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Fifteen public and private art galleries in Wellington will come together in a new arts festival to showcase work by various artists from around Aotearoa.
There are hopes the capital’s visual arts scene may get an overdue profile boost by a new festival which will see galleries collaborate in a partnership that’s been described as “unusual” for businesses normally viewed as worlds unto themselves. The
festival runs May 27 to 30 across Wellington and will see nine dealer and six public galleries come together to showcase work by some of Aotearoa’s most-celebrated portrait artists in a series of exhibitions, artist talks, studio visits, workshops and collection tours.
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 9:24 am
Portraits featuring whakairo (carving), raranga
(weaving), photography, ceramics and oil paintings are just
some of the works shortlisted in the country’s first
portraiture award in honour of Kiingi Tuheitia.
The
award, a partnership between the Office of the Kiingitanga
and the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata,
was launched to inspire a new generation of emerging Māori
artists to create portraits of their tūpuna
(ancestors).
The competition attracted an impressive
128 entries, of which 50 have been selected for the short-list
and will form the Finalists Exhibition.
Artists were
given an opportunity to showcase their talent on a national
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Fifteen art galleries from across Wellington have joined forces to host a new festival that aims to demystify and increase access to contemporary art. The
Face to Face: Portrait Festival, which opens on May 27, will feature the work of some of Aotearoa’s most celebrated artists, including Billy Apple, Yvonne Todd and Star Gossage, and mid-career artists such as Ayesha Green, Sam Mitchell, Claudia Kogachi. Jhana Millers Gallery, Bartley & Company Art, City Gallery Wellington, Lower Hutt’s The Dowse Art Museum and Te Papa Tongarewa are among the nine dealer galleries and six public galleries involved.
Final call for entries for Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award 03 Feb 2021 13:45 PM Lisa Reihana | Photo image supplied
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The submission deadline for the country s first Māori artist award of its kind with a $20,000 prize is only five weeks away.
New Māori artists have until March 5 to submit their entries for the inaugural Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award, launched in August 2020 by the Office of the Kiingitanga and New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata.