Publicity Aids Art in South Australia

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 43, 13 November 1937, Page 14

Publicity Aids Art in South Australia

ADELAIDE. — A . grant. from the Carnegie Corporation of New York has enabled the governors of the National Art Gallery to extend their plans for popularizing art to the country. Extensive alteratious had just beon -completed to the gallery on North Terrace, and the director, Louis McCubbin, considers it now to. be ono of the best. appointed in Australia. The new programme for widening the influence of pictures in the national collection ineludes the issue of a quarterly bulletin containing illustrations and articles concerning them. Weekly guide lectures have been arranged and qualified speakers will be sent to the country schools. In addition, sets of prints and artistic works will be distributed among schools and public institutions.' The quarterly bulletin will publish news aird topics relatihg to art throughout the world. The bulletin will be the first produced by an art gallery in Australia and will be sent for exchange td art galleries in the United States and other parts of the world. The wife came home with a black eye and a bump on her head. Her husband asked what was the matter. "It's that silly car of yours," she pouted. "I took it out for a spia — and it ran into a telegraph pole." "My new car is'ruinod," moaned the husband. "And it's- all your fault. You 1 ran into the telegraph pole because of I your wild way of driving." His wife stamped her foot angrily. "That's not true," she protested. "Jusfc to show how wrong you are, I happcned to be powdcring my i^ose at the time." $> » ^ ®> Mrs Shorlly was discussing the latcst ir.sliions with a caller. "ijid you say your husband rvas fond of those clingirig gowns_ Mary " ' ' "3:es. He likes one to c-ling to :hc Xor about three years."