Face to Face: Portrait Festival

Next month, 15 public and private art galleries in Wellington will come together in a new arts festival to showcase work by various artists from around Aotearoa. 

Face to Face: Portrait Festival opens on the 27th of May with nine dealer galleries and six public galleries aiming to demystify and increase access to contemporary art.

It'll run over four days, with free exhibitions, tours and talks, with a headline event on the Saturday night which will see the dealer galleries stay open till 9pm and host performances by musicians. 

Here are some of the artists featuring in the Festival.

Head Height 2 3 4 Billy Apple 1975 2020. Image courtesy of the artist and Hamish McKay

Claudia Kogachi. Polo (2018). Acrylic on canvas. Private collection

Claudia Kogachi. Table Tennis (2018). Acrylic on canvas. Private collection

In the beginning Ayesha Green 2021. Acrylic on canvas. 1700 x 1400mm. Courtesy of the artist Jhana Millers Gallery

JoannaBraithwate BirdWatcher2018 SelfPortriat Courtesy of the artist and Bowen Galleries

Sam Mitchell Lovely Rita 2021 acyrlic on perspex 680 x 900 mm. Courtesy of the artist and Bartley Company Art

The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.