Adam Art Gallery: Open Conversations Market Forces

OPEN CONVERSATIONS
Victoria University of Wellington academics speak with art practitioners working in the field and the collectors behind the exhibition Behind Closed Doors: New Zealand Art from Private Collections in Wellington.

Conversation 2.4: Market Forces
Thursday 8 September 2011, 6-7pm

Economic theorist Morris Altman and art auctioneer Ben Plumbly will review the factors that have informed the art market recently, debating whether its exponential growth can escape the inevitable boom and bust of the economic cycle.

FREE entry
All welcome

//Currently on show:
Behind Closed Doors: New Zealand Art from Private Collections in Wellington
4 June – 18 December 2011

This is a major exhibition that sets out to canvass selective ‘moments’ in a history of New Zealand art from 1946 to the present, drawn exclusively from private collections in Wellington. The exhibition includes paintings by renowned artists Toss Woollaston and Colin McCahon, seldom-seen works by Michael Smither and Rita Angus, along with provocative multimedia art works by Peter Robinson and Ronnie van Hout.