Warwick Henderson

Warwick Henderson (born 1953 Te Kopuru, New Zealand), is a New Zealand gallerist, art collector, art fair pioneer and author of "Behind the Canvas – An Insider's Guide to the New Zealand Art Market".

Background

Henderson launched an Art Business in the late 1970s from an office in Emily Place, Auckland, New Zealand where he established an art trading and export company, initially specialising in the exports of New Zealand created artwork.[1]

Arts career

Henderson established the Artex Art Fair in New Zealand in 1986 and built a purpose built dealer gallery in Parnell in 1987. The Warwick Henderson Gallery has since held over 300 exhibitions and has represented New Zealand artists such as Michael Illingworth, Philip Trusttum, Nigel Brown, Mervyn Williams, Fatu Feu'u, Philippa Blair, Robyn Kahukiwa, Dame Louise Henderson, Trevor Moffitt, Keith Patterson and Rozi Demant.[2][3] Henderson has been involved in the promotion of South Pacific Art in New Zealand, this being a theme at several New Zealand art fairs where he has exhibited.

Henderson also holds an Auctioneers licence and has organised fundraiser and general art auctions since 1985.

Museum Exhibitions

From 1996 to 1998 Henderson curated two shows which toured museums in New Zealand, "The Toy Show"[4][5][6][7] and “The Games Show”. The Museums that hosted these shows included, among others, the Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tamaki Paenga a Hira, the Waikato Museum – Te Whare Taonga O and the Christchurch Museum. The shows involved hundreds of early period and antique games and toys, revealing the way these items reflect and record the path of social and economic history.

Publications

Henderson wrote a book on the New Zealand Art Market and Art Collecting (“Behind the Canvas – An Insider’s Guide to the New Zealand Art Market”, published New Holland) in 2012.[8][9][10] This book includes chapters on subjects such as Building an Art Collection, Art at Auction, Buying Art for Investment, How to Avoid Fakes and Forgeries, Selling Artwork, How Dealer Galleries Operate, Taking Care of Artwork, Advice for Artists, Conceptual Art, Public Galleries, Funding Agencies and Private Benefactors, How to Find a Bargain and An Overview and History of the Art Market.[11] The book was widely reviewed.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

He has written for various magazines and dealer gallery catalogues including articles and essays for Personal Investor Magazine, Home and Building Magazine, Carters Antique Guide and Antique Toy World Magazine.[21]

Selected essays and articles

"The Art of Art Investment", Personal Investment New Zealand Magazine, July 1987, Pages 64 – 66 "Good Paintings with Limited Funds" Personal Investment New Zealand Magazine, August 1987, Pages 126 – 127

"Comment – Artex 1990" Home and Building Magazine 1990, December 1990 – January 1991, Page 162

"Antiques – Fine art or Fun Ho" Home and Building Magazine, December 1990 – January 1991 Pages 96 – 97

"Art Market Shows Buoyancy" Carters Antiques and Collectibles Magazine New Zealand and Australia, July 1992, Page 41

"Triplets – Three Antique Pedal Cars – A True Story" Antique Toy World Magazine, April 1993, Pages 50 – 52

"Pedal Cars at the Oasis, Pedal Cars on the Moon", Antique Toy World Magazine, November 1995, vol 25 311, Pages 72–74

"Introduction – The Toy Show", Published Auckland Museum December 1996

"Summer Catalogue – Selected Artists", Warwick Henderson Gallery December 2004, Pages 3,4,10,13,22,29

"Introduction – Autumn Catalogue 2005", Warwick Henderson Gallery 2005

"A Post War Modern Movement, New Zealand Art from the 1950s and 1960s", Warwick Henderson Gallery, June 2006

"New Zealand Art Changes the Guard", Spring Catalogue, Warwick Henderson Gallery September 2006

"Introduction – Summer Catalogue 2006 – 2007", Warwick Henderson Gallery December 2006

"Post Modernism in New Zealand", Autumn Catalogue, Warwick Henderson Gallery May 2007

"Fa'aola – Fatu Feu'u" Catalogue Introduction, Warwick Henderson Gallery June 2010

"Longer, Hotter, Summer –Tyrone Lane" Catalogue Introduction, Warwick Henderson Gallery October 2010

"The First Post – Mark Wooller" Catalogue introduction, Warwick Henderson Gallery April 2011

"Behind the Canvas – An Insider's Guide to the New Zealand Art Market", New Holland 2012

"Dreaming of Utopia – Justin Summerton" Catalogue Introduction, Warwick Henderson Gallery May 2013

References

  1. ↑ Chappel Dan. Gallery's Milestone, Art News New Zealand, Spring Issue 2013
  2. ↑ http://www.warwickhenderson.co.nz/about/
  3. ↑ Artzone NZ Gallery Guide, Issue No.50, 2013, page 47.
  4. ↑ Carroll, Penelope. New Zealand Herald, Saturday 13 December 1996
  5. ↑ Henderson, Warwick. Introduction – The Toy Show, Published by Auckland Museum December 1996
  6. ↑ Roberts, Victoria, Nasty sting in the tale of our Buzzy Bee Icon, The New Zealand Herald July 1999
  7. ↑ Letter to the Editor, New Zealand Herald, 11 January 1997, Toy Treat, Quinn, Ann.
  8. ↑ Dart, William. Art New Zealand Magazine, Summer 2012/13 number 144 page 79
  9. ↑ Ellis, Anthony. New Zealand Art Print News, 14 March 2013
  10. ↑ Adams, Geoff. "Authoritative view of art investment, with an Auckland bias". Otago Daily Times, 3 November 2012
  11. ↑ Codd, Emma. Chelsey Magazine 1 May 2013
  12. ↑ David Eggleton, 'Have Paintbrush, Will Travel', Landfall Review Online, November 2013
  13. ↑ "Nailing It to the Door: The New Zealand Art Market and the Problem of Commodification", The Pantograph Punch, Janet McAllister, May 2013
  14. ↑ Art News Magazine, Dan Chappell, Summer 2012, page 159
  15. ↑ NZ Listener Magazine, Guy Somerset, 12–18 January 2013, page 45
  16. ↑ New Zealand House & Garden Magazine, Yvonne Von Dongen, March 2013 page 159
  17. ↑ Chelsey Magazine, Emma Codd, 1 May 2013.
  18. ↑ John Daly-Peoples, "Opening the door on mysterious world of NZ's art market", National Business Review, 26 June 2012
  19. ↑ New Zealand Books Magazine, Roger Blackley, "The Veblen Effect", June 2013, page 25 General News. See also, Warwick Henderson's letter in regards to this review here
  20. ↑ Homestyle Magazine, Feb/March 2013 page 27
  21. ↑ Henderson, Warwick. "Pedal Cars at the Oasis, Pedal Cars on the Moon" Antique Toy Magazine, November 1995, pages 72–74, volume 25 311

External links

Television 1 New Zealand, 6.30pm News 27 August 1986, Interview with Steven Christianson Duration 1 Minute and 26 seconds

National Radio New Zealand, 5 November 2012, Interview with Kathryn Ryan

Arts on Sunday, National Radio New Zealand, 28 October 2012, Interview with Lynn Freeman

"Holmes", Television 1 New Zealand, Interview with Paul Holmes at Auckland Museum, December 1995

"Good Morning" Television 1 New Zealand – Interview with Jeanette Thomas, November 2012

National Radio New Zealand, 15 June 2014 Interview by Wallace Chapman