City Gallery Wellington
Brett Graham: bringing the land wars into the present
On Friday night artist Brett Graham (Ngati Koroki Kahukura, Tainui) received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award. Graham is one of New Zealand's most celebrated sculptors and artists… Audio, Gallery
Art Crime symposium
When you're buying art - especially old art - top of your check-list is the artwork's provenance. That thorny subject is the theme of the 4th New Zealand Art Crime Symposium in Wellington. Art crime… Audio
This is New Zealand
This is New Zealand is a new exhibition at City Gallery Wellington, exploring the role of art in asserting and questioning notions of national identity. The title is taken from the three-screen film… Audio
The importance of curating and celebrating contemporary Maori art
We are a creative nation. No one knows that better than art historian and contemporary-art curator Ngahiraka Mason. The former Indigenous Curator Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is now… Audio
The bitter taste of sugar slavery
Imagine being stolen from your homeland and forced to work on a sugar plantation. Many people are unaware of that happening in this part of the world, but it did. Colonial Sugar, the new exhibition at… Audio
Robert Buratti - Occulture: The Dark Arts
Robert Buratti is an artist and art curator chiefly concerned with the role of the spiritual within contemporary art. He is influenced by the approach and experimentation of artists such as James… Audio
Social change through music
New Zealand composer Leila Adu is usually based at Princeton but is back in Wellington to perform at the City Gallery in front of works by another famous New York dweller, Cindy Sherman. Leila brings… Audio
Summer of Love
Sister Corita's Summer of Love is coming to City Gallery. Described as a "Joyous Revolutionary" the Roman Catholic nun captured the civil rights movement, protests against the Vietnam War and condemns… Audio
Hey Sister!
Mickey Myers first met artist and activist Roman Catholic nun Sister Corita Kent when she was nine. That first interaction sparked a lifetime of mentorship, friendship and creativity. Mickey has… Audio
Fiona and Neil Pardington: City Gallery Wellington
Fiona and Neil Pardington: City Gallery Wellington Fiona Pardington is one of New Zealand's most important, and celebrated, photographers. A Beautiful Hesitation is the largest exhibition of her work… Audio
Jasmina Cibic: City Gallery Wellington
One of the featured artists in City Gallery Wellington's Demented Architecture exhibition Audio
Yvonne Todd: NZ Photographer
NZ Photographer talks about Creamy Psychology: an exhibition at City Gallery Wellington and a book on Victoria University Press Audio
Controversy over selling gifted artworks
The sale of a painting bequeathed to the City Gallery in Wellington has ignited a debate about the ethics of selling artworks which have been gifted. Audio
Controversy over sale of famous artwork by Wellington Gallery
City Gallery in Wellington has sold at Christies Auction house in London a famous painting of dancer Anna Pavlova. The painting was bequeathed to it by a renowned New Zealand ballet dancer, who wanted… Audio