1 June 2011 Media Release

Early Bird Tickets On Sale Until 30 June

Auckland Art Fair, showcasing cutting edge artworks by some of the most sought after contemporary artists in Australia and New Zealand, is extending its offer of Early Bird and VIP Collectors' Packages until the end of June to encourage patrons to secure their tickets well before the August 4-7 event.

"This fair will be our biggest and best yet with forty of Australasia's top galleries exhibiting for sale some very desirable, challenging and thought provoking work that will get people talking," says Art Fair Director Jennifer Buckley. "There's a wonderful mix of artists this time - from household names, some of whom are no strangers to controversy, right through to newcomers who you may not know now but will be hearing a lot more of in coming years."

Highlights of the biennial fair, the first big event to be hosted at the nearly completed Viaduct Events Centre, include the glittering Vernissage opening, with Jennifer Ward-Lealand as MC, the public lecture by New York man about town and doyen of the international art scene, Knight Landesman, the publisher of Artforum, and a dynamic public programme of lectures, storytelling, tours and artist and gallery talks.

Over 10,000 people are expected to attend the fair which is geared not only for collectors and practiced art lovers but for newcomers who want to learn about art, meet gallery owners and artists and see original work all under one roof.

For more information please contact: Media: Susan Robinson-Derus, Convergence Communications and Marketing M.+64 21 723 207 P. +64 9 638 8331 E. susan@conv.co.nz W. conv.co.nz Programme on www.artfair.co.nz Tickets on sale on 1 May through www.iticket.co.nz Auckland Art Fair 2011 at a glance 4 -7 August 2011 at the Viaduct Events Centre, Halsey Street,

Opening Times

* Thursday 4 August 11.00am to 6.00pm

* Friday 5 August 11.00am to 8.00pm

* Saturday and Sunday 6 and 7 August 10.00am to 6.00pm

Programme Highlights

* Vernissage opening gala Wednesday 3 August 7:00-11:00 pm - Bookings essential

* International keynote speaker, Knight Landesman, presented by ANZ Private Bank, Friday 5 August - Bookings essential

* Guided Tours and Artist Floor Talks daily

* Public Lecture Series and panel discussions by invited speakers

* A fully illustrated event catalogue and accompanying texts

Tickets - www.itickets.co.nz

Early Bird Collector's Packages $250.00* to 30 June

* 1 invitation to the exclusive Collectors' Preview Wednesday, 3 August 5:00-7:00 pm

* 1 Vernissage ticket Wednesday, 3 August 7:00-10:30 pm

* 1 Keynote lecture ticket

* 4 day unlimited admission pass

* VIP lounge privileges

* Reserved seating at lectures

Early Bird Vernissage Tickets* Vernissage Early Bird $100.00 ($125.00 from 1 July)

Event Tickets*

* Keynote speaker lecture $45.00

* Early Bird General Admission $20 (25.00 from 1 July)

* Group general admission concession for 10 or more $200.00

* Ticket prices do not include booking fee.

Exhibitors Artis Gallery

Jensen Gallery

PAULNACHE

Bartley + Company Art

John Leech Gallery

Peter McLeavey Gallery

Bath Street Gallery

Jonathan Smart Gallery

Robert Heald

Bowen Galleries

Mark Hutchins Gallery

Sanderson Contemporary Art

Brett McDowell Gallery

Martin Browne Fine Art

Starkwhite

Darren Knight

Masterworks Gallery

Sue Crockford Gallery

David Pestorius Gallery

Melanie Roger Gallery

Suite

Dominik Mersch Gallery

Michael Lett Gallery

Sutton Gallery

FHE Galleries

Milford Galleries

Tim Melville Gallery

Gow Langsford Gallery

Neonparc

Two Rooms

Greenaway Art Gallery

Niagara Galleries

Utopian Slumps

Hamish McKay Gallery

OREXART

Warwick Henderson Gallery

Ivan Anthony Gallery

Page Blackie Gallery

Whitespace

Artists

Mark Adams

Ray Haydon

Louise Purvis

Gretchen Albrecht

Andre Hemer

Helen Pynor

Rick Amor

Andre Hemer

Jude Rae

Chris Bailey

Michael Hight

Paula Rego

Stephen Bambury

Matt Hinkley

Jenny Rendall

Joachim Bandau

Damien Hirst

John Reynolds

Kathy Barry

Linda Holloway

Ann Robinson

Alexander Bartleet

Robert Hood

James Robinson

Graham Bennett

Ralph Hotere

Peter Robinson

Don Binney

Dave Hullfish Bailey

Mark Rodda

John Blackburn

Gavin Hurley

Winston Roeth

Pippa Blake

Lonnie Hutchinson

John Roy

Isidro Blasco

Callum Innes

Thomas Ruff

Marion Borgelt

Robert Jahnke

Norbert Schwontkowski

Paul Boston

Megan Jenkinson

Martin Selman

Roger Boyce

Tim Johnson

Ava Seymour

Robert Bridgewater

David Jolly

Marie Shannon

Nigel Brown

Jennifer Joseph

Liz Sharek

Mary-Louise Browne

Robyn Kahukiwa

Michael Shepherd

Kushana Bush

Jill Kennedy

Emily Siddell

Stephen Bush

Richard Killeen

Sally Smart

Helen Calder

Virginia King

Kiki Smith

Jon Campbell

Clemens Krauss

Michael Stevenson

Joyce Campbell

Gregor Kregar

Heather Straka

Kevin Capon

Tony Lane

Richard Stratton

Ben Cauchi

Peata Larkin

Ricky Swallow

Chris Charteris

Tyrone Layne

Wilma Tabacco

Ray Ching

Marie Le Lievre

Elizabeth Thomson

Liyen Chong

Lindy Lee

Geoff Thornley

Gunter Christmann

Saskia Leek

Imants Tillers

Trevelyan Clay

Andy Leleisi'uao

Yvonne Todd

Ruth Cleland

Sarah Lucas

Greer Twiss

Elliot Collins

Patrick Lundberg

Francis Upritchard

Octavia Cook

Euan Macleod

Ronnie van Hout

Chiara Corbelletto

Peter Madden

Gary Waldrom

Giacomo Costa

Richard Maloy

Jake Walker

Shane Cotton

Leigh Martin

Raewyn Walsh

Mike Crawford

Paul Maseyk

Gordon Walters

Maryrose Crook

Colin McCahon

John Ward Knox

Lisa Crowley

Noel McKenna

Andy Warhol

Garry Currin

John McLean

Denys Watkins

Julian Dashper

Rob McLeod

Jenny Watson

Neil Dawson

John Meade

Rohan Wealleans

Peter Deckers

Gilbert Melrose

Louise Weaver

Matt Dowman

Sam Mitchell

Boyd Webb

Andrew Drummond

Julia Morison

Ans Westra

Lianne Edwards

Roger Mortimer

Wheeler

Tegan Empson

Russell Moses

Brendon Wilkinson

James Ensor

Sarah Munro

Mervyn Williams

Elger Esser

Kazu Nakagawa

Tracey Williams

Vicki Fanning

Yoshiko & Shintaro Nakahara

Amber Wilson

Irene Ferguson

Te Ao Marama Ngarimu

Emily Wolfe

Fatu Feu'u

Geoffrey Notman

Pamela Wolfe

Barry Flanagan

Brendan O'Brien

Glen Wolfgramm

Graham Fletcher

Gregory O'Brien

Steve Woodward

Hamish Foote

James Ormsby

Mark Wooller

Selina Foote

Tony Oursler

Wayne Youle

Warwick Freeman

Peter Panyoczki

Marti Friedlander

Fiona Pardington

Karl Fritsch

Cornelia Parker

Dick Frizzell

Miranda Parkes

Sally Gabori

Anton Parsons

Martino Gamper

PJ Paterson

Rosalie Gascoigne

Reuben Paterson

Diena Georgetti

Campbell Patterson

Max Gimblett

Alan Pearson

Elizabeth Grant

Johanna Pegler

Bill Hammond

Séraphine Pick

Jeffrey Harris

Kim Pieters

Michael Harrison

Martin Poppelwell

Sam Harrison

Diane Prince

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