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Art Gallery of New South Wales-Highlights from the Collection
Director Edmund Capon's 88 favourite works from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection.
201 pages, Paperback
First published September 5, 2008
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Edmund Capon
34 booksEdmund George Capon AM, OBE was an art scholar specialising in Chinese art. He was director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1978–2011. He was also the Chairman of Football club, Sydney FC 2006–07. - Wikipedia
Capon had spent his time writing, guest curating and travelling since he retired after 33 years as director in 2011, and moved between Australia and England.
Capon was both a scholar and a showman. He was a Mandarin-speaking expert in Chinese art and a lively and gregarious public figure, known for his fondness for giraffes and odd socks.
The gallery’s longest-serving director was an unlikely choice as director when he arrived in Sydney in 1978 from London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, where he was assistant keeper of the Far Eastern section. But he combined deep knowledge of art with popular appeal.
The cigar-smoking Capon was as at ease in the studios of international artists such as Cy Twombly as he was chatting about his beloved Chelsea football team to the Gallery’s security staff, who he knew by name. - obit SMH
Capon had spent his time writing, guest curating and travelling since he retired after 33 years as director in 2011, and moved between Australia and England.
Capon was both a scholar and a showman. He was a Mandarin-speaking expert in Chinese art and a lively and gregarious public figure, known for his fondness for giraffes and odd socks.
The gallery’s longest-serving director was an unlikely choice as director when he arrived in Sydney in 1978 from London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, where he was assistant keeper of the Far Eastern section. But he combined deep knowledge of art with popular appeal.
The cigar-smoking Capon was as at ease in the studios of international artists such as Cy Twombly as he was chatting about his beloved Chelsea football team to the Gallery’s security staff, who he knew by name. - obit SMH
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