Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is a contemporary art museum at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. The gallery receives core funding from the New Plymouth District Council.

Govett-Brewster is recognised internationally for contemporary art, and has received many awards. In 2009, the gallery was honoured by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand with their Governor's Award.[1]

Len Lye

The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is home to the archives and studio collection of the Len Lye Foundation.[2] Born in Christchurch in 1901 and largely self-educated, Lye was driven by a lifelong passion for motion, energy and the possibility of composing them as a form of art. Lye's interests took him far from New Zealand; after sojourns in the South Pacific, Lye moved to London and then New York, where he became known as an intensely creative film-maker and kinetic sculptor.

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References

  1. ↑ "NZ contemporary art honoured by Arts Foundation". Scoop. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  2. ↑ "Govett-Brewster Art Gallery". NZContemorary. Retrieved 2009-07-26.

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Coordinates: 39°3′31″S 174°4′11″E / 39.05861°S 174.06972°E