Recent Photography Acquisitions by the Wallace Arts Trust

Recent Photography Acquisitions by the Wallace Arts Trust

Wallace Arts Trust at Pah Homestead
72 Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough, Auckland

03 - 29 November 2020

Jen Raoult, Persona #6, 2019, Photographic print, framed and glazed, 700x830mm

The Trust stages exhibitions of recent acquisitions on a regular basis throughout the year.

The vision of the Wallace Arts Trust is to support, promote and expose local contemporary artists through our ongoing, active and widespread acquisition programme, providing the public with an inimitable cultural and historical resource of New Zealand art. Sir James Wallace began collecting New Zealand art in the mid-1960s, with a particular focus on assisting emerging artists through both patronage and exhibitions. This results in a growing ʻdiary’ collection which now amounts to over 9,300 works with over 1,000 artists represented.

A number of artists are particularly well-represented in the Collection. Their work was first acquired as emergent artists and they have been consistently supported with purchases and commissions throughout their careers.