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About the Gallery • McLeavey Gallery McLeavey Gallery About the Gallery Peter McLeavey started dealing contemporary New Zealand art in 1966, from his flat on The Terrace, Wellington. “I thought I’d ring Toss and Colin and get them to send down a few paintings and see what happened,” Peter said, recounting how he started out as an art dealer. He placed an ad to this effect in the Evening Post and started to sell paintings. His first sale was a landscape work by MT Woollaston, which sold for 60 guineas, from his gallery-cum-flat on the Terrace. Alan Maddox outside the Peter McLeavey Gallery in Cuba Street, 1985. In 1968 he moved the gallery to its current spot at 147 Cuba Street , where it still sits. During this time he has held more than 560 exhibitions. When he moved to Cuba St he began working with Gordon Walters, Michael Illingworth, Colin McCahon, Milan Mrkusich, Michael Smither, Ian Scott, Pat Hanley, Ray Thorburn, and MT Woollaston. Highlights from the first year included Colin McCahon “Exhibition of the Northland Panels”, Don Driver “Paintings and Constructions”, Gordon Walters “Paintings” and Barry Brickell “Pottery”. Peter’s reason for setting up a gallery in Wellington — not Australia, England or Europe — was to contribute to the visual culture of New Zealand, aptly alluded to in his 1998 show “What We Do Here”. He wanted to sell art that was about this country, this place, that tells our stories.…
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