Lisa Reihana’s in Pursuit of Venus [infected] is a retort to the French scenic wallpaper, Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique produced by Joseph Dufour in 1804. Friends of Te Papa will remember the panels of Dufour’s original wallpaper, which were purchased in 2015, and which reflected a widespread fascination with the Pacific voyages undertaken by Captain Cook, de Bougainville, and […]
Read more |November 1, 2021
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Read more |October 1, 2021
The exhibition Surrealist Art: Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has already been open for 6 weeks, and runs until October 31st. The Friends plan to promote membership during the final 10 weekends, beginning August 28th and 29th from 1pm tp 3pm. You will receive a complimentary exhibition ticket and free parking on the day. […]
Read more |July 29, 2021
We were invited to contribute an article featuring the Friends of Te Papa to the Canadian Federation of Friends of Museum’s newsletter, Au Courant. They were interested in how the Friends of Te Papa had been engaging with volunteers and members during the pandemic, and also in the ways that the Friends of Te Papa […]
Read more |March 3, 2021
News from Te Papa last week is that award-winning Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota will unveil a fully immersive installation, The Web of Time, which draws on ideas of the cosmos, human existence, and the potential for the future, as the fourth site-responsive commission for Te Papa’s Threshold gallery. This will run between 12 December 2020 […]
Read more |October 22, 2020
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