NSW:NSW Art Gallery director Capon retires

AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2011
NSW:NSW Art Gallery director Capon retires

SYDNEY, Aug 3 AAP - Edmund Capon will retire after 33 years as the director of the
Art Gallery of NSW, it has been announced.

The 70-year-old has served as director since he was recruited from London's Victoria
and Albert Museum in 1978 by then NSW premier, Neville Wran.

"Rarely, if ever, has a single person so embodied the spirit and ambition of an institution
as has Edmund," president of the board of trustees of the gallery, Steven Lowy, said.

Mr Lowy announced Mr Capon's resignation at a press conference on Wednesday, saying
he set a goal for the gallery soon after his appointment.

"Edmund made it clear he wanted the gallery to pursue quality and not, to use his words
at the time, a broad expansion of all areas at a mediocre level," Mr Lowy said.

"As we look around the gallery today, and reflect on all that has happened under Edmund's
leadership, there can be no doubt that he has more than fulfilled that early ambition."

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