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| Art For Grabs Sep 2010 - Looking For VendorsWednesday, 04 August 2010ART FOR GRABS + KL ALTERNATIVE BOOK FAIR - 18 & 19 September 2010
LOOKING FOR ARTS & CRAFTS VENDORS!Art For Grabs, The Annexe Gallery's beloved arts and... Learn More |
| ART FOR GRABS Penang 28 & 29 Aug - CANCELLED! Wednesday, 21 July 2010The Annexe Gallery regretfully announces that the Art For Grabs we were planning to organise in Penang on 28 and 29 August has been cancelled due to technical difficulties. We apologise to all the... Learn More |
| In Memoriam: Benjamin McKayMonday, 19 July 2010BENJAMIN MCKAY: 1964-2010The Annexe Gallery is very sad over the sudden passing of Benjamin McKay, writer, critic, academic and lecturer at Monash University. As we write this, the... Learn More |
| Annexe Heroes 2009 featured in Malaysiakini & The Star BlogTuesday, 15 December 2009Five 'heroes' named for battling ignorance, injustice by Aidila Razak Malaysiakini, Dec 12, 09 The Annexe Gallery, known for its work in... Learn More |
| Annexe made it into Wall Street JournalMonday, 05 October 2009We gasped. We wrinkled our foreheads. We touched our cheeks in disbelief. And then we did a little dance and high-fived each other. Why? Because The Wall Street Journal published a story on The... Learn More |
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| In Memoriam: Benjamin McKay |
 BENJAMIN MCKAY: 1964-2010 The Annexe Gallery is very sad over the sudden passing of Benjamin McKay, writer, critic, academic and lecturer at Monash University. As we write this, the cause of his death is still unconfirmed; it is believed he passed away due to an accident in his apartment sometime during the night of Sunday 18 July, and his body was found by his friends. [Update: According to Universiti Hospital staff, Ben died of a cardiac arrest, although the coroner has yet to release an official statement. July 21, 2010, 12am] Born in Australia, Ben traced a colourful life and career that spanned the globe, starting out in the performing arts and eventually finding his niche in the world of academia and writing. Since 2005, he has lived and worked in Kuala Lumpur and embraced it as his home. Here, his film criticisms and columns in publications such as Kakiseni.com, Criticine and Off The Edge were as loved by his readers and arts practitioners as were his lectures by his many students. Benjamin was also an ardent supporter of The Annexe Gallery, through which he began his hobby as a collector of Malaysian contemporary photography, and where he also appeared as guest speaker at various events on topics ranging from film history to sexuality rights. We had the honour of hosting his mother’s solo exhibition “The Magic Hour: Barbara McKay solo show” in 2009. Through his life and work, he touched the lives of many Malaysians. We are honoured to have been blessed by his encyclopedic intelligence, easygoing charisma, sharp wit and kind generosity. We would like to extend our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Ben’s family and friends. You will be missed, Ben. Rest in peace. Read an interview with Ben on the Thoughts On Films blog published in 2008 here. |
