It is now more than half a century since the Whitlam Government purchased the famous Jackson Pollock painting Blue Poles for what was considered a huge sum of money at the time causing much criticism of the Whitlam Government for wasting money at a time of high inflation and unemployment. The purchase, however, would stand [...]
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Speaker: Tom McIlroy - Political correspondent, The Australian Financial Review & author of Blue Poles - Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam & the Painting that Changed a Nation Topic: Jackson Pollock, The Blue Poles Controversy & The Whitlam Labor Government Date: Wednesday 5 March 2025 Time: 6pm Venue: The Sydney Institute, 47 Phillip Street (bet Bent & Bridge Streets) Sydney LIGHT [...]
Speaker: Tom McIlroy - Political correspondent, The Australian Financial Review & author of Blue Poles - Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam & the Painting that Changed a Nation Topic: Jackson Pollock, The Blue Poles Controversy & The Whitlam Labor Government Date: Wednesday 5 March 2025 Time: 5.30 for 6pm Venue: The Sydney Institute, 47 Phillip Street (bet Bent & Bridge Streets) Sydney [...]
