Gallery News

MAY 10

Students' art 'some of the best in the country'

10 May 2012

A wrinkled man losing his marbles and a well-known musician helped two Taranaki students create some of the best secondary school art work in the country last year. The work of New Plymouth Girls' High school seventh former Bronte Heron, 17, and former Inglewood High School student James Drummond,... More »

MAY 08

Blue Smoke to Blue Beat - The Lost History of Kiwi Pop

08 May 2012

A musical conversation at the Govett-Brewster with Nick Bollinger and Chris Bourke Tuesday 22 May At the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery $10 waged / $8 unwaged Did New Plymouth have rock'n'roll concerts before Auckland? It's possible - and New Plymouth bass player Galvin Edser was soon riding his... More »

MAY 02

Treadle-dee and treadle-done

02 May 2012

By Yvette Batten yvette.batten@dailynews.co.nz The loose ends have been sewn up for Govett-Brewster Art Gallery's pending feature Nations by NS Harsha. Several weeks ago Midweek ran an article in which gallery assistant curator Meredith Robertshawe asked the public to contribute by loaning... More »

MAY 02

True Stories: Scripted Realities at Govett-Brewster

02 May 2012

http://whitefungus.com/ By Sarah Dunn Testing boundaries and questioning realities, True Stories: Scripted Realities has been introducing its specific form of ambiguity to New Plymouth, New Zealand since early last month. Running until 24 June, this free exhibition at the Govett-Brewster... More »

APR 17

The heat's on to find machines

17 April 2012

By Yvette Batten yvette.batten@dailynews.co.nz The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery knows the value of a stitch in time. In order to feature Indian artist NS Harsha's work Nations, the gallery needs 192 old fashioned treadle sewing machines, which it hopes to find in the community. Should the... More »

MAR 05

35 Years Since Len Lye's First Exhibition at the Govett-Brewster

05 March 2012

On 5 March 35 years ago, Len Lye’s first ever New Zealand exhibition opened at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. The exhibition, Len Lye: Kinetic Works, featured the thunderous work Trilogy (A Flip and Two Twisters) and other kinetic works Blade and Fountain. The exhibition also featured Lye’s films... More »

FEB 11

Curator revives 'lost art'

11 February 2012

An internationally significant collection of art may have faded into obscurity if not for a series of serendipitous connections that led Govett-Brewster Art Gallery curator Mercedes Vicente to track down the artist, an unsung hero of the Taranaki art world. Natalie Finnigan reports. Mercedes... More »

FEB 07

ARTSPACE launches Dane Mitchell publication

07 February 2012

Join Dane Mitchell and Artspace for the New Zealand launch of the publication RADIANT MATTER I/II/III and the preview of his new Artspace edition on Thursday 16 February, 6pm. Radiant Matter I/II/III was a series of exhibitions by Dane Mitchell presented at three public... More »

JAN 27

Darcy Lange show reviewed in Spain

27 January 2012

Darcy Lange: Study of an artist at work, currently showing at Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castellón (EACC), was recently reviewed in Spains leading newspaper El Pais. Here's a rough translation into English... It began in the seventies when New Zealand artist Darcy Lange... More »

JAN 10

Immersion Photography postponed to this Sunday

10 January 2012

Due to the rough weather last weekend, the Immersion Photography event to be held at the Todd Energy Aquatic Centre was posponed until this Sunday 15 January. Come along to the pools, plunge in and create your own otherworldly underwater images inspired by Vincent Ward’s exhibition. Gallery... More »

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