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What’s On
Edith Collier: Early New Zealand Modernist
A rare opportunity to view the work of one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most adventurous and experimental modernist artists.
Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga
A selection of Pacific tāoga from the Canterbury Museum in conversation with contemporary artworks that highlight the continued strength in culture and traditional art forms.
Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua
A comprehensive survey spanning the artist's career.
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Collection
John Eastgate, Alexander Hogg Various Articles of Otaheite and New Zealand
Implements including Māori tattooing tools and weapons appear in this engraved illustration from George William Anderson’s A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World…, published in instalments in London between 1784 and 1786. The wahaika (hand club) marked ‘7’ had been collected by Joseph Banks in 1769 and is now in the Te Papa collection.
(Out of Time, 23 September 2023 – 28 April 2024)
Collection
George French Angas Monument to Tewhero's Favorite Daughter, at Raroera Pah, Near Otawhao
While on a major drawing expedition through New Zealand in 1844, Adelaide-based George French Angas met and sketched Waikato rangatira Te Wherowhero. At an abandoned pā near Otawhao, he drew the elaborate four-metre-high tomb of the chief’s favourite daughter. Later, at nearby Ngahuruhuru, he was introduced to the tohunga whakairo (master carver) who made it, and the two artists exchanged compliments.
(Out of Time, 23 September 2023 – 28 April 2024)
