Here’s some things that are celebrating (well maybe
not) their 55th anniversary this year.
Hamish Keith joins a professional staff of five at
the Auckland City Art Gallery
Len Lye begins making Free Radicals which he will
revise into its final form in 1979
Rita Angus heads to England to study at the Chelsea
School of Art for a year
Arnold Wilson takes up his post as art teacher at
the newly-built Bay of Islands College in Kawakawa
After a three-month trip to the United States Colin
McCahon returns to New Zealand and paints his Northland Panels
The term “Pop Art” is used for the first time by
Lawrence Alloway in Architectural Digest
Architect (and photographer) James Chapman Taylor
dies in Lower Hutt
The exhibition British
Abstract Painting tours New Zealand
Auckland City Art Gallery mounts the first of its
touring New Zealand artist exhibitions Eight
NZ Painters 1
Arnold Nordmeyer’s ‘Black budget’ puts an end to
importing touring exhibitions
Ans Westra moves to Wellington after having arrived
in New Zealand the previous year
Milan Mrkusich leaves the Auckland design company Brenner
Associates and starts painting full time
