Wayne Youle, Avenal, Courtesy of the artist and {Suite}
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This exhibition, the Gallery’s first single-collector exhibition, pays tribute to the significant collection amassed by curator, art historian and long-time director of New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata, Avenal McKinnon. Avenal began collecting while still a student at the Courtauld Institute in London and continued throughout her life. The exhibition includes portraits of Avenal and her family alongside works by well-known New Zealand artists with whom she built close friendships, alongside works that Avenal gifted to the Gallery.
Gallery Information: New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata
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- Open daily, 10.30am – 4.30pm
Address
- Shed 11, Wellington Waterfront
- 60 Lady Elizabeth Lane
- Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington
This exhibition, the Gallery’s first single-collector exhibition, pays tribute to the significant collection amassed by curator, art historian and long-time director of New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata, Avenal McKinnon. Avenal began collecting while still a student at the Courtauld Institute in London and continued throughout her life. The exhibition includes portraits of Avenal and her family alongside works by well-known New Zealand artists with whom she built close friendships, alongside works that Avenal gifted to the Gallery.
Gallery Information: New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata
