Peter Simpson – Cubism comes to Titirangi

Join writer, editor, critic, curator and former academic, Peter Simpson for his insight into the work produced by Colin McCahon on his arrival in Auckland in 1953.

As a curator Peter’s exhibitions on McCahon include; Candles in a Dark Room: James K. Baxter and Colin McCahon (Auckland Art Gallery, 1996); Colin McCahon: The Titirangi Years, 1953–1959 (Lopdell House, 2006) and the national touring exhibitions, Answering Hark: Caselberg/McCahon, Poet/Painter.