

“I think there is one more photograph I have to find. The last photograph. I’m still looking for it. It’s out there somewhere. I’m waiting for it to claim me, the last photograph. I don’t know what it is, but when I see it, I’ll know it and I’ll buy it, and it will hang with all the others. And maybe then the life, the story, the quest, will be complete.” – Peter McLeavey
This is the first substantial presentation of Peter McLeavey’s private collection of photographs amassed over forty years. McLeavey (1936-2015) is highly regarded as New Zealand’s premiere art dealer, representing many of New Zealand’s most significant artists. His passion for photography is less well-known but curators Geoffrey Batchen and Deidra Sullivan argue his collection is a key to his enigmatic character. Batchen and Sullivan have catalogued McLeavey’s photographs and this exhibition presents over 90 works, nearly three-quarters of the entire collection.
“I think there is one more photograph I have to find. The last photograph. I’m still looking for it. It’s out there somewhere. I’m waiting for it to claim me, the last photograph. I don’t know what it is, but when I see it, I’ll know it and I’ll buy it, and it will hang with all the others. And maybe then the life, the story, the quest, will be complete.” – Peter McLeavey
This is the first substantial presentation of Peter McLeavey’s private collection of photographs amassed over forty years. McLeavey (1936-2015) is highly regarded as New Zealand’s premiere art dealer, representing many of New Zealand’s most significant artists. His passion for photography is less well-known but curators Geoffrey Batchen and Deidra Sullivan argue his collection is a key to his enigmatic character. Batchen and Sullivan have catalogued McLeavey’s photographs and this exhibition presents over 90 works, nearly three-quarters of the entire collection.