Reclaimed Land: Tāngata, Tiriti, Taiao
Drawing together work by contemporary artists, Reclaimed Land: Tāngata, Tiriti, Taiao presents a portrait of the earth told through personal, ancestral and collective relationships between he tāngata and te taiao.
A Horse Walks Into A Bar: Humour and Portraiture in Aotearoa
Reaching across a half-century of portraiture in Aotearoa, this exhibition offers a potted history of how painters, photographers and video artists have snuck punchlines into the white cubes of the gallery, and to what end.
Salome: An Angel of History
For the very first time, this exhibition will plot the course taken by renowned New Zealand artist Yuki Kihara in her exploration of Pacific history, through her alter-ego Salome.
Winner of the 2018 Adam Portraiture Award Announced
THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM: FORMER FINALIST WINS ADAM PORTRAITURE AWARD
The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Announces Major Art Award Finalists
50 artworks have been shortlisted for the 2018 Adam Portraiture Award - New Zealand’s premier portrait painting prize - with a first prize of $20,000. The winner will be announced on 28 February.
Strangely Familiar: Portraits by Wayne Youle
Strangely Familiar showcases bold, compelling portraits of New Zealand art-world personalities including musicians, poets, writers and artists such as Colin McCahon, Rita Angus.
Bringing art to life | Bensemann's 'Caroline' - Performance Painting
Artist Julia Holden will bring to life a portrait in Leo Bensemann & Friends using her signature 'body painted' process.
Adam Portraiture Award 2016, Entries open NOW
28 SEPTEMBER 2015 Press release from the New Zealand Portrait Gallery ADAM PORTRAITURE AWARD 2016 – Call for Entries! Pick up your brushes and get painting! Entries are now open for the biannua
