ART GALLERIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 10, 12 January 1934, Page 7

ART GALLERIES.

New Zealand Standard is High. BRITISH SURVEY REPORT. (Received 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 11. According to a report by the British Museums' Association on Australian and New Zealand art galleries, on which the Carnegie Corporation of New York will base its allotment of grants, the Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide collections rival those of other cities of the world, except the largest. The report eays that Wanganui art gallery is better equipped than those at Bendigo, Townsville, Rockhampton, Too. woomba and Ipswich, and compares favourably with Brisbane and Perth. The majority of the Australian towns, apart from Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, compare poorly with similar towns in England, South" Africa and New Zealand. This is owing to the supine indifference of the majority of authorities. A eingle large London or American museum has an income equal to all those of Australia. England and America spend 8d per head per annum on museums; New Zealand spends 3id', and Australia spends only 2Jd. New Zealand's general standard is high, but can be improved. A meeting of Australian and New Zealand museum curators in Melbourne would be invaluable, securing co-opera-tion and breaking down isolation.