Tauranga is currently showcasing a large number of renown street artists, with events where you can watch the art being created in the street and view others inside the Tauranga Art Gallery. Take a walk around Tauranga central shopping area – there’s guides at most shops detailing the street works of art and events on […]
Many art groups set up in local community parks with an exhibition of their works on weekends … I’ve been to ones at Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui, others at Taupo and on the Strand, Tauranga. These are excellent places to pick up reasonably priced local artist artworks. Last week I met Betty Oakes at a […]
The galleries and shops in Cambridge, NZ are worth a visit. At the Sinclair – Barclay Gallery in Duke Street the exceptional works of Wayne Sinclair are varied and extraordinary with works in progress also on show at the gallery. Artworks can be commissioned but the landscapes and those of horses and farm scenes should […]
A great night out at Baycourt on Friday 24 March 2017 for all those who attended Richard O’Brien’s 75th birthday party. The evening included an interview on stage by Mark Sainsbury and video clips from well wishers. Richard spoke candidly of his life and I enjoyed the confident philosophies such as “don’t wait for the […]
Visiting the new national centre for glass art in Whanganui is a very hot experience. That’s because you walk in on a balcony overlooking the actual artworks being made and furnaces in front of you. Its a great insight and fascinating experience as long as you can stand the heat. This type of experience is […]
One of the well known Gallery’s in New Zealand is the Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui which is undergoing redevelopment that will ‘look after the Sarjeant’s nationally-important collection with environmentally-controlled storage and exhibition galleries; enhance public access through improved exhibition and education spaces; and enable the preservation of Whanganui’s most iconic building’. This is an outstanding […]
A recent visit to Palmerston North and its various galleries produced a surprising quality of artwork and I was lucky enough to be there during the collection of digitally remastered and life size paintings of Rembrandt van Rijn. 57 paintings and some great information about the works shown in Te Manawa art science history exhibition […]
A must see in Palmerston North is the Taylor Jensen Fine Arts Gallery which is full of many many artworks of all sorts, has a dedicated exhibition area and a huge variety of gifts. This is a shop/gallery in which you can browse time and time again and still not see all the works. Located […]
Art Curator Karl Chitham gave an interesting insight into the mind of the collector through his talk about the exhibition of some of Theo (1918-2005) and Koula (1927-2014) Vellinga who were a couple who shared a passion for collecting. Their home in the rural foothills of Whakamarama, just north of Tauranga, became a treasure house […]
Another excellent talk at the Tauranga Art Gallery about the artworks displayed upstairs small gallery by Barry Dabb. Grafted: Paintings of Contemporary Polynesian Gardens is a colourful, energetic, bright and yet relaxing display of views of gardens, mostly private, and some no longer in existence, from Polynesian Islands. Listening to Barry Dabb revealed the methods […]
