An impressionist masterpiece is being displayed in the Tweed Valley as the National Gallery shares its collection around the country
In late October an armoured van traveled through the flat cane fields of the Tweed Valley, in northern. Carrying its precious cargo past tractors ploughing the earth after the cane burn-off, the fortified van came to a stop in what was, until relatively recently, a cow paddock.
The initiative, Sharing the National Collection, is part of Revive, Australia’s new national cultural policy, with $11.8m committed over four years to fund the costs of transporting, installing and insuring works so they can be seen across the country. Logistics are handled by the National Gallery, but the security surrounding the painting remains shrouded in secrecy.
“When the request came in, it was like the most fun thing ever as a council to say, ‘yes, let’s send that one on the road’,” she said. “You are going to see extraordinary things go to extraordinary places that you will not expect to see them.” The process, she says, was surprisingly easy. “The minister announced the program towards the end of May, so it was pretty quick for a government.”
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