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Paris Studio
Barry Pearce – Head Curator, Australian Art, Victoria
Lynn – Curator, Contemporary Art
PLANNING, RISK MANAGEMENT AND INTERNAL AUDIT
Corporate Plan and Total Asset Management Plan
The Art Gallery finalised its Corporate Plan and its Total
Asset Management Plan.
The Corporate Plan contains the Gallery’s comprehensive
vision, goals, and strategies for the next five years. Details
are included in the Aim, Objective and Performance
Indicators Section.
The Total Asset Management Plan (TAM) was developed
for submission to the NSW Government. TAM entail
analysis of our capital expenditure program and the
relationship with the services being provided.
Risk Management and Insurance
The Art Gallery, as a NSW Government Agency,
continues to be insured by the Treasury Managed Fund, a
government self insurance scheme administered by the
GIO. There were no significant claims on this scheme
during the year. The annual premium amounted to
$1 million reflecting the value of the State asset holdings
of the Gallery’s permanent art Collection and our heritage
building plus the loaned temporary exhibition art holdings.
Internal Audit
Reviews were conducted during the year on, IT network
management, GST compliance, Contractual arrangements
relation to the Brett Whiteley Studio, Tax compliance.
Recommendations were carefully considered, policies and
procedures were revised where appropriate and remedial
action taken to improve internal controls. An action plan
was developed to address IT matters with a timetable for
implementation. The sub-committee of the Board of
Trustees was renamed ‘Finance and Audit’ to re-affirm the
importance of the Board’s role in audit matters. The cost
of internal audit work is borne by the Ministry for the Arts
from a central allocation of funds for the Arts Portfolio.
SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROFILE
Edmund Capon, AM
Director
Edmund Capon has been the Director of the Art
Gallery of New South Wales since 1978. For five years
before leaving London he held the position of Assistant
Keeper, Far Eastern Section at the Victoria and Albert
Museum, having started at that Museum in 1966 in the
Textile Department specialising in Chinese textiles and
costume, and European tapestries. He has also managed a
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commercial gallery in London primarily concerned with
modern British paintings and sculpture.
He obtained his Master of Philosophy degree in
Chinese Art and Archaeology (including language) from
the London University School of Oriental and African
Studies. Edmund has also completed studies on 20th
century painting at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London
University.
Edmund is recognised as a world expert in his
particular field and has published several books and
catalogues including Princes of Jade (1974); Art and
Archaeology in China (1977); Qin Shihuang: Terracotta
Warriors and Horses (1982); and Tang China: Vision and
Splendour of a Golden Age (1989), as well also many
selected articles for Australian and international
newspapers and professional art journals.
Mr Capon was made a Member of the Order of
Australia in 1994. He is also currently a member of the
Cultural Committee of the Sydney Organising Committee
for the Year 2000 Olympic Games and is a member of the
Advisory Council of the Asia Society AustralAsia Centre.
Anthony Bond,
General Manager, Curatorial Services
Anthony Bond joined the Art Gallery in 1984 as
Curator of Contemporary Art. In January, 1995 he was
appointed to the position of General Manager, Curatorial
Services to oversee the curatorial staff of the Art Gallery
together with responsibility for the overall management of
curatorial services departments: Conservation,
Registration, Public Programmes, Library and the
Photography Studio. This is coupled with his role as
Head Curator, Western Art with special responsibility for
20th century and contemporary International collections.
He was formerly Director of Wollongong City Gallery and
Assistant Director of Art Gallery of Western Australia.
Mr. Bond has published extensively and continues to
maintain a strong commitment to 20th century
International art through collection development and
curating thematic exhibitions. In 1999 his book Body that
accompanied the exhibition of that name at the Gallery in
1997 was awarded the inaugural Power institute award
for the best book of Art history, an award offered through
the AAANZ. In 1999 he was invited to Direct Trace, the
inaugural Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art in
England. His academic qualifications include B.Ed (Hons)
from the University of London and he is currently
undertaking a Ph.D at The University of Sydney. He is a
member of various committees including the Executive
Committee of the AAANZ, Australia 2002 committee at
ARCO Madrid, City of Sydney Sculpture Walk Selection
Committee, Australian center for Photography (Chair),
Bundanon Trust residency committee and serves on