A major survey at Te Papa in Wellington reveals how the artist’s crisp style transformed painting in New Zealand
The crisp outlines and bold colours of Rita Angus’s landscapes and portraits marked a move away from European influences and towards a new visual style, tailored to capture life in modern New Zealand. This survey at Te Papa in Wellington (18 December–25 April 2022) – a collaboration with the Royal Academy in London, where its run last year was cancelled because of the pandemic – features more than 70 works, spanning the four decades of Angus’s career and including some of her most famous paintings such as Rutu (1951), Cleopatra (1938) and Cass (1936). Find out more from Te Papa’s website.