21st-Century Collecting at the Adam Art Gallery

Billy Apple, Phil Dadson and Jae Hoon Lee are represented in 21st-Century Collecting at Wellington's Adam Art Gallery. Curated by Christina Barton, the exhibition raises questions about contemporary art practice and the challenges facing those who are its custodians.

Image top to bottom: Billy Apple, From the VUW Collection (2005), Phil Dadson, Aerial Farm (2006) video still, Jae Hoon Lee, Muriwai (2008), digitally manipulated photograph 

New publication: Gavin Hipkins' Bible Studies (New Testament)

The Adam Art Gallery has produced a publication to accompany the exhibition Bible Studies (New Testament) by Gavin Hipkins, which runs at the Gallery to 19 December 2009 and then again from 8 January to 4 February 2010. The publication includes contributions by Christina Barton, Director of the Adam Art Gallery and Rex Butler, Reader in Art History at the University of Queensland, along with a conversation between the artist and Allan Smith, a Senior Lecturer in Fine Arts at Auckland University. The publication can be purchased on line at Adam Art Gallery Publications. 

Image: Gavin Hipkins, Pictures Black, from the Bible Studies (New Testament) series, 2008-2009, C-type photograph, 1200 x 1400mm