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John Baldessari (1931 - 2020)

8 January 2020

Learn to Dream (2011), Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012

Chartwell acknowledges the life and work of artist John Baldessari, who has passed away aged 88.

Learn to Dream (2011) is in the Chartwell Collection and was included in the A World Undone - Works from the Chartwell Collection exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki in 2014. We were immediately drawn to this work because of the importance of allowing learning and dreaming to combine.