Paul Walsh a well known street artist around Auckland's Mt Eden, has painted this fitting tribute to "his childhood hero" who inspired him to draw his own comics when he was young. Painted on the night he heard of Murray Ball's death, Dog's image looking up at a star is painted onto the water reservoir on top of Three Kings. While painted without permission, after thousands of complimentary responses, Watercare has decided to keep the work - for now. (source: NZ Herald)
Parisian tribal art dealer Anthony Meyer has donated this c1850 Kauri bailer to the Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, Holland. The donation was "To help complete its collection of Maori art and in celebration of my 20th anniversary at TEFAF [art fair]". The piece is described as an "exceptional" bailer and is thought to be the work of master carver Raharuhi Rukupo or one of his students, made in the Gisborne area in the mid 19th Century. (Antiques Trade Gazette print version 11 March 2017)
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