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“People who buy these often end up with a lot of good luck in their lives because they have a lot of spiritual meaning."

Auctioneer Richard Thomson talking up C.F.Goldie in the Dominion Post

Pass it on

With exhibitions coming up for Seraphine Pick and etal. in Christchurch and Japan’s Yayoi Kusama in Wellington, you might think it’s the year of the woman artist here in New Zealand, but consider the Pompidou in Paris. They have just announced that they are filling their entire permanent collection galleries with works by women. Yes, the men are off to storage. The curator Camille Morineau says, “It’s a risk.” 500 works by 200 women. An OTN cap for the first museum director to do it in New Zealand.

"It's big and gorgeous. It is rather fabulous and dominating..."
Art Fair director Jennifer Buckley describing a painting of a naked Nicky Watson by Liz Maw’s at the Auckland Art Fair - NZ Herald