I was really excited to receive this email from my dear friend and very talented artist Max Gimblett today about the painting which has been included in the "Third Mind" exhibition currently on show at teh Guggenheim museum in New York. Significantly, MAx is the only Kiwi to ever have been invited to showcase works of art - it's not hard to see why. This piece (above) is truly stunning. I am the proud and very passionate owner of two smaller pieces which I simply adore.

Max is extremely honoured that his painting Lion, 1985 (90" quatrefoil, metallic pigments and acrylic polymer on canvas) is included in The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia: 1860-1989, curated by the Guggenheim's Senior Curator of Asian Art, Alexandra Munroe, and that four of his limited edition Enso etchings published by HuiPress, Maui (where I joined Max last August for his Sumi painting workshops), are available exclusively in the Guggenheim Store for the duration of the show.

The Guggenheims's webpage for the show is here.

The show runs through April 19th, 2009.

Max is also giving a number of Sumi Ink Painting workshops in the Guggenheim's studio. Dates of workshops can be found on the Guggenheim's website here.. I see from looking at the site that the workshops have already been sold out! Luckily they are scheduling some extra ones. I feel very, very privileged to have been able to attend the workshop with him last year in the very serene and spiritual island of Maui

To purchase the show's catalog and/or any of Max's four limited edition Enso etchings published by HuiPress, Maui, exclusively available through the Guggenheim, visit the Guggenheim Store online here.