Gallery
Public gardens ' Places of congregation'
Jonathan Anderson. Clothing Designer. interview with Bella Freud 2026
1. It is impossible to ignore Tulleries Garden as that wonderful public place. I woke up this morning in 2026 and listened to this relaxed interview with a clothing designer. Compliments went to the readymade chairs.
Johnathan Anderson in conversation with Bella Freudhttps://www.google.com/search?q=bella+freud&rlz=1C1GCEA_enNZ1177NZ1177&oq=bella+freud&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYjwIyBwgAEAAYjwIyBwgBEC4YgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyBwgDEAAYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEAAYgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgATSAQg4OTIyajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:d85cc8ca,vid:ouax321x46A,st:0
Johnathan Anderson in conversation with Bella Freudhttps://www.google.com/search?q=bella+freud&rlz=1C1GCEA_enNZ1177NZ1177&oq=bella+freud&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYjwIyBwgAEAAYjwIyBwgBEC4YgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyBwgDEAAYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEAAYgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgATSAQg4OTIyajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:d85cc8ca,vid:ouax321x46A,st:0
One family photo 1830 in Paris
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One family shot in Tuleries. 1830. Charles Hart Tiffen with his wife Carmellina, their son Charles and Carmellina's sister. Charles was a chemist in the wine trade.
A photo from my Tiffen familyTuileries Garden, Paris. Photograph. Charles Hart Tiffen (Chemist) (1826-1899) with his wife Esther Carmelina (1835 - 1912), on holiday in France. (Esther born Albenga, Italy, died Folkstone, Kent) her sister. and their son, Charles. Charles became a resident of Paris. His son William, too. Charles and his wife came out to visit us all in Hawkes Bay in 1959.*
* Hearing about both the Charles Tiffens and their engagement with the Riviera was my first family reference to my several 18th Century families knowing coasts and cities of Europe. e.g I had heard about Cannes in France, yet not the Italian coast until research time. I booked a ticket to Genoa in 2001, cancelling this later so as to spend more days in Rome.
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Art Galleries: other public spaces
DETOUR by PArekowhai, Auckland Portraits Gallery, LILo, SEVERINI, MCA Sydney and MORE
Stephanie Visits New Zealand Art Galleries whilst preparing a few talk about how she viewed Art.
City Gallery. Wellington
Photographs by Stephanie Beth. 2018
Reference.
1. https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/09/08/cherry-gloss-red-hot-and-with-meanings-that-evolve-and-mutate-before-your-eyes-michael-parekowhais-venice-masterpiece/
2. 2011
Piano from: Michael Parekōwhai’s He Kōrero Pūrakau mo Te Awanui o Te Motu: Story of a New Zealand river
for the symposium developed as part of the opening. This was on display at City Gallery, Wellington, with live performance. 2018. At Venice in 2011, an essay describes:'Described by the artist as the ‘beating heart’[2] of his 2011 Venice Biennale exhibition, On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer, He Kōrero Pūrakau mo Te Awanui o Te Motu: Story of a New Zealand river is a clever interplay between old worlds and new. From its Māori/English title, the collaboration between Parekōwhai and others for its actual making, and the players and audience needed to complete the work, this dazzling virtuoso work – a carved, playable Steinway concert grand piano, with an immaculate shiny finish – is simultaneously a Māori artwork and a European one.' 1
One note.
Wytze Hoekstra was on the team that Rosie Belton and I put together at the Christchurch Polytechnic in 1985 - 1989. Wytze was a guitar teacher for us then. Our course was Thinking & Creating.
Here is an enjoyable write up of Michael Parekowhai's piano tuner.
https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/blog/behind-the-scenes/2012/07/tune-up
DETOUR By Michel Parekowhai. 20163.4.5.6A Michael Parekōwhai commissioned work to open Floor Five at Te Papa. https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/about/past-exhibitions/detour-michael-parekowhai.
Wytze was his tuner.
Update on the paiano tuner, 2025.
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360843396/our-kiwi-home-wytze-hoekstra-lifts-lid-pianos
DETOUR
First things first. Happy to see that Parekowhai commissioned a bespoke waistcoat.
Jacket. Wool, silk, Rose Gold. Companion to B-E-T-T-y by Marcel Duchamp
Photographs by Stephanie Beth. Te Papa. Floor Five. 2016
City Gallery Exhibition. Janet Lilo. SHARE THE LOVE. Te Papa. Prepared 2018. Showed post Covid. 2020
Photo images collated on new social media sites e.g. Bebo. This is
an early documentation of youth on the internet
List of Images.
An exhibition SHARE THE LOVE. Janet Lilo.
7. Image Wall. City Gallery. Wellington. 2020
8. Early Social media photographs. e.g. Bebo and Myspace City Gallery. Wellington. 2020
9. 10. 11. image wall in use by visitors to the exhibition. SHARE THE LOVE
Janet Lilo. Share the Love. Te Papa. Wellington. long term exhibition)2018. https://www.photoforum-nz.org/blog/2020/3/17/top-16 Held up by Covid when Te Papa closed. Finally . Photographs by Stephanie Beth. 2022
Here is a Pacifica New Zealand update. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/viva/at-home/power-art-couple-janet-lilo-courtney-sina-meredith-at-home-in-avondale/CEPT5IVSFZBOKBBWHS4WNLJ2NQ/
Suddenly, the public space became the internet
https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/about/past-exhibitions/janet-lilo-top16
Portrait Gallery. Auckland Art Gallery. Toi o Tamaki. Photograph by Stephanie Beth. 2023
Auckland Art Gallery. Toi o Tamaki. Portrait Wall. 2023
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Artist G.Severini. Te. Papa.(1883 - 1966)
photographed by Stephanie Beth in 2016
A visit to MCA Sydney. 2025
The Intelligence of Painting https://www.mca.com.au/exhibitions/the-intelligence-of-painting/
March 2024.
14 women artists
https://artsreview.com.au/the-truth-of-painting/
Stills by Stephanie 2025
Images. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Image 17
Wellington Railway Station
Image. 18.
Wellington from POV of the Ferry Terminal
Watching the stock Market became a public space
Image 19.
The 1987 crash recorded as a graphic in a Wellington Waterfront Gallery Exhibition.
