With the retirement of Edmund Capon from the Art Gallery of NSW and Gerard Vaughan from the National Gallery of Victoria within weeks of each other, two of the biggest jobs in the Australian art world are open.
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My Cup Of Tea: The legacy of our departing gallery gurus
Edmund Capon to leave the Art Gallery of NSW
Edmund Capon AM, OBE, who has steered the Art Gallery of NSW to national and international pre-eminence, is at the point of departure, writes Alex Mitchell.
Sidney Nolan in retrospect
Yet another Sid Nolan Retrospective opens tonight in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, before touring to Melbourne and Brisbane. The following four anecdotes give some flavour of the artist and the man, writes art historian Humphrey McQueen.
