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Toronto
I was really pleased to be able to spend a couple of days in Toronto last week. It was the first time I'd been to this city and I was struck with the difference in pace from Manhattan – it seemed somehow more like New Zealand, perhaps unsurprising given the British heritage of both countries. This was confirmed in a way I hadn't expected by my visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario.
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Signing On
This Wednesday night our weekly late night tour is something a little different. It's the second of our quarterly Sign Language tours for the Deaf community.
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Philadelphia
Last Friday I visited the Philadelphia Art Museum for the day. PAM was founded 135 years ago (so is 10 years older than Dunedin Public Art Gallery and Auckland Art Gallery). But what a huge difference a great history of philanthropy and generous gifts in kind makes.
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New York
Curator Peter Vangioni and I have been in New York City since last Wednesday, selecting a gift of works on paper from New Zealand artist Max Gimblett, who has been resident in New York for some 35 years.
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Burntime
Speaking of the light in Australia, here's a memo to all creators of public art in New Zealand: think solar.
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Light readings
Since it's winter, and my U.V. levels are bottoming out, I'm not even going to talk about how inconsiderate it was of the people who built this Gallery to create offices with no windows.
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Join our volunteer guide team
The Gallery is recruiting volunteers to guide daily tours and assist with school and holiday programmes.
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B.162 in progress
Sometimes it feels like the second that one issue of Bulletin has hit the doorstep, it's time to start the next. But this next issue feels like it's going to be a good one.
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We've been geo-tagging
We've started adding geo-tags to the works in our collection that show a real place. However, we're stuck on a few and we'd love to hear from you if you know where any of the locations are.
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Oh Baby, It's Art turns 1!
On Thursday 1 July, the Gallery celebrated the first birthday of Oh Baby, It's Art – tours for parents and babies which take place on the first Thursday morning of the month.