Behind Closed Doors is a portfolio of 24 photographs and fully illustrated 96 page catalogue commissioned by Christina Barton, Director of the Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington.

'Behind Closed Doors offers a set of considered glimpses into the private life of art and the personal activity of collecting as they currently manifest in Wellington, New Zealand. These views are provided by photographer Neil Pardington and writer Lara Strongman, two experienced ‘insiders’ who know their subjects well and who bring to their task both perspicacity and discretion as they reveal the interior worlds and disclose the individual motivations and mindsets of a selection of Wellington’s art collectors.'

Christina Barton, 2011

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  Ava Seymour, The White House Years, 2006–07
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  Brendan O’Brien, Hand-printed books, 1996–2011
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  Colin McCahon, Angels and Bed 2. For Peter, 1976
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  Colin McCahon, Muriwai, 1974 / Colin McCahon, Elias Will He Come to Save Him? 1961–62
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  Colin McCahon, Painting for Luit—Not to Solve the Problem, 1970
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  Dane Mitchell, Untitled (Flag) from The Barricades, 2007
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  Gordon Walters, Tautahi, 1969
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  L. Budd, L.Budd Comments on the OE of HG, 1915–99, Nos 1–5, 2002
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  L. Budd, Untitled (suitcase), 1995
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  M. T. Woollaston, Bayly’s Hill, 1969
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  M. T. Woollaston, Paris Family Portrait, 1978–79
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  M. T. Woollaston, Tasman Bay 1928, 1974–75
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  Michael Smither, The Diver, 1973
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  Milan MrKusich, Painting, 1971
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  Patrick Lundberg, No Title, 2009
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  Peter Robinson, Stealth, 2003
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  Peter Robinson, Untitled, 1994
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  Philip Trusttum, Miserly Emperor, 1969 / Rob McLeod, Merkland: Stiff Jumble, Series No II, 1988
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  Ralph Hotere, White Drip, 1982
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  Rohan Wealleans, Loaf
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  Ronnie van Hout, Duck Character and Mouse Character, 1999
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  Ronnie van Hout, Muriwai c. 1972, 1998
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  Shane Cotton, Blue Head, 2004
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  Simon Denny, Deep Sea Vaudeo, 2009