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Just over a week left to view controversial exhibition
Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
Tranquillity Disturb’d: A contemporary look at historical New Zealand which has been making waves at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery. More >>
More Women to be Featured at NZ Portrait Gallery
Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 11:25 am | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
People want to see the faces of more women featured in the national collection held by the New Zealand Portrait Gallery. That has become clear from a Who’s Missing? popular vote to name New Zealanders whose pictures should be included on the walls ... More >>
Captain Cook as Never Seen Before at Portrait Gallery
Wednesday, 18 February 2015, 10:01 am | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
A painting of Captain Cook as you have never seen him – with his underpants down and relieving himself in the bushes – will be featured in an exhibition at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery next month. “This is about as far from an official ... More >>
Young director to head Portrait Gallery
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
Gaelen Macdonald, 35, has been named as Director of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, on the Wellington waterfront, from December 1. More >>
Summer exhibition on the Wellington waterfront
Monday, 10 November 2014, 3:00 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
A collection of some of the finest modern portraits by New Zealand’s most celebrated artists, including Rita Angus, Frances Hodgkins and Toss Woollaston, goes on display at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, on the Wellington waterfront, on Thursday (Nov ... More >>
What we Unveil in the Shadows
Monday, 6 October 2014, 2:00 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
Three paintings of vampires featured in the hit horror-comedy movie What We Do in the Shadows will be unveiled with a ghoulish party at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery on Thursday October 16. They are the most unusual additions the gallery has made ... More >>
Egg cups, ashtray and paintings in WW1 exhibition
Friday, 6 June 2014, 9:41 am | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
Porcelain egg cups, made in Germany, featuring portraits of King George V and Queen Mary. More >>
First major commemoration of WW1 centenary
Monday, 26 May 2014, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
Historian Jane Tolerton holds a photo of sex hygiene pioneer Ettie Rout and her NZ Volunteer Sisterhood More >>
New Royal Portrait Unveiled
Friday, 11 April 2014, 9:58 am | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
His Royal Highness Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, this evening unveiled a new portrait of his Grandmother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, commissioned specially for the New Zealand Portrait Gallery. The unveiling took place at Government House, ... More >>
Royal Portrait an Exclusive for NZ Portrait Gallery
Friday, 7 March 2014, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
In her Diamond Jubilee Year Her Majesty the Queen granted an exclusive portrait sitting to New Zealand artist Nick Cuthell, to fulfil a commission for the New Zealand Portrait Gallery. More >>
Young Auckland artist Wins NZ Award
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
A 23 year old unknown artist from Auckland has beaten a number of older and more experienced painters to win NZ’s premier portrait award- the 2014 NZ Portrait Gallery/Adam Portraiture Award and Exhibition. More >>
Piera McArthur: The Endless Possibilities of Portraiture
Wednesday, 6 November 2013, 4:44 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
“ The Endless Possibilities of Portraiture ” opening at the NZ Portrait Gallery on November 14, exhibits the lifetime’s work of Piera McArthur, one of New Zealand’s most energetic and luminous artists. More >>
Movers And Shakers at the NZ Portrait Gallery
Monday, 24 June 2013, 7:05 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
Movers And Shakers at the NZ Portrait Gallery-Shed 11 Wellington Waterfront June 27 –Sept 8 More >>
Makers of Modern NZ
Monday, 21 November 2011, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
The Makers of Modern New Zealand 1930-1990, curated by Brian Easton 60 portraits representing transformational change in NZ Reflecting Mana – portraits of Tainui by Alan Bekhuis/Paul McNamara Gallery The NZ Portrait Gallery Shed 11 Wellington ... More >>
THE MATCH: Portraits of NZ Rugby Players
Monday, 1 August 2011, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
The search for the spirit of rugby in New Zealand has been a 6 year project for English photographer David Matches. ‘The Match’ is a series of 100 life-sized portraits of amateur and international rugby players which will form a major, ground-breaking ... More >>
King Henry VIIIth’s 500th - Exhibition
Monday, 20 April 2009, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
On the 500th anniversary of the accession to the throne of Britain’s most controversial king, Henry VIIIth, on April 22 1509, his portrait is the focus of a new exhibition opening at the NZ Portrait Gallery on Wednesday, April 22, at 5.30pm. Historian David ... More >>
New Zealand Artist’s International Success
Tuesday, 27 November 2007, 10:55 am | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
New Zealand Artist’s International Success Freeman White, the winner of the 2006 New Zealand Portrait Gallery’s 2006 Adam Award, has become the first New Zealander to be represented in the prestigious Portrait Gallery of Scotland’s permanent collection. ... More >>
Two New Paintings For The NZ Portrait Gallery
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:28 am | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
From The Nz Portrait Gallery A portrait of New Zealand poet James K. Baxter painted in a jail cell in North Queensland, is one of two portraits presented to the New Zealand Portrait Gallery this week ( Monday November 19). The portrait was painted ... More >>
Gallery to launch campaign for new premises
Friday, 7 April 2006, 2:21 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
The Director of the National Portrait Gallery in London will lecture at the close of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery’s current exhibition as the NZ gallery launches a fund raising drive to increase its activities . More >>
Portrait Award Attracts Record Entry Numbers
Monday, 20 February 2006, 5:25 pm | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
The 203 entries to this year’s Adam Portraiture Award are a new record for the biennial competition according to the New Zealand Portrait Gallery. “The response has been outstanding and shows the wide interest in portraiture all over New Zealand,” says ... More >>
