Lecture: Joanne Drayton on Modern Women Artists

10.30–11.30am

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Join award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Joanne Drayton for a spirited journey into the lives of four exceptional modern artists: Edith Collier, Rhona Haszard, Frances Hodgkins and Ngaio Marsh. Drayton has written books on all four artists and in her lecture ‘Detection and Forensics in Art Historical Research’ will immerse you in their work through detailed observation, analysis and unexpected revelations.

The lecture will be followed by a Q&A, led by Curator New Zealand Art Julia Waite, curator of our exhibition Modern Women: Flight of Time.

This event is for Members only and part of our Membership programme. If you are a Member and have a guest pass, you can purchase a ticket for your guest.

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Auditorium, Lower Ground
Cost
Members $19 (+ fees)
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Dr Joanne Drayton is an acclaimed New Zealand author whose output is globally recognized. Her book Hudson & Halls: The Food of Love was the winner of the coveted Royal Society Te Aparangi Award for General Non-fiction at the NZ Book Awards, and a cover story for the NZ Listener. Joanne’s The Search for Anne Perry was numbered in the top 10 non-fiction books on the New York Times bestseller list in 2015, was a finalist in the NZ Book Awards in 2013; was the subject of a 60 Minutes programme; and a cover story for the NZ Listener. Her critically acclaimed Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime (2008) was a Christmas pick of the Independent newspaper in 2009. Her other biographical subjects include expatriate painters Frances Hodgkins, Rhona Haszard and Edith Collier. In 2007, she was awarded a National Library Fellowship, and in 2017 the prestigious Logan Fellowship at the Carey Institute in Upstate NY. Her latest book The Queen's Wife is a love-story and personal memoir.

Image credits: Joanne Drayton, photo by Dudley Reed. | Joanne Drayton, photo by Fiona Quinn.