Review: Kiwiana lecture
Christine Fernyhough knew she had moved from being an interior decorator to a collector when she ran out of shelf space.
Read more |February 10, 2020
Reviews
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Tours
Friends Visit to View the Pacific Collection
Te Papa staff Grace Hutton, Humanities Collection Manager, Sean Mallon, Senior Curator of Pacific Histories & Cultures and Rachel Yates, Curator of Pacific Cultures guided our small group, giving us a privileged insight into some rare items in the Pacific collection collected by early visitors or gifted by families representing many ethnic groups living in […]
Read more |January 31, 2020
Reviews
Review: Collecting and Exhibiting LGBTQI Fashion and Dress
Personable, passionate and clearly very involved in his topic Dr. Cole’s talk for the Friends of Te Papa referenced the politics, identities, artists, cultural environment and influences of fashion in apparel both designed by and worn by gay society.
Read more |December 18, 2019
Science
Review: From Enlightened Naturalists to Greta Thunberg
What a privilege to hear from Professor Sörlin from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. The professor works in environmental history and gave us a fascinating insight into some of the early Swedish naturalists that travelled on Cook’s two voyages into this part of the globe.
Read more |December 12, 2019
History
Here: Kupe to Cook with Michel Tuffery
It was a sold out Friend’s visit to listen to artist Michel Tuffery at Pātaka Art + Museum. Michel asked us to touch the anchor stone on our way into the gallery – this was the first invitation extended by him, in a conversation about having a conversation with the past. The stone, Maungaroa, or Te Huka-a-Tai, came from Eastern Polynesia and was left in Porirua over a thousand years ago by Kupe. When we touch it the past becomes the present, and we too become part of it’s history.
Read more |December 5, 2019
Art
Review: How to… Connect with Art
What a delightful evening we had with Laura Jones, Te Papa educator, as she enthusiastically involved us all in how to connect with and appreciate art. We were connected to the child within as we considered a number of works traditional, modern and Pasifika – in the Toi Art Gallery.
Read more |November 8, 2019
Curator Talks
Review: Colin McCahon and America
As one of the most renowned experts on Colin McCahon’s work, Peter Simpson had the audience at ‘Hello’. He continued to hold everyone’s attention with his fascinating insights into how a mere four months touring USA could have such an impact on McCahon’s development as an artist.
Read more |November 4, 2019
Science
Review: Understanding Colour
Peter Wellings, Wellington ophthalmologist, who may well have gazed into the eyes of many in the audience, stood beside a large and compelling image of a beautiful garden. It was black and white. With a tap of his finger he saturated the image with colour. Aha. So began his lecture.
Read more |October 24, 2019
Science
DNA research helps with preserving Te Tiriti o Waitangi
How could research undertaken on a piece of blank parchment help preserve the Treaty of Waitangi? Friends were intrigued to find out how from Peter Whitehead, National Library Collection Care Leader, Anna Whitehead
Read more |October 21, 2019
Textiles Series
Handmade with the heart
In their third presentation, ‘Old is New’, in the Friends’ Indian Textiles series, Shani Pillai and Joji Jacob took us on a visual extravaganza looking at how traditional embroidery techniques, crafts and textiles are being honoured and kept alive in a globalised world.
Read more |October 10, 2019
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