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Latest Press Releases/Articles by WAM

These articles have been formatted as downloadable MS Word or PDF documents many of which contain large photos suitable for use in various media. In the case of exhibition notices especially, the resources below contain the full length info pack.

Dates on this page indicate either the date of the announced event (e.g. when an exhibition will start) or in the case of non-event related articles the date of the articles' release.

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Savvy Art - Epic Stories (01/03/2010) Part 1 - Sometimes even the smallest painting can be a window into a filmic panorama of history. 80 KB
Savvy Art - Epic Stories (01/03/2010) Part 2- Sometimes even the smallest painting can be a window into a filmic panorama of history. 318 KB
Art News - Fertile Points of Contact (10/03/2010) - A major touring exhibition provides rich samples of works by artists from the post-contact period. 199 KB
Exhibition: Korea - The Land of Morning Calm (08/03/2010) 65 KB
Exhibition: Te Huringa (15/02/2010) 346 KB
Exhibition: Duality of Exile (30/11/2009) 44 KB
New Acquisition - Hatupu & the Bird Woman c.1966 (30/11/2009) 424 KB
Exhibition: Baha’i Martyrs of Iran (23/11/2009) 37 KB
Exhibition: Exiles – Rudolf Boelee (17/11/2009) 129 KB
Exhibition: ey! iran (12/11/2009) 340 KB
‘Sweet As’ – More than Looking (12/11/2009) 124 KB
Exhibition: ‘Sweet As’ – More than Looking (26/10/2009) 101 KB
Goldie - Sperrey Profile (01/10/2009) 48 KB
Competition: Win a Prize Winner! (19/8/2009) 81 KB
Acquisition of Selwyn Wilson Memorial Collection (2/7/2009) 127 KB 102 KB

3 Concurrent Exhibitions(29/06/2009):
Rembrandt - The Experimental Etcher
Nieuw Zeeland – and Petrus van der Velden
Editions – a history of New Zealand printmaking

  • To be opened by Her Excellency Annelies Boogaerdt, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 5.30pm, Monday 29 June, 2009

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    Acquisition of Drummond's "Whangarei Heads" for International Museum's Day (18/5/2009) 600 KB 216 KB
    Event: International Museums Day, 2009 (18/5/2009) 539 KB 256 KB
    Exhibition: Plumb Lines (09/03/2009) 276 KB 456 KB
    Exhibition: Len Castle: Mountain to the Sea (15/12/2008) - 254 KB
    Concurrent Exhibitions (13/10/2008):
    Turuki, Turuki! Paneke, Paneke!
    Turning Point
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    Exhibition: Cultural Memory (04/08/2008) 544 KB 684 KB
    Concurrent Exhibitions (02/06/2008):
    Ralph Hotere: Figurative Works
    Makereti: Taking Maori to the world
  • Paul Diamond Book Signing at Opening (June 2, 2008)

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    Exhibition: Echoes of the Landscape (28/04/2008) 60 KB 68 KB
    Concurrent Exhibitions (07/04/2008):
    Subjects to Hand (drawings of Joanna Margaret Paul)
    The Hand as Subject (imagery of the hand)

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    Exhibition: Entwined (10/03/2008) 304 KB 568 KB
    Exhibition: All Dogs Shot (10/02/2008) 52 KB 124 KB
    Exhibition: In the Making of Chalk (04/02/2008) 64 KB 156 KB
    Exhibition: Creating the Ultimate Living Environment (07/01/2008) 316 KB 346 KB
    Exhibition: The Cursive Line - Adele Younghusband (15/10/2007) - 824 KB

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