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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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Ammon Ngakuru, preparatory drawing/collage for installation of Three Scenes 2025 sculpture proposal at AAG.

Symbolic Ngakuru

Seemingly Open Interpretations

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

North Terrace

Ammon Ngakuru: Three Scenes 2025

Curated by Natasha Conland

27 September 2025 - 18 October 2026

Recent Posts

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Sniffing Around Technology

TREADLER

The Odour of Smoke

Julian Dashper Estate, Billy Apple Archive (a Tim Garrity letter about BA), Nika Autor, David Clegg, and Christian Marclay

Curated by Christina Barton

12 December 2025 - 17 January 2026

JH
Installation shot of Dane Mitchell's exhibition, Archive of Dust, Room 18, at Two Rooms

Microbes in Dust

TWO ROOMS

Dane Mitchell

 

Archive of Dust, Room 18

 


15 November - 20 December 2025

 
JH
Peter Robinson, Figure of Fun, 2009, charcoal and oilstick on paper, 1740 x 1400 mm (framed)

Humiliating the Art-Hungry Viewer

COASTAL SIGNS

Peter Robinson

 

Drawings

 

3 December, 2025 - 5 February, 2026.

JH
Two visitors admiring the Roy Lichtenstein contribution. It shows smoke trails from fired rockets.

Impressive History of American Innovation

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Pop to Present: American Art (selected from the Virginia Museum of Fine Art)

 

Curated by Alexis Assam, Regina Perry, Sarah Powers, and Kenneth Brummel

 

8 November 2025 - 15 March 2026

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Lisa Bate, Dead Pools (2025), Kiln formed cast glass, copper tube, brass & steel wire, 410mm high x 850mm wide

Pondering Water, Glass, Branches and Birdnests

RAMP

Assorted Artists\

Critical Mass

Curated by Megan Lyon & Julia Christey

 

16 October - 14 November 2025

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Timothy Webby, Untitled, (Spitfire viewed from Bomber), 2025 Selenium toned silver gelatin print of medium format negative (1939-1942) on hand-dyed resin coated paper 25.9 x 37.7cm (image size) 30.4 x 40.5cm (paper size)

Keep the Old Chin Up

LAREE PAYNE GALLERY

Timothy Webby

 

Keep The Old Chin Up

 

29 October -26 November 2025

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Do Ho Suh, North Wall, 2005. Installation view at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2025. © Do Ho Suh

Evanescent Architectural Screen

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Do Ho Suh

 

North Wall, 2005

 

Curated by Natasha Conland

 

26 July, 2025 - 1 March, 2026

JH
Installation shot of Jim Roche at Starkwhite.

Eviscerated ‘Tunnelling’ Surfboards?

STARKWHITE

Jim Roche


Jim Roche


4 October - 8 November 2025

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Louise Bourgeois, The Couple, 2003, aluminum, on loan from a private collection. Photo: Christopher Burke, © The Easton Foundation. VAGA at ARS/Copyright Agency, 2025 |

Brilliant Visceral Bourgeois

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Louise Bourgeois


In Private View


Curated by Natasha Conland


27 September 2025 - 17 May 2026

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Nick Austin, Fear of Loneliness, 2025, mixed media, 2160 x 1800 x 200 mm overall, Detail.

The Potential Dangers of Seductive Art History, Perhaps?

COASTAL SIGNS

Nick Austin

 

Breath Spectrum

 

25 September 2025 - 25 October 2025

JH
Installation of Simon Denny's 'The Future' exhibition at Michael Lett.

Boom Boom: Hell on Earth

MICHAEL LETT

Simon Denny

 


The Future

 


3 September - 11 October 2025

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Ammon Ngakuru, Jonah and the Whale, 2025, oil on canvas, 1850 x 1650 mm; Maggie Friedman, Untitled (Jeff Koons, Party Hat, 1995-97, The Broad Museum Los Angeles, 2025), 2025, oil on canvas, two elements each 1830 x 1145 mm

Friedman and Ngakura @ Coastal Signs

COASTAL SIGNS

Maggie Friedman & Ammon Ngakura

 

Icon

 

Curated by Sally McMath

 

13 August - 13 September 2025

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Christina Barton, Out of the Blue: Essays on Artists from aotearoa New Zealand 1985 -2021

Barton Anthology

Te Pataka Toi Adam Art Gallery / Te Herenga Waka University Press

Wellington

 

Christina Barton

 

Out of the Blue: Essays on Artists from Aotearoa New Zealand  1985 - 2021

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Installation view of Jeena Shin's Time Crystal exhibition at Two Rooms.

Jeena Shin’s Fields of Floating Angular Geometry

TWO ROOMS

Jeena Shin

 

Time Crystal

 

15 August - 27 September 2025

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Frances van Dammen, Silverbeet, oil on canvas

Three Women at WINTEC, Kirikiriroa

Te Whare Toi

van Dammen, Knighton, Glass

 

Three Women at WINTEC

 

17 - 24 May 2025

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PĀNiA! Orange Builder’s Pony With Ear Bonnet or Protective Muff, 2025 Folding saw horse, hobby horse head, thermal glove, dowel, glue, faux leather bridle, duster, stroller wheels, fake eyelashes, band aids, bandage, fixings, sound, 120 x 125 x 50 cm

Laree Payne & Mokopōpaki Team Up.

LAREE PAYNE GALLERY

Group show

 

ȧ la Tōrea Pango

 

14 May - 7 June  2025

JH
Selina Foote, Berthe, 2025, acrylic and graphite on canvas, 600 x 500 mm

Foote’s Balustrades

TWO ROOMS

Selina Foote

 

The Balcony

 

15 August - 27 September 2025

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Zena Elliott, The Silence Forced Upon Us Is Louder Than the Crown's Declaration of Partnersip and Fairness, acrylic paint, rakau,haumaru, haumarangai, mauri, rongoa, karakia, 2025

Waikato Award: Inclusive Selection

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

National Contemporary Art Award

 

Selected by  Nigel Borell

 

1 August - 28 October 2025

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Tony de Lautour, Black Mountain 2 2025, acrylic on canvas, 750 x 1000mm

Obliterated Titular Language

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Tony de Lautour

 

Location

 

26 July - 23 August 2025

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Richard Killeen, Catspiralcatspiral (9458), 2025, Ink jet and Bona Mega Matt varnish on ACM, 1000 x 480mm

Containing Meaning

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Richard Killeen

 

Jar

 

26 July - 23 August 2025

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Steve Carr, Many Steves, 2025, pigment inkjet print; diptych each 1524 x 1016mm unframed, 1550 x 1045 x 35mm framed, 1550 x 2090mm framed overall Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof

Chortle Chuckle Carr

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Steve Carr

 

How to Disappear

 

30 July - 23 August 2025

JH
Installation view of Built at Two Rooms

Building Architecture-Alluding Art

TWO ROOMS

Gretchen Albrecht, John Reynolds, John Nixon, James Ross

 

Built

 

4 July - 9 August 2025

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