Rockhampton Art Gallery s Brendon Tohill turns the making of moving boxes into an artform
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With a cutting knife, hot-glue gun and cardboard, Brendon Tohill is crafting special housing for one of 3,000 pieces of artwork in his care.
The nationally significant collection, valued at more than $18 million, will soon be loaded into trucks with temperature, humidity and security controls for relocation to its new home in Rockhampton.
Most of the renowned collection, established by former Rockhampton mayor Rex Pilbeam and other community leaders in 1976, has been in storage for decades in the city s existing art gallery, which does not have enough space to display every piece.
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Asian Markets Mostly Lower Amid Cautious Trades
CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are mostly lower on Thursday after strong gains in the previous sessions and following the mixed cues overnight from Wall Street as the release of some upbeat economic data raised concerns of additional U.S. stimulus. Investors also turned cautious as they digested local corporate earnings results.
The Australian market is declining after three days of gains.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index is losing 32.50 points or 0.48 percent to 6,792.10 and the broader All Ordinaries Index is lower by 26.90 points or 0.38 percent to 7,064.00.
The major miners are weak. Rio Tinto is lower by almost 1 percent, while BHP Group and Fortescue Metals are down 0.2 percent each.