Billy Apple
New Zealand artist
Died when: 85 years 249 days (1028 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
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Billy Apple ONZM (born Barrie Bates; 31 December 1935 – 6 September 2021) was a New Zealand/USA artist, whose work was associated with the British and New York schools of pop art in the 1960s and NY's Conceptual Art movement in the 1970s.
He worked alongside artists like Andy Warhol and David Hockney before opening the second of the seven New York Not-for-Profit spaces in 1969.
His work is held in the permanent collections of Tate Britain, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Chrysler Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, National Gallery of Australia, Te Papa, Auckland Art Gallery, the Christchurch Art Gallery, the University of Auckland, and the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Belgium.
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