Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Open every day 10am-6pm
(except Christmas Day)
Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Five New Zealand and five Australian artists respond to the history, legacy, and recent centenary of World War I.
16 Sep 2016 – 26 Feb 2017
Level 5
Free exhibition
All ages
Each print in this exhibition is an artistic response to World War I (1914–19).
The Australian War Memorial invited five New Zealand and five Australian artists to each create a new art work using printmaking techniques. The medium was chosen to link the past with the present, recalling Australia’s first official war artist, Will Dyson, who was a prolific printmaker.
Some artists drew on their family histories to remember fathers, uncles, or grandparents involved or lost in the war. Others explored their own beliefs about the war and its impact on humanity.
This ground-breaking exhibition tells the story of the Gallipoli campaign in World War I through the eyes and words of eight ordinary New Zealanders who found themselves in extraordinary circumstances.
Temporarily closed
Temporarily closed. Reopening Sat 13 September
Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga
Fresh takes and new favourites. You’ll find them in Toi Art.
Toi Art opened again on Saturday 14 June, with more opening up at the end of June – see what’s coming up!
On now
Sat 14 Jun
Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga
