Arts

American curator Wendy Kaplan presents a lecture on Arts and Crafts – one of the most significant and far-reaching movements in Western design.

You are invited to join with members of Friends of Pataka to an exclusive preview of Face/Space, an exhibition of bronze sculpture by Terry Stringer.

Join award-winning author Jill Trevelyan for an inside view of the life and times of Wellington art dealer Peter McLeavey – the subject of her latest book, published by Te Papa Press.

Lecturer Lesleigh Salinger considers the role of female impressionists such as Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot in developing a new way of seeing women in art.

Curator Justine Olsen explores the legacy of landmark 1988 exhibition Bone Stone Shell with examples from Te Papa’s collection of contemporary jewellery

Rebecca Rice invokes the sights, tastes and vibrancy of Paris, and the studios of artists like Gérôme and Bouguereau, all to the sensory accompaniment of a sumptuous high tea prepared by Executive Chef Bernd Lippmann and his team ...

A free bus tour to the Frances Hodgkins in Kapiti exhibition at the Mahara Gallery in Waikanae.

Friends of Te Papa members are invited to a talk by artist Nigel Brown and an exclusive viewing of his exhibition Waterfall at Wellington’s Solander gallery.