Friends’ Preview: Ngā Toi | Arts Te Papa

The new Spring Season 2014 of Ngā Toi | Arts Te Papa opens on Friday 22 August. See it first at the Friends’ Preview. There is no need to register to attend. Come anytime between 4pm and 7pm and show your current membership card for admission. Members only.

Free - Please show your current membership card for admission.

Photography, Lindauer, 60’s design & more

We are offering a series of three lectures to meet the art curators and hear about their work and research. Each Curator will speak for about 20 - 30 minutes on their chosen topic, to be followed by questions and an opportunity to discuss further over a glass of wine. Free Parking. Book for all 3 in the series to reserve a place and enjoy a 20% discount. Click here for details and to book...

Includes free parking and a glass of wine

Sarah Farrar and Mark Stocker

Sarah Farrar: Re-mix Creative Uses of Art Collections ...with a particular focus on architect-curator Lina Bo Bardi, The Van Abbemuseum and New Zealand artist Fiona Connor. Mark Stocker: A Window into the Soul: Neo-romanticism ...an important art and cultural movement in mid-20th century Britain,

Includes free parking and a glass of wine

Rebecca Rice and Megan Tamati-Quennell

Rebecca explores the history behind early Lindauer exhibitions in the 19th century and Megan focuses on modern and contemporary Māori art...

Includes free parking and a glass of wine

Artists’ Studios in Shelly Bay

Meet the artists at work in their studios in Shelly Bay where you will see work in a variety of mediums and styles: painting, photography, wearable art and more.

Chevalier landscapes

Tony Mackle, Honorary Research Associate, will illustrate the significance of Chevalier’s work to the nineteenth century New Zealand landscape tradition.

Includes refreshments and free parking

Local gallery tours – March 2015

The first of our local gallery tours is a visit to two of the dealer galleries in Ghuznee Street.

Cash payment on the day

Friends’ viewing: Ngā Toi | Arts Te Papa

The 2015 autumn season of Ngā Toi | Arts Te Papa features a mix of old favourites and many surprises in eight new shows. Celebrate the opening with a Friends' viewing and tour of exhibition highlights.

Please show your current membership card for admission

Local gallery tour – April 2015

This talk and tour by the gallery's director is a unique opportunity to see, in one location, treasures held by Victoria University.

Cash payment on the day

Local gallery tour – May 2015

A walking tour of Upper Cuba Street to see exhibitions by John Reynolds, Wayne Youle and others. And time for coffee at a local cafe

$10