The Canada Council Art Bank recently announced plans to purchase $100,000 worth of Aboriginal art to enhance its collection, and to celebrate its 30th anniversary and the 45th anniversary of the Canada Council for the Arts. Created in 1972, the Art Bank has the largest collection of contemporary Canadian art in the world including some 18,000 artworks, with over 6,000 works currently rented out to more than 200 government and corporate clients. Director Victoria Henry commented the Art Bank will be looking for both contemporary and traditional Aboriginal art, including paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and fine crafts. 'We want our collection to better reflect the outstanding work done by First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists across the country… A special purchase of Aboriginal art is a wonderful way to both celebrate this anniversary year and increase the number of works by Aboriginal artists in our collection,' she said.