Robin White, This is me at Kaitangata, 1979, screen print, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1979.

ROBIN WHITE Harbour Cone 1972. Oil on canvas. Collection Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

ROBIN WHITE Hooper’s Inlet 1976. Oil on canvas on board. Fletcher Trust Collection, Tāmaki Makaurau 2021.

Robin White, Fish and chips, Maketu, 1975, oil on canvas, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1975

Robin White, Mere and Siulolovao, Otago Peninsula, 1978, screen print, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2004

Robin White, Sainemele goes fishing: Tera ae kam karaoia? What are you doing?, 1995, woodcut, collection of The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, purchased 2003

Robin White, Tamari Cabeikanacea and Ruha Fifita, Living in a material world, 2017, from the series Something is happening here, barkcloth, earth pigments, natural dye, collection of The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, purchased 2018

Robin White: Te Whanaketanga / Something is Happening Here 2023. Installation view, Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Photo: Justin Spiers

Robin White

Te Whanaketanga | Something is Happening Here

11 March 2023 - 25 June 2023

Explore Robin White’s celebrated portraits and local landscapes from the 1970s, and the ambitious collaborative works she has made with artists from across the Pacific and Aotearoa New Zealand in recent years.

The exhibition includes early watercolour and drawings, her time in Otago Peninsula, working with Sam Hunt, and her masi collaborations with Pacific artists including Tamari Cabeikanacea and Ruha Fifita.

Works from across Dame Robin White’s 50-year career form what the artist describes as a ‘family reunion’, bringing together works from 22 galleries and living rooms across the country.

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Developed by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa & Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and toured by Te Papa.

Exhibition Partner

Watch this video profile on contemporary Māori artist Dame Robin White DNZM. Learn more about Robin and her approach to artmaking on the occasion of this retrospective exhibition:

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