Cultural gifts

Guidance on donating artworks to Australian public collections under the Cultural Gifts Program.

In practice: Contemporary Chinese art

David Teniers the Younger, The Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Painting Gallery in Brussels, 1651, Prado Museum, Madrid

The Cultural Gifts Program offers tax incentives to encourage people to donate cultural items to public art galleries, museums, libraries and archives in Australia.

Words For Art provides advice on accessing the Cultural Gifts Program. We can guide you through the necessary steps in donating artworks to eligible public institutions and to accruing significant tax incentives through the gifting of art.