4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Slow Looking Wednesday 18 September 2024, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Slow Looking Join Museum Education Specialist Laura Jones for an enjoyable session where we use strategies to help us slow down and enjoy looking at art more. Going to an art gallery can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming, so much to see and so little time. The average person spends less than 30 seconds viewing a work […] $20.00 – $25.00
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Charter Members Event Monday 23 September 2024, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Charter Members Event Join Te Papa’s art curators Lizzie Bisley (Curator Modern Art), Hanahiva Rose (Curator Contemporary Art), Justine Olsen (Curator of Design and Decorative Arts), Lissa Mitchell (Curator Photography), and Athol McCredie (Curator Photography), for an exclusive look at new acquisitions into the national art collection. Visitors will be taken to two back-of-house arts storerooms to see recently […]
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Back-of-House Tour: New Art Acquisitions Tuesday 24 September 2024, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Back-of-House Tour: New Art Acquisitions Join Te Papa’s art curators Lizzie Bisley (Curator Modern Art), Hanahiva Rose (Curator Contemporary Art), Justine Olsen (Curator of Design and Decorative Arts), and Athol McCredie (Curator Photography) for an exclusive look at new acquisitions into the national art collection. Visitors will be taken to two back-of-house arts storerooms to see recently acquired artworks, photographs and […] $25.00 – $30.00
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Curators Tour: Weaves of the World Textile Exhibition Thursday 3 October 2024, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Curators Tour: Weaves of the World Textile Exhibition Join textile experts Shani Pillai and Joji Jacob for a one-hour private curators tour of their forthcoming textile exhibition Weaves of the World, showing at the NZ Academy of Fine Arts 2 - 13 October. Weaves of the World is a collection of heritage cultural costumes, textiles and artefacts celebrating the rich multicultural and ethnic […] $35.00 – $40.00