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Welcome. Nau Mai. Haere Mai
"Portraying New Zealanders to all New Zealand".
The New Zealand Portrait Gallery, administered from Wellington, is a national organisation promoting the display of New Zealanders through the perceptive eyes of painters, sculptors, caricaturists and photographers.
We host a programme of visiting and curated exhibitions as funding and venues allow. We have storage and display space in Shed 11 on Wellington's waterfront.
We host lectures and meetings and the biennial Adam Award and purchase for and lend from our collection.
We are supported by an enthusiastic Friends group.
See what's on or see highlights of the Wellington section of the Adam Portraiture 2012 prizegiving, paintings, catalogue, people's choice
'All Woman' 10.30am – 4.30pm daily
"Tanja & Te Kaahurangi Maioha"
Portraits of NZ women who have achieved in disparate activities and
often against the odds, curated by photographer Bev Short.
more about the exhibition
images from the opening
the full lecture series
see an article on police.govt.nz
In association with the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Shed 11, Wellington Waterfront from 27th April – 8th July 2012, 10.30am – 4.30pm daily. Admission is free.
Speaker Series - The Brown Bag Lunches
In conjunction with the exhibition a speaker series of ‘brown bag
lunches’ will take place every Wednesday at 1pm in the
Gallery. The talks will last for around 20 minutes.
23 May Elena – “My Blessed Life as a
Violinist”. Elena has a successful solo career as well as
being part of the Wellington Vector Orchestra.
30 May Jules Esther - "Our young people are our
greatest resource - Let's get alongside them." Jules is a
guidance counsellor at Paraparaumu College.
6 June Rae Julian – “Women and the UN”. Rae is Chair
of the UN Women Aotearoa NZ National Committee.
13 June Prue Hyman – “The F word – why we still need feminist analysis”.
Prue is part of the Wellington Womens Studies Association.
20 June Dr Rosy Fenwicke – “To be or Not to be. Who makes the decisions.... Women and abortion in the 21st century.”
Rosy has been a doctor for thirty years and now concentrates on Occupational Health and Women's Health.
27 June Ruth Herbert – “Violence against women – our national shame”.
Ruth is Director of Family Violence with the Ministry of Social Development.
4 July Kerry Prendergast – “My Defining Five C’s”.
Kerry is ex mayor of Wellington and now Chairs the NZ Tourism Board and is Executive Chair of the NZ International Arts Festival.
Bev is also available to escort school trips and visits from photographic clubs. Contact details on the link below
ADAM PORTRAITURE AWARD &
EXHIBITION
Closed in Wellington - on Tour
Paintings chosen to exhibit at Lopdell House, Auckland have a * in the catalogue and are marked on the picture pages
Our judge was Dr Christopher Chapman, Senior Curator at the
National Portrait Gallery of Australia.*
See the Adam Award page and the winning image
Go to this external site for a map to Shed 11
