Art Indemnity Australia
Art Indemnity Australia (AIA) was established in 1979 to provide greater access for the people of Australia to significant cultural exhibitions. Through AIA, the Commonwealth acts as an insurer and carries the financial risk in case of any loss or damage to indemnified works of art.
To minimise the Commonwealth risk under the program, direct access to AIA is limited to two managing organisations, Art Exhibitions Australia Ltd (AEA) and the National Gallery of Australia (NGA). Other institutions can gain access to the program by developing proposals in partnership with AEA and the NGA.
AIA has a rigorous set of guidelines relating to security, transport, conservation, and the geographic distribution of exhibitions to further minimise risk and maximise access by Australians around the nation.
Art Indemnity Australia - Exhibitions
Public access to exhibitions
Since 1979, 102 exhibitions with a total value of over $14 billion have been indemnified under the scheme including:
- Dutch Masters from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- National Treasures from Australia’s Great Libraries
- Constable: Impressions of Land, Sea and Sky
- Picasso: Love and War 1935-1945
- Cook’s Pacific Encounters
- Turner to Monet: the triumph of landscape painting
- Picasso & his collection
- Degas: master of French art
- American Impressionism and Realism: A Landmark Exhibition from the Met
Termination of Art Indemnity Australia
As announced in the 2009-10 Federal Budget, the Art Indemnity Australia Program will terminate from 1 July 2010 and will be replaced by the Australian Government International Exhibitions Insurance program.
Download AGIEI fact sheet
The Australian Government International Exhibitions Insurance program with funding of $2.0 million per annum will enable eligible institutions to purchase insurance for touring significant exhibitions (minimum value of $50 million) from international public and private cultural collections to venues across Australia. The AIA program will continue to operate in 2009-10 to meet existing commitments.
Download NCITO fact sheet
In addition some funding from the Art Indemnity Australia program allocation will be used to fund the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach program, which will commence on 1 July 2009.
The National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach program with funding of $1.0 million per annum will support the DEWHA portfolio national collecting institutions to tour their collections within Australia and overseas.
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Contacts
The Indemnity Officer
Collections Support and Indemnity
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Phone: 02 6275 9525
Fax: 02 6275 9664
