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Top student art on show at the Gallery - 01 Jul 2010
An exhibition of New Zealand’s top NCEA level 3 art portfolios that achieved excellence in 2009, is touring the country and will on display be at Tauranga Art Gallery between 12 -22 July.
Surface Tension, where art meets science - 21 May 2010
Tauranga Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, Surface Tension, is where art meets science. Surface tension is a term that applies to liquids, where the outside surface of a liquid will behave in a similar manner to a solid, in much the same...
Beware the Bears - 14 May 2010
When we think of bears, images of soft, cuddly teddy bears spring to mind along with associations of comfort and warmth. However for many, those warm cuddly bears hide a more sinister reality.
Learn how to take care of your artworks - 13 May 2010
Did you know that hanging your favourite painting over the fireplace is the worst place for it to be? If you are a serious art collector, or just want to know how best to care for those favourite paintings, conservator Ingrid Ford will be...
Celebrated children's writer brings her stories to the Gallery - 05 May 2010
Young fans of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy, will be pleased to hear that the creator of the mischievous pup, Dame Lynley Dodd, will be visiting Tauranga Art Gallery at 1.30pm on Sunday 16 May to read some of her stories.
All may not be what it seems: the art of Jill Sorensen - 30 Apr 2010
Animal-like figures with human features that draw from the subconscious mind, and have been drawn using the left hand, form the basis of an upcoming exhibition by Jill Sorensen at Tauranga Art Gallery.
Dynamic duo Richard Adams and Nigel Gavin return to Gallery - 26 Apr 2010
Richard Adams and Nigel Gavin – two highly talented musicians in their own right – are performing together at Tauranga Art Gallery at 7.30pm, Friday 30 April, as part of the Arts on Tour New Zealand programme.
What happened to The Farmer? - 20 Apr 2010
The Farmer is the much anticipated sequel to The Farmer's Wife, an exhibition by John McLean held at Tauranga Art Gallery in 2009.
Bringing Kathleen's Collection home to Tauranga - 20 Apr 2010
A collection of artworks that is the culmination of a lifetime love of art by the late Kathleen Kirkby, returns home briefly to Tauranga where it will be on show at Tauranga Art Gallery from 24 April.
Mischievous granny pays visit to gallery - 13 Apr 2010
Grandma McGarvey is a mischievous granny with plenty of energy, who has been entertaining the young, and not-so-young alike, with her antics for the past 20 years.
Children - start your own art collection! - 22 Mar 2010
Encouraging youngsters to appreciate art at an early age is the idea behind the Muka Youth Prints exhibition at Tauranga Art Gallery on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 March.
Exploring oue Pacific heritage using art - 15 Mar 2010
Hawaiki has long been regarded as the homeland of Mäori. In his painting installation of the same name, Hawaiki, artist Nigel Borell explores the idea that Mäori may have originated from Oceania and Southeast Asia, a theory suggested...
Throw Up! - 15 Mar 2010
Judy Darragh has been working as an artist since the 1980s, a time of over indulgence and consumerism. Her elaborate use of tacky, colourful materials in her work, both ready made and utilitarian, were used to draw attention to our...
Pacific Curls return to Tauranga - 24 Feb 2010
Acclaimed Pacifika group, Pacific Curls is currently touring the country as part of the Arts On Tour New Zealand 2010 programme, with their unique blend of Celtic and Pacific sounds.
Landscapes recreated in clay - 19 Feb 2010
Renowned New Zealand clay artist, Len Castle, has been manipulating clay since he was a child growing up in Auckland.
Navigating Her Way - 08 Feb 2010
Tauranga based artist Doreen McNeill, has come a long way from her early days of drawing navigational charts for aircraft, to establishing herself as an artist.
Behind the chador - 08 Feb 2010
Most of the images we are shown of the Middle East by popular media depict war, fanaticism and devastation. Not often seen are the faces of ordinary people living in the countries that make up this vast network of countries spread over...
Collecting art - for love or money? - 03 Feb 2010
Collecting art for some is not solely a desire to own beautiful pieces of art work. For many, buying art is a form of investment.
Was Cook man or god? - 18 Jan 2010
Two and a third centuries after Captain James Cook’s death in Hawai’i, in 1779, debate continues over Cook’s ‘true’ place in history.
Black Carnival - 14 Dec 2009
Cross-dressing youths in lace wedding dresses, rabbit ears and masquerade masks is just some of the imagery you can expect in Christine Webster’s thought-provoking Black Carnival exhibition, opening at Tauranga Art Gallery on Saturday 19...
Exploring the exchange of cultures through dress - 03 Dec 2009
Three intricately detailed garments, based on 19th century dresses and influenced by Mäori cloaks, form the basis of Jo Torr’s Nga Kakahu (The Cloaks) exhibition,
Living our fantasies - 27 Nov 2009
In an ideal world, each of us would get to live out our fantasies. For many young girls this may be a combination of ballerina, Wonder Woman, a flight attendant and ultimately for some, the bride.
Gallery director resigns - 23 Nov 2009
Tauranga Art Gallery director, Richard Arlidge resigns from the gallery at the end of this month to establish his own art gallery and museum consultancy, after six years of heading the region’s first public art gallery.
Demystifying Cook - 10 Nov 2009
Was Captain James Cook the hero we profess him to be, or have his exploits been glorified through the passing of time?
Jade Quartet Performs at Gallery - 07 Nov 2009
A series of brilliant live concerts has established Jade String Quartet as a musical force to be reckoned with. Formed in 2003 by four Auckland Philharmonia (APO) players, the group’s enjoyment of a wide repertoire, from the Baroque to...
Tracey Williams' voyage through the history of Tauranga Moana - 22 Oct 2009
Artist Tracey Williams grew up in the Bay of Plenty, attending Tauranga Girls’ College where she was taught art by Tauranga Art Gallery’s education manager, Grant Thompson.
The Captain - 19 Oct 2009
Stories of James Cook’s epic voyages and discoveries have captured the imaginations of New Zealanders since he first arrived on these shores as lieutenant in command of the HM Bark Endeavour, in October 1769.
Candy Land - 19 Oct 2009
Dutch-born Marijon Spee, presents a city of towers made from utilitarian ‘seven-day pill boxes.’ Her city is visually enhanced with a back-drop of mirror-like walls in Tauranga Art Gallery’s downstairs gallery.
7 x 10 - 19 Oct 2009
Seventy stacks of shaped blankets cover the Vault’s floor at Tauranga Art Gallery. Japanese-born artist, Akiko Diegel, brings to Tauranga an evocative installation that visually, and socio-economically, has the capacity to affect her...
A new ship comes to Tauranga Moana - 01 Oct 2009
Artist Tracey Williams didn’t appreciate the diversity and richness of Tauranga Moana’s history as a child growing up in the area, until she undertook research for her new installation at Tauranga Art Gallery, My Ship / Tënei Wakahëra.
Classic New Zealand poem inspiration for award winning play - 11 Sep 2009
The poem, The Magpies, written by New Zealand poet, Dennis Glover, was the inspiration behind Gary Henderson’s award-winning play, Skin Tight playing at Tauranga Art Gallery, at 8pm Friday 18 September.
Rembrandt etchings come to Tauranga - 24 Aug 2009
Rembrandt - the Experimental Etcher showcases 20 etchings by Dutch artist, Rembrandt van Rijn, from the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
A breath of wind - 14 Aug 2009
Blasts of hot air and visions of musicians drifting through the air were the inspiration behind Phil Dadson’s installation, Breath of Wind, opening at Tauranga Gallery on Saturday 22 August.
Not a Still Life - 29 Jul 2009
Susan Wilson approaches her still-life images in a similar manner to designing the set for a stage, influenced by her fascination with crammed hospital beside cabinets. Each still-life object is specifically chosen, like characters in a...
Acclaimed classical guitarist performs in Tauranga - 27 Jul 2009
Matthew Marshall, one of New Zealand’s leading guitarists and versatile musicians, performs solo guitar with electronics in a dazzling display of virtuosic pyrotechnics, at Tauranga Art Gallery at 8pm, Wednesday 5 August.
Antarctica - an extraordinary engagement with nature - 23 Jul 2009
ANTARCTICA brings together three extraordinary series of works from photographers Joyce Campbell, Anne Noble, and Connie Samaras on the subject of Antarctica, the most extreme continent on the planet.
An eclectic mix of music from rock to folk - 15 Jul 2009
Touring New Zealand, Australia and the UK for the past 20 years playing grass-roots music in an unplugged style, Laurent and Liddiard will be performing at Tauranga Art Gallery on Thursday 23 July at 7.30pm.
Cello ensemble to play at Gallery - 15 Jul 2009
The Cellophonics, an eight-piece cello ensemble showcasing The University of Waikato’s gifted music students, is to perform an afternoon gold-coin concert at Tauranga Art Gallery, at 3pm Sunday 26 July.
Laugh your way out of the winter blues with The Lady Bunch! - 03 Jul 2009
Three of New Zealand’s top female comedians share the stage at Tauranga Art Gallery at 8pm, Sunday 12 July, with their show, The Lady Bunch. The show debuted at the 2008 NZ International Comedy Festival.
The Farmer's Wife escapes with the Traveller - 26 Jun 2009
The Farmer’s Wife is the latest series of work by Taranaki based artist, John McLean and opens at Tauranga Art Gallery on 4 July. The exhibition is a tale of emancipation and growth.
Richard Adams and Nigel Gavin to perform at gallery - 12 Jun 2009
Talented musicians Richard Adams and Nigel Gavin will perform at Tauranga Art Gallery at 8pm, Friday 19 June as part of their nationwide tour to promote the release of their latest CD ‘Recent Works’. Richard and Nigel are perhaps most...
National architecture award presented to gallery - 04 Jun 2009
'With consummate skill, a former bank has been striped back and reinvented as an art gallery on a significant corner of Tauranga's CBD. '
Recent photographic works push boundaries - 29 May 2009
Recent, the latest exhibition to go on show at Tauranga Art Gallery, features work by ten contemporary photographers and highlights the diversity of New Zealand photography from Fiona Amundsen’s images of Seoul, South Korea, to Hamish...
The art in skateboarding - 22 May 2009
Skateboarding has become an art form not only in the physical skill involved in the sport itself, but also in the design of the skate boards.
My Home Town - 11 May 2009
In 2007, artist Nigel Brown gifted 44 of his works to the newly constructed Tauranga Art Gallery, the basis of which form The Brown Years exhibition, showing at the gallery from Saturday 16 May.
9 Years With Mother - 11 May 2009
Liz Bailey’s latest exhibition, 9 Years With Mother, depicts a century of change as seen through the eyes of the subject herself, the artist’s mother, Elsie Hoyes.
Going for Broke - 01 May 2009
Wellington-based poet, writer and curator Greg O’Brien talks about New Zealand art production and collecting during the 1960s-80s at Tauranga Art Gallery at 3pm, Sunday 10 May.
Kids holiday art workshops a booming success - 28 Apr 2009
Tauranga Art Gallery ran five holiday art workshops over the school holiday break for budding young artists, catering for both 7 - 9 year olds and 10 – 13 year olds.
It's a matter of personal choice - 27 Apr 2009
As part of Tauranga Art Gallery’s public programme for the Boom Time: art from the BNZ Collection exhibition, special guests have been invited to discuss their favourite painting from the collection.
It's all happening at Tauranga Art Gallery - 09 Apr 2009
Just to keep the temperature up after the Easter Jazz Festival, the popular Mamaku Project hits the stage at Tauranga Art Gallery at 8pm on Thursday 16 April.
Fifteen Years to be an Overnight Success! - 09 Apr 2009
Renowned playwright Roger Hall presents ‘Fifteen Years to be an Overnight Success’ at Tauranga Art Gallery, at 7pm on Saturday 18 April.
A plague of rodents hits the gallery! - 09 Apr 2009
Pared back rodent heads jut out from the flat walls of Tauranga Art Gallery like trophies. They are part of GLIMMER, John Roy’s most recent wall-based installation.
Gallery wins national architecture award - 03 Apr 2009
Tauranga Art Gallery is one of the winners in the New Zealand Institute of Architects Resene 2009 New Zealand Architecture Awards. The Tauranga Art Gallery was a winner in the Public Architecture category.
Art treasures come home to roost - 13 Mar 2009
With Tauranga Art Gallery housed in the solid impenetrable walls of a former Bank of New Zealand building, it is fitting that it now hosts an exhibition of works drawn from the BNZ art collection. Boom Time, art from the BNZ collection,...
Take a second look... - 27 Feb 2009
Sacks, tools, boots, dresses and a duck in a bucket….all part of the latest exhibition of robust assemblages at Tauranga Art Gallery, Banners by Don Driver.
Transcending the boundaries with music - 13 Feb 2009
Pacific Curls never set out to be a trio. Four years ago when Kim Halliday, Ora Barlow and Sarah Beattie found themselves in an Auckland studio recording a Celtic/Maori/Pacific fusion album with two others, they had little idea that after...
Bullmore heads to Auckland - 02 Feb 2009
An exhibition developed and exhibited by Tauranga Art Gallery in June of last year, opened in the Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland University’s art gallery, on Friday.
Pacific Curls come to Tauranga Art Gallery - 22 Jan 2009
Tauranga Art Gallery is hosting Arts On Tour NZ 2009, starting with the acclaimed Pacifika group, Pacific Curls on Saturday 21 February, at 8pm.
Four new exhibitions for summer - 11 Dec 2008
The Gallery has recently installed four new exhibitions. The Atrium has been taken over by Myriorama: 4, an installation by one of New Zealand’s art laureates, Julia Morison.
Gallery architects win regional architecture award - 03 Nov 2008
Hot on the heels of Tauranga Art Gallery celebrating its first birthday, staff has cause for further celebration. Architects Mitchell and Stout, responsible for transforming the former BNZ building into Tauranga Art Gallery, have been...
Gallery celebrates one year - 31 Oct 2008
Two hundred Friends of the Gallery and sponsors enjoyed Tauranga Art Gallery’s first birthday celebrations last evening. Gallery director Richard Arlidge reflected on the gallery’s achievements over the past year, while acknowledging...
A slice of Fiji stopping over in Tauranga - 10 Oct 2008
Starting a new life in a different country is a daunting prospect. Not only are there customs, laws, work and accommodation to come to grips with, but there is also the isolation of not knowing people, and in many cases, of not having...
Appropriate brushes for painting - 02 Oct 2008
Spring has sprung, as the saying goes, and burst forth into bloom. Tauranga Art Gallery is no exception. Although it is generally forbidden to have flowers in the Gallery for fear of possible insect damage to the artworks, the Gallery has...
Your chance to view the world's most remote community - 29 Sep 2008
Some of the most endangered species of bird life live in what is considered to be the world’s most remote community, Tristan da Cunha. Quite possibly the sole reason for their survival to date.
Saying it with flowers - 25 Sep 2008
Tauranga Art Gallery is celebrating Spring with flowers and flamboyance. But with a twist. PETALS is a selection of works by New Zealand male artists who work with the subject of flowers and vegetation, and opens Saturday 27 September.
Political satire at its best - 19 Sep 2008
The love-struck Richard Meros is back in town for another attempt at saving the nation and convincing you of the merits of his becoming Helen Clark’s young lover.
Idiocyncrasies and ambiguities in art - 09 Sep 2008
Taking a snapshot of your dreams would be an apt description of surrealist art. Surrealism is a cultural movement and artistic style that was founded in the 1920s by André Breton, and features the element of surprise, unexpected...
An Italy of the mind - 27 Aug 2008
Themes on New Zealand art and the Mediterranean underlie ‘An Italy of the mind: Colin McCahon and Tony Lane’, a lecture by professor Peter Simpson at Tauranga Art Gallery, this Sunday 31 August at 2pm. The lecture explores the role of...
Travel guide puts art gallery on world stage - 22 Aug 2008
It’s official. Tauranga Art Gallery is an ‘asset to the town’ according to the recently released Lonely Planet Guide for New Zealand, placing the gallery firmly on the international stage of things to do and places to see when visiting...
Childhood memories a rich palette for successful artist - 24 Jul 2008
Early associations and memories of a childhood spent on his grandparents’ farm in Aongatete underlie the themes of artist Tony Lane’s exhibition From Aongatete: Tony Lane – A Survey at Tauranga Art Gallery from Sunday 27 July.
A satirical poke at politics - 22 Jul 2008
According to one reviewer, you really won’t look at Helen Clark in quite the same way again after seeing ‘On The Conditions & Possibilities Of Helen Clark Taking Me As Her Young Lover’, the one-man comedy playing at Tauranga Art Gallery...
Gallery overrun with bunnies! - 18 Jul 2008
A plague of small rabbits has recently infested Tauranga Art Gallery, burrowing out from the dark recesses of the ground floor and into the Atrium gallery. Gallery director Richard Arlidge is hopping mad, saying they just popped up...
A truckload of art is on the move! - 04 Jul 2008
The Real Art Roadshow is a mobile exhibition of original work by more than 60 leading New Zealand artists on tour around secondary schools throughout the country, and will be stopping off at Tauranga for part of the school holidays.
A surreal take on life - 01 Jul 2008
Teacher, avid rugby player and gifted artist, Edward Bullmore was passionate about New Zealand, yet displayed a talent this country was not ready to accept.
Top art on display - 09 Jun 2008
An exhibition of the top art portfolios by senior secondary students last year, is currently on display at Tauranga Art Gallery until the end of this week. Top Art is an annual exhibition of 22 Visual Art folios selected from students...
Art is Universal - 12 May 2008
Most of us have heard the saying ‘art imitates life’. New Zealand as a nation is still in the process of searching through who we are and where we are heading. Which begs the question, where have we come from? The latest exhibition at...
BIG RED is here! - 02 May 2008
Altering people’s perspective of space and creating something they just can’t ignore is sculptor Gaye Jurisich’s intention.
Appreciating art from an early age - 22 Apr 2008
Encouraging youngsters to appreciate art at an early age is the idea behind the Muka Youth Prints exhibition at Tauranga Art Gallery on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 April. Adults are not even allowed in to view the exhibition, which is...
Historical character returns to Tauranga - 09 Apr 2008
A striking portrait of local ancestral chief Tomika Te Mutu, painted by Major General Horatio Robley, features as part of the Te Huringa/Turning Points exhibition opening at Tauranga Art Gallery on Saturday 12 April.
Painting the Landscape - 08 Apr 2008
The landscape as a subject, has dominated New Zealand’s art tradition for nearly two centuries. It has been the most written about subject in the art textbooks and continues to absorb a myriad of artists.
A family account of our region's history - 17 Mar 2008
Two exhibitions open at Tauranga Art Gallery on Saturday 15 March, that are of historical significance to the Bay of Plenty region. Ko Tawa: Maori Ancestors of New Zealand, is an exhibition of 28 taonga from the collection of Captain...
More than meets the eye - 17 Mar 2008
Sometimes objects in a painting capture your attention. You want to know more about them and their history. In Airini Vane’s (1891-1965) Untitled [cottonwood poplar], dated 1942 and currently on display, the Matapihi rail bridge captured...
Preservation of your Art - 01 Mar 2008
One of the Gallery curator's tasks this week is to deliver a consignment of Edward Bullmore paintings to Auckland Art Gallery for conservation. Conservation is an important aspect of maintaining and preserving art. It is an ongoing...
Photographic Icon comes to Tauranga - 30 Jan 2008
Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs, one of New Zealand's most significant documentary photography exhibitions, opens at Tauranga Art Gallery on Saturday 2 February. Ans Westra has been an unseen observer, a documenter of contemporary New...
Gifted Bullmore works on display - 19 Jan 2008
In February 2006 Jacqueline Bullmore gifted to the Tauranga Art Gallery Trust a sizeable collection of works by her late husband, Edward Bullmore (1933-78). The gift was phenomenal and much of it will be showcased in a major exhibition...
Gifted - 05 Jan 2008
Over the summer a small installation of works, Gifted, showcases a sample of art given to the Tauranga Art Gallery Trust to date. The Gallery does not have an acquisitions budget to purchase art for its collection. It seemed particularly...
Leading artist supports Tauranga gallery - 18 Dec 2007
In 2005 Nigel Brown wrote a submission in favour of a public art gallery, for Tauranga. He wrote: SUPPORT TAURANGA PUBLIC ART GALLERY NOW! He also made the commitment that he, and partner Sue McLaughlin, would make a substantial...
Taking a closer look at life - 17 Dec 2007
Visitors to Tauranga Art Gallery over the next few months will find it colourful to say the least. Anyone expecting a quiet wander past tranquil landscapes and portraits are in for a shock with the arrival of the outrageous ceramic...
Sgt Pepper revisited - 30 Nov 2007
The psychedelic 1960s will be revisited at Tauranga Art Gallery from Saturday 8 December, with Jim Cooper’s Sgt P, an eclectic display of vibrant ceramic figures.
Dagley goes under the hammer - 30 Nov 2007
Forty-two works by Arthur Dagley will go under the auctioneer’s hammer at 5.30pm, Thursday 31 January at Tauranga Art Gallery on behalf of the late artist’s family. The works are currently on display at the gallery as part of the...
A journey back in time with psychedelic cannaries - 27 Nov 2007
Collecting art is a passion many New Zealanders share, whether from the enjoyment of art itself, or purely from an investment aspect.
Mission impossible finally realised - 12 Nov 2007
It was a life-long dream of local artist Arthur Dagley, to have a public art gallery in Tauranga. It’s ironic that nine years after his death, a retrospective of his work entitled Mission Impossible, will be at Tauranga’s new art gallery...
The Voice behind the Visual Bank - 08 Nov 2007
The usual quiet, hushed atmosphere one might expect from a traditional art gallery is more like an assault on the visual senses at Tauranga Art Gallery on the corner of Wharf and Willow Streets.
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