SIMON O'CONNOR/Stuff Zara Stanhope is the new director of Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre. She left a role in Brisbane to take up the new job. The new director of New Plymouth's contemporary art gallery says she's in it for the long haul. Dr Zara Stanhope had her first day at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre's (GBAG/LLC) on Monday, having moved from a role in Brisbane. Stanhope was released from MIQ in Christchurch on February 4, and has been in Auckland catching up with family and friends, as well as travelling to Waitangi to learn more about the treaty, before arriving in New Plymouth.