Thursday 29 September 2022, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Talk: Original Fine Art Prints Korero, Level 3, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand Join us for our first talk in our 'Art on Thursday' series. What is an original fine art print? In this interactive session with Art Historian David Maskill, you will be introduced to the various techniques of original fine art printmaking by examining a range of works dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries. $25.00
Thursday 20 October 2022, 10:30 am - 11:30 am Curator’s Talk: Pāua: A Contemporary Jewellery Story The Dowse Art Museum 45 Laings Road Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand Whether its glimmering surface evokes nostalgia or cultural cringe, pāua is undeniably linked with the visual character of Aotearoa New Zealand. $20.00
Wednesday 16 November 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Douglas MacDiarmid back-of-house tour Korero, Level 3, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand Mark the centenary of New Zealand artist Douglas MacDiarmid’s birth with this back-of-house tour, led by Curator Modern Art Lizzie Bisley. $25.00
Thursday 9 March 2023, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm High Tea: Celebrating Katherine Mansfield Icon, Level 2, Te Papa Cable Street, Wellington In 1940 the National Art Gallery acquired a striking portrait of Katherine Mansfield, by the American artist Anne Estelle Rice. It is a bold, modern painting, full of colour and pattern, and alive with the rhythm of early 20th-century modernism. $65.00 – $80.00
Thursday 30 March 2023, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Talk: What Isabella wanted: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Boston’s Gilded Age Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand ***SOLD OUT*** Hear about the self-assembled collection of art and objects created by Isabella Stewart Gardner, from her first purchase of Johannes Vermeer's The Concert. $25.00 – $30.00
Monday 17 April 2023, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Book Talk: A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand With his recently published “A History of New Zealand in 100 objects”, Jock Phillips creates powerful stories about exhibits in museums, including 24 objects held by Te Papa. $25.00 – $35.00
Thursday 27 April 2023, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Original Fine Art Prints: Part Two Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand In part two, David focuses on later printmaking techniques - aquatint, mezzotint, wood engraving and linocut illustrated with a selection of works from his collection. $25.00
Friday 5 May 2023, 10:30 am - 11:30 am Local Art Tour: Artists on Artists – Twentysix Gallery Visit Twentysix Gallery 26 Constable Street, Wellington, New Zealand We are delighted to invite you to join us for a personally guided tour of the Artists on Artists exhibition led by curator and exhibiting artist, Lindsey Horne. $20.00 – $25.00
Friday 9 June 2023, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm TALK: Digby-Woolf Photo Digitisation Project Rangimarie, L3, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand With an estimated quarter of a million negatives, The Spencer Digby - Ronald D. Woolf Collection is a treasure trove of images of faces and moments from Wellington’s past. The collection ranges from the 1930s to the 1980s and includes studio portraits, wedding photographs, and shots from community events like wrestling tournaments and cat shows among many other things. $25.00 – $30.00
Thursday 15 June 2023, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Talk: From Rural to Urban: How Indian Textile Artists Adapted During Covid-19 Rangimarie, L3, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand With post-covid borders now open again and tourists returning, Joji and Shani have picked up the metaphorical threads of their connections in India and will talk to us about the impact of the pandemic on the handcrafted textile industry in India, how it has recovered and what changes the pandemic has led to. $25.00 – $30.00