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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 …

Latest Post

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

Perplexing ‘Wildernesses’

Obliterated horizons & intervening edges

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Paul Davies
Still Frame

 

24 October - 24 November 2024

 

Recent Posts

JH
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

JH
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

 

JH
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

JH
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

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Exhibition entrance. Photo: Norman Franke

Sue Roots at Artspost

ARTSPOST

Hamilton Kirikiriro

 

Sue Roots

Where the Wildflowers Are

 

27 September — 27 October 2024

JH
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.


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Séraphine Pick, Rider Instinct, installation view, Te Uru, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Te Uru. Photo by Sam Hartnett.

Fabulous Loosey-Goosey Pick

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi


Séraphine Pick
Rider Instinct


31 August - 27 October 2024

JH
From Scratch poster

Celebrating From Scratch (with the help of Justin DeHart)

AUDIO FOUNDATION

Auckland

 

Justin DeHart, From Scratch, Reuben de Lautour, Phil Dadson



Elemental 


13 September 7.30 pm

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Billy Apple, Billy Apple® Self-Portrait, 2020. Full colour digital print on Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl 310gsm. Framed: 88h x 65.50w cm--as installed at Starkwhite with 5 ' 7  1/2", 1964 above it on the wall.

Young and Old Apples

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Billy Apple®
Progressives and Other Self-Portraits


31 August - 5 October 2024


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Installation view of Billy Apple, Institutional Critiques, Ann and John Hercus Gallery, Suter Art Gallery, 2018.

Billy Apple and The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū

EyeContact Essay #53

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Richard McWhannell, A Horse with No Name, 2018-19, oil on linen on board, 1220 x 1540 mm

Compelling Facial Physiognomies

SEASON

Auckland

 

Richard McWhannell

Songs to the Suns

 

28 August - 21 September 2024

JH

Playing Around the Perimeter

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Simon Morris & David Thomas
We move through life…perceiving

 

23 August - 28 September 2024

JH
Installation view of Rain at Fox Jensen McCrory

A Meteorological Thematic

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Eight artists
Rain


17 August - 28 September 2024


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John Nixon, Black Monochrome With Violin, 1993, enamel and violin on hardboard. Chartwell Collection. Courtesy of Te Uru. Photo by Sam Hartnett

Sonic Art from the Chartwell Collection

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

A dozen artists
Milkstars: Sound Constellations in the Chartwell Collection



17 August - 20 October 2024

JH
Front cover

Curnow on Lye

Bouncy Castle and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

Auckland

 

Wystan Curnow
Stopped Short: Writings on Len Lye

 

Edited by Robert Leonard

 

JH

Ten Oblongs Dense With Killeen Images

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Richard Killeen
Sampler



3rd August - 31st August

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On the floor, Sung Hwan Bobby Park, BTM Ding Deng Dong, 2024. Paintings by Reece King on the walls. Both part of Aotearoa Contemporary, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2024 (installation view)

The New Tāmaki Makaurau Triennial

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau

 

Twenty-eight national artists
Aotearoa Contemporary

 

6 July - 20 October 2024