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
Tuesday 20 June 2017, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Annual General Meeting 2017 The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Inc will be held Tuesday 20 June 2017 at 6pm, Level 2, Te Papa. Free to attend. Members only. Free parking.
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.
Tuesday 25 July 2017, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Trust in God and keep the kettle boiling History Curator Katie Cooper will explore the role of food in New Zealand’s rural communities, and how meals are used to mark social boundaries and cement social bonds. $20.
Friday 18 August 2017, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm The Fine Art of Caricature Start the weekend on a high note – come along to the Portrait Gallery, handily located on the waterfront, relax with a glass of wine and be entertained by Listener columnist Jane Clifton, award-winning cartoonist Toby Morris and cartoon historian Ian Grant, with Ian Fraser as moderator, in a lively discussion $10