Art from the songs

Artist Jeff Thomson chose Milestones by the Topp Twins as inspiration. Photo / Supplied

New Zealand's art world and the music industry will collide next month for a worthy cause, as the Art for A Cure exhibition is launched, aiming to raise more than $200,000 for the Breast Cancer Research Trust.

The inaugural exhibition will feature works by leading artists, inspired by the songs of our best known musicians. Each work is expected to sell for about $15,000 and will be exhibited at the Hopetoun Alpha during a 10-day public exhibition next month.

Karl Maughan, Dick Frizzell, Martin Poppelwell, Peter Madden, Virginia King and Stanley Palmer are just some artists participating and will take their inspiration from the likes of Don McGlashan, Neil Finn, Nathan Haines, Lawrence Arabia, Whirimako Black and Eve de Castro-Robinson.

The exhibition opens on Thursday October 22 and entry is free. The auction is on Friday October 30.

For more information, see www.breastcancercure.org.nz.

THE MUSES

Neil Dawson - Keeping the Flame by Dave Dobbyn
Dick Frizzell - Having Dinner with Rabbit by Lawrence Arabia
Gavin Hurley - Birds by Bic Runga
Simon Kaan - Blankets and Tea by Hannah Howes
Virginia King - Better Be Home Soon by Neil Finn/Crowded House
Peter Madden - Chaos of Delight III by Eve de Castro-Robinson
Karl Maughan - Andy by Don McGlashan
Andrew McLeod - We Don't Know How Lucky We Are, by Fred Dagg/John Clarke
Stanley Palmer - Dominion Road by The Mutton birds
Fiona Pardington - Tangihaku Songs of the Soul
Martin Poppelwell - Oil on Concrete by Nathan Haines
Peter Stichbury - When I See You Smile by Bic Runga
Jeff Thomson - Milestones by the Topp Twins
Horse - Untouchable Girls by the Topp Twins
Pamela Wolfe - Nga Rau Ngahuru, Autumn Leaves by Whirimako Black