News from Experience Wellington (aka Wellington Museums Trust)
Wellington’s city art gallery will be retained alongside the other five institutions operated by Experience Wellington which is undergoing a proposed restructure.
The Council Controlled Organisation is consulting its 147 staff on a proposed organisational restructure which follows an updated strategy with significant input from staff.
“The change proposal is about enhancing our institutions, including City Gallery, through better allocation of resources and greater collaboration across the portfolio, and embracing of te ao Māori,” Chief Executive Dr Sarah Rusholme says.
“We want to enhance the visitor experience, including greater focus on te ao Māori and deeper engagement with our audiences.”
Toni, 2. May 2021, 11:09
Shades of the Camera Base closure, as “prior to the announcement there were no discussions with relevant stakeholders such as long term supporters, regional art institutions, sponsors, and art practitioners.” The WCC’s obvious disregard for the community and stakeholders is very apparent.
Concerned Wellingtonian, 2. May 2021, 12:11
What involvement, if any, have our Councillors had with any of this? Did the arts portfolio holder know what was going on?
Adam Crisp, 2. May 2021, 12:30
Great letter with excellent questions. Come on Andy Foster, give us answers. WCC is not a business that you run, it is funded by Wellington.
Jon Coutts, 3. May 2021, 10:29
The work of Ayesha Green and Shona Rapira Davies powerfull mix in Toi TÅ« Toi Ora.
Forget the backstage dramas in Wellington’s museums just for a moment: let’s celebrate art history getting exciting again. First, there was
The
Dominion Post front page news - City Gallery Wellington is to host an exhibition of Swedish artist Hilma af Klint in December. This show got New York’s Guggenheim its largest audience in its history. Pause on that for a moment - not Picasso, Van Gogh or Monet. “Klint who?” most will have asked. Or, “Don’t you mean Gustav Klimt?” the Austrian painter whose life, like Klint’s, crossed two centuries when painting was the big European game.
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