Six corporate art collections you should know

Despite drastic sell-offs in the past decade, there are a handful of corporate collections that are creating a strong global image through art.

27 Jan 2016 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Detail of Lydia Balbal’s painting Winnpa (2008) from the Wesfarmers Collection, currently on show at the National Art School Gallery in Sydney; supplied courtesy the artist and Wesfarmers

What was once a stronghold of collecting within the visual arts market, corporate collections undergone a massive rethink in the past two decades, holding different roles for different companies.

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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