Wednesday 16 March 2022, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Talk: Wellington’s Motor Town Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Join us for some city flashback where, in the 1920s, the site where Te Papa stands was the centre of a fast expanding motor industry. The talk will include photographs from the era and features to watch for when next you walk near Te Papa. $25.00 – $30.00
Wednesday 23 March 2022, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Event Cancelled: ‘Pages of Mercury’ curator talk City Gallery Wellington Te Ngākau Civic Square, Wellington, New Zealand The Moon sketches are little known. They sit outside the conventional understandings of Angus’s work, which largely centres around her contribution to landscape and portraiture. $20.00 – $25.00
Friday 8 April 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Talk: A Painter’s Journey Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Join Prue Donald and Lizzie Bisley as they discuss the creation of A Painter’s Journey – the film that welcomes visitors to the exhibition 'Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist | He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa'. $25.00 – $35.00
Wednesday 13 April 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Gallery Visit: Webb’s Auction House Webb's Auction House 23 Marion Street, Wellington, New Zealand Tour the recently opened premises under the guidance of art historian and educator David Maskill and former gallerist Carey Young, with a talk by Robert Leonard, Contemporary-Art Writer and Curator. $25.00 – $30.00
Thursday 28 April 2022, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Gallery Visit: Jeffrey Harris and Ans Westra at {Suite} Suite Gallery 243 Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand We invite you to join us at {Suite} Gallery to hear David speak about artist Jeffrey Harris, and explore the Ans Westra works $25.00
Tuesday 17 May 2022, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Talk: Gentlemen Art Thieves and their Art Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand If such a mythical master thief did exist, which of the world's greatest stolen (and still missing) artworks might be languishing in his hidden art collection? $25.00 – $30.00
Wednesday 18 May 2022, 10:30 am - 11:30 am Cancelled: Journey to Kilbirnie Toi Poneke 61/69 Abel Smith Street, Wellington, New Zealand Rosa and Oliver will speak to us in their exhibition at Toi Pōneke which brings together a selection of abstract and figurative paintings which arose from sketch booking, $20.00
Thursday 26 May 2022, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Talk: Shaping Modernism at Te Papa Icon, Level 2, Te Papa Cable Street, Wellington How did the collections arrive at Te Papa and how do curators work to interpret them? Justine Olsen looks at recent work on this subject that brings together international and New Zealand collections. $25.00 – $30.00
Friday 3 June 2022, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Members’ Preview: Robin White Toi Art, Level 4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand Come along anytime between 12noon and 2pm and enjoy your members’ preview of 'Robin White: Something's Happening Here' before it opens to the public on Saturday 04 June.
Sunday 12 June 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Talk: ‘Ut pictura musica’: Pop Songs and Art ‘Cancelled’ Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand A special Sunday afternoon lecture from Dr Mark Stocker that examines the interplay of historical art and pop music $25.00 – $30.00