Sunday 7 May 2017, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Art of Travel Come on a visual tour of the East as seen through Western eyes. The tour begins in the Age of Exploration and continues with the opening up of the Spice Trade and the spread of Christianity, all illustrated with paintings, prints and photographs of the time ... $20
Thursday 11 May 2017, 10:00 am - 11:30 am Raewyn Atkinson – studio tour This is an opportunity to meet Raewyn Atkinson in her Brooklyn studio where Raewyn’s award winning skills with ceramics will be evident. Raewyn’s work is held in many private and public collections, including Te Papa … $15
Wednesday 17 May 2017, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Shakespeare: As we like him! Mark Stocker looks at some of the dramatic moments of Shakespeare in the collections of New Zealand art galleries and museums...special emphasis will be given to Te Papa’s interesting and diverse holdings. These include a very early Old Master of Cleopatra, George Dawe’s impressive ... $20
Friday 16 June 2017, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm E. Mervyn Taylor: Artist Craftsman Join Art Consultant Tony Mackle for a tour and discussion of previously unseen drawings and watercolours from the Taylor family estate in the exhibition E. Mervyn Taylor: Artist Craftsman $12
Thursday 22 June 2017, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Local artists talk about their work Engage in conversation with two local artists, Escha van den Bogerd and Dianne Taylor at Alan Aldridge’s dealer gallery in Upper Cuba Street ... $15
Wednesday 28 June 2017, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm E. Mervyn Taylor: Artist Craftsman A repeat talk and tour back by popular demand - Join Art Consultant Tony Mackle for a tour and discussion of previously unseen drawings and watercolours from the Taylor family estate in the exhibition E. Mervyn Taylor: Artist Craftsman $12
Monday 10 July 2017, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Frances Hodgkins: the formative years Icon, Level 2, Te Papa Cable Street, Wellington Before Frances Hodgkins left for her first overseas trip in 1901 she painted, sketched and exhibited for some fourteen years. Art consultant Tony Mackle will discuss her formative years. $20.
Thursday 13 July 2017, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Landscape 2017 at Page Blackie Gallery 'Landscape 2017' at Page Blackie Gallery explores how leading New Zealand artists - Rita Angus, Dick Frizzell, Michael Hight, Colin McCahon, Karl Maughan, Toss Woollaston and others, respond to their surroundings. $20.
Tuesday 18 July 2017, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Rock art—the noisy kind While the history of rock music is fascinating in itself—a ‘long strange trip’ as the Grateful Dead put it—it also reveals artists’ remarkable capacity to engage with new social formations ... $12
Monday 24 July 2017, 1:30 pm - 3:45 pm Karori Cemetery, historic and heritage tour ... the fabulous stained glass windows of Wilhelmina Geddes ...a highlight of Irish Arts and Crafts specialist Dr Joseph McBrinn’s recent visit to Wellington. $25.