Fifteen public and private art galleries in Wellington will come together in a new arts festival to showcase work by various artists from around Aotearoa. The idea is to replicate art-crawl models which have found success overseas, such as London’s Art Night, or Paris’ or Berlin’s Art Week. “It’s quite unusual for dealer and public galleries to collaborate in this way,” said Grace Ridley-Smith, festival coordinator and manager of Wellington’s McLeavey Gallery. Seated, from left: Penney Moir and Jenny Neligan of Bowen Galleries, Olivia McLeavey of McLeavey Gallery, Judith Carswell of AVID Gallery, Paulette Robinson of Solendar Gallery, Alison Bartley of Bartley & Company Art. Portraiture was selected as the festival’s focus because it’s a “human” form of art, Ridley-Smith said.

Source: Stuff May 03, 2021 16:52 UTC