The Macquarie Group Collection: The land and its psyche

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Works by Australia's most exciting and innovative artists are showcased in Macquarie Group's offices in more than 30 cities around the world. Established in 1987, and focusing on landscape art, the objective of the Macquarie Group Collection has always been to support emerging artists. Today, it is one of the most vibrant and respected compilations of contemporary Australian art with many artists featured in the collection, such as Shaun Gladwell, Janet Laurence, Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori and Ben Quilty, now among the country's most respected practitioners. In The Macquarie Group Collection: The land and its psyche Julian Beaumont, Felicity Fenner and John McDonald profile key works, illustrating the diversity and beauty of the Australian landscape as seen through the eyes of its artists.

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Julian Beaumont joined Hill Samuel Australia, which later became the Macquarie Group, in 1972. In 1987 he established the Macquarie Group Collection and became its chairman, a position he has held ever since. He is a board member of the National Gallery of Australia Foundation and Artspace Visual Arts Centre, and has been a supporter and board member of many other artistic institutions since the 1990s.