Time Capsule: Ans Westra within the Hutt
The Dowse Art Museum and CocoPop Up Community Space till Might 1. Entry is free.
Between 1988 and 1989, photographer Ans Westra undertook a residency with The Dowse Artwork Museum to roam the streets of Te Awakairangi, between town centre, Petone and Naenae, and take pictures that captured a way of our communities right here. Her pictures will probably be on show at CocoPop Up Neighborhood Area in Hillary Court docket, as billboards round Naenae, and in an exhibition at The Dowse Artwork Museum.
Guests to The Dowse Artwork Museum (age 12+) might want to confirm their My Vaccine Move on entry.
A Pure Girl (Celebrating the music of Carole King) by Ali Harper
Circa Theatre, till Friday February 9, Tues – Thurs 6.30pm, Fri – Sat 8pm, Solar 4pm $25 – $54
Hailed as the best singer-songwriter when her landmark album “Tapestry” was launched in 1971. Fifty years on, it’s well timed that we come collectively and be wowed by the depth and vigour of Carole King. Put together to be uplifted as you embark on a nostalgic musical trip with Ali Harper and her band that includes Nick Granville, Francis Meria, Scott Maynard and Frankie Leota. If you happen to liked Ali’s latest present at Circa The Look of Love honouring Burt Bacharach – then you definately received’t need to miss A Pure Girl.
All exhibits will go forward as programmed with the brand new viewers capability limits.
Six Levels Pageant
BATS Theatre, till Feb 5, three exhibits for $45
Six Levels Pageant is the end result and celebration of the work of the scholars of the Grasp of Effective Arts (Inventive Apply) in Theatre at Victoria College of Wellington Te Herenga Waka. It’s devoted to showcasing rising theatre makers. Tickets: bats.co.nz
File protecting and scanning is necessary beneath the Covid-19 safety framework.
The theatres will probably be at 60 per cent capability.
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Avenue artist Elliot O’Donnell, aka Askew, is without doubt one of the judges for the Adam Portraiture Award. (File picture)
Adam Portraiture Award: Name for Entries
Artists from round New Zealand are being invited to enter their works for the $20,000 Adam Portraiture Award.
The award, sponsored by The Adam Basis and introduced by The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata, is without doubt one of the nation’s longest operating artwork prizes.
Anybody can apply to enter the anonymously chosen biennial contest, so long as the artist is a New Zealander. All portraits have to be painted solely, and topics need to be a New Zealand resident or citizen.
Earlier winners embody Sacha-Lees in 2020, Logan Moffat in 2018, and André Brönnimann in 2016.
Avenue artist Askew (Elliot O’Donnell, who painted the Rita Angus mural in Bond St) will be a part of Affiliate Professor Linda Tyler, convenor of Museums and Cultural Heritage on the College of Auckland to shortlist the entries and select the winner.
“We’re enthusiastic about having an artist on board as a decide for the primary time. Covid has actually put a spin on issues, which has meant everybody has to get inventive and take a look at new issues. I’m excited to see what’s in retailer for 2022,” says Jaenine Parkinson, Director of New Zealand Portrait Gallery.
An extra prize of $2500 will probably be awarded for the runner-up alongside one other $2500 prize for the Folks’s Alternative, awarded on the finish of the exhibition.
Entries shut at 4pm on Thursday, March 24, and the winner will probably be introduced on Might 25 earlier than the exhibition goes on present on the New Zealand Portrait Gallery.
Entry kinds can be found on the New Zealand Portrait Gallery or on its web site.
Household enjoyable
Escape Rooms, Operation Beehive
Tory St, most days, 10am-6pm, $30
Operation Beehive is nice household enjoyable, an ideal outing for mum and pop and older youngsters. In the course of the 60-minute reside journey, everybody should use their spy brains to attempt to cease an evil spymaster from unleashing chaos on Wellington. Information and bookings: escaperoomswellington.com
A My Vaccine Move will probably be required upon entry for these ages 12+
Ngā Tohunga Whakatere – the Navigators
Area Place at Carter Observatory, Kelburn, numerous session instances, Grownup $14, baby $9, household choices.
Moko desires of changing into a grasp star navigator like her tūpuna and like her koro Jack. The budding navigator finds herself travelling via time and house within the wake of the best Pacific navigators, in a totally immersive planetarium present on Area Place’s gorgeous digital, full-dome planetarium display. Information and bookings: thenavigators.spaceplace.nz
A My Vaccine Move will probably be required upon entry for these ages 12+
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The Michel Tuffery kina sculpture on Wellington’s waterfront will be seen on town stroll.
Artwork Walks
Maps of the next walks will be downloaded at sculpture.org.nz/walks/
Botanic Backyard Stroll
Consisting of six sculptures together with New Zealand’s solely Henry Moore sculpture, ‘Bronze Kind’, the 30-45 minute stroll covers hilly terrain. It can take you across the decrease half of the Botanic Backyard, previous the Rose backyard, Begonia Home, cafe and Met Workplace.
The Meridian Energy Wind Sculpture stroll
The Wind Sculpture stroll consists of 5 sculptures. The terrain is flat, nonetheless the placement is without doubt one of the most uncovered in Wellington due to this fact count on quite a lot of wind. The sculptures are designed to answer this setting and are greatest seen on a windy day.
Wellington Metropolis Stroll
This stroll consists of 17 sculptures all inside a 3 kilometre space, totally on flat terrain. It takes about two hours. The stroll begins at ‘Seismic’ by Louis Purvis after which takes a loop via town ending at ‘Nga Kina’, by Michel Tuffery, at Kumutoto.
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The Hilma af Klint exhibition on the Metropolis Gallery in Wellington.
Exhibitions
Hilma af Klint: The Secret Paintings
Metropolis Gallery, till Mar 27, 10am-5pm, $5-$22.50
Uncover The Secret Work of Swedish artist and mystic Hilma af Klint whose groundbreaking work has modified the course of artwork historical past. This once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of af Klint’s work in Aotearoa. Tickets: ticketmaster
Ira Tangata Ira Atua, Stevei Houkāmau
Toi Pōneke Gallery, till Feb 11, 10am – 8pm weekdays, 10am – 4pm weekends, free
Stevei Houkāmau is the 2021 Toi Pōneke Visible Artist in Residence. Her uku (clay) observe is distinctive for its carved floor designs that draw upon the indigenous tattoo practices of tā moko and tātau.
Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist
Te Papa Tongarewa, Toi Artwork, Degree 4, till April 25, 2022, open every single day 10am–6pm (besides Christmas Day)
Rita Angus created a particular imaginative and prescient of a brand new, fashionable New Zealand. This landmark exhibition celebrates 40 years of her work.
Melvin Day: A Modernist Perspective
Pātaka Artwork + Museum, Porirua, till Feb 6
A key determine in mid-Twentieth century New Zealand artwork, Wellington artist Melvin Day produced a number of the most intellectually astute work in New Zealand artwork historical past. A Modernist Perspective explores Day’s artwork observe over seven many years and begins with a few of Day’s earliest surviving works.
Face Time: Portraits from the Eighties
The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata, Queens Wharf, till Feb 13, 10am-4.30pm, free
Face Time: Portraits of the Eighties is all about that ‘Massive Eighties Power’ that now we have come to affiliate with the last decade. The hair, garments and faces, are recognisably of that point. Face Time additionally traverses a number of the tectonic social, political and financial shifts that occurred through the decade.
