Blikfang Art & Antiques

Blikfang is a wonderful concept gallery / antique store located at Auckland's Northcote Point. In addition to selling gorgeous antiques, and staging exhibitions of contemporary art, they also host regular events where artists, writers, curators and designers come and talk about their work. These events are lively and well attended, with a lovely supper laid on afterwards (Sheridan Keith makes the world's best meringues!). Sheridan and Janie are passionate about what they do at Blikfang and this guarantees a special experience for everyone who visits. When I first visited Blikfang last year there was an exhibition of paintings and ceramic sculptures by June Black that captured my imagination and led to several return visits. I ended up buying one of the artist's wall-mounted ceramic characters called "Longbods", which now hangs in pride of place on my dining room wall.