Watch: Ngā Tai Whakarongorua | Encounters timelapse

This portrait wall forms part of the Toi Art exhibition ‘Tūrangawaewae: Art & New Zealand’, which spans historical portraiture to contemporary practice, with art works that inspire and provoke, question and console.

A large artwork filled with clouds of olive green and black paint. Adding to the surreal cloudscape are small, detailed drawings of decapitated birds’ heads, mountains, fantastical creatures and circular hiapo motifs that create small pockets of narrative.

Toi Art

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Toi Art opened again on Saturday 14 June, with more opening up at the end of June – see what’s coming up!

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Sat 14 Jun

Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

Colin McCahon’s Walk (Series C) hangs on a wall in Toi Art

Tūrangawaewae: Art and New Zealand

From Te Papa’s art collection comes a dynamic exhibition across five galleries. The art works here explore identity and cross-cultural exchange.

Closed

17 Mar 2018 – 13 Sep 2021

Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

White painted text on black background "I am scared I stand up"

Art I’m Into: Charlotte Davy, Head of Art

“When I first unpacked this work from its travelling crate an uncontrollable shiver went up my spine.”

Watch: Ngā Tai Whakarongorua | Encounters timelapse

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