New Zealand Portrait Gallery
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 New Zealand Portrait Gallery at Shed 11 | |
  Location in Wellington, New Zealand | |
| Established | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Location | Shed 11, Queen's Wharf, Wellington Waterfront |
| Coordinates | 41°17′01″S 174°46′42″E / 41.283475°S 174.778240°E |
| Website | Official website |
The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata is an art gallery in the Waterfront Shed 11 building in Wellington, New Zealand.
The gallery was registered as a charitable trust in 1990.[1] In 2005 the board hired its first paid director, Avenal McKinnon, who held the position until her resignation in 2014.[2] During this time the permanent collection grew from six works to more than 200. In 2014, Gaelen Macdonald was appointed as McKinnon's successor.[3] In 2017, Jaenine Parkinson took over the role of director.[4]
Location
The New Zealand Portrait Gallery's permanent home and exhibition space is in Shed 11, a heritage listed building located on Wellington's Queens Wharf.[5] Shed 11 was built in 1904–5 and designed by William Ferguson, chief engineer of the Wellington Harbour Board.[6] In 1985, Shed 11 was transformed into a gallery space and in 2010 the New Zealand Portrait Gallery secured a long term lease on the building.
