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
From Te Papa’s art collection comes a dynamic exhibition across five galleries. The art works here explore identity and cross-cultural exchange.
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I roto i te kohinga toi a Te Papa kua puta he whakaaturanga hihiri e hōrapa atu ana i ngā wharetoi e rima. Ko ngā mahinga toi o konei he tūhura i te whakawhitinga o te tuakiri me ngā ahurea rerekē.
17 Mar 2018 – 13 Sep 2021
Toi Art, Level 5
Free entry
All ages
30 minutes
wheelchair accessible
audio-described video in Toi Whenua
large neon sculpture in Janet Lilo Top 16 gallery
low, soft wire barriers along two walls in Colin McCahon gallery
seating
Tūrangawaewae suggests a foundation, a sense of belonging in this Pacific place – Aotearoa. Together, these works may help us find our own place to stand.
There are five exhibition areas within Tūrangawaewae: Art and New Zealand.
Where should an exhibition of New Zealand art begin? This gallery offers several toi whenua, or sources of creativity – through sculpture, painting, film, and tapa.
The portraits in this gallery represent mana. Some trumpet the status of European royalty, Māori leaders, or prosperous colonial settlers in New Zealand. Others advertise the skills of the artist. All carry with them stories from the past into the present.
What difference does art make? Created from the 1950s to the 1990s, these works span a time of enormous political and social change.
A group of Colin McCahon’s most important works are on display coinciding with the centenary of the artist’s birth.
In this gallery, you’ve entered a giant, three-dimensional profile page. Lilo explores how social media allows us to shape our identities online – and reinvent the self-portrait form.
Read more about Janet Lilo – Top16
Curator Historical New Zealand Art Rebecca Rice and Curator Mātauranga Māori Matariki Williams tell NZSL Presenter Theresa Cooper about four of the artworks on the portrait wall in Tūrangawaewae: Art and New Zealand.
History curator Stephanie Gibson talks to Chris McBride, designer and member of Wellington Media Collective, about artists and designers making protest objects.
Conservator Paintings Linda Waters writes about what the back of a painting can tell you.
An exploration of colour, shape, and pattern in the Pacific.
Closed
17 Mar 2018 – 2 Apr 2023
Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga
New Zealand Sign Language Presenter Theresa Cooper signs some helpful words to know when you’re talking about art.
“There’s a long tradition of dance in the museum, but I think in terms of dance history and in this larger critical discourse around art history, dance has not been a part of that conversation.”
“The purpose of my work is to draw the audience towards consideration of multiple perspectives.”
