Opening Day Talk: Sue Gardiner – The History of the Chartwel

Join us to celebrate the opening of City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi’s new exhibition Generation X: 50 Artworks from the Chartwell Collection. Following morning talks with featured artists in the exhibition, join us again at 1pm to hear from Sue Gardiner, Co-director of the Chartwell Collection as she discusses the history of one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most significant contemporary art collections.
Generation X: 50 Artworks from the Chartwell Collection is a City Gallery Wellington exhibition shown at Te Papa and part of the Chartwell 50th Anniversary Project 2024.
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Sue Gardiner
Sue Gardiner (MNZM) is a passionate advocate of the arts and Chair of the Chartwell Charitable Trust, a New Zealand philanthropic trust founded by her father in 1974 to support the visual arts and deepen knowledge about the creative process. Sue is also co-Director of the Chartwell Collection, a major public collection of New Zealand and Australian contemporary art held on long-term loan at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Sue is well-known for publicly supporting initiatives that expand arts access and education, engagement, philanthropy, fundraising, arts governance, and promoting art through national and international art tours.