Megan Dunn
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Author and art writer Megan Dunn joins Kim to talk about two current shows with very different approaches to displaying public art collections.
A massive clearout of the Dowse Art Museum storage has resulted in a kooky eye feast with more than 1000 eclectic items on display; while Auckland Art Gallery reveals its queer pedigree with a selection celebrating eroticised male bodies
Unhinged: Opening the Door to the Dowse Collection is at the Dowse in Lower Hutt until 13 August. Manpower: Myths of Masculinity is at Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki until 6 August.
'Everything, Everywhere All At Once', Unhinged: Opening the Door to the Dowse Collection, The Dowse Art Museum, 2023. (PHOTO: Andy Mitchell)
'The Madhatters Tea Party' in Unhinged: Opening the Door to the Dowse Collection, The Dowse Art Museum, 2023. (PHOTO: Andy Mitchell)
Barry Lett's Pebble Dog in Unhinged: Opening the Door to the Dowse Collection, The Dowse Art Museum, 2023. (PHOTO: Andy Mitchell)
'The Enchanted Garden' in Unhinged: Opening the Door to the Dowse Collection, The Dowse Art Museum, 2023. (PHOTO: Elias Rodriguez)
'Everything, Everywhere All At Once' in Unhinged: Opening the Door to the Dowse Collection, The Dowse Art Museum, 2023. (PHOTO: Elias Rodriguez)
'Soft Spot' in Unhinged: Opening the Door to the Dowse Collection, The Dowse Art Museum, 2023. (PHOTO: Elias Rodriguez)
Francesco Pozzi's Cyparissus (1822) in Manpower: Myths of Masculinity (installation view), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2022. (PHOTO: supplied)
Manpower: Myths of Masculinity (installation view), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2022. (PHOTO: supplied)
William Calderon 'On the Sea-Beat Coast, where Hardy Thracians Tame the Savage Horse' (1905) Manpower: Myths of Masculinity (installation view), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2022. (PHOTO: supplied)
William A Sutton's 'Saint Sebastian' (1951) Manpower: Myths of Masculinity (installation view), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2022. (PHOTO: supplied)
Companions, Henry Tuke, 1924
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr C Macindoe, 1924 (PHOTO: supplied)
