Framing the View features a selection of historical art picturing the Pink and White Terraces, the ‘eighth wonder of the world’. In the absence of collections of Old Master paintings,…
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Homes are places to retreat to, but they also reflect how we’d like to be seen. The art works in the Open Home exhibition explore what happens when home life…
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The 2015 new season of Ngā Toi | Arts Te Papa opened 2 April with a tantalising mix of old favourites and lots of surprises.
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For just the next three months a stunning array of 49 contemporary woven tukutuku panels is on display at Te Papa before they go to a permanent home at the…
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In 2008, Goncharova once again set the art world ablaze when her 1909 painting Picking Apples fetched USD$9.8 million at auction. Remarkably, Te Papa owns seven paintings by Goncharova, undoubtedly…
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In 1970, the Chinese artist, Shi Lu (1919-1982) locked himself in a small shack beside the family apartment and began revising sketches made in the 1950s. A painting of an…
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Artist in Focus presents paintings and sketches by Petrus van der Velden – an artist whose raw, expressive paintings are among the most important and engaging works made in New…
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Twenty years ago, Open Eyes, Issue 11 1993, featured a front page article on a gift the Friends presented to Te Papa in that year. ... This new exhibition will…
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Gifted features works from Te Papa’s extraordinary Aboriginal art collection – a generous gift from the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council in 1976. The collection, comprising over 200…
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