Gordon H Brown lecture series

The Art History Programme established the Gordon H Brown lecture series to further art historical scholarship in New Zealand.

The series is named in honour of the achievements of the distinguished New Zealand art historian. In December 2002, on being awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Victoria University of Wellington for his contributions to art history, Gordon H Brown himself delivered the first lecture in the then-unnamed series. Brown's lecture was subsequently published as an illustrated book: Elements of Modernism in Colin McCahon's Early Work.