A shrewd businessman and successful investor, James Tannock Mackelvie was the founding benefactor of the Mackelvie Collection. The collection of significant books, paintings, works on paper, decorative arts and Māori artefacts is a valuable part of Auckland's heritage.
Join Kenneth Brummel in the Mackelvie Gallery to learn more about this gifted treasure. Kenneth Brummel is an internationally acclaimed curator with over 15 years of experience at major art museums in Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the USA. He co-curated Picasso: Painting the Blue Period at The Phillips Collection in 2021-2022, which was named a top-ten international exhibition by The Wall Street Journal.
At Auckland Art Gallery, he curates The Robertson Gift: Paths through Modernity, a major display of modernist works. A specialist in 19th- and 20th-century art, his research on technical art history has been featured in The New York Times and Artforum. Kenneth holds a Master’s in Art History from The University of Chicago.
