NGA receives largest gift by an artist

A suite of Dale Frank works, valued at $4 million, were unveiled today by the National Gallery of Australia.
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Part of The Dale Frank Gift is the painting, Art critics make great fat chicks between flannelette sheets (2001); supplied

Dale Frank, described by the National Gallery of Australia as ‘one of Australia’s most significant contemporary painters’, today has gifted a suite of paintings, drawings and multi-media collages valued at $4 million.

‘Dale Frank’s generous donation to the Gallery is the most significant gift by a living artist since the Arthur Boyd Gift in 1975,’ said NGA Director Ron Radford AM.

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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