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Diver by Leslie AdkinDiver J Feldt and crew, Mangahao hydroelectric scheme , 6 September 1923, Shannon, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964. Te Papa (B.022990)One of a superb selection from the Te Papa Collection. A reprint (A4 size) reproduction of a photo from one of New Zeala...

Pole by Leslie AdkinC. Cusack (top) and mate on a Queen St, Levin transmission pole, part of the Mangahao-Wellington transmission line , 14 Dec 1923, Levin, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964. Te Papa (B.023155)One of a superb selection from the Te Papa Collection. A reprint (A...

Soda by Leslie AdkinIce-cream sodas , 06 March 1914, Hastings, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964. Te Papa (A.006526)One of a superb selection from the Te Papa Collection. A reprint (A4 size) reproduction of a photo from one of New Zealand’s finest early photographers.Leslie ...

Small Limited Edition Print 355 x 280mm by Rochelle Andrews (unframed)Rochelle Andrews has been a professional artist since graduating from an Illustration Degree at Victoria University of Wellington in 1996. Creative Arts has long run in her family as her great, great Uncle James Brown was NZ’...

Large Limited Edition Print 420 x 594mm by Rochelle Andrews (unframed)Rochelle Andrews has been a professional artist since graduating from an Illustration Degree at Victoria University of Wellington in 1996. Creative Arts has long run in her family as her great, great Uncle James Brown was NZ’...

For anyone looking for: - A stunning introduction to Art- Beautiful reproductions of iconic artworks- Behind the scenes images of the national art collectionPublished to coincide with the opening of the beautiful art galleries at Te Papa, this book takes an intimate yet expert look at the national a...

A survey of Te Papa’s treasure trove of New Zealand artPerfect for: - Lover's of Art- A deep dive into our national art collection- Insights into the social history of AotearoaTe Papa holds New Zealand's national art collection, whose origins date back to 1865 and the establishment of the then Col...

A fantastic introduction to some pivotal Artists. In 1966 Michael Illingworth, whose oil painting Adam and Eve appears on the front cover of this book, was awarded the inaugural Frances Hodgkins Fellowship. For the first time in New Zealand a practising artist was given a studio and paid a salary to...

Bill Hammond (born 1947) studied art in Christchurch in the 1960s. He became a full-time painter in 1981. In 1989 Hammond’s work changed radically after a trip to the subantarctic Auckland Islands, where he encountered what he described as ‘a paradise for birds’. He learned about the nineteent...

An artistic admirer of ornithology, Hammond’s work illustrates worlds of haunting brilliance and divine characters. Draped in dramatic, bleeding lines and muted madness, Hammond’s work accommodates restless life in the brushwork of unique creativity. Bill Hammond, New Zealand 'Traffic Cop Bay', ...

Commenting on The Group’s 1947 exhibition, in which these paintings were shown, critic and poet ARD Fairburn suggested that ‘they might pass as graffiti on the walls of some celestial lavatory’.1 Fairburn’s assessment was far from typical of the reception of Colin McCahon’s work at this ti...

In 1965, Colin McCahon was becoming increasingly interested in Maori culture, and exploring the use of numerals as forms and symbols in his art. Here, he combines these two interests, giving the numerals the frond-like forms of the koru – a spiral motif found in Maori art. Like so much of McCahonâ...

Colin McCahon is widely recognised as New Zealand’s foremost painter. Over 45 years, his work encompassed many themes, subjects and styles, from landscape to figuration to abstraction and an innovative use of painted text. His adaption of aspects of modernist painting to a specific local situation...

Colin McCahon developed a keen sense of purpose as an artist very early in life. In 1939, at the age of twenty, he wrote: ‘The force of painting as propaganda for social reform is immense if properly wielded …’1 Concerned with the human condition, he maintained a powerful desire to communicate...

Marika Jones is a freelance digital print artist and painter. She was born in Dunedin and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. Marika attended Auckland University where she studied a Bachelor of Fine Arts for two years, finishing her third year at Northtec, where she was awarded a Bachelor of Visual Art...