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First time works to spark intense auction interest
11 August 2017Australian Auction Review | Richard Brewster
Charles Blackman’s The Pink 1953 – acquired directly from the artist’s solo exhibition of that year and held in a private collection ever since – will be auctioned for the first time in Sotheby’s Australia’s forthcoming Important Australian Art sale from 6.30pm Wednesday August 16 at Intercontinental Sydney, 117 Macquarie Street, Sydney.
With a catalogue estimate of $250,000-$350,000 from a total sale projection of at least $9 million, the painting was included recently in the comprehensive Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls exhibition at the Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne.
Important Australian Art Auction in Sydney 16 August 2017
10 August 2017
A $250,000 anonymous donation has saved Victoria's Castlemaine Art Museum from closure
3 August 2017Business Insider | Simon Thomsen
Syndicated: Yahoo!7 Finance
A last-minute $250,000 donation from an anonymous Victorian couple has saved the 104-year-old Castlemaine Art Museum from closure next week.
The 1931 art deco building in Victoria’s goldfields region houses works by Australian artists such as Arthur Streeton, and is currently displaying Patricia Piccinini’s “Graham”, the sculpture commissioned by the Transport Accident Commission. Its announcement last month that it would close on August 11 until March 2019, due to “a range of financial and operational challenges”, sent shockwaves through the arts community.

Broadsheet | Annelise Answerth
An anonymous couple from central Victoria has donated $250,000 to keep the Castlemaine Art Museum open, after the regional institution announced it would close indefinitely next week due to lack of funding.

Anonymous Donation to Castlemaine Art Museum Prevents Closure
3 August 2017
Castlemaine Art Museum saved by private donation
3 August 2017ArtsHub | Gina Fairley
An injection of $300,000 in donations has kept CAM’s doors open for a little longer, but staffing remains uncertain for the Victorian gallery.

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White knights donate $300,000 to Castlemaine gallery
2 August 2017The Age | Carolyn Webb
Syndicated: Brisbane Times, Canberra Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, WA Today
Shock and anger at the closure of the 104-year-old Castlemaine Art Museum turned to joy on Wednesday night.
White knight private donors have pledged $300,000 to save the key Castlemaine tourist attraction, which was slated for closure after the board said it had insufficient funds to continue operating.