10 Oct 2026 – 1 Feb 2027

10 Oct 2026 –
1 Feb 2027

Picasso: Designed by Paul Smith

Picasso like you’ve never seen him before. Encounter the Blue and Rose periods, Cubism, portraits and more in the first solo exhibition of Picasso’s work in Aotearoa New Zealand in more than 30 years. Bringing together outstanding works from the Musée national Picasso–Paris in a special collaboration with legendary British fashion designer Sir Paul Smith, the exhibition unfolds across atmospheric rooms that draw on the colours, shapes, patterns and textures of Picasso's artworks. Sir Paul’s experiments with light, colour, shape, feeling and his Signature Stripe reimagine how we experience the artworks.

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10 Oct 2026 – 1 Feb 2027

Tickets required

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20 Apr 2024 - 30 May 2027

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Explore: Kaupapa Māori

What’s on

Te wiki o te reo Māori | Hīkoi

Tours

Te wiki o te reo Māori | Te Tūhononga ki Rāwhiti Kapa Haka

19 Sep 2026 - 20 Sep 2026

Sold out

Workshops

Performance

Te wiki o te reo Māori | Tour of Ngā Taonga Tūturu: Treasured Māori Portraits

13 Sep 2026

Free

Tours

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori | Kōrero: Te Rā Tuku Whenua

19 Sep 2026 - 20 Sep 2026

Free

Talks

Pō Rewa | Celebrating the creativity of rangatahi

18 Sep 2026

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Festival

25 Sep 2026

Free

Yoga and art immersion | Sundays

Wellbeing

15 Feb 2026 - 6 Dec 2026

Adults $20, Members $18

Drop-in drawing

Workshops

31 Jul 2026 - 25 Jun 2027

Free

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Mother and Child (Jean and Anton Jones with Portrait of Fred Jones behind)

Seedling, Jack Lovelock’s Olympic Oak, Timaru Boys’ High School, Timaru, New Zealand. Featured in Leni Riefenstahl’s (1938 film) Olympia, Lovelock set a new world record and won Gold in what some regard as one of the finest 1500m Olympic finals of all tim

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