Portraits and Self-Portraits from the Collection of Avenal McKinnon

To 11 September, New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata, Wellington The first single-collector show staged at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata pays tribute to the personal collection of its founding director, art historian and Frances Hodgkins specialist Avenal McKinnon (1949 to 2021). McKinnon began collecting while a student at The Courtauld Institute of Art in London, amassing more than 300 works during her lifetime, focusing on portraiture. The exhibition features 22 works by New Zealand artists, including Rita Angus, Seraphine Pick, Leo Bensemann, Rudi Gopas, Joanna Paul and Frances Hodgkins. nzportraitgallery.org.nz