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Garden landscapes with a Gainsborough perspective

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788, was an originator of the English landscape painting school. Illustrated by a selection of Gainsborough's paintings, sketches and portraits, garden historian Caroline Holmes will explore his landscape legacy ...

$20

VUW Art Collection

Join Adam Art Gallery curator Stephen Cleland on a tour of the current exhibition Out of Site: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection.

$30. – $39

Cubist art at Pataka

Travel by bus to Pataka and join exhibition curator Julia Waite from the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, for a tour of Freedom and Structure, an exhibition featuring Cubism influenced New Zealand art.

$30

The Irish Arts and Crafts Movement

The Irish Arts and Crafts movement initially emerged under Morris’s influence but like other small nations on Europe’s peripheries (such as Poland, Hungary or Finland) Ireland’s struggle for self-determination, and ultimately modernization, was ...

$25

Behind the scenes at the Royal Academy

Like Te Papa, the Royal Academy of Arts in London is currently in a dynamic phase, undergoing transformation in time for their 250th birthday in 2018. Hear Andrea Tarsia, Head of Exhibitions at the Royal Academy, talk about this amazing institution.

Members only. Free to attend.

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

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

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

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

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