BOOKED OUT | Curators’ Tour | Ngā Taonga Tūturu: Treasured Māori Portraits

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BOOKED OUT | Curators’ Tour | Ngā Taonga Tūturu: Treasured Māori Portraits

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Join us for a curators’ tour of the new exhibition Ngā Taonga Tūturu: Treasured Māori Portraits.

Ngā Taonga Tūturu are treasures that embody mana (prestige), tapu (sacred power) and mauri (life force). Bringing together whakairo tupuna (carving of Māori ancestors) and the portraits of Māori ancestors by Gottfried Lindauer, Ngā Taonga Tūturu: Treasured Māori Portraits considers the inherent cultural values embodied and expressed in these taonga.

The exhibition’s curators, Nathan Pōhio and Jane Davidson-Ladd, share insights into the taonga on display and will share some kupu along the way.

This tour is free but be quick to register as spaces are limited.

Sessions: 

Saturday 28 September: 1pm-2pm (BOOKED OUT) 

Artwork credit: Gottfried Lindauer, Te Hira Te Kawau, 1874. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr H E Partridge, 1915

Date
Location
Level 1, Te Kawau | Upper Grey
Cost
Free
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About the curators:

<p><strong>Nathan Pōhio</strong></p> <p>Nathan Pōhio (Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Kāti Pakeha) is Senior Curator, Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.</p> <p>An artist and a curator, Nathan worked at Te Puna o Waiwhetū Christchurch Art Gallery from 2002&ndash;21 prior to arriving at the Gallery. In that capacity he was technician, exhibition designer and assistant curator. Between 2016 and 2021 he curated significant exhibitions such as&nbsp;<em>He Rau Maharataka Whenua: A Memory of Land&nbsp;</em>with <em>Ta Tipene O&rsquo;Regan;&nbsp;Te Rua o Te Moko</em>; <em>Ship Songs</em>; co-curated <em>Te Wheke: Pathways Across Oceania </em>and <em>Ralph Hotere: Ātete, to Resist; Te Puna Waiora: The Distinguished Weavers of Te Kahui Whiritoi.</em></p> <p>Since arriving at the Gallery, Nathan has curated Graham Tipene&rsquo;s commissions <em>Te Mata o Mangahekea</em> (2024) and <em>Te Toi o Mangahekea </em>(2023), the collection exhibitions <em>Manaaki Whenua and Manaaki Tangata</em> (2022) and he was the coordinating curator for <em>Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia </em>(2022). He is the co-curator of <em>Ngā Taonga Tūturu: Treasured Māori Portraits</em>.</p> <p>Nathan was a near 20-year member of the board at The Physics Room and served as chair for his last two years. He is a founding member of Paemanu and co-vice president of Te Ūaka Lyttleton Museum.</p> <p>With 2015 SCAPE Public Art Commission&nbsp;<a href="https://www.scapepublicart.org.nz/artwork/raise-the-anchor-unfurl-the-sails-set-course-to-the-centre-of-an-ever-setting-sun/"><em>Raise the anchor, unfurl the sails, set course&nbsp;for&nbsp;the centre of an ever setting sun!&nbsp;</em></a>Nathan was nominated for the Walters Prize 2016 and exhibited at Documenta14 in Greece and Germany, 2017.&nbsp;</p>

Nathan Pōhio

Nathan Pōhio (Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Kāti Pakeha) is Senior Curator, Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

An artist and a curator, Nathan worked at Te Puna o Waiwhetū Christchurch Art Gallery from 2002–21 prior to arriving at the Gallery. In that capacity he was technician, exhibition designer and assistant curator. Between 2016 and 2021 he curated significant exhibitions such as He Rau Maharataka Whenua: A Memory of Land with Ta Tipene O’Regan; Te Rua o Te Moko; Ship Songs; co-curated Te Wheke: Pathways Across Oceania and Ralph Hotere: Ātete, to Resist; Te Puna Waiora: The Distinguished Weavers of Te Kahui Whiritoi.

Since arriving at the Gallery, Nathan has curated Graham Tipene’s commissions Te Mata o Mangahekea (2024) and Te Toi o Mangahekea (2023), the collection exhibitions Manaaki Whenua and Manaaki Tangata (2022) and he was the coordinating curator for Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia (2022). He is the co-curator of Ngā Taonga Tūturu: Treasured Māori Portraits.

Nathan was a near 20-year member of the board at The Physics Room and served as chair for his last two years. He is a founding member of Paemanu and co-vice president of Te Ūaka Lyttleton Museum.

With 2015 SCAPE Public Art Commission Raise the anchor, unfurl the sails, set course for the centre of an ever setting sun! Nathan was nominated for the Walters Prize 2016 and exhibited at Documenta14 in Greece and Germany, 2017.