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Date: Sat 25 Feb 12 - Sun 17 Jun 12
Time: All Day
Venue: Open Window gallery space outside the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
In response to the locale of New Plymouth, Macdonald’s personal observations and notations draw attention to everyday moments, glimpses of familiar streetscapes and the remnants of people’s lives that are often overlooked.
For this... Read More
Date: Sat 03 Mar 12 - Sun 17 Jun 12
Time: All Day
Venue: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and online
Write a haiku (Japanese 17-syllable poem) inspired by Laurence Aberhart's new Taranaki photographs. Create yours in the Gallery, or post it to our Facebook page or Twitter account. Post 3 March - 17 June and our favourites win a Laurence Aberhart... Read More
Date: Sat 03 Mar 12 - Sun 17 Jun 12
Time: 10am - 5pm
Venue: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Laurence Aberhart’s photographs are among the most respected and memorable artworks produced in Aotearoa New Zealand over the last four decades.
In Recent Taranaki Photographs, Aberhart is absorbed in capturing the architecture and... Read More
Date: Sat 03 Mar 12 - Sun 01 Jul 12
Time: 10am - 5pm
Venue: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
What is a ‘drawing’? Where do you draw the line between a drawing and something else?
This exhibition features a selection of works from the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Collection that examines the contemporary eclectic variety of... Read More
Date: Sat 10 Mar 12 - Sun 24 Jun 12
Time: 10am - 5pm
Venue: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
The new exhibition True Stories: Scripted Realities tests, exposes and expands forms of the documentary with video works that challenge representations of reality. The works use a variety of scripts and transcripts from real life or ‘true... Read More
Date: Tue 08 May 12 - Fri 18 May 12
Time: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Venue: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
New Zealand’s 2011 Secondary Schools’ NCEA Level 3 art folios that achieved Excellence are shown in the Govett-Brewster Theatre.The folios shown include work by former Spotswood College students Emma Glucina who placed second in New... Read More
Date: Fri 18 May 12
Time: 10.00am
Venue: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Mums, dads and caregivers, get your art and culture fix. Join us for a talk about Drawing the Line: Works from the Gallery’s Collection.
Adults $5, includes morning tea at Cafe Govett-Brewster. Free entry for babies and toddlers.
Kindly... Read More
Date: Sun 20 May 12
Time: 11.30am - 12.30pm then 2.00pm - 3.30pm
Venue: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
11.30am – 12.30pm Exhibition Gallery2.00pm – 3.30pm Gallery TheatreBrian Scadden, manager of Peter Jackson’s film laboratory at Park Road Post Production and collodion photographer, gives a talk on antiquarian cameras and... Read More
Date: Tue 22 May 12
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
A musical conversation at the Govett-Brewster with Nick Bollinger and Chris Bourke
Did New Plymouth have rock'n'roll concerts before Auckland? It's possible - and New Plymouth bass player Galvin Edser was soon riding his instrument in chaotic... Read More
Date: Wed 23 May 12
Time: 3.30pm - 5.00pm
Venue: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Young Visionaries - Where kids discover and make art.The Govett-Brewster's art club for children runs every Wednesday during the school term.Inspired by the current exhibitions, local art teacher Juliet Farquhar helps students create art that... Read More