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Piera McArthur in Hello! Piera McArthur is one of New Zealand’s foremost contemporary artists. Her work is known for its joie-de-vivre and for its optimistic energy.One of Piera’s iconic paintings recently…

Ray Ching at Tauranga Art Gallery World-renowned artist Ray Ching has created a truly unique celebration of New Zealand’s birds and landscapes in his latest collection of works - Dawn Chorus. Magical,…

Gallipoli Work Fetches Record Price Legendary war art travels from Gallipoli to Parnell They were sketched amid the hell of Gallipoli, drew the complements of the World War 1 campaign’s…

The Auckland Heritage Festival in Parnell As part of the Auckland Heritage Festival, Jonathan Grant Gallery is celebrating Parnell’s heritage by exhibiting a selection of paintings depicting the area and…

Gallipoli Work Fetches Record Price A painting that symbolises the pain and tragedy of the failed  World War I Gallipoli campaign was sold yesterday to an undisclosed bidder.Simpson and his…

End to the Squandering of Beauty This painting is an allegory depicting the arrival of the Birds of Paradise into European culture. These birds came as skins, prepared by New…

Mystery Gallipoli Artist It didn’t take a historian to know the golden brown hills in the painting were those of Gallipoli, but it did take a gallery director turned art…

Ken Kendall 1928 - 2012 We are very sad to hear of the death of Ken Kendall. Ken exhibited at Jonathan Grant Galleries for over 20 years and during that…

The Solitude of Self Michael Dunn discusses the highly acclaimed exhibition Frances Hodgkins: The Expatriate Years 1901-1947, in the latest edition of Art New Zealand (Issue 143, Spring 2012). The exhibition was curated…

artwork saved from rubbish tip From a fine art gallery on London’s Bond St to a cupboard door in a student flat – a valuable piece of New Zealand artwork has…