Join us in the Te Papa Store, surrounded by books for this EXCLUSIVE Friends launch of 'Tatau: A Cultural History of Samoan Tattooing'. A beautifully designed and richly illustrated retelling of the unique and powerful social history of Samoan tattooing, from 3000 years ago to modern practices.
Book Launch - Tatau: A Cultural History of Samoan Tattooing
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Something is Happening Here
Come and hear Dame Robin talk about her collaborative art practice in conversation with Te Papa’s Senior Art Curator Sarah Farrar and award-winning author Jill Trevelyan. Co-hosted by the Te Papa Foundation aiming to commission White to create a brand new piece for Toi Art.
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Fashion and textiles: Eden to Edo
The second in the series of lectures to be presented by Dr Peter McNeil with the overall theme 'Fashion matters: fashion, art and society'. Dr McNeil is a world figure in fashion research and has worked globally between Australia, Sweden and Finland...
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Van Gogh & Gauguin
Van Gogh and Gauguin are two of the most colourful artists of the 19th century who still remain firm favourites today. On 1 July, Jacqueline Coburn, visiting UK art historian, gave an illuminating insight into the complexities of their lives, and how for a few short months, their lives interacted.
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Fashion Matters: The First in a Chic Series
On July 13th with bubbles flowing and glasses clinking David Maskill introduced us to Dr Peter McNeil, currently Distinguished Professor of Design History at University of Technology Sydney, for his first lecture in the series ‘Fashion Matters: Fashion, Art & Society’, and coincidentally his first visit to Wellington. Dr McNeil
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Fashion Matters: Fashion, Art and Society
Fashion is all around us: it can enable change as well as challenge and even divide us. What is fashion: mirror, barometer or change agent? …
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Friends 20 years - and a farewell to Elizabeth Ridder
On 5 June 170 Friends of Te Papa had a most enjoyable evening catching up with old friends and remembering highlights from our first 20 …
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President’s Column: July 2018
Thank you to those of you who attended the Friends at the AGM on 27 June. It was lovely to see so many of you, …
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High heel heaven
The third in the series of lectures to be presented by Dr Peter McNeil with the overall theme 'Fashion matters: fashion, art and society'. …
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Pretty gentlemen
The fourth in the series of lectures to be presented by Dr Peter McNeil with the overall theme 'Fashion matters: fashion, art and society'. …
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Revolutionary dress
The fifth in the series of lectures to be presented by Dr Peter McNeil with the overall theme 'Fashion matters: fashion, art and society'. …
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The arts of Byzantium
Undaunted by an expanse of ten centuries, Dr. Rufus-Ward unraveled several mysteries surrounding the largest and wealthiest civilizations in the Eastern Roman Empire. …
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Overjoyed to see 'our' folding stools
"Today I was overjoyed to see stools on offer in the Toi Art exhibition." In 2013 the Friends of Te Papa donated 40 folding stools …
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