Several degrees of attention: Thinking with the collection
9 Jul - 13 Nov 2022
Kate Coolahan, Turumeke Harrington, Ralph Hotere, Sonya Lacey, Rozana Lee, Maria Olsen, Michael Parekōwhai, W A Sutton.
Curated by Māia Abraham, Elle Loui August, Simon Gennard, Amy Weng.
Works by Kate Coolahan and Rozana Lee, Several degrees of attention, 2022, installation view. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Ngāmotu New Plymouth.
Photo: Bryan James.
Len Lye: Atomic Power
20 Aug 2022 - 25 Apr 2023
Len Lye as political thinker: beyond riotous experimental films to a world at war.
Len Lye, Atomic Dance, 1960. Collection Len Lye Foundation.
Len Lye: Sky Snakes
3 Sep 2022 - 6 Feb 2023
Seven swirling Sky Snakes make a return to the Gallery for summer.
A large-scale kinetic sculpture from the Len Lye Foundation and Team Zizz!
Len Lye, Sky Snakes, 1965 (2019 reconstruction). Len Lye Foundation Collection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Photograph Bryan James
Public Relations: A performance series
20 Aug - 13 Nov 2022
Three new performance-based projects will unfold at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and in public sites around Ngāmotu between August and November 2022.
Layne Waerea, Free Public Sauna, research image, 2022. Image courtesy of the artist.
Shona Rapira Davies: Ko Te Kihikihi Taku Ingoa
5 Aug 2022 - 28 Feb Aug 2024
Ko Te Kihikihi Taku Ingoa is a major new installation by Shona Rapira Davies (Ngāti Wai ki Aotea, Aotearoa, New Zealand) that responds to histories distinct to Taranaki and to the ‘cathedral-like’ space of the gallery.
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Shona Rapira Davies, Ko Te Kihikihi Taku Ingoa, inital sketch, 2022.
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
Emerita Baik: O
9 Jul - 7 Nov 2022
In the Open Window, Te Whanganui-a-Tara-based artist Emerita Baik presents a new installation of soft sculptures.
Emerita Baik, O, 2022.
Silk, ink, polyester, installation view.
Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Bryan James.
What’s On
Millie Lies Low
Millie Lies Low
Millie Lies Low
Sun 2 Oct 22 — Len Lye Cinema
After missing her flight to a prestigious internship, an anxiety-ridden architecture grad fakes being in New York while lying low in her home town scrounging for another ticket.
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Punch
Punch
Punch
Fri 30 Sep 22 — Len Lye Cinema
Seventeen-year-old boxer Jim carries the hopes and dreams of his father on his shoulders, but his growing relationship with local takatāpui Whetu forces him to confront the truth about his sexuality and choose his own future.
“This is the story of anybody who has fought to find their place in the world, even when this means losing the things that keep you safe.” — Welby Ings
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Sum of its Parts
Around the World
Sum of its Parts
Sat 1 Oct 22 — Len Lye Centre Cinema
Treat the kids these school holidays with films especially for children. Come and enjoy a selection of some of the most joyous and beautiful animated and stop motion films for the young and the young at heart.
Presented in association with Square Eyes Film Foundation
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McCurry: The Pursuit of Color
McCurry: The Pursuit of Color
McCurry: The Pursuit of Color
Sat 1 Oct 22 — Len Lye Cinema
An intimate look at Steve McCurry, best known for his famed photograph `Afghan Girl', who has braved hardship and personal risk over his 40-year career to create some of the most enduring images of our time.
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School Holiday Art at the Gallery.
October School Holiday Art
School Holiday Art at the Gallery.
10:30am Mon - Fri. Both weeks of the holidays — Todd Energy Learning Centre
Make art that surprises and inspires!
10:30AM - 12:30PM
Monday to Friday, both weeks of the School Holidays.
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News
Lalaga Pasifika 2022 Wrap Video
On Saturday May 28th 2022, the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and the Ngāmotu Pacific community participated in a day of art and culture recognising and celebrating Pacific arts in our community.
Foundation Members contribute to major new installation
Govett-Brewster Foundation Members, with the Pollen Foundation and Bowen Galleries have enabled senior artist Shona Rapira Davies to achieve one of her most significant works to date.
Gallery’s Friends celebrate 50 years!
Established in 1971, the Friends of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery have been the membership organisation of the Gallery for over 50 years.
Collection presented in new light
Featuring four curatorial projects, each departing from a work or group of works in the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery collection, Several degrees of attention proposes four ways into, and out of, certain contemporary art histories that we live with.
Seeking Assistant Curator, Contemporary Māori Art
The Govett Brewster Art Gallery - Len Lye Centre is has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Curator, Contemporary Māori Art to join our collaborative, supportive programming team working in a dynamic contemporary art gallery environment.
Calling all Friends to celebrate 50 years
Turning 50 is a major milestone in anyone’s lives including the Friends of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery who have been supporting the Gallery since 1971.
Govett-Brewster Foundation announces new Trustee
The Govett-Brewster Foundation has announced that Heather Froude will become a Trustee, maintaining the longstanding connection to Taranaki legal firm Govett Quilliam.
Lalaga Pasifika at the Gallery - 28 May
Celebrate Pasifika creativity as we weave together Pasifika art, culture and community at the first Lalaga Pasifika, happening in and around the Gallery from 11am – 4pm on Saturday 28th May.
Thinking Out Loud
The new ArtNow.nz essay series – Thinking Out Loud – features an insight into the preparation for an exhibition by Areez Katki.
Everyday fabrics given new life with traditional skills
Areez Katki’s intricate embroideries and earthen sculpture adds rich family narrative and insight into Persian cultural history to There is no other home but this exhibition.
Smuggled tapestries from Afghanistan adorn New Plymouth Art Gallery
Three towering tapestries are about to take pride of place in New Plymouth’s premier contemporary art Gallery after being smuggled out of war-torn Afghanistan disguised as cushions.
Book of Len Lye’s poems released
The first collection of poetry by the internationally recognised pioneering filmmaker and kinetic artist Len Lye has been published by the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and Len Lye Foundation.
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Brett Graham: Tai Moana Tai Tangata - Pre-Order
In 2018 Brett Graham (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Tainui) spent six weeks in Taranaki as the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery’s artist-in-residence. Connecting with tangata whenua and his extended whānau, Graham researched the history of the relationship between Taranaki and Tainui Māori, focussing on the pact of solidarity forged during the New Zealand Wars, a relationship known today as Te Kīwai o te Kete.
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Brett Graham: Tai Moana Tai Tangata