Reviews

Review: Frances Hodgkin’s at the Adam Art Gallery

Friends visit to Frances Hodgkin’s at the Adam Art Gallery.

Read more |October 8, 2020

The photography of Leslie Adkin

Athol McCredie gave members a fascinating glimpse into the life and photography of Adkin. Leslie Adkin (1888-1964) was a farmer near Levin, but is better known as an amateur scholar, geologist, ethnologist, author and photographer.

Read more |October 7, 2020

Fabulous flora and High Tea

Dr Rebecca Rice introduced us to the rich world of botanical art by females in 1880s colonial New Zealand while we sipped our bubbles, and with the added treat of works from the storerooms on display for us to encounter in person.

Read more |October 2, 2020

Out of the Darkness into the Light

In the 1950s, our nation was emerging from the darkness and austerity of the Great Depression and World War II. It was time for New Zealand to have its own unique and distinctive identity, appropriate to our climate and conditions.

Read more |September 16, 2020

Review: Anthesis Atelier Gallery Visit

There’s something quite magical about Anthesis Atelier and it took my breath away.

Read more |September 9, 2020

Review: Art in New Zealand: Colin McCahon

Lizzie Bisley, Curator Modern Art, shared insights from McCahon paintings ranging from early works in the 1940s to the 1970s and provided almost 40 Friends with an engaging review of the artist’s key works throughout this period.

Read more |August 24, 2020

Review: A botanical wander through the Te Papa archives

Just being allowed through the locked doors into the back corridors of Te Papa was worth the price of admission. I felt privileged to gain insight to this powerhouse of research, where so many of our taonga are cared for.

Read more |August 4, 2020

Review: Still Lives – A Memoir of Gaza

Marilyn Garson began her talk to the Friends of Te Papa  with the question ‘Why do I use a storytelling voice on a subject that is usually so angry?’ Her answer  – that she is talking to us in the voices of people behind the blockade which confines ten times the population of Wellington into a narrow corridor…

Read more |July 21, 2020

Review: Tamatea- Legacies of Encounter

After weeks of isolation and no access to Te Papa, it was a joy to view the Toi Art exhibition Tamatea: Legacies of Encounter with Rebecca Rice, Curator Historical New Zealand Art and Art Historian, David Maskill.

Read more |June 29, 2020

Review: Flourishing Forest

The title of this talk by the President of the Friends of Te Papa, Elizabeth Kay, “From Tip Site to Flourishing Forest”, captures in a phrase the dramatic transformation that a group of residents in a new subdivision in Brooklyn, Wellington have achieved over a period of about fifteen years.

Read more |March 31, 2020