![]() ![]() Wallace made his fortune through a variety of business interests, most notably a meat processing plant in Waitoa. He has estimated he and the trust spend about $2m per year on the arts, which saw him knighted for services to the industry in 2011. Wallace is a founding patron or funder of New Zealand Opera, the Auckland Theatre Company, the Royal NZ Ballet, and the ASB Waterfront Theatre - home to the Auckland Theatre Company. The Wallace Arts Centre at the Pah Homestead, owned by Auckland Council, is also used as a public art gallery housing the trust’s collection. It has loaned many works for public viewing, including to Government House, the Supreme Court, universities, Auckland’s exclusive The Northern Club, and his alma mater King’s College. He began collecting art, now worth about $50m as the James Wallace Arts Trust Collection, in the 1960s. Throughout his life, Wallace has funded some of New Zealand’s most celebrated arts and film ventures, including serving as an executive producer for Oscar winner Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Sir James Wallace, whose art collection is on display at the Pah Homestead. ![]()
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