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Itâs ready to go, and itâs time to celebrate!
The Grafton Regional Gallery will reopen after a 14 month renovation with a three-day celebration for the whole community.
And itâs not just paintings on a wall, but a vibrant display of local art, lantern makings, music, inflatables and culture for all.
The gallery space is renewed after $7.6 million in renovations funded by Create NSW as part of the Regional Cultural Fund.
Celebrations at the gallery will commence on Friday March 19 with an official opening at 3pm by Special Minister of State and Minister the Arts Don Harwin, and will continue with exhibitions opening at 5.30pm.
Lucio dishes up 40 years of art morsels
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Lucio Galletto has just polished off a lunch of spaghetti and clams when Saleroom calls about Sundayâs auction of the sprawling art collection that hung in his legendary Sydney restaurant.
âNow that Iâm unemployed I have to wash up as well,â Galletto says from his holiday home in Mollymook, on the south coast of New South Wales.
Legendary Paddington restaurateur Lucio Galletto is retiring and auctioning off some of the artworks he has collected over 37 years. Â
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âIt is very strange,â Galletto says. âI am already bored, because it wasnât only my restaurant, it was my life.â
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