Len Lye Collection

Len Lye was a pioneer of kinetic sculpture and experimental filmmaking and is one of Aotearoa's most celebrated artists. The Len Lye Centre, the only single artist gallery in New Zealand, forms a wing of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth. Lye's works are held in the collections of several major art museums including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Whitney Museum in New York, the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Major repositories of Lye's films include Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, the British Film Institute, and the Museum of Modern Art.