by the National Gallery. The informal conversations explore how works were made and then acquired. Gleeson was a visiting curator of Australian art at the time of the interviews, and then chairman of the Gallery's Acquisitions Committee from 1974 to 1975. The interviews were commissioned by the Gallery's director, James Mollison, in order to collect more information for the Gallery's Research Library collection. The original tapes, transcripts, photographs and digitised recordings are held by the Gallery's Library. In 2008, the James Gleeson Oral History Collection's significance was recognised by it being inscribed into the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register. The inscription was announced at the program's conference, Communities and Memories: A Global Perspective in Canberra. His retrospective in 2004–2005, Beyond the Screen of Sight, included 120 paintings and was exhibited in Melbourne and Canberra. The Art Gallery of New South Wales exhibited Gleeson's drawings for paintings in 2003 and The Ubu diptych in 2005 to celebrate Gleeson's 90th birthday. The Ubu diptych is regarded as one of his greatest. In September 2007, the largest collection of Australian surrealism ever collected was donated to the National Gallery of Australia by Ray Wilson. The collection included various works by James Gleeson. Death Gleeson died in Sydney on 20 October 2008, aged 92. His life partner Frank O'Keefe died in 2007. See also Australian art References External links Grandi Artisi - James Gleeson - collection of his paintings Eva Breuer Art Dealer - more of his paintings James Gleeson artworks (for sale) on art.net.au James Gleeson at the Art Gallery of New South Wales James Timothy Gleeson at Australian Art James Gleeson passes away, 20 October 2008, The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, Australia James Gleeson: Surrealist painter, art critic and curator who drew dark inspiration from contemporary events (Obituary), Kathy Marks, The Independent, 29 October 2008 1915 births 2008 deaths Australian art critics Gay artists Artists from Sydney National Art School alumni Australian LGBT poets 20th-century Australian painters 20th-century Australian male artists 20th-century Australian poets Australian male poets 20th-century Australian male writers Members of the Order of Australia Officers of the Order of Australia Australian male painters 20th-century LGBT people Australian gay writers