Bequests

The Elder Bequest was the first major bequest fund to any Australian gallery and this act of generosity transformed AGSA’s collection. Your bequest can also benefit the Art Gallery of South Australia and its visitors for generations to come.

Bequests play a significant role in growing and enriching the state’s art collection, assisting the Gallery to deliver impactful public programs and create meaningful experiences through art.

Your bequest can expand your favourite collecting area or support the Gallery where it is needed most. Bequests can be made to honour the memory of loved ones, with their name appearing in appropriate acknowledgements.

You can contribute to the development of AGSA’s collection and programs by gifting artworks, financial assistance or property to the AGSA Foundation.

If you leave a bequest to the AGSA Foundation you will be:

• acknowledged with the corresponding level of Foundation membership
• formally acknowledged on the Donors’ Board and in the Foundation Annual Report
• acknowledged for all gifts of works of art or acquisitions made with the support of a bequest, in the caption of the work and wherever the image of that work is reproduced
• invited to join the Thomas Elder Circle and attend exclusive annual Thomas Elder Circle events.

Thomas Elder Circle

The Thomas Elder Circle honours your bequest during your lifetime, offering a unique opportunity to develop a closer relationship with AGSA, if you wish.

Join the Thomas Elder Circle by making a notified bequest, and enrich the lives of future generations.

Bequest FAQs

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For further information or to notify us of a bequest, please contact the Foundation:

Ashlyn Hannam | Head of Philanthropy
hannam.ashlyn@artgallery.sa.gov.au
+61 8 8429 4939

Foti Hadji | Philanthropy Coordinator
cc@artgallery.sa.gov.au
+61 8 7085 1671