Pollock’s ‘Blue Poles’ Will Travel to Western Australia for the First Time

Jackson Pollock’s 1952 painting ‘Blue Poles’ will travel to Perth for its first presentation in Western Australia. Insured at a reported $500 million, the work has long stood at the centre of debate about geographic inequality in access to national collections. The loan strengthens the idea that masterpieces should circulate publicly rather than remain concentrated in capital-city museums.