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This exhibition celebrates the ongoing relevance and standing of the Alexander Turnbull Library, 100 years after it first opened.
Image: Gottfried Lindauer, Mrs. Ngahui Rangitakaiwaho of Wairarapa, Dec 21st 180 (ATL ref.G- 515) courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.
Marti Friedlander (1928-2016) is one of our most prominent and highly regarded photographers. This exhibition will show and explore the range and diversity of Marti’s portraits, including many that have never been shown publicly before.
Image: Marti Friedlander Self-portrait 1964
Mostly known and admired for his renditions of the Canterbury landscape, Bill Sutton also attained an outstanding reputation as a portraitist during his lifetime.
Image: Bill Sutton, Unknown Man, 1948, oil on canvas, Collection: New Zealand Portrait Gallery
New Zealand’s premier portrait prize returns in 2020.
Image: Sacha Lees Sometimes an outline coloured in 2019, Winner Adam Portraiture Award 2020
Works that defy the conventions of traditional portraiture and explore ways of communicating diverse identities through portraiture.
Curated by Georgie Keyse
Image: Frances Hodgkins, Still life: Self-portrait c.1935, oil on panel, collection of the Museum of Te Papa Tongarewa
Image: Appo Hocton, the first Chinese New Zealander, 1876. Nelson Provincial Museum, WE Brown Collection.
Poutokomanawa features portraits and stories of the transgender women of Carmen’s generation including Chrissy Witoko, Georgina Beyer and Dana de Milo, celebrating their role as poutokomanawa for the community.
Image: Nicolette Page, Carmen 2012, oil on canvas, collection of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata. Gift of the Artist. Photograph: Jess O’Brien
Co-curated by Chanel Hati, Talei Langley and Georgie Keyse
Jaqueline Fahey’s Suburbanites presents people from Fahey’s life within familial, domestic and neighbourhood entanglements.
Image: Jacqueline Fahey, Drinking Couple: Fraser Analyses My Words 1978. Oil on board, The University of Auckland Collection.
Image: Peter James Quinn: "At the East St corner, Kirra Lee begins a Saturday night shift on Karangahape Road, Auckland.”
This collection of homegrown examples shows some of the various creative and stylistic techniques employed by New Zealand portrait artists.
Image: Rudolf Boelee, Robyn Hyde (2007), acrylic on hessian board. NZPG collection.
Best known for his sublime, ethereal landscapes with dense narratives, A Portrait of Ūawa Tolaga Bay He Whakaahua o Ūawa is a major survey of Walsh's portrait paintings.
This exhibition tracks a century of artistic renderings and re-imagining of one of New Zealand's greatest writers.
This exhibition celebrates the life and art of expatriate New Zealand artist Douglas MacDiarmid.
Image: Douglas MacDiarmid, Self Portrait on wet paving stones, 2010-13, Acrylic on paper, Private collection, Wellington
Situated Selves shows how the once popular studio portrait was eclipsed in popularity by an informal, documentary style from the 1960s onwards.
image: Brian Brake, 'Doreen Blumhardt' 1980
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: Winner Logan Moffat with Elam
Spanning 50 years of Hodgkins’ life, this exhibition is curated by art historian and 19th century specialist in women artists Dr Pamela Gerrish Nunn.
The portraits in this exhibition were all created by the Christchurch-based artists known as The Group, in the middle decades of last century.
Image: Caroline Oliver, 1940, Leo Bensemann, Private Collection
An exploration of the role portraits play in family history through 17th and 18th century paintings from the Rokeby collection.
Image: Unknown artist, Untitled (Lady with a Pointer Dog) oil on canvas, private collection
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image:Sisters (André Brönnimann)
A Life Lived Intensely explores the relationship between Expressionist painter, Alan Pearson, his subjects and the individual experiences that lie behind each sitting.
Image: Alan Pearson, Time Waits for No One, 2005-6, Oil, Private collection
Image: Carmen Rupe at the Purple Onion Photograph by Ans Westra
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: Tim (Henry Christian-Slane)
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: 3 nights, A mirror and Loads of Coffee (Stephen Martyn Welch)
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: Kayte (Harriet Bright)
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: The Blue Girl (Irene Ferguson)
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: Portrait of Hans (Freeman White)
New Zealand’s premier portrait prize returns in 2020.
Image: Sacha Lees Sometimes an outline coloured in 2019, Winner Adam Portraiture Award 2020
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: Winner Logan Moffat with Elam
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image:Sisters (André Brönnimann)
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: Tim (Henry Christian-Slane)
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: 3 nights, A mirror and Loads of Coffee (Stephen Martyn Welch)
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: Kayte (Harriet Bright)
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: The Blue Girl (Irene Ferguson)
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: Portrait of Hans (Freeman White)
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: Self Portrait (Ryuzo Nishida)
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image: Meren and Josie (Marianne Muggeridge)
This exhibition celebrates the ongoing relevance and standing of the Alexander Turnbull Library, 100 years after it first opened.
Image: Gottfried Lindauer, Mrs. Ngahui Rangitakaiwaho of Wairarapa, Dec 21st 180 (ATL ref.G- 515) courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.
Works that defy the conventions of traditional portraiture and explore ways of communicating diverse identities through portraiture.
Curated by Georgie Keyse
Image: Frances Hodgkins, Still life: Self-portrait c.1935, oil on panel, collection of the Museum of Te Papa Tongarewa
Poutokomanawa features portraits and stories of the transgender women of Carmen’s generation including Chrissy Witoko, Georgina Beyer and Dana de Milo, celebrating their role as poutokomanawa for the community.
Image: Nicolette Page, Carmen 2012, oil on canvas, collection of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata. Gift of the Artist. Photograph: Jess O’Brien
Co-curated by Chanel Hati, Talei Langley and Georgie Keyse
