On The Road in February

- On February 14th at the Rotorua Bowling Club James Parkinson, Hamish Coney, Ross Millar and Pam Plumbly will conduct the Friends of the Rotorua Art Gallery and Museum Antiques Roadshow.

- On February 10th at 6:00pm Ben Plumbly will give a talk at the Tauranga Art Gallery toi tauranga on collecting art and the New Zealand Art Market.

- Next Wednesday and Thursday, the 3rd and 4th, Ben will be in Wellington apprasing entries for the upcoming Important Paintings and Contemporary Art auction.

A+O to Conduct Auction Fundraiser for TorchLight Films Latest Project

On Monday 15th of February at the Old Island Bay Film Studios at 33 Humber Street in Island Bay in Wellington, a particularly special Fundraising auction will take place. To help raise funds for Hook, Line and Sinker, the latest project following the incredibly successful Taking the Waewae Express (still above), TorchLight Films are holding a fundraiser in an endeavour to raise $30 000 to help complete the project. The event has been widely supported by the visual arts community and includes work by Gretchen Albrecht, Richard Killeen, Ralph Hotere and Warwick Freeman among many others. All the artist's involved have some connection to TorchLight film maker Andrea Bosshard who is the daughter of Patricia Bosshard, the former owner of the legendary Bosshard Galleries. To learn more or make a donation please go to: http://www.torchlightfilms.co.nz/fundraising/. It will be a fantastic evening and we look forward to seeing you there.

John Daly-People Reviews A+O's Final Major Srt Sale of 2009

You can read the review here on National Business Review:

http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/fine-art-auction-prices-holding-115835