Academy Prize for Visual Art

A collection of New Zealand art and artists hosted by New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. 

10am to 5pm Daily

Wellington City Council and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts are excited to bring the exhibition of the Academy Prize for Visual Art Competition to Tākina Wellington. 

The Academy Prize for Visual Art presents 370 contemporary artworks by artists from throughout New Zealand, from which the finalists have been selected. 

The exhibition also includes specifically local artistic achievements: 

• a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Vincents Art Workshop 

• a display of the work of the Wellington Sculpture Trust. 

• “Poking Sticks” a showcase of works by nine South Island artists with a shared Netherlands heritage exhibition previously shown at Oranjehof Dutch Connection Centre. 

MORE INFORMATION / MEDIA ENQUIRIES: 

John Dow +64 7 258 0717 / john@agenda-marketing.co.nz