Montana Keynote Lecture
Populism and Unpopularity: Issues Around Contemporary Art at Te Papa with Jonathan Mane-Wheoki
City Gallery Wellington, Sunday 28 August, 2pm

Join Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Director Art & Visual Culture at Te Papa, as he considers the national museum's commitment to collecting the kind of art that many, if not most, of Te Papa's 'customers' would find unfathomable or possibly even objectionable. Why, then, do they collect it? Who is it for? What are the consequences of Te Papa's interventions in the contemporary art market?

Image: Fiona Pardington, 'Choker' 1994. Collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Montana Keynote Lecture
Populism and Unpopularity: Issues Around Contemporary Art at Te Papa with Jonathan Mane-Wheoki
City Gallery Wellington, Sunday 28 August, 2pm

Join Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Director Art & Visual Culture at Te Papa, as he considers the national museum's commitment to collecting the kind of art that many, if not most, of Te Papa's 'customers' would find unfathomable or possibly even objectionable. Why, then, do they collect it? Who is it for? What are the consequences of Te Papa's interventions in the contemporary art market?

Image: Fiona Pardington, 'Choker' 1994. Collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Bookings essential - email citygalleryevents@wcc.govt.nz or phone 04 801 4241.

SMALL TOWN, BIG WORLD: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM TE PAPA
10 July - 30 October 2005
Free entry

'Small Town, Big World: Contemporary Art from Te Papa' is a partnership exhibition between City Gallery Wellington and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Presented by Simpson Grierson, proud supporters of City Gallery Wellington

IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD - RECENT DESIGNS FOR COMMUNITY SPACES
Michael Hirschfeld Gallery
6 August - 4 September 2005
Free entry

Designworks Enterprise IG are proud sponsors of the Michael Hirschfeld Gallery. Thanks also to Colourcraft; Publication & Design, Wellington City Council; Labtec Photographic Processing, Auckland; Stresscrete, Otaki.

City Gallery Wellington is managed by the Wellington Museums Trust with major funding support from the Wellington City Council