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The City Gallery Wellington ((マオリ語:Te Whare Toi)) is an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand. The gallery was first opened in 1980 in a different building. ==Features== Located in Civic Square, the Gallery is recognised as pivotal to Wellington’s positioning and growth as New Zealand’s arts capital, City Gallery Wellington plays a unique role in the New Zealand's cultural landscape. City Gallery mounts a changing programme of exhibitions and does not have a collection. City Gallery Wellington re-opened in September 2009 after a year's closure for renovations. Three new gallery spaces were added, including one devoted to the exhibition of Maori and Pacific art, plus a new auditorium. The additions were designed by Wellington architect Stuart Gardyne of Architecture+. The Gallery reopened with the exhibition ''Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years'' which achieved almost-record attendance. Significant group exhibitions have included Parihaka: The Art of Passive Resistance, The Exhibition of the Century: Modern Masters from the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Techno Maori―Maori Art in the Digital Age, and the (Prospect:New Art New Zealand ) triennial series. An integral part of the programme are artists' projects where a new body of work is profiled, including Michael Harrison, Gavin Hipkins, Saskia Leek, Peter Madden, Séraphine Pick, and Yuk King Tan. The Michael Hirschfeld Gallery shows work by Wellington-based artists, designers and architects. The Gallery also regularly publishes (catalogues ) to accompany its exhibition programme and runs an ambitious (public programme ) of events, lectures and conversations. The (education programmes ) focuses on delivery to primary and secondary schools in the Wellington region and nationally. City Gallery Wellington is managed by the (Wellington Museums Trust ) with major funding from the (Wellington City Council ). The façade of the building features ‘Fault’ an artwork by Bill Culbert and Ralph Hotere, which was launched in 1994. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City Gallery Wellington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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