Judge Arthur Tomkins presented mystery, intrigue and surprises in his lecture about French Art Historian Rose Valland, heroine of the French Resistance, and the fight against art crime during war.
Read more |January 12, 2022
Indian hand-crafted textiles starting dying out when England started producing its own cotton cloth. However, a revival occurred in the 20th century.
Read more |November 25, 2021
Two New Zealand artists were the subject of this visit, Maori artist Brett Graham known for his large-scale sculptures and painter Judy Millar.
Read more |November 1, 2021
Toi Koru is a thought provoking exhibition that sits in our history and across a timeline of significant change in our national artistic development and in particular that of Maori art.
Read more |October 28, 2021
The shop-window inspired display of feathers in fashion on Te Papa’s 4th floor is a must see.
Read more |October 12, 2021
Dr Mark Stocker said that while researching his upcoming book on the introduction of Britain’s decimal currency he had gained immense respect and affection for Prince Philip.
Read more |August 18, 2021
Friends were treated to two curators’ tours at the Dowse Museum in Lower Hutt – our thanks to Karl and Sian for taking the time to give us such interesting views of these two exhibitions.
Read more |August 18, 2021
If we just left thinking how plants are interestingly weird, Leon has done his job!
Read more |August 16, 2021
“People like Rutherford cease to be the national pride of the countries where they were born and where they worked – they become the pride of all mankind.” – Pyotr Kapitsa, Nobel laureate and Rutherford’s Russian student.
Read more |July 30, 2021
“Lighter than aluminium, stronger than steel”
Read more |July 13, 2021
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