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Wellington Waterfront 6011

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The Adam Portraiture Award 2026
May 21
The Adam Portraiture Award 2026

The Adam Portraiture Award is Aotearoa’s premier prize for painted portraiture.

Image: Duncan Pepe Long, Solomon Tāmehana, 2026, oil on wood (winner)

Life in Forms: Pauline Kahurangi Yearbury
Jun 11
Life in Forms: Pauline Kahurangi Yearbury

Life in forms is a focused survey of the work of trailblazing Ngāpuhi artist Pauline Kahurangi Yearbury (1928-1977). It charts the artist’s practice over four decades, from her early works in the 1940s to her final pieces in the 1970s.

Developed and toured by Te Uru Contemporary Gallery.

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Miniature Portrait Nails with Emma Mitchell
Jul 25
Miniature Portrait Nails with Emma Mitchell

Join 2026 Adam Portraiture Award finalist and miniature nail artist Emma Mitchell for a session on the art of painting portraits on press-on nails. This is a ticketed event with limited capacity.

Image: Emma Mitchell, Face value, 2026. Gel nail polish.

The Adam Portraiture Award 2026: Artists Talk
Aug 1
The Adam Portraiture Award 2026: Artists Talk

Join us for a kōrero with three of this years Te Whanganui a Tara based Adam Portraiture Award finalists: Sacha Lees, Benjamin Dellabarca and Emma Hercus.

Image: Sacha Lee, Benjamin Dellabarca and Emma Hercus. Images supplied.

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Robyn Kahukiwa: Tohunga Mahi Toi - Pātaka, Porirua
May 23
Pataka Art + Museum
Robyn Kahukiwa: Tohunga Mahi Toi - Pātaka, Porirua
Pataka Art + Museum

Robyn Kahukiwa’s artworks have made a difference to Māori. They have provided not only beauty and strength but inroads into our mātauranga, and the multi-layered, inter-generational and ever-evolving stories that are part of our cultural landscape. Her work has become an alternate visual rendering of Aotearoa’s history, through the lens of a Māori woman.

Image: Robyn Kahukiwa, Portrait of a Woman, 1986, Private collection, Wellington

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