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1969 Comeback Special Floortalk
Gretchen Albrecht Banded Orange 1973. Acrylic on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1974
Talk
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Free
Curator Peter Vangioni discusses this exhibition and the history of the acquisitions made by Brian Muir, director of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery during a watershed year for New Zealand contemporary art.
This talk accompanies 1969 Comeback Special, a fascinating focus show centred on a decade in which the Gallery’s first professional director, Brian Muir, began to acquire contemporary New Zealand art for the city’s collection.
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Exhibition
1969 Comeback Special
27 August – 6 November 2016
A fascinating focus show centred on a decade in which Gallery director, Brian Muir, began to acquire contemporary New Zealand art for the city’s collection.
