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Artful living

IT’S 2007. THE AIRWAVES ARE filled with Beyoncé, the first iPhone rolls off the production line and the term ‘subprime’ enters the vernacular.

In Auckland, Olivia McLeavey buys an apartment in Herne Bay but is struggling to pay the mortgage. She calls her father, respected Wellington gallerist Peter McLeavey, hoping to borrow money but he suggests she finds a second job.

“Dad told me gallery work would fit around my day job in advertising,” recalls Olivia, who ended up working evenings and weekends at the renowned Anna Bibby

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