Te Huringa @ Whangarei Art Museum

An exhibition of paintings from the collections of the Fletcher Trust and Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui.

Te Huringa – the Turning Point Pakeha Colonisation and Maori Empowerment (to give it its full title) is a major exhibition of New Zealand art and artistic responses to a new social order, and consequent reclaiming of old values, as viewed by contemporary artists in the mid to late 20th century. Described eloquently as ‘like a travelator back though a pictorial history of Aotearoa’ Whangarei Art Museum is proud to be able to bring this highly important exhibition to Northland on the ‘final leg’ of its national tour. Many thousands have visited the exhibition all over New Zealand - 42,000 in Wellington alone.

The exhibition has been supported by the Fletcher Trust (and Angus Fletcher in particular whose father Sir James Fletcher began the art collection), Te Puni Kokiri and Maori Television, indicating its cultural significance. Prestigious art museums such as the City Gallery Wellington, Christchurch Art Gallery, and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery have hosted the exhibition which contains works by many of the most important artists of their era.

Go here to see more about the exhibition