5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Talk: Francis Pound on Gordon Walters Friday 29 September 2023, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Talk: Francis Pound on Gordon Walters Visiting Auckland University Professor, Art Historian and Author Leonard Bell will give us wonderful insight on both the art of Gordon Walters (1919-1995) and the writing of Francis Pound (1948-2017), in particular his just-published monograph on Walters (Auckland University Press, September 2023) and the circumstances of its writing and publication. $25.00 – $30.00
2023-10-10 Kaipara: Art and Cultural Tour Kaipara: Art and Cultural Tour Tuesday 10 October 2023, 11:00 am - Sunday 15 October 2023, 11:00 am Kaipara: Art and Cultural Tour ***Fully Booked***The area north of Auckland, the Kaipara District, Hokianga Harbour and Whangarei, offers much Taonga Maori and early settlement history, as well as modern art. On this tour you will see the cultural highlights of this region with visits to the Sculptureum in Matakana, the famous Kauri Museum, the Dargaville Museum, the new multi sensory experience of Manea Footprints of Kupe in Opononi, Footprints Waipoua’s Twilight Encounter as well as the amazing Hundertwasser Arts Centre in Whangarei.
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Talk: Hundertwasser: Art, Architecture and Environment Friday 27 October 2023, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Talk: Hundertwasser: Art, Architecture and Environment The Hundertwasser Art Centre with Wairau Māori Art Gallery celebrates art and architecture in harmony with nature and individual creativity. The Austrian New Zealand artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser was first and foremost a painter, but became involved in architecture and environmental activism because of his concerns about the exploitation of natural resources and ruthless urbanisation and industrialisation. $25.00 – $30.00