Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 4:50 pm
Photo:
James Hill.
Kate Fowle, director of
Moma PS1 in New York, has been appointed as the judge for
this year’s Walters Prize, New Zealand’s contemporary
art prize, which opens this Saturday 15 May at Auckland Art
Gallery.
Fowle says she is looking forward to working
with New Zealand’s top contemporary
artists.
‘The Walters Prize is an
internationally recognised award with a legacy of
extraordinary artists and a remarkable lineage of prior
success and engagement,’ she says.
The
Walters Prize is Aotearoa New Zealand’s most significant
contemporary art award. Established in 2002, this will be
Press Release – Auckland Art Gallery
Photo: James Hill.
Kate Fowle, director of Moma PS1 in New York, has been appointed as the judge for this year’s Walters Prize, New Zealand’s contemporary art prize, which opens this Saturday 15 May at Auckland Art Gallery.
Fowle says she is looking forward to working with New Zealand’s top contemporary artists.
‘The Walters Prize is an internationally recognised award with a legacy of extraordinary artists and a remarkable lineage of prior success and engagement,’ she says.
The Walters Prize is Aotearoa New Zealand’s most significant contemporary art award. Established in 2002, this will be the tenth iteration of the Walters Prize, which was created as a platform to show excellence in the visual arts.
Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori art show holds record for largest art exhibition since 1989
10 May, 2021 03:12 AM
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Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Photo / Supplied
Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Photo / Supplied
Reporter, NZ Herald
It was the largest exhibition in the 132-year history of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and the most attended since 1989.
Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art is the first exhibition to take over the entire gallery. It held more than 300 artworks by 110 Māori artists and before its closing saw more than 140,000 gallerygoers.
Press Release – Auckland Art Gallery
Made from hundreds of shimmering crystals, a 10-metre-high waka by artist Reuben Paterson will be revealed at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki on Thursday 17 June.
Image credit: Reuben Paterson at his studio, 2021. Photo: Jennifer French
Commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery and Edmiston Trust, Reuben Paterson has created the major new sculpture that will rise vertically out of the Gallery’s forecourt pool.
Paterson (Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tūhourangi) says the sculpture, made of 611 iridescent crystals, navigates a spectacular journey from Papatūānuku into the embrace of Ranginui and will cast a galaxy of stars over the pool.