Face to face with artists in their domain Nov 16, 2007
It features about 700 photographs of more than 60 artists including Janet Laurence, Peter Churcher, Jeffrey Smart, James Gleeson and John Olsen in their work spaces and homes, in Australia and overseas. Some studios are cluttered with paints, brushes, frames and canvases; others are orderly, almost clinical. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Gifts not always from nearly departed Sep 3, 2007
But the largest example is the foundation set up last year by the surrealist artist James Gleeson and his partner, Frank O'Keefe. At the moment, says Wynter, it has about $6 million in it. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
NGA takes the biscuit, for surreal Aug 23, 2007
" Ms Nixon travelled to London to inspect the painting after the gallery was approached through a dealer when the owner decided to sell La Mort d'un esprit. "I went to see it, did a conservation check and a provenance check because anything from Europe between 1933 and 1945 has to be checked that it has not been stolen or is a forced sale," she said. The fact that the painting was on show in London in 1936 and 1937 and remained in the same hands after the war proved it had not been stolen. Mr... (The Canberra Times)
Mystery buyer nabs Whiteley for $1.5m Mar 14, 2007
Whiteley's 1991 oil and mixed media was the centrepiece of the Deutscher-Menzies auction at the Sofitel Wentworth Hotel last night, in an offering that included Jeffrey Smart, Arthur Boyd and James Gleeson. The director of the Art Gallery of NSW, Edmund Capon, was at the auction and called the Whiteley "typical and classic". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bottom line is it's my backside and the picture is mine Feb 8, 2007
"But an investigation by the accounting firm Deloitte, ordered by her successor, Steven Schwartz, claims the university's record management system "does not show any detail of ownership of the works".The Deloitte investigation noted that the "co-mingling" of artworks by artists such as Judy Cassab, Leonard French, Ian Fairweather, James Gleeson, Emily Kngwarreye, Queenie Mackenzie, Sidney Nolan and John Olsen - which were stored or exhibited at the university, or kept at Professor Yerbury's home... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Ros Packer has form as modern art donor Nov 21, 2006
Works by Australian artists John Russell, James Cant, Sidney Nolan, Robert Kippel, James Gleeson, Joy Hester, Roy de Maistre, Tony Tuckson and Richard Larter are displayed alongside their international contemporaries. The collection includes Jackson Pollock's controversial masterpiece Blue Poles, bought for the gallery by Gough Whitlam's Labor government in the early 1970s. (The Australian)
Artist grants gallery $16m vision of future Oct 21, 2006
JAMES Gleeson believes that art is society's strongest link between the past, the present and the future. And to ensure the grand tradition of Australian art continues well into the 21st century, the painter is putting all of his money - $16 million of it - where his mouth is. (The Australian)
Going shopping, thanks to Gleeson legacy Oct 20, 2006
Beginning of a beautiful friendship James Gleeson hands over the Klippel sculpture to the gallery ... James Gleeson and Frank O'Keefe have decided it's payback time, writes Clare Morgan ... CHRISTMAS has come early for the Art Gallery of NSW, with the artist James Gleeson and his partner, Frank O'Keefe, establishing a foundation that will ultimately provide the gallery with an estimated $16 million to acquire works. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Art gallery gets $16m gift Oct 19, 2006
ARTIST James Gleeson says art is the main reason for his existence, and he has pledged $16 million to the Art Gallery of NSW as proof. Gleeson, 91, and his long-time partner Frank O'Keefe have established the Gleeson O'Keefe Foundation, with the gallery as its sole beneficiary. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Sydney artist to donate $16m to gallery Oct 19, 2006
A leading Sydney artist, James Gleeson, is set to pledge $16 million to the Art Gallery of New South Wales in the largest individual fund ever established for the gallery. In the first stage of the endowment, the painter, now in his 90s, is providing $6 million to buy works of Australian art for the gallery's collection. (ABC News Online, Australia)
Lunatic tale gets a little surreal Sep 12, 2006
Collaboration James Gleeson with Christine Douglas and singer Valda Wilson ... A rare Haydn opera has inspired artist James Gleeson, writes Steve Meacham ... At the age of 91 - "Well, I'm 91 in November" - James Gleeson, Australia's greatest surrealist, still enjoys a tangible challenge. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
