Installation in Détour by Michael Parekowhai, 2018. Photograph by Maarten Holl. Te Papa

Work being installed:

• Claes Oldenburg, Geometric Mouse, Scale D (paper), ‘Home-made’, 1971, offset lithograph on wove paper laminated to five cardboard elements with die-cut, stainless steel chain and wire and nickel-plated fasteners. Edition of 3000. © Claes Oldenburg, 1971. Courtesy of Michael Parekowhai

Behind:

• Michael Parekowhai, Standing on Memory, 2018, fibreglass, automotive paint. Courtesy of Michael Parekowhai

Installation in Détour by Michael Parekowhai, 2018. Photograph by Maarten Holl. Te Papa

Works in crates, from left to right:

• Michael Parekowhai, Constable Plum Bob (installation view), 2018, fibreglass, automotive paint. Courtesy of Michael Parekowhai
• Michael Parekowhai, Hoodwinked (installation view), 2018, fibreglass, automotive paint. Courtesy of Michael Parekowhai
• Michael Parekowhai, Tiki Tour (installation view), 2018, fibreglass, automotive paint. Courtesy of Michael Parekowhai

Installation in Détour by Michael Parekowhai, 2018. Photograph by Maarten Holl. Te Papa

Work:

Michael Parekowhai, The shortcut gallery (installation view), 2018, mixed media. Courtesy of Michael Parekowhai

Installation in Détour by Michael Parekowhai, 2018. Photograph by Maarten Holl. Te Papa

Michael Parekowhai’s Détour under construction, 2018. Photograph by Maarten Holl. Te Papa

Works, from left to right:

• Theo Schoon, Untitled [Orange Waiotapu patten], about 1966 (printed 2018 by Mark Adams), Kodak colour Ektachrome transparency (Te Papa Collection), printed on Fuji flex paper. Courtesy of Michael Parekowhai
• Theo Schoon, Untitled [The best of Theo’s thermals], about 1966 (printed 2018 by Mark Adams), Kodak colour Ektachrome transparency (Te Papa Collection), printed on Fuji flex paper. Courtesy of Michael Parekowhai

Both works are viewable from the bridge.

Installation in Détour by Michael Parekowhai, 2018. Photograph by Maarten Holl. Te Papa

Work:

• Michael Parekowhai, The shortcut gallery (installation view), 2018, mixed media. Courtesy of Michael Parekowhai

Lisa Walker hangs Pendant, 2016. Rotary dial telephone, smart phone. On loan from Lisa Walker. Photograph by Daniel Crichton-Rouse. Te Papa

Tiffany Singh, Indra’s bow installation, 2018. Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

Installing Tiffany Singh, Indra’s bow, 2017–18, site-responsive installation. Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

Art Studio under construction, 2018. Photograph by Daniel Crichton-Rouse. Te Papa

The new art space under construction, 2018. Photograph by Daniel Crichton-Rouse. Te Papa

The bridge through Détour by Michael Parekowhai, while the exhibition was being installed, 2018. Photograph by Daniel Crichton-Rouse. Te Papa

The new art space under construction, 2018. Photograph by Daniel Crichton-Rouse. Te Papa

Miscellaneous debris, 2018. Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

Artworks on the wall before they're revealed, 2018. Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

Pacific Sisters: Fashion Activists under construction, 2018. Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

The new art space under construction, 2018. Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

Preparing the western stairwell for Jeena Shin to install Movement image time. Te Papa, 2018. Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

Paint tins, 2018. Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

Looking towards the main entrance of Toi Art from inside the Détour by Michael Parekowhai space under construction, 2017. Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

Pacific Sisters: Fashion Activists under construction, 2017. Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

Pacific Sisters: Fashion Activists under construction, 2017. Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

Construction workers hoist two wooden panels containing messages from staff and children onto the wall of the new art gallery, 2017. Photograph by Daniel Crichton-Rouse. Te Papa

Looking towards Détour by Michael Parekowhai from the entrance to Pacific Sisters: Fashion Activists, 2017. Photograph by Daniel Crichton-Rouse. Te Papa

Level 5 under construction, 2017. Photograph by Tim Onnes. Te Papa

Pacific Sisters: Fashion Activists under construction, 2017. Photograph by Tim Onnes. Te Papa

Toi Art under construction from the viewpoint of where Détour by Michael Parekowhai is, 2017. Photograph by Tim Onnes. Te Papa

The western stairwell, long inaccessible, before construction began, 2017. Photograph by Tim Onnes. Te Papa

The new art space under construction, 2017. Photograph by Tim Onnes. Te Papa

Toi Art under construction, 2017. Photograph by Tim Onnes. Te Papa

The new art space under construction, 2017. Photograph by Tim Onnes. Te Papa

The new art space under construction, 2017. If you look close enough, you can see the reverse of the Art Wall projection as visible from Espresso on Level 4. Photograph by Tim Onnes. Te Papa