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Women Recognised at the Academy Galleries
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 4:02 pm | Academy Galleries
On this weekend at the Academy Galleries, the installation ‘Hall of the Unrecognised’ celebrates the inaugural National Council of Women which first met in Christchurch on 13 April 1896. The installation is part of the SOLO group show. More >>
Academy Autumn Show Extended to the 5th of June
Monday, 23 May 2011, 12:57 pm | Academy Galleries
Due to popular demand The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Autumn show has been extended for two weeks until the 5th of June. More >>
NZAFA announces summer art show
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 2:10 pm | Academy Galleries
WELLINGTON – The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, a self-funding gallery dedicated to the visual arts, announces Then, Now, When: the first membership show of the year. The exhibition poses questions about New Zealand identity through its history of ... More >>
ARTISTS as ACTIVISTS: Fighting for our environment
Tuesday, 24 August 2010, 9:53 am | Academy Galleries
An exhibition of paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture by some of New Zealand’s leading artists, all of whom use their art to express their passion for our environment and sometimes to protest against its desecration. More >>
ARTISTS as ACTIVISTS
Monday, 23 August 2010, 9:37 am | Academy Galleries
Find any significant cause for change or conservation and there will inevitably be an artist involved. ARTISTS AS ACTIVISTS will showcase the passion, energy and political creativity of some of New Zealand's most celebrated artists and their contribution ... More >>
Academy Gallery: New Ceramic, Watercolour Exhibits
Wednesday, 21 October 2009, 5:12 pm | Academy Galleries
Sue Newitt graduated from Otago Polytech in 1982 after completing a diploma in Fine Arts and a year on the full time ceramics course. 'My work has always been based on the wheel as I enjoy the process of throwing and putting together of the pieces ... More >>
‘Summer in Antarctica & Winter in Wellington’
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 2:29 pm | Academy Galleries
This spring, visitors to the Academy Galleries should be prepared for a cool experience surrounded by paintings and ceramics. Paintings of the Antarctic’s unique landscape will hang together with portraits of Wellington in autumn and winter dress in a major ... More >>