Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art
 

Ane Tonga

Ashley Holmes smiles as he places a vinyl record onto a turntable at a table with a laptop and DJ mixer. A Glasgow International festival banner stands behind him, listing the dates 5 to 21 June.

Brian Hartley
Four women seated on a bench during an outdoor panel discussion, with audience members visible in the foreground. The woman on the left speaks into a microphone mid-gesture, beside a Glasgow International festival banner.

Brian Hartley
A woman with curly hair sits at a round outdoor table speaking into a microphone, flanked by other seated audience members, with a bottle and coffee cup on the table in front of her.

Brian Hartley
A woman with curly hair, wearing a grey tracksuit, sits speaking into a microphone during a panel discussion, with a Glasgow International festival banner behind her and a small table of flowers and drinks in front.

Brian Hartley
Wide view of an audience seated at round tables in a glass-roofed courtyard, facing a small panel discussion set up with a screen and banners in the background.

Brian Hartley

Ane Tonga

Ane Tonga is a leader in the arts sector of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Through her curatorial and governance service, she has made a significant contribution to the arts and cultural landscape of Aotearoa and the wider Pacific. Since 2020, Ane has been the inaugural Curator, Pacific Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki where she has led an ambitious Pacific-focused programme of exhibitions, public programming and collecting.

An artist, scholar and curator, Ane specialises in gender and the politics of representation, Indigenous photographic histories and feminisms. She holds a Masters in Art History (First Class Honours), a Post-Graduate Diploma in Museums and Cultural Heritage (with distinction) from the University of Auckland , and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (with honours) from the Elam School of Fine Arts.

Ane has held leadership positions such as Lead Exhibitions Curator at Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa and has delivered exhibition projects across Aotearoa. She is also an experience governance practitioner, having been appointed to Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (2021–2024) by the Honorable Minister Carmel Sepuloni, serving as Deputy Chair of the Contemporary HUM Trust Board (2019 – 2021) and Chair of Auckland Council’s Rōpū Torotoro Mahi Toi Tūmatanui I Public Art Advisory Panel (2025).

Projects

  • Programme
    Ane Tonga
    Jasmine Togo-Brisby in-conversation with Ane Tonga and Ruha Fifita
    The Briggait (Wasps Studios), 72 Clyde Street, G1 5HZ
    Ashley Holmes smiles as he places a vinyl record onto a turntable at a table with a laptop and DJ mixer. A Glasgow International festival banner stands behind him, listing the dates 5 to 21 June.