Ans Westra
{Suite} Wellington hosts a living museum dedicated to celebrating Ans Westra's lifetime of work and images. Visitors may browse through articles dating back to 1960 and view over 200 books featuring Ans' images. Exhibitions change regularly alongside displays of the artist's ephemera. A permanent display of Ans’s work is also always on view upstairs at {Suite} Ponsonby.
In 2014 a project commenced with the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to digitise Ans’ negative archive. This collection can now be found on the National Library's website together with catalogue information about locations, dates and people portrayed in the images where known. The records are continuing to be updated as more details are provided.
For all enquiries about Ans’ work including whānau access to images from the archive, copyright permission requests and exhibition enquiries, please contact David Alsop david@suite.co.nz.
