Dear All, Please find below a Campaign Media Release from the ALP. We are pleased to announce that all three major political parties in Australia have now reached a consensus position to rule out the Cooper Report proposals to ban artworks ...Read More
Save Super Art now calls for a public rally to be held in Melbourne on Sunday 8th August to bury the Cooper recommendations to ban artworks from SMSFs once and for all. If you are in Melbourne next weekend please ...Read More
Robert Clinch, contemporary realist painter of remarkable urban capriccios, writes to Prime Minister Julia Gillard with his views on the Cooper recommendations. To read his letter, click HERE Sydney gallery owner Kate Owen has also written to Julia Gillard. To read her letter, click HERE Let ...Read More
Please find attached an Open Letter from the Convener of the Save Super Art campaign, Tom Lowenstein that was sent to Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday: WILL YOU PLEASE ALLOW THE AUSTRALIAN ARTS INDUSTRY TO MOVE FORWARD The Australian Greens have now publicly stated their ...Read More
THE COOPER REPORT AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ARTS The Minister for the Arts, Peter Garrett during yesterday morning session, made a statement that he would continue to argue very strongly for measures which will ensure sustainability of the visual arts ...Read More
Those living in the Melbourne area have a chance tomorrow to directly ask Minister for the Arts Peter Garrett whether the Federal Government will rule out the Cooper recommendations to ban artworks from SMSFs. He will be addressing the University of ...Read More
As an art market professional over many years, I am stunned that the Government is not allowing art as an appropriate investment. This goes against all international research and trends. Indeed, art investment has proven as successful as any other asset ...Read More
The final Cooper Report into Superannuation was released on Monday. It contained the recommendations that Self-Managed Superannuation Funds were no longer to be allowed to invest in the Australian art market and all SMSF artwork collections were to be sold within a five-year divestment ...Read More
The final report of the Cooper Review into Superannuation, delivered to Government yesterday has now called for legislation to ban self-managed super funds from investing in art and requested a shorter time period for super fund art collections to be divested than it previously recommended in April, writes ...Read More
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The Federal Government’s Cooper Review of Superannuation has called for a ban on art investment in Self Management Super Funds (SMFS). The Cooper Review also wants SMSFs to divest all art investments within 10 years. These recommendations are extremely damaging to the Australian art industry. |
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