chair), Allan Myers,Maudie PalmerManagement: Gerard Vaughan,Miranda CrawleyNGV MEMBERS COMMITTEEMembers: Maudie Palmer (Chair), Ron DewhurstExternal: Ian McColl, Seb Halse andBarbara KaneManagement: Gerard Vaughan, Judy Williams,Noela FooteNGV FOUNDATION BOARDMembers: Bruce Parncutt (Chair), Allan Myers,Jason Yeap, Peter EdwardsExternal members: Ian Hicks (Deputy Chair),John Higgins, Paula FoxFiona Myer, Leigh CliffordManagement: Gerard Vaughan, Judy Williams,Anna KopinskiINVESTMENT COMMITTEEMembers: Ron Dewhurst (Chair), BruceParncutt, Vince FitzGeraldExternal members: Charles Macek,Andrew SissonManagement: Gerard Vaughan, Liz Grainger,Judy WilliamsCOMMERCIAL INITIATIVES COMMITTEEMembers: Maureen Plavsic (Chair), Allan Myers,Ron Dewhurst, Jason YeapManagement: Gerard Vaughan, Lisa Sassella,Andrew O’BrienAffiliated OrganisationsThe NGV is also responsible for managing theactivities of its affiliated organisations, namelythe NGV Women’s Association, the NGVBusiness Council, the Friends of the GalleryLibrary and the NGV Voluntary Guides.NGV Women’s AssociationChloe Hyde (President)Sally O’DayJennifer LempriereBarbara KaneVivien KnowlesDeborah Bartlett PittMaria RyanManagement: Judy WilliamsNGV Business CouncilMr Steve Clifford (Chairman)PartnerAllens Arthur RobinsonMr Ross Adler ACChairman & CEOAmtrade International Pty LtdMr Peter BeaumontPartner & Melbourne ChairmanDeaconsMr Paul BrasherGlobal ChairmanPricewaterhouseCoopersMr Terry Campbell AOSenior ChairmanGoldman Sachs JBWere Pty LtdMr Peter Clemenger AMDirectorClemenger BBDO LimitedMr Stephen CreeseManaging DirectorRio Tinto AustraliaMr Charles Goode ACChairmanANZ Banking Group LimitedMr Mark GreenManaging PartnerMinter EllisonMr Wayne KentHead of Macquarie Group Limited, MelbourneMacquarie Group LimitedMr Graham Kraehe AOChairmanBlueScope Steel LimitedMr Ben SingtonManaging DirectorLangham Hotel MelbourneMr John TrotterManaging PartnerDeloitte Touche TohmatsuFriends of the Gallery LibraryMr. Michael Moon (President)Committee members:Dr Frank HeckesMs Gloria FolinoMr Leslie SilagyMrs Gillian ForwoodMrs June LawrenceThe Reverend Ian BrownMr Michael WatsonMr David ThurrowgoodMs Judith RyanNGV Voluntary GuidesGabrielle Cavanough (President)Committee members:Robyn CassJane GuyPamela PatonHelen CraigCatherine DobsonPhillip NorrisNGV LIFE MEMBERS100 Life Members attending the annualLife Members’ dinner to welcome new LifeMembers: artists John Olsen & Norma Redpath,former NGV Director, Timothy Potts, SarahMyer, Irena Zdanowicz, Leigh Clifford, BarbaraBlackman, Justice David & Anita Angel andTerence Lane.59

Year in Pictures (Highlights)16171860 611920211 2 32223244562526277892829301011121 Diana and Ian Renard,Chancellor of the Universityof Melbourne, with ProfessorRobin Sharwood and AlexandraGrimwade (CHIA CongressOpening in the Great Hall)2 Natalie Wilson and Ruth Picker,Managing Partner, Melbourne,Ernst & Young (Sidney NolanOpening)3 Susan and Linton Morgan,Patricia MacKenzie4 Dame Elisabeth Murdoch withFrances Lindsay5 Stephen Murby Wright & NigelMurby Wright (Annual Dinner)6 AGNSW Director EdmundCapon with Gerard Vaughan7 Black in Fashion Opening,singer – Miss P8 Jill Clegg & Jenny Bannister(Black in Fashion)9 Alison Waters & Richard Nylon(Black in Fashion)10 Louise Young, Josephine Tan,Chiara Goya11 Tina Czech & Louise Fishman(Black in Fashion)12 David Hurlston & Jason Yeap(Geoffrey Bartlett)13 Geoffrey Bartlett Opening14 Gerard Vaughan with artistGordon Bennett15 Elly Symonds, Red Symondsand Sue Coffey16 Gordon Bennett Opening17 Meredith Dufour and RosieVon-Marburg in front of DanFlavin’s untitled (to Jan andRon Greenberg)18 Guests engage with FelixGonzalez-Torres ‘Untitled’(Public Opinion) 1991 duringGuggenheim Exhibition19 Rupert Myer & Sarah Myer(Life Members Dinner)20 Norma Redpath, AugusteBlackman & Barbara Blackman(Life Members Dinner)21 Paul Bonnici, Perri Cutten,Gerard Vaughan &Frances Lindsay22 Barbara Horn & Amanda Jones(Modern Britain)23 David & Lois Waddelton(Modern Britain)24 Sophia Pavlovski-Ross &Philip Ross25 Eva Sweet & Carol Cains26 Joan Clemenger, SusanMorgan & Lynton Morgan27 Mae Anna Pang and RichardWong admire Ah Xian’sHuman human - Flower & bird2000-01(Supporters of AsianArt Dinner)28 Klaus Naumann, MaudiePalmer, Jason Yeap and MinLee Wong (Supporters of AsianArt Dinner)29 Vince FitzGerald andBruce McComish30 Nolan family at the SidneyNolan Exhibition131415

Five-year financial summaryFive-Year Financial performanceNotes2008$ '000s2007$ '000s2006$ '000s2005$ '000s2004$ '000sBasis of preparationThe table [opposite] distinguishes between theNGV’s operating and non-operating activities,a distinction not readily seen in the OperatingStatement on page 69.This distinction is important as the OperatingStatement includes significant income andexpenditure which relate to the management Government grants in the same period have the purchase of new works of art for the StateNet depreciation and similar charges 3 (10,418) (9,834) (12,692) (13,027) (7,275)of the NGV’s capital cycle. In particular, the increased by 15%.Collection. The balance sheet also includes62 (66,678) (61,207) (62,844) (63,614) (60,988) 63NGV raises substantial funds, including grants,Cash and Other Financial Assets of $44.4Operating (deficit)/surplusdonations and bequests, which are not available Managing operating cost pressures will become million (2007 — $44.6 million). These funds arefor operating purposes but are committed to the an increasing challenge for the NGV in future largely attributable to Endowed Funds held forfrom operating activities (10,636) (8,866) (10,853) (15,247) (16,142)purchase of works of art or to building works.These funds also generate investment incomefor the NGV.In addition, the NGV also accounts fordepreciation charges in respect of its property,plant and equipment. At present, the outputprice from Government, which determines theannual recurrent grant, does not include anallowance for depreciation.Review of operating performanceThe operating deficit for 2007/08, beforerecognising the net income from non-operatingactivities, was $10.6 million (2006/07: deficit of$8.9 million), in line with the budget for the yearand forecast activity levels.Over the five years to 2007/08, the NGV’s totaloperating expenses only increased by 4.7%, wellbehind CPI, demonstrating the significant focuson cost management and efficiency since there-opening of NGV International in December2003. An 11% increase in other supplies andservices between 2006/07 and 2007/08reflects the fact that in 2008 the NGV was theexhibition organiser for its Melbourne WinterMasterpieces exhibition and has included in itsfinancial statements all the costs and revenuesof this undertaking. In previous years, theexhibition was organised by a third party whichwas responsible for the majority of the costs andrevenues and paid a fee to the NGV.The NGV has also increased its non-Government operating revenue by nearly60% over the five year period. This includessubstantial growth in ticket sales fromexhibitions and programs (only partiallyas a result of the change in the deliverymodel for Melbourne Winter Masterpieces)and from commercial sponsorship. Overall,years, if output levels are to be maintained.In particular, our buildings and plant are nowno longer new and will demand increasingexpenditure to keep them fit for purpose.Review of non-operating performanceIncome from fundraising activities has grownsteadily in recent years with a significantincrease of 40% in 2007/08 over the previousyear, reflecting the launch of the Masterpiecesfor Melbourne Campaign towards the endof the year.Net income from investing activities in 2007/08includes the significant depreciation in themarket value of our invested funds as a resultof the fall in equity markets both here andoverseas. Overall, the NGV’s funds undermanagement fell 11% in value over the year,consistent with market benchmarks. It shouldbe noted that these funds, and the income theygenerate, are directed almost entirely towardsthe purchase of works of art so, whilst theloss in value is clearly unwelcome, it does notadversely affect the NGV’s ability to operateand deliver its outputs to Government..Balance sheetThe NGV’s balance sheet (page 70) isdominated by the State Collection whichwas independently valued in the year and isnow included in cultural assets at a carryingvalue of $3.264 billion, an increase of 33%over the previous balance sheet date. During2007–08, the NGV also spent $5.4 million onthe purchase of works of art, or other purposesas restricted by the donor. The balance of fundsis available to meet our operating and capitalexpenditure needs.Operating revenueGovernment grants 1 40,267 38,526 38,862 35,783 34,906Other revenue 2 15,775 13,815 13,129 12,583 9,940Operating expenses56,042 52,341 51,991 48,367 44,846Employee benefits (19,625) (18,393) (17,176) (17,792) (17,202)Other supplies and services 2 (36,635) (32,980) (32,976) (32,795) (36,511)Net income from non-operating activities 4Fundraising activities -cash gifts,bequests & other receipts11,707 5,226 8,871 4,192 5,117Fundraising activities -gifts in kind 5 3,302 5,493 2,849 5,694 26,600Investing activities 6 (1,759) 5,594 3,239 5,807 2,770Capital grants and similar income 7 221 64 2,700 3,085 11,72113,471 16,377 17,659 18,779 46,208Net reported result 2,835 7,511 6,806 3,531 30,066Notes1 Excludes Government grants forDepreciation Equivalent Revenue, CapitalAssets Charge and capital works.2 In 2008, the NGV was the exhibitionorganiser for its Melbourne WinterMasterpieces exhibition and has,therefore, accounted for all the costsand revenues of the exhibition.3 Comprises depreciation and otheradjustments to the value of non-currentassets (excluding investments) whichhave no cash impact.4 Represents net revenue streams relatedto the purchase of works of art or tocapital works.5 Includes gifts of works of art and of othergoods and services. The 2004 figureincludes the gift of the Joseph BrownCollection valued at $21 million.6 Includes realised profits/losses on thesale of investments, dividends, interestand market value movements requiredto be recognised in the operatingstatement, net of investment expenses7 Includes grants, proceeds on thesale of assets and other funding forcapital works.