Gretel Packer, David Gonski join Sydney's new captains of culture

By Kirsty Needham
Updated October 23 2016 - 8:23pm, first published 7:07pm
Carriageworks director Lisa Havilah says the new structure will focus the institutions on being more entrepreneurial. Photo: Steven Siewert
Carriageworks director Lisa Havilah says the new structure will focus the institutions on being more entrepreneurial. Photo: Steven Siewert
Simon Mordant, Museum of Contemporary Art chairman, says the arts bureaucracy has been "reactive rather than proactive". Photo: Janie Barrett
Simon Mordant, Museum of Contemporary Art chairman, says the arts bureaucracy has been "reactive rather than proactive". Photo: Janie Barrett
Gretel Packer at Bulgari Art Award 2016 Art Gallery of NSW.  Photo: Belinda Rolland
Gretel Packer at Bulgari Art Award 2016 Art Gallery of NSW. Photo: Belinda Rolland

Four of Sydney's wealthiest philanthropists, Gretel Packer, David Gonski, John Kaldor and Simon Mordant, will join a high-powered group to drive cultural policy in NSW under a Baird government arts shakeup.

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