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Amidst the steady trickle of closure announcements, the news of galleries expanding comes somewhat as a surprise.

I like the collegiality that art fairs seem to bring out between competing galleries. I remember at one fair, Andy Dinan from MARS gallery said to me, 鈥淚 really look out for James Makin at these events.

Sydney Contemporary returns from 8 to 11 September. Giving an early glimpse of their booths are 1301SW, The Commercial, Gallery 9, Martin Browne Contemporary, Neon Parc, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery...

To coincide with Mayfair Art Weekend (24鈥�26 June), Billy Apple庐 'Rainbows 1965' at The Mayor Gallery will run extended hours, open throughout the weekend and until 8pm on Friday night.

British Pop art icon Sir Peter Blake, known for his contribution to the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover, will have two shows running during the Mayfair Art Weekend in London from 24 to 26 June.

Mayfair Art Weekend is an annual celebration of London鈥檚 internationally renowned gallery district, bringing together Mayfair鈥檚 leading galleries for a weekend showcasing the best in contemporary art.

Born Barrie Bates, the artist was quick to identify ways artists could exploit ideas developed by marketers.

The iconic New Zealand artist talks to The Big Idea about what makes a creative stand out - providing an insight into how he achieved merging life with art.

A look into the home of the Starkwhite Gallery Director is an example of practising what you preach.

It turns out there's an exact middle of Middle Earth. Scientists have joined renowned conceptual artist Billy Apple in marking the centre of New Zealand's extended continental shelf.

The mark of a good symposium is when question time gets uncomfortable, when people are honest and the possibility for real change is discussed. A glimmer of such moments took place within No Common Ground, a one-day symposium recently held at Victoria University of Wellington.

Titled Billy Apple庐 Six Decades 1962鈥�2018 (9 June鈥�28 July 2018), the exhibition at Rossi & Rossi showcases some of Apple's dominant artistic preoccupations, selected by Wellington's Adam Art Gallery Te P膩taka Toi director Christina Barton.

The Arts Foundation of New Zealand honoured artists Billy Apple, Fred Graham, Bill Manhire, Albert Wendt and Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead last night at a prestigious ceremony at  Wellington鈥檚 Government House.

A court battle between an artist and a gallery director has ended with both men claiming victories but the artist expecting a hefty payout.

Displays brighten up galleries with character, colour and definition. This week art ranges from brilliant detail to plain abstraction