MEDIA RELEASE
Friday 6 March 2015
NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES INDEPENDENT REVIEWER OF PROVENANCE RESEARCH PROJECT
The National Gallery of Australia is pleased to announce that The Hon. Sue Crennan, former Justice of the High Court of Australia has been appointed as the independent reviewer to its Asian Art Provenance Research Project.
The project, which commenced in December 2014, is undertaking a methodical examination of the provenance of works of art from the NGA’s Asian collection.
In January 2008, Mrs Crennan was awarded the highest Australian civilian honour, Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), for outstanding service to the law and the judiciary, particularly through leadership and mentoring roles with legal and professional associations, as a contributor to reform, and to the community. Mrs Crennan retired from the High Court of Australia last month. She was only the second woman to sit on the High Court bench, following former Justice Mary Gaudron, who was appointed in 1987.
As the independent reviewer of the NGA’s Asian Art Provenance Research Project, she will evaluate the research on each work of art and management’s recommendations, and make a determination as to whether artworks in the Asian collection conform legally and ethically to Australian and international laws and guidelines.
For further information on the Asian Art Provenance Research Project please visit 
http://nga.gov.au/collections/asia   
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National Gallery of Australia 
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