Celebrate the opening day of this major retrospective of the work of Joanna Margaret Paul (1945 –2003) at City Gallery Wellington with a very special guided tour.

Curators Lauren Gutsell (Dunedin Public Art Gallery) and Greg Donson (Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui) will be joined by one of Joanna’s sisters, Mary Paul. Beginning with personal thoughts and reflections from Mary, the curators will then lead a tour in conversation looking at Joanna’s life and legacy through her multi-disciplinary practice spanning painting, drawing, photography, film, and poetry.

Explore and celebrate Joanna’s career with insights and reflections not to be missed.

Lauren Gutsell is a Curator at Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Her recent curatorial projects include Joanna Margaret Paul: Imagined in the context of a room (with Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui, 2021); Sonya Lacey: Totally Dark (2021); Hurahia ana kā Whetū: Unveiling the Stars (with Paemanu Ngāi Tahu Contemporary Visual Arts, 2021); Ralph Hotere: Ātete (to resist) (with Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, 2020-21); New Networks: Contemporary Chinese Art (2018-19); and Kawita Vatanajyankur: Performing Textiles (2018). She has been a managing editor and essayist in publications including Joanna Margaret Paul: Imagined in the context of a room and Kushana Bush: The Burning Hours.

Greg Donson is the Curator and Public Programmes Manager at the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. He is responsible for the development and management of the Gallery’s exhibition and associated public programmes, including the management of the Gallery’s artist-in-residence programme at Tylee Cottage. Recent curatorial projects include Joanna Margaret Paul: Imagined in the context of a room (with Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 2021); Jae Hoon Lee: The Bridge of Here and Now, 2021; Marie Shannon: Sleeping Near the River, 2021; Andrea du Chatenier: Eigenleben, 2020 and Turn of a Century, 2019 (celebrating the Sarjeant’s centenary).