Author Talk: James Fairfax Portrait of a collector in eleven objects

James Fairfax was one of the nation’s greatest philanthropists, collectors and champions of Australian art. Chairman of what was then known as John Fairfax Ltd, he put together one of the country’s most important collections of European Old Masters, and was a generous benefactor to the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.

Join us at the Maritime Museum as James' nephew, Alexander Gilly, talks about his new book -a evocative biography that pieces together Fairfax’s life through the prism of his art collection. Through a long-case clock built by Fairfax’s grandfather and given to his parents as a wedding gift, a painting by Rubens, a sculpture by Robert Klippel, a mural created for his country home by Donald Friend and other treasured objects, Gilly reveals the complex private and public lives of a man at the centre of a media dynasty.

Copies of the books will be available for purchase and be signed by the author.

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