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Wunderrūma: New Zealand Jewellery
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Opens 18 July – free entry
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Enter rooms of wonder filled with pieces created by contemporary New Zealand artists, alongside Māori taonga and art from the Gallery's collection. Visit to discover the variety in material and process that the exhibition's co-curators and leading jewellers, Warwick Freeman and Karl Fritsch found in their exploration of adornment in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Wunderweek
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Thu 16 – Mon 20 Jul
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Wunderweek is a week of city-wide pop-up shows, exhibitions and festivities organised by the contemporary jewellery community to coincide with the opening of Wunderrūma. Visit the Wunderweek website for more information on satellite shows and participating galleries/venues. |
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Talk
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Sun 12 Jul
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3pm – free
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Join Maritime Museum Trust member Robert Hawkins for a talk on the dangers faced by Captain Cook and his crew on the high seas. |
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Image Credits |
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Jean-Gabriel Charvet (1750-1829) for Joseph Dufour & Cie (established 1797), Les Sauvages de la mer Pacifique (The Native Peoples of the Pacific Ocean) (detail), c1804 Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tâmaki, purchased 1995; Lisa Reihana, in Pursuit of Venus [infected] (still), 2015, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of Auckland Art Gallery, 2014; Chris Charteris, Wasekaseka, 2010; Jane Dodd, Ursus Maritimus, 2013; Matthew McIntyre-Wilson, Cuff, 2006; Francesco Bartolozzi and William Byrne, after John Webber, The Death of Captain Cook (detail), 1785, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2008; John Reynolds, Epistomadologies (11), 2001, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery and the artist, 2002; Ronnie van Hout, No Exit II, 2003, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2006. |
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