Student Simone Blaylock visited City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi to experience This Is New Zealand, the gallery’s current exhibition that explores the relationship between art and our national identity. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life,” says Picasso, and I discovered that nowhere in Wellington captures this sentiment quite like City Gallery …
One of the perennial favourites of the Wellington winter calendar is back and better than ever, lighting up the city’s waterfront. The LUX Light Festival is running from Friday 18 to Sunday 27 May, from 6 until 10pm daily, transforming Wellington’s waterfront into a captivating performance of light and design. This year features a new …
Student Connie Brown recently visited Victoria’s on-campus gallery, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi. This was where she experienced the first large-scale solo exhibition in a New Zealand public gallery by Luke Willis Thompson—a London-based artist—who alongside his earlier work premiered his latest work, How Long?. Luke Willis Thompson, How long?, 2018, 16mm colour negative …
Student Natashka Wiszniewska spent time wandering through Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa’s new art gallery, Toi Art, and discovered that whether you’re an art buff or a gallery novice, the museum’s new gallery has something for everyone. After months of being closed for renovations, Te Papa’s dedicated gallery section has reopened as Toi …
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