Mary Kisler Explained

Mary Kisler
Discipline:Art history
Workplaces:Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
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Mary Louise Kisler is a New Zealand curator, author, art historian and Radio New Zealand art commentator.[1] [2] [3] She is best known for her publications which include Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Galleries (2010)[4] and Finding Frances Hodgkins (2019).[5]

She has been a curator at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki since 1998 and is now the Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art.[6] [7]

Biography

Kisler earned her master's degree in art history and Italian at the University of Auckland in 1994.[2] In 1996 she commenced a PhD at the University on Dis/Ordered Femininity in Italian Renaissance Art.[8]

Kisler's 2010 book Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections brings together artworks from the collections of five New Zealand galleries: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Dunedin Public Art Gallery and Whanganui's Sarjeant Gallery.[9] A touring exhibition with a selection of works from Kisler's book travelled to museums and galleries around New Zealand.[10] [11]

In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, Kisler was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to art history and curation.[12]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Curator stumbles across rare 300yr print. Stuff.
  2. Web site: Mary Kisler | Massey University Press. www.masseypress.ac.nz. 18 October 2019.
  3. Web site: Book review: Finding Frances Hodgkins. Stuff. 18 October 2019.
  4. Web site: Mary Kisler: angels and aristocrats. 23 Oct 2010. . 18 October 2019.
  5. Web site: Mary Kisler – Finding Frances Hodgkins. 4 May 2019. . 18 October 2019.
  6. Web site: Mary Kisler – Exhibitions in Europe. 17 Nov 2018. . 18 October 2019.
  7. Web site: Mary Kisler. thamesandhudson.com.
  8. Web site: Mary Kisler | I Tatti | The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. itatti.harvard.edu.
  9. Web site: Mary Kisler: angels and aristocrats. 23 October 2010. .
  10. Web site: Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections. Auckland Art Gallery.
  11. Web site: Te Papa to display a selection of European art from New Zealand's collections. 15 October 2012. Te Papa’s Blog.
  12. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 2021 . 7 June 2021 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 7 June 2021.
  13. Web site: 12 Questions: Auckland Art Gallery curator Mary Kisler. Jennifer. Dann. 20 May 2019. 18 Oct 2019. www.nzherald.co.nz.
  14. Web site: Frances Hodgkins: A life in colour. 13 May 2019. Otago Daily Times Online News.
  15. Web site: Auckland Art Gallery and Karen Walker to launch Frances Hodgkins collaboration. www.rfa.nz.

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