Mary Kisler

Mary Kisler MNZM
Kisler in 2022
Academic work
Discipline	Art history
Institutions	Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Mary Louise Kisler MNZM 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

• Everyday Miracles: The art of Stanley Spencer (Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 2003).
• Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys (Auckland University Press, 2019).
• Finding Frances Hodgkins (Massey University Press, 2019). ^{[13] [14] [15]}
• Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections (Random House, 2010).

References

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