Review: Visit to Bartley & Company Art
A group of about ten Friends visited the Bartley & Company’s recently opened new space in Garrett Street, Te Aro to view and learn about the two exhibitions on display.
Read more |April 15, 2021
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Tours
Maori
Review: Māori Tāonga in Russia
The chance to learn about early European expeditions interacting with Southern Maori was too good to pass up on a recent Sunday afternoon when cultural historian and linguist, Dr Olga Suvorova
Read more |April 15, 2021
History
Ken Gorbey’s Talk: Why Te Papa
On 18 March Ken Gorbey delivered a stimulating and thought-provoking address on museums –what is their role, and what are our expectations of a museum, both locally and nationally.
Read more |April 7, 2021
Tours
Review: Friends visit to the Artspace Gallery
For well-known Wellington artist Ronda Thompson, the best time to capture the magic of a landscape is early morning or evening.
Read more |February 23, 2021
Tours
Review: Friends Art Narrative Tour
“Some things you just walk past….you miss things” commented a participant in the 4 February Friends tour of art on show in Te Papa’s fifth floor galleries. She didn’t only mean the little details. The tour had made us focus on works, really look at what was in front
Read more |February 17, 2021
Tours
Review: Tales from the Back Rooms
If you’d like tales giving history, detail and context together with a wander through Te Papa’s Tory Street storerooms you would have loved our recent Back of House Tours with curator Katie Cooper
Read more |February 12, 2021
Tours
Review: World of WearableArt – Up Close Tour
Guided by enthusiastic Te Papa hosts, various groups of Friends were able to immerse ourselves in this extraordinary exhibition for a couple of hours which was an enthralling experience. Hearing the back-stories to each garment provided a glimpse into the minds
Read more |January 26, 2021
Reviews
Art Evenings at Parliament
Two groups of Friends, forty in each group, were given exclusive guided tours of the Parliamentary art collection on Wednesday 25 November and Friday 27 November. The tours were followed by a delicious three course dinner prepared by Bellamys Logan Brown.
Read more |January 11, 2021
Events
Review: Ngā Wai e Rua: Stories of Us
Who was behind the lens? What motivates the filmmaker? How/Why are New Zealanders portrayed in this footage? How do we perceive this footage today? What stories and people were less likely to be filmed?
Read more |December 15, 2020
Reviews
Review: Paintvine Painting Experience
It was a night “to feel the fear and do it anyway”. Conversation stopped as we concentrated intensely, trying to achieve perfection.
Read more |December 2, 2020
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