Te Au: Liquid Constituencies
3 Dec 2022 - 20 Mar 2023
Bonita Bigham, Megan Cope, Erub Arts, Ruha Fifita, Taloi Havini, INTERPRT, María Francisca Montes Zúñiga, Angela Tiatia, Te Waituhi ā Nuku: Drawing Ecologies, Arielle Walker.
Kuku Biochar Project & Waikōkopu stream restoration.
Image: Maija Stephens. Courtesy of the artists.
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
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.
Exhibition
Shona Rapira Davies, Ko Te Kihikihi Taku Ingoa, 2022 (detail). Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre. Image: Hayley Bethell.
The Unfurling
3 Dec 2022 - Ongoing
Shannon Novak and Pasha Clothier
Forming part of the Make Visible: Taranaki project, this collaborative work is a window-based intervention in the Len Lye Centre that makes visible different spectrums via the lenses of identity and gender.
Pasha Clothier, Kāhili, 2022.
Shannon Novak, A Warm Embrace, 2022.
Len Lye: Master of Motion
3 Dec - Ongoing
A new documentary about Len Lye's remarkable life and work - screening 1pm daily in the Len Lye Centre cinema. Free.
Len Lye: Master of Motion, still, 2022.
What’s On
Len Lye: Master of Motion
Len Lye: Master of Motion
Len Lye: Master of Motion
Tue 31 Jan 23 — Len Lye Cinema
Master of Motion the newly commissioned documentary about Len Lye will screen daily in the Len Lye Centre cinema.
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The Fabelmans
The Fabelmans
The Fabelmans
Wed 1 Feb 23 — Len Lye Cinema
Steven Spielberg’s most personal film yet is based on the master director’s childhood passion for moviemaking, and the family dynamics that found their way into his work.
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We Are Still Here
We Are Still Here
We Are Still Here
Thu 2 Feb 23 — Len Lye Cinema
To sit, to listen to witness. Starting points for a multi-layered journey bring you to the brink of interaction between cultures, then, now, and what may be. Set in various flashpoints in time.
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Jeanne Dielmann 23 Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielmann 23 Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielmann 23 Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Thu 2 Feb 23 — Len Lye Cinema
During the months of February and March we will be showcasing the Sight and Sound/BFI Top 10 Films of all time in the Len Lye Cinema. This will be a rare opportunity to revisit or see for the first time these films on the big screen.
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Tár
Tár
Tár
Fri 3 Feb 23 — Len Lye Cinema
Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, Led by the soaring melody of Cate Blanchett's note-perfect performance, Tár riffs brilliantly on the discordant side of fame-fueled power.
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News
Gallery publications pick up awards
Three Govett-Brewster publications were commended at the 2022 Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Art Writing and Publishing Awards.
Len Lye’s shadowgraph portraits
Essay by Leroy Nurkka 2022 Victoria University Summer Scholarship participant working with the Len Lye Foundation archive at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre.
The Tongan artist who never went to art school
A Tongan artist who never went to art school is now showing her work in New Plymouth’s prestigious Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre.
Len Lye: Master of Motion
Master of Motion the newly commissioned documentary about Len Lye will screen daily between 1pm and 2pm, in the Len Lye Centre cinema.
Gallery welcomes new International Film Curator in Residence
The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre has welcomed Alla Gadassik as its International Film Curator in Residence for 2022 to 2025.
Te Au: Liquid Constituencies Opening Weekend Programme
Join us to celebrate the opening of Te Au: Liquid Constituencies with a series of artist korero and events throughout the day.
Govett-Brewster welcomes Assistant Curator, Contemporary Māori Art
The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre is excited to announce curator and artist Taarati Taiaroa (Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Apa) will join the Gallery in the role of Assistant Curator, Contemporary Māori Art.
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.
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Don't Fight The Feeling T-shirt - Mens
Capturing the spirit of Len Lye in a moment of vintage 1970s style, this replica T-shirt strikes close to the heart of the artist’s philosophy.
Dedicated to making art that celebrates motion, Lye was a champion of living in the moment, constantly moving forward and sideways, and certainly not fighting the feeling.
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Don't Fight The Feeling T-shirt