Join us for a talk from Only Connect: Portraits by Joanna Margaret Paul and Janet Elaine Paul curator Helen Kedgley.

Currently working as a freelance curator and Trustee, Helen Kedgley was Director of Pataka in Porirua City from 2012 until November 2015 and then Acting Director of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in 2016. Prior to that she was Senior Curator and Arts Manager at Pataka, and has curated numerous exhibitions of contemporary art. In 2015 Helen was granted a Distinguished Alumni Award from Victoria University, Wellington. She is a Trustee of the NZ Portrait Gallery and the Wellington Sculpture Trust. She was a Member of the Board of Creative New Zealand from 2010 – 2014. A graduate of Victoria University, Massey University,  the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts and the Ecole du Louvre in Paris, her international museum work includes the Science Museum, Oxford, England and The National Gallery of Zimbabwe. As a painter Helen has participated in numerous exhibitions in France, England, India and Zimbabwe.

Access information: The New Zealand Portrait Gallery is an accessible venue, all on one level. There is an accessible wharepaku (toilet) at the back of the venue. The gallery has automatic sliding doors and glass doors that can be pushed or pulled to enter. We have a wheelchair available for use within the gallery, and there is low stool seating throughout. You can find more accessibility information here. If you have any questions regarding accessibility or if there is something we could do to make your visit easier, please get in touch.