77:. Flying off the Dutch coast in 1944, the plane was hit and Docking and the pilot ended up in a rubber dingy in the North Sea. The two men were picked up by a German torpedo boat and spent the rest of their war in a German prisoner of war camp. They were liberated by Russian forces in 1945. You can read the illustrated diary Docking kept during his imprisonment
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Early in his directorship Docking became involved in a project that almost doubled the size of the
Auckland City Art Gallery's exhibition spaces and significantly updated its exhibition style. In 1967 the Gallery had received a large bequest from the Philip Augustus Edmiston Trust. This
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In 1958 Docking was invited to be the inaugural director of the
Newcastle Art Gallery. Based on his experience gained traveling throughout New South Wales, Docking brought to his new role an overview of how regional art galleries could best evolve. Working with contacts made at the National
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203:. Docking himself described securing this comprehensive exhibition of Duchamp's work as a result of a ‘shot-in-the-dark. A letter to a New York dealer culminated in one of the world's most important collection of the French artists work to tour New Zealand.
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In 1972 Docking moved to the Art
Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney to take up the position of senior education officer. He then served as deputy director and for a period as acting director. He retired in 1982 and died in 2015.
271:(1969) as an influential record of art in the country. Art writer Peter Ireland described it as adding, ‘a first floor to Brown and Keith's foundations.’ Docking's book has been republished twice with significant additions as
142:. One of his early actions was to initiate a small but select collection of Gothic art. This was the beginning of a number of important purchases which included a number of significant works by New Zealand artists:
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Docking as ‘a battler’ reporting his public criticism of arts institutions like the Arts Council as being more focussed on a ‘search for kudos and prestige’ than they were in arts administration.’
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supported a major extension to the building, initially through the addition of the
Edmiston Wing and a new sculpture garden. The extension was opened in 1975, the Gallery's centennial year.
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In 1952 Docking was appointed education officer at the
National Gallery of Victoria with responsibility for touring exhibitions throughout the state. On occasion he was accompanied by
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to study Fine Arts and
Philosophy, graduating in 1951 with a BA. Three years later he married artist Sheila (Shay) Lawson. At this time the couple turned to
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Duchamp and New Zealand Art, 1965 – 2007 By Means of Duchamp’s Peripheral Vision: Case Studies in a History of Reception Volume I
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who used the opportunity to paint the landscape. Docking left the Gallery in 1956 and spent the next two years teaching at
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1941 by William Dobell. Docking also championed the young artist
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New Zealand Art of the Sixties: A Royal Visit Exhibition
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