Bringing home the Bacom

Well in this case it’s bringing home the McCahon. Te Papa snuck one of McCahon’s great works out of Australia and at a great price. For $350,000, a price that won’t even get you a mediocre Goldie, Mondrian’s Last Chrysanthemum, one of McCahon’s most luscious paintings, has got to be a recession bargain. To top it off the purchase created a positive media response (not something that has dogged McCahon) including a front page story in Wellington’s Dominion Post.