Artbank

After driving past the building that hosts Artbank a few times, I finally managed to break up my day and stop for a visit. What is Artbank? It’s an art rental establishment which was established in 1980 by the Australian Government as an arts support program. We’re sold already!
Part of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Office for the Arts, Artbank promotes the diverse Australian culture and offers everybody the chance to enjoy Australian art by offering the collection for rent. The revenues from the rentals are then reinvesting back in to the collection. Sweet!
Walk through the sunlight filled space and you’ll find a large group of artworks by emerging artists from paintings and photography, to contemporary craft, sculpture and Indigenous art. (We hear the whole Artbank collection has over 10,000 contemporary artworks for rental)
And even though we’d love to have more art at home, our walls don’t have the space for it right now. Just in case, we found out the costs involved anyway and were pleased to discover that rental fees start from $ 110 per artwork, with the minimum contract total of $ 550 per year. And for businesses, fees are 100% tax deductible.