Friday 29 July 2022, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm City Gallery: Guided Tour of Matarau City Gallery Wellington Te Ngākau Civic Square, Wellington, New Zealand The work of the artists in 'Matarau' draw from a strong sense of who and where they are as a compass for their own practice $15.00
Wednesday 10 August 2022, 10:30 am - 11:30 am A Fluid Art: Watercolours 1778-1900 Toi Art, Level 5, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Join Annika Sippel, curator of 'A Fluid Art: Watercolours 1778-1900', for a floor talk on a forgotten private collector, the history of British watercolours, and their place in New Zealand’s art collections. $20.00
Sunday 18 September 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Curators’ talk: Robin White Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Come and join Dr Sarah Farrar and Dr Nina Tonga who will talk through the curation of Dame Robin White’s retrospective exhibition Something is happening here. Sarah and Nina will give insights into $25.00 – $30.00
Thursday 29 September 2022, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Talk: Original Fine Art Prints Korero, Level 3, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand Join us for our first talk in our 'Art on Thursday' series. What is an original fine art print? In this interactive session with Art Historian David Maskill, you will be introduced to the various techniques of original fine art printmaking by examining a range of works dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries. $25.00
Thursday 20 October 2022, 10:30 am - 11:30 am Curator’s Talk: Pāua: A Contemporary Jewellery Story The Dowse Art Museum 45 Laings Road Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand Whether its glimmering surface evokes nostalgia or cultural cringe, pāua is undeniably linked with the visual character of Aotearoa New Zealand. $20.00
Wednesday 16 November 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Douglas MacDiarmid back-of-house tour Korero, Level 3, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand Mark the centenary of New Zealand artist Douglas MacDiarmid’s birth with this back-of-house tour, led by Curator Modern Art Lizzie Bisley. $25.00
Thursday 9 March 2023, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm High Tea: Celebrating Katherine Mansfield Icon, Level 2, Te Papa Cable Street, Wellington In 1940 the National Art Gallery acquired a striking portrait of Katherine Mansfield, by the American artist Anne Estelle Rice. It is a bold, modern painting, full of colour and pattern, and alive with the rhythm of early 20th-century modernism. $65.00 – $80.00
Thursday 30 March 2023, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Talk: What Isabella wanted: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Boston’s Gilded Age Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand ***SOLD OUT*** Hear about the self-assembled collection of art and objects created by Isabella Stewart Gardner, from her first purchase of Johannes Vermeer's The Concert. $25.00 – $30.00
Monday 17 April 2023, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Book Talk: A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand With his recently published “A History of New Zealand in 100 objects”, Jock Phillips creates powerful stories about exhibits in museums, including 24 objects held by Te Papa. $25.00 – $35.00
Thursday 27 April 2023, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Original Fine Art Prints: Part Two Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand In part two, David focuses on later printmaking techniques - aquatint, mezzotint, wood engraving and linocut illustrated with a selection of works from his collection. $25.00