Art in the Morning

Join us on Saturday mornings for a light breakfast in Alchemy from 8.30–9am, followed by a private viewing at the Gallery with a guest speaker. Friends $20, non-members $30.

Book using the form [PDF 20KB] or at the gallery reception.

Feel the Pulse
28 June 2008
Join artist Darryn George as he talks about his work Pulse, an engulfing fusion of contemporary abstract painting and customary Maori art painted directly on the walls of the Sutton Gallery with a continual pulse of light, language and pattern. Read more about the exhibition.

The Essential Visual Poet
19 July 2008
Laurence Aberhart is a photographer of truly international significance, who has been called the essential visual poet of New Zealand’s past.  His signature images are of landscapes, facades, monuments, and interiors from New Zealand, Australia and further afield.

Exhibition curator Gregory O'Brien, from the City Gallery Wellington, will talk about the highlights of the more than 200 images in this exhibition which brings together key works from the last four decades. Read more about the exhibition.

Making Time
30 August 2008
Daniel Crooks is acclaimed for video works 'that provide a truly altered perception of the world'. Senior Curator Justin Paton looks at Crooks's 'timeslice' videos and discusses this New Zealand-born artist's extraordinary visions of modern urban life.