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Lisa Reihana’s in Pursuit of Venus  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…

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The museum may not yet be open to the public but the wonderful Te Papa Store is open online for orders. The store is a great place for gifts and…

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Experience the award-winning modernist Futuna Chapel in Karori, and hear talks from the Friends of Futuna, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, and Wellington architect Sharon Jansen.

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Having surpassed its visitor target of 350,000 visitors in its first year, Te Papa’s new art gallery Toi Art has welcomed 670,346 visitors since opening, making it the most attended…

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  Te Papa and Bellamys by Logan Brown have a special relationship and wanted to share with the Friends a beautifully curated meal on 4 April which highlights food and…

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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? This lecture series opens up…

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With some help from experts we have got together a short reading list on the history of the Far North.  Ideal as a guide if you are coming on the…

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Homes are places to retreat to, but they also reflect how we’d like to be seen. The art works in the Open Home exhibition explore what happens when home life…

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In 1970, the Chinese artist, Shi Lu (1919-1982) locked himself in a small shack beside the family apartment and began revising sketches made in the 1950s. A painting of an…

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