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John Hurrell on ‘This Year’s Walters Prize’

Congratulations to Ana Iti, the winner of the 2024 Walters Prize. The judge …


Ralph Paine on ‘This Year’s Walters Prize’

Yeah, the “international judge,” along with all his proclaimed expertise and stature… “Bonaventure …


John Hurrell on ‘This Year’s Walters Prize’

I notice that the 2024 Walters Prize judge, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, was …


John Hurrell on ‘Shanley’s Raw Ceramics’

Too 'woo-woo' huh, Julia? You might even be right, though I'm not sure …

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Jenny Holzer, STATEMENT - Truisms +, 2015, a four-sided vertical LED sign: with RGB diodes, stainless steel housing, robotic rotator and hoist, © 2015 Jenny Holzer, ARS. Photo: Collin LaFleche.

Holzer’s Cascading Truisms

‘Lightfalls’ of Glowing Maxims

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Jenny Holzer
STATEMENT - Truisms +, 2015

Curated by Natasha Conland

 

27 March 2024 - 9 March 2025

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Gretchen Albrecht, Receptum, 1988, gouache and collage on paper, six panels, 2140 x 4700 mm (overall)

Collaging Albrecht

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

Gretchen Albrecht
Liquid States


3 November 2024 - 2 February 2025

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Te Maari, Epicenter (E), installation image, 2024

Knitted Māori Dolls

LAREE PAYNE GALLERY

Kirikiriroa

 

Te Maari
Epicenter (E)


27 November - 21 December 2024

 

JH
Ralph Paine, À la Leibnitz, eight framed drawings of watercolour and pencil. Each 230 x 310 mm.

Paine as Fan Boy

CHARLES NINOW

Auckland

 

Ralph Paine
Leaves From a Pillow Book

 

December 5 - December 21, 2024

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Installation shot of Veronica Herber's Making My Way Home exhibition at Melanie Roger.

Herber’s Torn Tape Graphite Grids

MELANIE ROGER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Veronica Herber
Making My Way Home


14 November - 7 December 2024

JH
Heather Straka, Age of Discovery The Painter, 2021, archival pigment on Photorag Ultrasmooth, 765 x 1135 mm.

Constructed Straka Photographs

TRISH CLARK GALLERY

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

 

Heather Straka
Isolation Hotel

 

26 November - 21 December 2024


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Winston Roeth, Belmont Quintet, 2024, Kremer pigments and polyurethane dispersion on five slate panels, 50,8 x 168.4 cm

The Pleasures of Chromatic Individuality

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Winston Roeth
The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing

 

16 November - 14 December 2024

 

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Milli Jannides, Wide Meshed Nets, 2024, oil on linen and silk, 2400 x 1800 mm

Jannides ‘Abstractions’ & Portraits

COASTAL SIGNS

Auckland

 

Milli Jannides
Shivers


15 November -14 December 2024

JH
Sam Rountree Williams, Headlands, 2024, oil on linen, 204 x 153 cm

The Self as Lighthouse

SUMER

Auckland


Sam Rountree Williams
Headlands


14 November - 14 December 2024

 


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Louise Fong, Deng (Lantern), 2007, acrylic, ink, and enamel on board, 1100 x 1200 mm

Opulent and Hauntingly Evocative Fong

BERGMAN GALLERY

Auckland

 

Luise Fong
Nexus



12 November - 30 November 2024

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Darling Meihana, Colourful Love, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 cm. Photo: Norman Franke

Something in Common

ARTSPOST

Hamilton


Something in Common
Arts for Health annual exhibition


1 November to 1 December 2024.

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Paul Davies, Untitled, 2024, acrylic on linen, 153 cm x 122 cm

Perplexing ‘Wildernesses’

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Paul Davies
Still Frame

 

24 October - 24 November 2024

 


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Michael Harrison, Crossroads, 2005-2024, acrylic on paper, 210 x 297 mm

Deliciously Ambiguous Harrison

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Michael Harrison
Ghost Selection Path


19 October - 16 November 2024

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Ronnie van Hout, The Second Coming, 2024, promotional image

Doomsday van Hout

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland


Ronnie van Hout
The Second Coming


19 October - 16 November 3024

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Paul Hartigan, Oil on Canvas, 2024, neon on paper. MED: 450 mm  x 720 mm x 40 mm; LGE: 560 mm x 920 mm x 40 mm

Recent Hartigan Works

TIM MELVILLE GALLERY

Auckland

 

Paul Hartigan
LIGHT

 

9 October - 2 November 2024


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John Bailey, Study for the Kowhai Project,  2024, Flashe acrylic and charcoal on Sennelier 300gsm watercolour paper, 660 x 550 mm (paper size).

Interpreting ‘Simple’ Shape

OREXART

Auckland

 

John Bailey
John Bailey

 

5 October - 26 October 2024

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Shaun Waugh, New Games, 2024, detail. Archival pigment prints, custom painted frames

Painted Construction, Airbrushed Drawing, or Photograph?

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Shaun Waugh
New Games

 

4 October - 9 November 2024

 

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Stuart Shepherd, Chicago street scene, 2019, watercolour on paper, 600 mm x 450 mm

Stuart Shepherd’s Paintings on Paper

CHRIS MEEK STUDIO GALLERY

Raglan

 

Stuart Shepherd
Paintings

 

27 September - 6 October 2024

NF
Exhibition entrance. Photo: Norman Franke

Sue Roots at Artspost

ARTSPOST

Hamilton Kirikiriro

 

Sue Roots

Where the Wildflowers Are

 

27 September — 27 October 2024


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Michael Mahne Lamb, Structure 1 (23002-11) detail, courtesy of the artist

Optical & Spatial Ambiguities Galore

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY ONE

Auckland

 

Michael Mahne Lamb
Through Points


26 July - 12 October 2024

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Ruth Watson's Other Worlds (2018-2024) steel, polystyrene, cement/fibreglass mix, paint, 4435 x 2000 x 2000 mm, at Auckland Botanic Gardens. Courtesy Auckland Council Public Art. Photo credit: David St George

Pondering Our Planetary Globe

Auckland Botanic Gardens (Café Miko)

Auckland


Ruth Watson
Other Worlds


2 September - 14 October 2024

JH
Tom Kreisler, The Rowing Boat, 1997-98, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 112 cm. Courtesy of the Tom Kreisler Estate and Sumer gallery.

Out Rowing

SUMER

Auckland


Tom Kreisler
Misrepresentations


26 September - 26 October 2024

 

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Ana Iti's installation, A resilient heart like the manawa, 2024, kauri timber, steel, rust, audio field recordings. At Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki.

The Goddess: Ana Iti at the Walters Prize

EyeContact Essay #54.