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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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Denis O'Connor, I for Inklings, 2024, pigment, wax on Welsh slate, 245 x 195 mm

Angling for Resonances

Unforeseen Text/Image Pairings

TWO ROOMS

Denis O’Connor

 

Lucken’s Alphabet

 

4 July - 9 August 2025

Recent Posts

JH
Ruth Cleland, Concrete Floor 4, 2925, acrylic on board, 60 x 80 cm.

Pebbles, Oblongs & Reflections

SUMER

Ruth Cleland


Concrete


11 June -12 July 2025

JH
Cerith Wyn Evans, installation view of Cerith Wyn Evans at Michael Lett.

Cerith Wyn Evans at Lett

MICHAEL LETT

Cerith Wyn Evans

 

Cerith Wyn Evans

 

14 June - 12 July 2025

 
JH
Joyce Campbell, The Giant Rock, LiDAR photogravure

Unnerving Campbell

TWO ROOMS

Joyce Campbell

 

Dream Diary

 

23 May - 28 June 2025

 

JH
Conor Clarke, Follow Your Nose, 2025, single channel video, 25 min54 sec, Connor Clarke in collaboration with Ted Howard

Nocturnal Ornithology

TWO ROOMS

Conor Clarke


Night Writing


23 May - 28 June 2025

EE
Mike Parr, detail, Sunset Claws exhibit, Going Home, 2023, Anna Schwartz Gallery Melbourne.

A Supplement to ‘Art, Palestine and Waiheke (a Report)’

A consideration of the continuing Gaza conflict

JH
Jonny Niesche, Fat Lava installation at Starkwhite, Auckland.

Exhilarating Niesche

STARKWHITE

Jonny Niesche

 

Fat Lava

 

3 May - 7 June 2025

JH
Installation shot of some of Jude Rae's various objects at Two Rooms

Painted Potted-Plant Parts

TWO ROOMS

Jude Rae

 

various objects


11 April - 17 May 2025

JH
Installation of Bambury and May works at Sumer

Wall-Reflected vs Frontal, Directly-Radiating Colour

SUMER

Stephen Bambury & Anne-Marie May

 

The Still Point of the Turning World

 

26 March - 26 April 2025

JH
Virginia Leonard, Eating with Blue Blood and Village Knickers, 2025, clay, resin and lustre, 400 x 500mm plus ceramic tray.

Leonard’s Aesthetic….Hmm?

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Virginia Leonard

 

The Wedding Breakfast: An Ode to Olly

 

26 March - 19 April 2025

JH
George Watson, Fields 3, detail, hand dyed silk, fence batons, staples, 2300 x 230 mm overall

George Watson at Coastal Signs

COASTAL SIGNS

George Watson

 

The Farm

 

7 March - 12 April 2025

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Peter F Muller. Corrugated Wave'2 finger ring. Sterling Silver, part corrugated, part oxidised ponamu.

Diminutive Sculpture in Waikato

ARTSPOST

Hamilton Kirikiriroa

 

2025 Small Sculptural Award


28 March -2 6 April 2025

JH
Laith McGregor, S.O.S., 2025, clay and enamel, dimensions variable.

Performing Magic (with Anxiety)

STARKWHITE

Laith McGregor

 


Long Days, Longer Nights

 


15 March - 15 April 2025

JH
Dale Frank, Installation shot of Dale Frank at Gow Langsford. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Dale Frank in Onehunga

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Onehunga

 

Dale Frank


Dale Frank


8 March - 4 April 2025

JH
Robbie Fraser, HARK, 2025, oil and light refractive pigment on canvas, 1168 x 1216 mm

Robbie Fraser’s Nine Painted Canvases

TWO ROOMS

Robbie Fraser

 

The Centre Always Drifts to the Right

 

7 March - 5 April 2025

pd
Rebecca Wallis. A Loosening of Order. Print identifying as a Painting.

WSA Paintng and Print Awards

ARTSPOST

Waikato Society of Arts

 

2025 New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards 

 

21 February 2025 - 23 March 2025

JH
Installation view of Mikala Dwyer's Shards and Stones, Sticks and Bones at Starkwhite in Auckland. Little Gold Cloud on the left. Nest is on the right.

Mikala Dwyer @ Starkwhite

STARKWHITE

Mikala Dwyer



Shards and Stones, Sticks and Bones



15 February - 12 March 2025

JH
Installation shot of Miles Hendricks, Rainbows End, at Ivan Anthony.

Hendricks Drawings

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Miles Hendricks

 

Rainbows End

 

8 February - I March 2025

JH
Anto Yeldezian, Wall Games, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 1400 x 1900 mm, detail

A Drive to Conquer

COASTAL SIGNS

Anto Yeldezian


Area


31 January - 1 March 2025

JH
Huseyin Sami, Cut Painting (BP), 2025, acrylic on canvas, 183 x 152.5 cm

The Creative Pleasures of ‘Mutilation’

SUMER

Huseyin Sami

 

Rhythm & Cuts

 

31 January - 1 March 2025

JH
Martin Creed, Work No. 3766, 2023, watercolour, gouache, acrylic, pencil on paper, 31 x 23.2 cm / 12 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches

Nifty ‘Brusherly’ Creed

MICHAEL LETT

Martin Creed


Like Favourite Socks in a Drawer


29 January - 1 March 2025

JH
Overall installation view of Judy Darragh's Forest of Dreams at Two Rooms

A Forest of Darraghs

TWO ROOMS

Judy Darragh


Forest of Dreams


31 January 2025 - 1 March 2025

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Rohan Hartley Mills, (left) Fools Gold, 2023, aluminium foil and acrylic paint on newsprint and cardboard (right) Crayola Payola, 2024, Oil on papier-mâché and cardboard.

Exciting Pah Collection

THE JAMES WALLACE ARTS TRUST

Two dozen painters, sculptors and jewellers

 

Pushing Parallels
Curated by Abbie La Rooy, Kiki Hall and Michael Prosee

 

23 November 2024 - 9 March 2025

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