Te Papa / January 2009
February 2009 | December 2008-
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Cover version
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- Don’t judge a book by its cover, the saying goes. There’s no doubt, though, that a book’s cover can say an awful lot about what’s inside. Michael Illingworth, Untitled 1971 Deciding what work should go on the cover of the forthcoming book Art at Te Papa — Michael Illingworth’s Untitled 1971 — wasn’t easy. We tried lots of different possibilities, shopped ideas around, got sometimes co
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One Day Sculpture
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- If you are an art follower you may have already know the One Day Sculpture project. One Day Sculpture was launched in Wellington in March 2008 in conjunction with the New Zealand International Arts Festival. Since then there have been 7 projects presented. These were all commissioned by different institutions around Aotearoa/New Zealand and have taken place in Auckland, Hawera, Wellington and Dun
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The big art book
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- Art at Te Papa - coming soon. Hi there, I’m William McAloon, Curator of Historical New Zealand Art here at Te Papa. Over the last couple of years I’ve been working on a big book on Te Papa’s art collection. Art at Te Papa features over 400 works, from the 15th century to the present day. The cover star is Michael Illingworth’s painting Untitled, 1971. The book is due out in
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A Menu for Monarchs
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- In the summer months I get plenty of phone calls and emails from monarch butterfly fanciers, all with a common problem: Monarch butterfly caterpillar (Photo credit: R Sharell, Copyright Te Papa “My swan plants are almost stripped bare yet I have so many monarch butterfly caterpillars I really don’t know what to do. Is there anything else I can feed the caterpillars on?” This problem arise
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Disguised in the bush - a plant mimic
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- Last weekend, when I should have been writing grant applications, I was dragged out for a bush-walk. However, my arm didn’t have to be twisted too hard, since it was a fine day and the track between Kiriwhakapapa and Blue Range is lovely (although steep). Alseuosmia pusilla Alseuosmia pusilla was abundant along the track. This is a very interesting little shrub. It looks a LOT like a juveni
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Lancewood hunting
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- Field-work is one of the best aspects of working as a Natural Environment curator at Te Papa. I get to spend about three weeks a year in the field collecting plant specimens. Te Papa’s 4WD. If seen outside Wellington, there is a good chance this vehicle is being used to collect plants, whales, or fossils. I’ve recently returned from ten days field-work in the South Island, collecting samples for
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