Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
Peter Robinson: Charcoal Drawing
A roomful of industrial-scale beams folded into unexpected and compelling new forms.
Hye Rim Lee: Swan Lake
An immersive, dreamlike digital reinterpretation of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
Exploring the relationship between tākata and whenua – people and land – through Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history.
E tuwhera ana te wharetoi i kā rā e 7 o te wiki, 10am - 5pm
Ka tuwhera ki te 9pm i kā pō Wenerei
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Uruka utukore, ahokore utukore
Free entry, free wifi
Kisses for the gallery
We always like it when a story about the gallery gets onto the front page of The Press. We'd only managed twice in the last five years before last week, but we've featured twice in the last two weeks with Outer Spaces! (In the second edition of Thursday's Press the story had slipped to page 3 – still an excellent spot.)
Opening postponed
Okay, it's officially horrible outside. We've reluctantly decided that is would be best to postpone the opening of Wayne Youle's Sydenham mural until Monday at 4pm.
Fabriqué en Chine
The musée du quai Branly in Paris is currently showing the exhibition Māori: leur trésors ont une âme. Spotted among the exhibition related merchandise in the museum shop was this enticing Māori boomerang.
Nearly there...
Every shadow's in place, and the guys are now busy painting a giant screwhead onto each one. That should hold them in place nicely...
Don Driver 1930-2011
Our thoughts go out to the family of Don Driver, one of New Zealand's most respected artists, who recently passed away.
Focused
Rudolf Gopas, who was born on 13 December in 1913, is perhaps best known for his expressionist paintings.
Letting art go
Among other things, art galleries are life support systems for fragile objects. Using acid-free paper, humidity controls, security systems and all the rest, they try to extend indefinitely the life expectancy of artworks.
My (Learning) Gallery
The latest feature on this website, My Gallery, is such a fun and fabulous new tool to create sets of works from our collection. We've created a My Gallery Education section – check it out!