Art and photography at Te Papa

This section of the Te Papa website features the national museum’s collection of art.

Artsdiary

A guide to visual arts exhibitions in Auckland art galleries.

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

The website of the first permanent art gallery in New Zealand.

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu

Christchurch’s public art gallery.

City Gallery Wellington

Wellington’s public art gallery.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery

The website of Dunedin’s art gallery.

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

The Govett-Brewster specialises in contemporary art.

Athol McCredie's thesis investigates the 1970s as a renaissance period for galleries in New Zealand.

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua

The website of the art gallery in Whanganui.

The Suter Art Gallery

The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū in Nelson was founded in 1899.

Browson, Ron, ed. Art Toi: New Zealand art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Auckland: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2011.

The collected works: going public at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 1970–2000. New Plymouth: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 1999.

Butterworth, Susan. The Suter: one hundred years in Nelson. Nelson: Nikau Press, 1999.

Entwisle, Peter. Treasures of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Dunedin: Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 1990.

McAloon, William. Art at Te Papa. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2009.

Trevelyan, Jill. Peter McLeavey: the life and times of a New Zealand art dealer. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2013.