Death
In 1992, at the age of 78 and still energetically running the Tolarno Gallery he died of a brain tumour. Tolarno continues under the directorship of Jan Minchin in new premises at Level 4, 104 Exhibition Street Melbourne. George and Mirka's son William Mora continues the family tradition as the director of William Mora Galleries at 60 Tanner St Richmond. In Georges's memory The Georges Mora Foundation was established in May 2006. It is a not-for-profit cultural foundation dedicated to the promotion of contemporary art and artists in Melbourne and Australia.
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