ART GALLERIES.
EXAMPLE OF OTTAWA. „NEW ZEALAND’S EXPENDITURE. Australia might well imitate the example of Ottawa, which has the most efficient art gallery in the Dominions, declares Mr 'S. F. Markham, secretary of the British Museums Association and private secretary to the Prime Minister, in an article in the London Times dealing with the Carnegie survey of the Empire’s museums and art galleries. The survey, lie says, has progressed sufficiently to enable a history and comparison of the cultural achievements of various parts of the Empire, which spend £17,000,000 a year in this direction. Britain leads in expenditure with 7|d a head. New Zealand follows with The remaining Dominions spend considerably less. New Zealand's achievement is due not to the Government, which contributes less than that of other Dominions, but to the public spirit of citizens, who refuse to accept second-rate galleries. Auckland has the best arranged and most educationally useful displays. Ottawa has the most efficient art gallery. It combines richness and an effective educational programme, bringing art to the backwoods. Melbourne and Sydney might imitate Ottawa’s efforts. Newcastle, despite the sizo of tlie population, lacks a worthy museum. There ought to be greater Empire cultural co-operation. Britain is eager to exhibits works of oontempoirary Dominion artists. Scores of pictures lying in vaults in national galleries in London should be lent to Australia and New Zealand. The British Museums’ Association does whatever is possible to compensate for lack of an Empire body. The hope is expressed that at least the larger Dominions will create a cultural union. The Carnegie Corporation is spending £BOOO to develop such co-operation with Canada, and may make similar grants to other Dominions.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 263, 4 October 1933, Page 9
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278ART GALLERIES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 263, 4 October 1933, Page 9
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