![]() ![]() If you do go, look out the five paintings Te Papa lent to the exhibition. The expertise and sheer curatorial grunt is Mary Kislers and congratulations to her and to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki for supporting her efforts and for overseeing the tour of this selection of paintings from the four main. The exhibition ends on 10 June 2013 so there is still a little time to visit if you haven’t done so already. What Angels & Aristocrats offers some 22 years later is a brilliant model of co-operation and collegiality. ![]() And the exhibition still contains paintings from Te Papa’s collection which look splendid on the walls. It looks quite different to the exhibition at Te Papa but no less wonderful. I was in Auckland at the weekend and I took the opportunity to visit. It is now showing in the place where it was conceived at the Auckland Art Gallery. In August 2012 the exhibition was showing in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery and it has since been on display at Te Papa in Wellington. Gift of the New Zealand Government, 1960. Portrait of Captain James Cook, circa 1780, England. ![]() Te Papa is one of those institutions that lent paintings to the exhibition. The exhibition, curated by Mary Kisler, celebrates the rich variety of early European art collected by New Zealand’s public art galleries since the 19th century. ![]() Te Papaīack in August 2012 I alerted you to the glorious exhibition titled Angels & Aristocrats. Still life, mid-to-late 17th century, Germany. ![]()
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