2021 News
News from the Turnbull Endowment Trust in 2021:
6 December 2021 |
27 November 2021 |
25 November 2021 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Reviews for Te Kupenga |
An inaugural year for Paintings in Perpetuity |
Thank you to the Stout Trust |
|
|
Released on the 11th of November to the wider public, Te Kupenga has received many reviews acknowledging it as a significant publication just in time for Christmas 2021... Read more... |
It began as a fledgling idea from our esteemed Chief Librarian; to make the paintings within the collection more accessible and to raise them to a standard where they could be shared with other institutions for exhibition purposes... Read more... |
Over the next two years the portraits of Sir Robert and Lady Stout will receive remedial treatment funded by a grant from the Stout Trust... Read more... |
|
11 November 2021 |
26 October 2021 |
27 October 2021 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Setting Sail: Te Kupenga |
The Return of Marion Menzies Gibb |
A collaborative fishing expedition results in a full net! |
|
|
A semi-virtual soft launch on the 11th of November celebrated the writers, editors, imaging team and publishers that have contributed to Te Kupenga... Read more... |
Welcome back to the Alexander Turnbull Library, Marion!... Read more... |
A collaboration of nearly forty writers, two editors, five digital specialists.... Read more... |
|
1 October 2021 |
13 September 2021 |
26 October 2021 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
10 Questions with Michael Keith and Chris Szekely |
Sonic Art: The Democratisation of Sound |
Imagining Dante at the Turnbull Gallery: Upcoming exhibition |
|
|
Massey University Press interviews Michael Keith and Chris Szekely about TE KUPENGA... Read more... |
In this podcast Sonic Art: The Democratisation of Sound Eva Radich goes into kiwi sonic artists’ homes to find out what their art is all about....
Read more... |
The Turnbull Gallery is tantalisingly close to reopening with its first exhibition in over two years.... Read more... |
|
15 September 2021 |
15 September 2021 |
9 September 2021 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Miharo:Wonder Exhibition – Extended to 9 October |
Pūkana on Tour at Aratoi : 22 May - 19 September 2021 |
Te Kupenga: 101 Stories from the Turnbull – Advance copy! |
|
|
The Miharo exhibition truly is a wonder, comprising 170 items from the Turnbull collection. We are thrilled to announce it’s season has been extended to the 9th of October 2021... Read more... |
We are delighted to announce the success of Pūkana on Tour at Aratoi, Masterton, a collaboration between the Alexander Turnbull Library, Aratoi and their local community... Read more... |
We were delighted during lockdown, to receive an advance copy of Te Kupenga: 101 Stories from the Turnbull. And more thrilled to feel and review the result of over a year’s mahi from our team at the Library.... Read more... |
|
16 August 2021 |
5 August 2021 |
1 August 2021 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Charles Heaphy Mural in the Alexander Turnbull Library Foyer |
Crowdfunding: A resounding Thank You! |
RNZ: Charles Blomfield Painting interview |
|
|
We are proud now to partner with Resene and Aspiring Walls to create a beautiful rendition of this work... Read more... |
The Boosted campaign ran by the Turnbull Endowment Trust reached 161% of its original target and will enable remedial work to the painting and... Read more... |
Lynn Freeman of RNZ recently interviewed Chris Szekely, Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library and Paula MacLachlan, Executive Director... Read more... |
|
12 July 2021 |
13 July 2021 |
12 July 2021 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
Te Kupenga goes to Print |
Anthony Stones Busts |
Campaign's compelling images |
|
So it’s done! 101 stories have been selected by editors Michael Keith and Chris Szekely and developed into our centenary book, Te Kupenga...Read more... |
Anthony Stones, well-known TV set designer and sculptor, was commissioned by the Alexander Turnbull Library and the Friends of the Turnbull... Read more... |
In November 2020 the Turnbull Endowment Trust launched the Paintings in Perpetuity campaign to raise funds to support the repairing and cleaning of paintings in the Library’s collection. Read more... |
|
5 July 2021 |
8 July 2021 |
6 July 2021 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Jessica Gray joins the Trust |
Sarah Hillary |
Crowdfunding project for our Paintings in Perpetuity campaign |
|
|
Engaging, digitally knowledgeable, with an appreciation of history and an eye for all things aesthetically appealing... Read more... |
Dr Oliver Stead shares his reflections on a fascinating meeting with Sarah Hillary. Read more... |
We wanted to share with you the news of our crowdfunding project for our Paintings in Perpetuity campaign! We have teamed up with Boosted - an Arts Foundation initiative - to bring our campaign to the public and ask for support. Read more... |
|
3 June 2021 |
21 May 2021 |
31 May 2021 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Marion's Conservator visit |
Pukana: on tour to Aratoi |
Gamelan Aotearoa |
|
|
A visit to Studio Carolina Izzo gave us an insight into the meticulous conservation techniques required for the treatment of paintings. Read more... |
The Turnbull Endowment Trust was welcomed at the opening of the Pūkana exhibition at Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art & History recently. Read more... |
Approximately two hundred excited guests braved the Wellington weather to join us for the Gamelan Aotearoa performance at the National Library last evening. Read more... |
|
4 May 2021 |
9 April 2021 |
26 February 2021 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
NZ Music Month 2021 |
Honouring the dead: Sinking of SS Ventnor in 1902 creates unique bond between Chinese and Māori |
Miharo Wonder exhibition opens 26 February 2021 |
|
|
Learn more about the library events in NZ Music Month that relate to the Lilburn Trust. There are three events, one each for the two Lilburn Research Awardees, and for the Lilburn Research Fellow. Read more.... |
An event on April 10 will read out the names of 499 Chinese gold miners, whose remains were being returned to their homeland aboard the SS Ventnor when the ship sank in 1902 near Hokianga Harbour. Read more... |
Miharo Wonder is an exhibition that celebrates the many treasures collected in the 100 years of the Alexander Turnbull Library. It celebrates a selected 200 rare treasures and curious artefacts, part of New Zealand’s world class collection of heritage items. Read more... |
Sponsors
Current Sponsors
Acknowledging Past Sponsors
