An oil painting of Maori elder Wharekauri Tahuna by Charles Frederick Goldie sold for a record-breaking $3.75 million, ...
The painting was done nine years before Goldie died in 1947 and art commentators believe it was his best work. It was thought ...
Children marched alongside adults bearing distinctive full-face Maori "moko" tattoos and clutching ceremonial wooden weapons. Protests have been swelling throughout New Zealand after a minor ...
An oil painting considered by art experts to be a ‘Goldie masterpiece’ could bring up to $3.5 million at an auction of Important and Rare art at the International Art Centre in Parnell, Auckland next ...
In Maori culture, facial piercings, particularly in the lip and nose, are significant and often represent a person’s tribal ...
Critics regard this piece as his finest work, showcasing Tahuna adorned with a moko (a traditional Māori facial tattoo) and ...
The NZ$3.75m ($2.2m; $1.7m) sale also marks the highest price ever paid for a painting at auction in New Zealand, according to the auction house. It comes at a point of increased racial tensions in ...
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