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$2 million for ANZAC art

Arts funding has been cut but there is a way to get funding for art out of the Federal Government: choose a military subject.

9 Jul 2014 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Sacrifice, the sculpture within Sydney’s War Memorial in Hyde Park.

In an announcement from the Attorney General’s Department this week (8 July), Minister for the Arts, Senator George Brandis, and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC, Senator Michael Ronaldson, described the Public Grants as a way to ‘tell the story of Anzacs and how their sacrifice shaped our nation.’

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina