In 2008, Goncharova once again set the art world ablaze when her 1909 painting Picking Apples fetched USD$9.8 million at auction. Remarkably, Te Papa owns seven paintings by Goncharova, undoubtedly the most significant collection of her work in Australasia.
Read more |July 31, 2014
The WOW Factor, an exhibition created to celebrate 25 years of The World of WearableArt™ has just been updated…
Read more |July 31, 2014
An evening with Sir Hew Strachan, Britain’s leading First World War historian Monday 25 August, 6pm – 7pm, Soundings Theatre, Te Papa, free entry In New Zealand, as elsewhere in the world, the debate is hotting up about how communities, and most specifically governments, should commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War, if at all. […]
Read more |July 30, 2014
In 1984 the panels were described by Dr John Yaldwyn, the then director of the Dominion Museum as “the single most exciting unit of the now extinct Taranaki carving style” and a “true masterpiece of Maori art”. They have returned to New Zealand after more than 40 years
Read more |July 9, 2014
Humans have domesticated only two insects: the bee and the silk worm. The story goes that one day, when a young Chinese princess was drinking tea under a mulberry tree, a silk worm cocoon fell into her cup. She was fascinated to find that she could …
Read more |July 9, 2014
Inside a large transparent box was a necklace with three pohutukawa flowers, enamel on tin on a brown thread… This simple piece of jewellery, borrowed from Te Papa, had been made in the early 1950s by Colin McCahon.
Read more |July 9, 2014
There was a great turnout of Friends to hear Thelma Whiston’s talk: Silken Threads. The talk gave a rich insight into the history of silk and sericulture from the time of its discovery in China at least 3,000 years ago. It also provided a wonderful background to the recent Te Papa exhibition China: Throne of […]
Read more |July 9, 2014
We are delighted to announce that The New Zealand Art Activity Book, produced by Te Papa Press and designed by Spencer Levine, is the award winner in the children’s section of the Museums Australia Multimedia & Publication Design Awards. These awards were established to celebrate excellence and quality in the design of publications and multimedia produced […]
Read more |July 9, 2014
On 3 July, at the Friends of Te Papa AGM, a cheque for $15,000 was presented by the President, Gordon Shroff, to Te Papa’s Chief Operating Officer, David Robinson. The cheque was a significant contribution towards the cost of the Te Papa Press publication Holding on to Home: New Zealand Stories and Objects of the […]
Read more |July 9, 2014
Did you know you can now pay for Friends’ events using internet banking
Read more |July 9, 2014
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