📣 This Sunday is the William Mathew Hodgkins Lecture 2026 📣 The annual event organised by the DPAG Society commemorates the work of artist William Mathew Hodgkins. The guest speaker for this year is Professor Deidre Brown (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) at Waipapa Taumata Rau—University of Auckland. Brown is an award-winning author, highly regarded art historian and specialist on Māori architecture. Together with Ngarino Ellis and Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, she recently published the book Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art (Auckland University Press, 2024; Chicago University Press, 2025) which aimed to cover a great breadth and diversity of toi Māori from its beginnings to present day. Toi Te Mana has won several national and international awards, including the global 2025 Apollo Book of the Year prize. Toi Te Mana: Understanding Maori Art 2pm, Sunday 30 August Dunedin Public Art Gallery Auditorium Free

🐦‍⬛ Kelvin Mann’s ‘Old Blue’ freshly framed in oak and looking so sweet in the gallery 🐦‍⬛ Old Blue has often featured in Kelvin’s work and he tells the story of the Black robin below: ‘The Chatham Island robin or Black robin is native to a group of islands off the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Prior to the arrival of Polynesian and later European settlers, the country had effectively been a bird sanctuary. The absence of mammals meant that birds had no natural predators and in many cases lost the ability to fly. With the settlers came the introduction of rats, cats and ferrets which decimated the vulnerable bird population and forced many to extinction. By 1870 the Black robin had been confined to Little Mangere Island, 800km from the mainland of New Zealand. By 1979 the population had dwindled to only five birds, two females and three males. A conservation team lead by Don Merton embarked on a breeding program that involved taking the eggs of the birds before hatching and placing them in the nests of other birds, specifically the Chatham Island Tomtit. Of the two remaining females only one managed to successfully reproduce. Her name was Old Blue after the blue band she wore for identification. The average life span of a Black robin is 4 years. Old Blue lived to be 13 and undoubtedly is the mother of her species. Currently the population is approximately 250, each of which is a direct descendent of this remarkable little bird’ ~ Kelvin Mann 🔗 to this work in comments👇🏼

‘It’s Time To Go Home’ the latest heart melting piece from Kylie Matheson❣️ This one is really worth a visit so pop in this weekend 10 - 3 Saturday or Sunday 🐻 🐰 🦊

A lovely little gathering of artworks from John Gillies, John Santucci and Di Tocker 🩵🧡💚 We have so much fun creating different collections around the gallery! Pop in and see what’s new 💥

We LOVE this painting from Eion Shanks ‘Dealing with Imports’ Oil on board 126.5 x 90.5cm 💛🌸💛🌸💛🌸💛

A stunning new painting from Janet de Wagt ‘Up Lake Tekapo’ Janet always paints on location, in the moment, capturing the energy of the landscape 💛✨ Framed size 103 x 43cm 🔗 Link to artwork in comments👇🏼