Cuba Street king keeps crown
The greatly respected Cuba Street gallery owner smiles gently at the speculation.
“I will continue to work with my artists and clients until I am unable to crawl up the stairs, he says.”
His gallery has been running for 43 years, and it will continue with the assistance of his daughters, Catherine Nicholls and Olivia McLeavey and Daniel Mortimer and Hilary McLeavey.
McLeavey specialises in contemporary New Zealand art works, and nurtured artists such as Colin McCahon, Toss Woollaston, Bill Hammond, and Don Binney.
He has a full programme for 2010 including exhibitions scheduled with Yvonne Todd, Andrew McLeod, Richard Killeen and Matt Hunt.
McLeavey first opened his gallery in a flat on The Terrace and moved to Cuba St in 1968.
He was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
A documentary about McLeavey, The Man In The Hat, screened at the International Film Festival last year, and he received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Massey University last May.








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