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Roy Good on ‘Seven Shin Paintings’

If one wants to see consistency of direction in contemporary painting Jeena Shin …

Roy Good on ‘Fabulous Museum Sampler’

John, you're absolutely right about the new gallery at Auckland Museum, one of …

John Hurrell on ‘The Evisceration of Theo Schoon’

Here is Martin Rumsby talking to a dealer in Cambodia… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG70MhJDQDE

John Hurrell on ‘Lye Poetry Sampler’

https://poetryremake.wordpress.com/horrocks-on-dark-age/ Here is a great piece of extended writing from Roger Horrocks, the …

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Bill Henson, Untitled, #2/75, 1990-91, from the series Paris Opera Project, Archival inkjet pigment print, 142 x 127 cm

Henson’s Fascination with Light & Interiority

Portraits and landscapes

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Bill Henson
Selected Works


6 May - 29 May 2022

Recent Posts

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Installation of Clare Brodie's 'Elusive Forms' at Scott Lawrie Gallery.

Treescape Abstractions

SCOTT LAWRIE GALLERY

Auckland


Clare Brodie
Elusive Forms


7 May - 28 May 2022

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Detail of Joseph Scott's LOOK BACK IN ANGER, mixed media, installed at Never Project Space as part of OMEGA MAN.

A Sprawling Caustic Commentary on Our Time

NEVER PROJECT SPACE

Hamilton

 

Joseph Scott
Omega Man


22 April - 20 May 2022

 
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Marie Shannon, Bedroom Window Still Life, 2021, digital inkjet print on Ilford Galerie Prestige 310gsm, 608 x 760 mm unframed. 855 x 995 mm framed.

Light Through and On Surface

TRISH CLARK GALLERY

Auckland

 

Marie Shannon
Sleeping Near the River + New Works

 

20 April - 11 June 2022

 

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Installation of Fu-On Chung's exhibition, Talisman, upstairs at Two Rooms. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Fu-On Chung Paintings

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Fu-On Chung
Talisman


22 April - 28 May 2022

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Still from Fiona Amundsen (with Joanna Macy), Life on Earth, 2022, single screen, 13.00 min

Artspace Installation of Videos

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Fiona Amundsen (with Joanna Macy), Susan Schuppli, Chia-Wei Hsu
Ex-Post


4 March — 14 May 2022

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Steve Carr, A Deflated Basketball with Water, 2022, cast bronze and water, 215 x 190 x 170mm.

Carr at Lett

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Steve Carr
Making Time


7 April - 14 May 2022

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'He Putunga Taonga / Collections & Connections'. Part of 'Te Whiwhinga the Imaginarium' display on Level 1 of Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Fabulous Museum Sampler

AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM

Auckland

 

Selection of items from the Collections
He Putunga Taonga / Collections & Connections


Part of Te Whiwhinga the Imaginarium display on Level 1

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'Geoff Thornley: From the Collection of Dame Jenny Gibbs', as installed at Gow Langsford.

Geoff Thornley Mini-Survey

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Geoff Thornley
From the Collection of Dame Jenny Gibbs

 

16 March - 2 April 2022

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Jeena Shin, Time-delay 1, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 1200 x 850 mm

Seven Shin Paintings

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Jeena Shin
Time-Delay


11 March - 14 April 2022

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Yona Lee, An Arrangement For 5 Rooms, 2022. Commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Supported by the Contemporary Benefactors of the AAG, Asia NZ Foundation and Chow:Hill. Courtesy of Fine Arts, Sydney. Photo: Jennifer French and Paul Chapman

Almost Strictly Ocular

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Yona Lee
An Arrangement for Five Rooms

 

26 February - 2 October 2022

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Jennifer Mason, Triple Figure, oil on board, 2020

Naked Now: The New Work of Jennifer Mason

WINDOW UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

Auckland

 

Jennifer Mason
Triple Figure


3 March—24 March 2022

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Teelah George, Rose, 2021, thread, linen and bronze, 37 x 42 x 5

Teelah George: Frames and Needlework

LAREE PAYNE GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Teelah George
The Rose has Teeth in the Mouth of the Beast


23 February - 19 March 2020

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Andrew Barber: Shipwreck, 2022, resin and oak flooring, dimensions variable; Stiff Blanket (monocultural agriculture), 2022, ink and linen, 2700 x 2700 mm, recto. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Aotearoa’s ‘Raft of the Medusa’

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Andrew Barber
Shipwreck


4 February - 5 March 2022

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Installation of Paul Lee's 'Desert Flowers' at Michael Lett.

Paul Lee’s Tactile Erotic Hothouse

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Paul Lee
Desert Flowers


25 February - 2 April 2022

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Installation shot of Hannah Ireland's 'I'm just a spectator.' Middle work on the top row is 'I cried all this summer away.'

Hannah Ireland Portraits in Hamilton

LAREE PAYNE GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Hannah Ireland
I’m Just a Spectator


26 January-19 February 2022

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Jim Allen, Horse and Buggy Days 1999, acrylic on canvas, four pieces: 1990 x 1815 mm, 1780 x 1815 mm, 1865 x 1815 mm and 1790 x 1815 mm

Three Jim Allen Works

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Jim Allen
Horse and Buggy Days


21 January -19 February 2022

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Between Freezer and Cloak

Jenny Gillam and Eugene Hansen: editors
Te Manu Huna a Tāne

 

Photographs and essays on the recycling of kiwi feather pelts for use in Māori woven cloakmaking.

Designed by Adrian McLeland
Massey University Press, 2020

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Natasha Matila-Smith, I think you like me but I've been wrong before, 2021, detail.

Lockdown Paranoia & Art’s Big Empathy Racket

EyeContact Essay #45

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Chantel Matthews, Help yourself to a cuppa tea, 2021, installation view, cup of tea for visitors to take away, commissioned by Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, photo by Sam Hartnett

PONO at Te Tuhi

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Chantel Matthews and Jacob Hamilton

PONO

Curated by Janet Lilo


24 November 2021 - 6 February 2022

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Lye Poetry Sampler

Len Lye
Poems

Edited with a substantial introduction by Roger Horrocks

Published by Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and Len Lye Foundation 2021

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Peter Robinson, Forward Backwards, 2021, installation view: Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Soul (and Brain) on Ice

COASTAL SIGNS

Auckland

 

Peter Robinson
Forwards Backwards


8 December 2021 - 5 February 2022

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Kalisolaite ‘Uhila’s ‘Kalanga /To Shout’ at MEANWHILE in Wellington

Kalisolaite ‘Uhila’s ‘Kalanga /To Shout’

MEANWHILE

Wellington

 

Kalisolaite ‘Uhila

Kalanga /To Shout

 

11th - 13th of November, 2021, from 3:30pm - 5pm

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