Christine Abrahams
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Christine Abrahams was a major supporter of contemporary Australia
n art in Melbourne since the 1970s. Artist Lenton Parr
said of Christine that she valued art “as a gift to the spirit and a source of pleasure and enlightenment."
She was Manager of Powell Street Gallery between 1976 and 1980 and a Co-Director of Axiom Gallery from 1980 to 1982. She founded Christine Abrahams Gallery in 1983 at 27 Gipps Street Richmond
, an inner suburb of Melbourne. The building was converted from a clothing factory by architect Daryl Jackson
in 1980. Christine Abrahams Gallery was operated from 1994 by her son Guy, and it closed after 25 years in November 2008. It was reopened by Kristian Pithie under his own name.
Christine initiated the influential Australian Contemporary Art Fair (now Melbourne Art Fair) and was a member of its organising committee in 1988, 1990 and 1992. She was on the board of the Fifth Australian Sculpture Triennial (1993) and was a member of the Visual Art Export Group of the Australia Council
and the Craft Council of Victoria.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n art in Melbourne since the 1970s. Artist Lenton Parr
Lenton Parr
Lenton Parr was an Australian sculptor and teacher born in East Coburg, Victoria.He spent eight years in the Royal Australian Air Force before enrolling to study sculpture at the Royal Melbourne Technical College , then worked in England 1955–57 as an assistant to Henry Moore...
said of Christine that she valued art “as a gift to the spirit and a source of pleasure and enlightenment."
She was Manager of Powell Street Gallery between 1976 and 1980 and a Co-Director of Axiom Gallery from 1980 to 1982. She founded Christine Abrahams Gallery in 1983 at 27 Gipps Street Richmond
Richmond, Victoria
Richmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...
, an inner suburb of Melbourne. The building was converted from a clothing factory by architect Daryl Jackson
Daryl Jackson
Daryl Sanders Jackson AO is an Australian architect, and the owner of an international architecture firm, Jackson Architecture...
in 1980. Christine Abrahams Gallery was operated from 1994 by her son Guy, and it closed after 25 years in November 2008. It was reopened by Kristian Pithie under his own name.
Christine initiated the influential Australian Contemporary Art Fair (now Melbourne Art Fair) and was a member of its organising committee in 1988, 1990 and 1992. She was on the board of the Fifth Australian Sculpture Triennial (1993) and was a member of the Visual Art Export Group of the Australia Council
Australia Council
The Australia Council, informally known as the Australia Council for the Arts, is the official arts council or arts funding body of the Government of Australia.-Function:...
and the Craft Council of Victoria.