Events Archive

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The Art of Dance

Mon 25th May - Thu 11th June

The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre has launched an open call for dance performances inspired by a selection of visual artworks from the Govett-Brewster Collection.

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April School Holiday Art 2020

Postponed until further notice.

Drop in with your kids to make art that surprises and inspires.

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Toi Kōpurapura

Postponed until further notice.

Experience, inspire, create. Have fun with our educators seeing and making art, with tips for caregivers engaging little people in art.
He hōtaka reo Māori hoki.

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Waiata in the Gallery

Postponed until further notice.

Join us for an uplifting mid-week waiata session.

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Gundermann

Postponed until further notice.

He wants to be a good worker, a great husband, a caring father, an artist, a clown, a politician - he is everything at the same time. Gerhard Gundermann is hero and anti-hero, a constant contradiction, a glittering figure typical of the former East-Germany.

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Dial M for Murder

Postponed until further notice.

Named by the American Film Institute as the ninth best mystery film of all time. A special chance to catch this Alfred Hitchcock classic on the big screen.

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A Hidden Life

Postponed until further notice.

A humble Austrian farmer becomes a conscientious objector when he refuses to fight for the Nazis in this based-on-real-events World War II drama from writer-director Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life).

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Seberg

Postponed until further notice.

Inspired by real events in the life of French New Wave icon Jean Seberg.

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Dale Copeland: Artwork from the Collection

Postponed until further notice.

Hear from guest artist Dale Copeland and get creative in a hands-on, assemblage art workshop using your own personal belongings.

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Len Lye on the Road

Tue 17 Mar 6 - 8 PM

Join Len Lye curator Paul Brobbel for a talk about recent Len Lye Foundation activities overseas, including insights on the new exhibition of Lye's work at Museum Tinguely in Basel, Switzerland.

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Spartacus

Sun 15 Mar 2020. 2—5:30PM

The 1960 historical epic from acclaimed director Stanley Kubrick and starring the legendary Kirk Douglas amongst a cast of luminaries of the ages. Presented in a rare big screen showing.

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INXS - LIVE BABY LIVE

Thu 12 Mar 2020. 7—8:50PM

INXS, one of the world's most revered and iconic bands, delivered the gig of their lives at London’s Wembley Stadium on Saturday, 13th July 1991 to 74,000 ecstatic fans.

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Claudia Zeiske

Thu 12 Mar 2020. 5:15 - 6:30 PM

Claudia Zeiske, Director of Deveron Projects an international residency programme in Northern Scotland, is in New Plymouth as part of her travels in Aotearoa.

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For Sama

Thu 12 Mar 2020. 10:30AM—12:20PM

Shot over five years, Waad al-Kateab’s intimate, Cannes award-winning film addresses her baby daughter and delivers a harrowing account of the war in Aleppo, the devastation wrought on the city, its people and children.

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High Life

Wed 11 Mar 2020. 10:30AM—12:35PM

A forbidding spaceship carrying death row inmates hurtles towards oblivion in Claire Denis’s long-awaited, intensely hypnotic sci-fi opus.

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Fri 6 Mar 2020. 10:30AM—12:45PM

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

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Honeyland

Thu 5 Mar 2020. 10:30AM—12:10PM

When a nomadic family move in and break Honeyland’s basic rule, the last female wild beekeeper in Europe must save the bees and restore the natural balance.

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Waiata in the Gallery

Wed 4 Mar 2020. 12:30—1PM

Join us for an uplifting mid-week waiata session.

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For My Father's Kingdom

Sun 1 Mar 2020. 4—5:50PM

Pasifika filmmakers Vea Mafile’o and Jeremiah Tauamiti direct this intimate, clear-eyed documentary centred on the faith, love and fatherhood of Saia Mafile’o, and his four children.

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5 Artists, 5 Decades

Sat 29 Feb. 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Join us as we host a round table and community discussion with five artists from the Govett-Brewster’s collection.

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The Filth and the Fury

Thu 27 Feb 2020. 7—8:55PM

The Filth and the Fury is a complete and completely unabashed look at The Sex Pistols, shot in suitably propulsive punk fashion.

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The Irishman

Wed 26 Feb 2020. 10:30AM—2:10PM

Martin Scorsese's newest gangster epic, fresh from the New York Film Festival. Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director.

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The 39 Steps

Sun 23 Feb 2020. 7—8:40PM

Packed with twists and turns, this essential early Alfred Hitchcock feature hints at the dazzling heights he'd reach later in his career.

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Swimming

Sun 23 Feb 2020. 4—5:55PM

Swimming benefits from strong lead performances and a marketably zeitgeisty theme – phone-footage bullying. - Jonathan Romney, Screendaily

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Breathless

Sat 22 Feb 2020. 4—5:40PM

The Len Lye Centre Cinema is proud to present a selection of films from the French New Wave movement which emerged in the 1950’s and 1960’s and is widely considered one of the most influential movements in the history of cinema.

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What does Taranaki Anniversary Day mean today?

Sat 22 Feb 2020. 1—2PM

With Taranaki Anniversary Day coming up (Mon 9 March)

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Come To Daddy

Thu 20 Feb 2020. 2—3:45PM

A dark twisted black comedy/horror from New Zealand director Ant Timpson. A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father.

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A Woman Under the Influence

Wed 19 Feb 2020. 10:30AM—1:05PM

This uncompromising portrait of domestic turmoil details the emotional breakdown of a suburban housewife and her family’s struggle to save her from herself.

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Sense Art

Mon 17 Feb 2020. 2—3PM

We host a tour per exhibition suite for people with vision impairments.

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The Witch

Sun 16 Feb 2020. 7—8:45PM

The Witch delivers a deeply unsettling exercise in slow-building horror that suggests great things for debuting writer-director Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse)

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Stanley and His Daughters

Sun 16 Feb 2020. 4—5:25PM

The family saga of Stanley Spencer, one of Britain's greatest painters, and the effect it had on his two daughters.

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Meeting Gorbachev

Sat 15 Feb 2020. 1—2:45PM

Meeting Gorbachev plays to filmmaker Werner Herzog's endlessly inquisitive strengths -- and reveals the fascinating story of a pivotal political figure.

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Toi Mā Ngā Piriraho

Fri 14 Feb 2020. 10:30—11:30AM

Mums, dads and caregivers, join us for a baby-friendly, informal talk about the art and a fun art making workshop.

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Pretty in Pink

Thu 13 Feb 2020. 7—9:10PM

A pre-Valentines joy, Molly Ringwald gives an outstanding performance in this sweet, intelligent teen comedy that takes an ancient premise and injects it with insight and wit.

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Young Visionaries 2020 Ages 9–12 Term 1

Thu 13 Feb-9 Apr. 3.45-5.15PM

Weekly after school art classes where kids are inspired by great art.

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Young Visionaries 2020 Ages 6–8 Term 1

Wed 12 Feb-8 Apr. 3.45-5.15PM

Weekly after school art classes where kids are inspired by great art.

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Marriage Story

Wed 12 Feb 2020. 10:30AM—1PM

Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. Nominated for 6 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor and Actress.

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Russian Ark

Sun 9 Feb 2020. 4—5:50PM

As successful as it is ambitious, Russian Ark condenses three centuries of Russian history into a single, uninterrupted, 87-minute take.

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Govett-Brewster Collection

Sat 8 Feb 2020. 11AM—12PM

Join artist Reuben Paterson in the exhibition Ruth Buchanan: The scene in which I find myself / Or, where does my body belong.

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The Report

Thu 6 Feb 2020. 7—9:10PM

The Report draws on a dark chapter in American history to offer a sober, gripping account of one public servant's crusade for accountability.

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