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Experience New Zealand art, history practice, and culture (Māori, Pacific) in its various forms and mediums through the eyes of its famous artists and their work. This can be viewed online and at art galleries in across new Zealand. SCIS no. 1808620

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Colin McCahon: I am

Colin McCahon: I am

A documentary about New Zealand's most celebrated painter, Colin McCahon.

Richard Killeen

Richard Killeen

New Zealand artist Richard Killeen

Billy Apple

A set to celebrate the opening of the new exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery 'Billy Apple: The Artist Has To Live Like Everybody Else' (14 March - 21 June 2015): http://www.aucklandartgallery.com/w...

Gretchen Albrecht

Gretchen Albrecht

Gretchen Albrecht is a New Zealand artist. She was born in Onehunga in 1943 and attended Elam School of Fine Arts in 1963. This set features some of her well known works.

Frances Hodgkins

Frances Hodgkins

Frances Hodgkins was a painter of still lifes, portraits, and landscapes. Born in Dunedin in 1869, Hodgkins spent most of her life in Europe, and is one of New Zealand's most renowned and influenti...

Greatest Hits: The 1990s

Greatest Hits: The 1990s

I've been thinking about the 1990s a lot lately. It's the decade I came of age - I studied art history at the turn of the century, and although I wasn't there physically, Headlands, Cultural Safety...

New Zealand’s spectacular landscapes and the indigenous Māori people were popular subjects for paintings from the first time Europeans first visited the country. The New Zealand art world was slow ...

Julian Dashper

Dear Julian, Putting together this set has made me realise what a colourist you were. I've always thought you had an exquisite appreciation of form, but I never realised quite how amazingly you ...

History of New Zealand painting

Early European painting in New Zealand was dominated by landscapes and images of exotic Māori. From the 1890s the local art scene was boosted by the arrival of professional painters from Europe. Bu...

Temporary art

Emma Bugden from Artspace with an introduction to the world of temporary art.

Christchurch-born artist Len Lye (1901 - 1980) was an internationally renowned modernist filmmaker and kinetic sculptor. Recognised as a front-running innovator in setting music to film, e.g. Swing...

Artists have been quick to use new technologies in their work.

Interview with Sriwhana Spong

Interview with Sriwhana Spong

Sriwhana Spong explores the way art can draw upon fragments from history.

Everywhere instantly by Daniel Crooks

Everywhere instantly by Daniel Crooks

'Everywhere Instantly' by Daniel Crooks has just opened at the Christchurch Art Gallery.

Samoan artists

Samoan artists have made a major contribution to the New Zealand art scene. Michel Tuffery, born in Wellington of Samoan descent, likes to poke gentle fun at the negative impact of western culture ...

Pacific frigate bird

Pacific frigate bird

This essay originally appeared in New Zealand Art at Te Papa (Te Papa Press, 2018). Laid out with the measured flourish of Arabic calligraphy, its wings like splayed scissors, Don Binney’s Pacific...

Swinging the Lambeth Walk

Swinging the Lambeth Walk

The Lambeth Walk was a popular 'swing jazz' dance in London in 1939. It included a hand gesture with the Yiddish "Oi!". New Zealand-born filmmaker Len Lye edited together different versions of the ...

Rose

A painting titled, Rose by Judy Millar.

Life goes on

Painting by Pat Hanly titled Life Goes On.

Trophy

An artwork by the artist Don Driver.

Dining Room

A painting titled, Dining Room with Demons by Sylvia Sidell.

The scarred couch, the Auckland experience

The scarred couch, the Auckland experience

In this painting by Philip Clairmont, everyday domestic objects run amok.

Heart book

A painting titled, Heart Book.

KARAKA, Emily - Manaia

KARAKA, Emily - Manaia

1170mm x 570mm; Acrylic on three board panels

'Final domestic expose – I paint myself', by Jacqueline Fahey

'Final domestic expose – I paint myself', by Jacqueline Fahey

In the early 1980s there was an outpouring of feminist art by New Zealand women painters. As in this work by Jacqueline Fahey, much of women's art explored women's unique experience and was highly ...

Painter

A painting titled Painter by the artist Gary Freemantle.

Mt Egmont from the southward

Mt Egmont from the southward

Painting titled Mt Egmont from the southward by Charles Heaphy.

Street art

Colombo Street.Thursday 28 November 2013. File Reference: 2013-11-28-IMG_0751 Photo by Donna Robertson. From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries

Mokoia Island from Ohinemutu

Mokoia Island from Ohinemutu

Painting titled Mokoia Island from Ohinemutu by Charles Blomfield.

Comic artist Dylan Horrocks

Comic artist Dylan Horrocks

Auckland-based Dylan Horrocks is one of New Zealand's leading contemporary comic artists.

Portrait of Betty Curnow

Portrait of Betty Curnow

Portrait of Betty Curnow by artist.

Winter sports

This advertisement for winter sports at Tongariro National Park shows an airborne skier above the ski fields of Ruapehu with Mount Ngauruhoe in the background. It was William Perret Mead and Bernar...

Kurow

A painting titled Kurow by artist Doris Lusk.

Florence And Harbour cone

Florence And Harbour cone

Purchased 1975 with assistance from the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Oil on canvas 950 x 640mm ...

Wellington in 1843.

Wellington in 1843.

1843 painting by Sir William Fox.

Medium shell lei

Medium shell lei

Medium shell lei' by Emily Siddell.

Nelson landscapes

Nelson landscapes

A painting titled Nelson landscapes by Toss Woollaston.

Untitled balloon

Untitled balloon

A painting called Untitled Balloon by artist Brent Wong.

Wahine kino

Items from Areta Wilkinson’s, Wahine kino series.

McCahon chronology

McCahon chronology

An attempt to lay out paintings by Colin McCahon contained within DigitalNZ in chronological order, so as to satisfy an intellectual itch about colour progressions. Somewhat marred by Date not ...

Performance video

Performance video

Artwork by Simon Denny.

Hinetitama by Robyn Kahukiwa

Hinetitama by Robyn Kahukiwa

Hinetitama by Robyn Kahukiwa

Rugby player

Rugby player is a painting by artist Michael Smither.

Nga toki mate whenua - axes Felling Trees, kill the land

Nga toki mate whenua - axes Felling Trees, kill the land

A painting by artist Tony Fomison.

Titokowaru ponders the embers

Titokowaru ponders the embers

Lithograph of a Greek belly amphora decorated with scenes relating to the Taranaki and Tītokowaru Wars.

Girl of rain

The painting Girl of Rain by Star Gossage.

John Walsh - New Zealanders c1200 AD

John Walsh - New Zealanders c1200 AD

Painting titled New Zealanders c1200 AD by John Walsh.

Canna leaves and buds

Canna leaves and buds

On this sketchbook page Rita Angus has economically captured a visual impression of canna lily leaves and several flower buds imbuing them with a muted translucence delicacy of pinks greens and yel...

Surrender of the Ngaiterangi at Te Papa

Surrender of the Ngaiterangi at Te Papa

This scene at Tauranga, shows the Ngati Rangi bringing in their arms and the arms of British soldiers captured in the battle of Gate Pa. A large group of Māori is seated, with their leader, Hori Ng...

Burning the bush, Taranaki

Burning the bush, Taranaki

Bush picnics and excursions were popular forms of social entertainment for settlers two centuries ago. This picnic description from 1896 almost matches the image, “Amongst the trees a table which l...

Beatrice Faumuina

Beatrice Faumuina

As one of New Zealand’s most accomplished and respected caricature artists; Murray Webb’s work is immediately recognisable for its deft mix of caricature, realism and humour. For decades he has as ...

Venetian children

Venetian children

During her first trip across Europe early last century Francis Hodgkins sketched as she travelled, in this case a quick watercolour of two Venetian children. She returned to New Zealand but left fo...

Reptilian future cop indoctrination

Reptilian future cop indoctrination

Matt Hunt’s juggles apocalyptic, religious and popular culture imagery drawn from an eclectic mix of sources - from the Bible to Star Wars. In Hunt’s imaginative cosmology, hot rods share canvas sp...

Let me be Frank

Website of comic artist Sarah Laing.

This exhibition registers the world premiere of one of the most ambitious screen-based projects from Aotearoa New Zealand.

Simon Denny: secret power

Simon Denny’s acclaimed Venice Biennale exhibition Secret Power explores surveillance and espionage.

Shane Cotton is one of New Zealand's best-known contemporary painters.

Te Papa: McCahon’s northland panels

The Northland Panels were painted after McCahon returned from an extensive tour of the United States.

Dick Frizzell’s work has always been characterised by a highly skilled handling of paint.

Reuben Paterson

Reuben Paterson is a dynamic young artist known for his creations in glitter and diamond dust.

The Wallace arts trust and its collection

The vision of the Wallace Arts Trust is to support, promote and expose New Zealand contemporary artists.

Hunting and collecting

Artist Matt Hunt collects things.

Auckland Art Gallery

Auckland Art Gallery holds a large and significant permanent collection of New Zealand art.

Images of New Zealand’s largest outdoor contemporary sculpture collection.

Hamish Mckay gallery

Works from New Zealand artists represented by the Hamish Mckay gallery.

Tour of New Zealand

Ruth Watson’s Tour of New Zealand seems to be an exercise in nostalgia.

Rita Angus life & vision

Rita Angus is one of New Zealand’s most significant artists.

The online home of arts at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Video art works

The CIRCUIT catalogue contains over 500 works by 90 New Zealand artists.

Lester Hall art

Presents a contemporary take on New Zealand historical art and design.

Tony de Lautour's hidden paintings and urban camouflage

Tony de Lautour talks about camouflage, and an upcoming exhibition of rediscovered paintings.

New Zealand artists you should know

Get to know some New Zealand artists.

Joanna Braithwaite, Juggling Reality

Joanna Braithwaite’s paintings present juxtapositions of reality and the absurd.

Videos by artist Daniel Crooks.

Window is a contemporary art and project space showcasing fresh and experimental works both onsite and online.

Painter Seraphine Pick takes inspiration from the internet for her new show.

Amazing sculptures

Amazing Sculptures by Neil Dawson that look like cartoons.

Bill Hammond - Living Large 6 (1995)

An introduction to Bill Hammond's Living Large 6 (1995), narrated by New Zealand actor Miranda Harcourt.

John Walsh’s work is characterised by a palette of aqua and green hues, a cast of lyrical hybrid characters and expressive brushwork.

Cliff Whiting is one of the most influential Māori artists of our time.

Pule has emerged as one of this country’s most recognised painters.

New Zealand art

A Pinterest board featuring New Zealand art.

Five Māori painters at Auckland Art Gallery

Explore the foundations on which contemporary Māori painting is based.

Five Kiwi artists

Five Kiwi artists who are going places.

Ronnie Van Hout

Ronnie Van Hout talks about his work in the Melbourne Now exhibition.

Painter Helen Stewart

Article that features the modernist painter Helen Stewart.

Toi Māori Aotearoa

Toi Māori was set up in 1996 for the promotion of Māori art and artists.

The Cut Collective

The Cut Collective is an Auckland based art collective.

Michael Lett gallery

Works from New Zealand artists represented by the Michael Lett gallery.

Sound in contemporary Australian and New Zealand art.

The Art of Sofia Tekela-Smith

Sofia Tekela-Smith - maker of jewellery and/or objects of body adornment.

Francis Upritchard: jealous saboteurs

The first major survey exhibition of New Zealand-born sculptor Francis Upritchard.

Matt Hunt is one of New Zealand’s most interesting and eclectic painters.

Judy Darragh: limbo

Respected New Zealand artist, Judy Darragh is known for her brightly coloured sculptural collections of found objects.

Real art road show

The Real Art Roadshow is two fantastic collections of real New Zealand art.

Contemporary New Zealand artists to know and watch

A subjective overview of the contemporary New Zealand artists you really need to know.

Information about the biennial Walters Prize that profiles outstanding examples of contemporary New Zealand art.

An aerosol and stencil artist, Flox first made her mark on the inner cityscape of Auckland in 2003.

Katharina Grosse

Katharina Grosse is one of the most inventive and intriguing painters working today.

A Pinterest board featuring New Zealand artworks.

Guides & factsheets

Drawings, Paintings, and Prints

The Drawings, Paintings and Prints collection holds drawings, prints, paintings, cartoons, architectural plans and objects relating to New Zealand and the Pacific from 1642 to the present.

Women in Aotearoa

Women in Aotearoa

Women have made their mark in Aotearoa through sports, the boardroom, politics and also as academics, writers, leaders and artists. Research how feminist movements fought for voting rights, equal p...

Famous New Zealanders

Famous New Zealanders

Peter Jackson, Lorde and Richie McCaw are famous nationally and internationally. Discover resources about famous New Zealand explorers, heroes, inventors, scientists, singers, writers, sportsmen, s...