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Lee Mingwei: Uncommon Senses

Friday, 28 November 2008, 4:49 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

Lee Mingwei, a leading artist on the international stage, presents Uncommon Senses at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery from 6 December 2008 to 16 March 2009. More >>

Bumper crowds for Snow Ball Blind Time

Thursday, 23 October 2008, 4:35 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery’s highly anticipated spring exhibition, Peter Robinson: Snow Ball Blind Time has snowballed in popularity among gallery visitors and critics alike. More >>

Simple matters by John Ward Knox

Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 2:52 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

Currently transforming the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery's front window space is the elegant work of John Ward Knox. More >>

Peter Robinson: Snow Ball Blind Time

Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 3:17 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

Artist Peter Robinson will present his most recent and expansive project, commissioned by and presented only at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. More >>

Gallery launches vibrant winter programme

Friday, 2 May 2008, 2:54 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery's winter programme bursts into life this month with the launch of three exhibitions. More >>

Francis Upritchard: Rainwob I

Saturday, 1 March 2008, 7:42 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

London-based New Zealand artist Francis Upritchard presents her new exhibition Rainwob I at New Plymouth’s Govett-Brewster Art Gallery from 1 March to 18 May. More >>

Bill Culbert: Groundworks at Govett-Brewster

Friday, 29 February 2008, 4:46 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

Eminent New Zealand artist Bill Culbert leads audiences through an exploration of light, shadows and perception in a new exhibition Groundworks at New Plymouth’s Govett-Brewster Art Gallery from 8 March to 18 May 2008. More >>

Wanted: Old suitcases for new artwork

Friday, 18 January 2008, 5:33 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

If you've got an old suitcase lurking in the back of a cupboard it could be given a new lease of life as part of a planned artwork. More >>

Acclaimed artists create new work for gallery

Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 4:42 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery’s forthcoming suite of exhibitions showcases new works by internationally acclaimed artists Francis Upritchard, Jayce Salloum and Bill Culbert with photographic portraiture by Len Lye also featured. More >>

Ngahina Hohaia: Roimata Toroa

Friday, 30 November 2007, 12:50 am | Govett Brewster Gallery

The compelling and symbolically rich work Roimata Toroa brings the narratives of Parihaka to the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery this summer. More >>

Terry Urbahn: The Sacred Hart

Thursday, 29 November 2007, 1:43 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery presents Terry Urbahn’s installation The Sacred Hart from 8 December – 2 March 2008. More >>

Len Lye: Five Fountains and a Firebush

Tuesday, 27 November 2007, 10:43 am | Govett Brewster Gallery

Len Lye’s kinetic sculpture takes centre stage at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery this summer in Five Fountains and a Firebush from 7 December 2007 – 24 February 2008. More >>

Contemporary Pacific art showcased in Germany

Saturday, 1 September 2007, 1:50 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

Date Line – Contemporary art from the Pacific 7 September – 21 October 2007 Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK) Berlin More >>

Upcoming exhibition: New Nature<

Thursday, 17 May 2007, 12:06 am | Govett Brewster Gallery

“How natural is nature?” ‘How wild is wilderness”? Drawing on the ideas of biologist Tim Low, the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibition New Nature investigates the endlessly mutating shifts between the natural world and the varied ... More >>

Exhibition at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

Friday, 22 December 2006, 1:48 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth is pleased to present the exhibition Tom Kreisler, the first major survey of this influential New Zealand artist’s work in almost two decades. Tom Kreisler opens 3 March and runs to 13 May 2007. More >>

Len Lye Centre gets the green light!

Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 5:06 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

New Plymouth’s Len Lye Centre received the green light yesterday from New Plymouth District councillors. The council agreed that external funds would cover the estimated $10m construction of the Centre, while committing to support the $683,000 annual ... More >>

Artistic Director and Curator of the 2006 Biennale

Thursday, 23 February 2006, 9:11 am | Govett Brewster Gallery

The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery's Monica Brewster Club is pleased to present Artistic Director & Curator of the 15th Biennale of Sydney, Dr Charles Merewether who will conduct his lecture Zones of contact in New Plymouth and Auckland as a preview to ... More >>

Artists explore web of social networks

Thursday, 8 December 2005, 5:59 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

Linked: connectivity and exchange opens this weekend at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery bringing together artists who work with a variety of media to explore the web of complex social networks that people experience on a daily basis. More >>

Len Lye on show this summer at the Govett-Brewster

Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 1:31 pm | Govett Brewster Gallery

The work of Len Lye makes a welcome return to the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery this summer with the exhibition Len Lye: Individual Happiness Now! Showing at the Gallery from 3 December to the 13 March 2006, this is the first exhibition by the Curator ... More >>

Saskia Leek seeks out what is unique

Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 10:50 am | Govett Brewster Gallery

Saskia Leek seeks out the discarded and forgotten in her new exhibition Drifters. The exhibition is the result of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery's 2005 Taranaki artist in residence programme in partnership with the Western Institute of Technology at ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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