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Ralph Paine on ‘A Thorough Look at Archiving Photographs’

“Memory can only be based on selectiveness, and thus on erasure, forgetting, oblivion. …

Liz Eastmond on ‘The Tate’s Light Show’

Martin Creed’s 'Work No. 312, A lamp going on and off' [inserted into …

Liz Eastmond on ‘The Tate’s Light Show’

Light? As a theme show, now? I admit that’s what I rather grudgingly …

John Hurrell on ‘Recontextualising / Contemporising Lye’

Yesterday morning, Evan Webb—the Len Lye Foundation Director, the man who researched the …

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John B Turner: Paul Hartigan and Ron Brownson visiting the exhibition of my work at the Bowerbank Ninow Gallery, 10 Lorne Street, Auckland CBD, 30 January 2020

A Thorough Look at Archiving Photographs

Detailed John Turner discussions

Auckland


John B. Turner


New Zealand’s Photo Treasures Heading For the Tip?

Recent Posts

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Installation of Jonny Niesche's 'You Say Sfumato, and I Say Sfumato', at Starkwhite, Auckland.

Immersive Hazes & Flickering Horizons

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Jonny Niesche
You say Sfumato, I say Sfumato



12 May 2023 - 10 July 2023

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Brent Harris, The Other Side, curated by Jane Devery, as installed at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki.

Pop Art with Trauma

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Brent Harris
The Other Side


6 May 2023 - 17 September 2023

 
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Colonial Road, installation view, Pah Homestead, Auckland. Photo: Arekahānara

Mokopōpaki Trio on Birkenhead History and Ornithology

Pah Homestead (AV Gallery, Little Gallery, Conservatory)

Auckland

 

A.A.M. Bos, Carole Prentice, Dr P
Colonial Road

 

20 April - 2 July 2023

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First performance at the Audio Foundation organised by Ivan Mršić for !0 May, with Phil Dadson, Maurice Reviol and Darren Hannah. Photo: Ivan Mršić

Mršić / Vitamin S Collaborations

AUDIO FOUNDATION

Auckland

 

Ivan Mršić and Vitamin S
Read Me as You Wish

 

18 April 2023 - 13 May 2023

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James Ford, Providate

Is That a Camel?

EyeContact Essay #50

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Figure 1. A view of the Miramar Community Gardens

Labours of Love

EyeContact Essay #49

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Photo by Mike Glover

Ian Hunter & ANZART

Ian Hunter obituary

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Olafur Eliasson, Yellow versus Purple, 2003. Tate: Purchased with funds provided by the 2003 Outset / Frieze Art Fair Fund to benefit the Tate Collection 2003. Photo: Tate.

The Tate’s Light Show

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Touring international collection show supplemented by a few works from Auckland collections.

Light from the Tate: the 1700s until now

1st March, 2023 - 25 May, 2023

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Peter Robinson, Die Cuts and Derivations, 2015. Cut wool felt. Private collection.

Presenting Installation as Drawing

CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY TE PUNA O WAIWHETU

Christchurch

Peter Robinson, and 25 artists represented in the CAG Collection
Die Cuts and Derivations


11 March 2023 - 2 July 2023

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John Bailey, Notes for the well-tuned piano, 2021, flash and charcoal on paper, 850 x 650 mm (framed dimension)

Sneakily Subversive Bailey?

SCOTT LAWRIE GALLERY

Auckland

 

John Bailey
GYMNOSPHERE / Notes for the well-tuned piano


25 March 2023 - 8 April 2023

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Barbara Tuck: Delirium Crossing (installation view), Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, 2022-23. This exhibition has been developed as a partnership between Anna Miles Gallery, Ramp Gallery and Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery.

Barbara Tuck in Christchurch

CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY TE PUNA O WAIWHETU

Christchurch

 


Barbara Tuck
Delirium Crossing
Curated by Christina Barton, Anna Miles and 14 invited art historians, writers and curators



15 October 2022 - 26 March 2023

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J.C. Sturm, Selected journal excerpts and ephemera, 1958; detail from Door, window, world: Maree Horner, J.C. Sturm, at Artspace Aotearoa.

On Hearing ‘In Certain Lights…’

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Maree Horner and J.C. Sturm
Door, window, world


11 February - 6 April 2023

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Still from Laresa Kosloff, New Futures TM, 2021, 4K video, made from commercial stock footage, 4.37 mins

Detecting Sentience & Cognition

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

International group show
Who can think, what can think

 

18 February 2023 - 7 May 2023

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Installation of Koen Delaere's exhibition 'White Light White Heat' at Fox Jensen McCrory.

Spectacular Paradoxical Delaere

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Koen Delaere
White Light White Heat


11 February 2023 - 18 March 2023

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Cat Fooks at Anna Miles: Sour Orange Summer, 2023; Brittle Star, 2023; Pocockiella, 2023; Kobold, 2022. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Typically Exuberant Fooks

ANNA MILES GALLERY

Auckland

 

Cat Fooks
Terebella


18 February 2023 -16 March 2023

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John Nixon: Untitled (Orange Monochrome), 1997, metal disc and enamel on mdf, 555 x 555 mm; Untitled (Black Monochrome), 1997, enamel on mdf, 600 x 600 mm. Photo: Sam Hartnett

John Nixon’s Painting Passion

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

John Nixon
Works 1990 - 2014



10 February 2023 - 11 March 2023

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Installation of Shannon Te Ao's 'Tīwakawaka' exhibition at Coastal Signs.

A Moody Chromatic Infusion

COASTAL SIGNS

Auckland

 

Shannon Te Ao
Tīwakawaka


16 November 2022 — 28 January 2023

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Installation on Starkwhite's lefthand wall of five Gordon Walters canvas paintings

A German / New Zealand Pairing

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Gerold Miller & Gordon Walters
Miller to Walters

 


8 December 2022 - 31 January 2023

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Xi Li, The Transcendence Labyrinth of Idols, 2022 (installation view), photo by Sam Hartnett

Sardonic or Sincere Guidance Towards Enlightenment?

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Xi Li
The Transcendence Labyrinth of Idols


4 December 2022 - 29 January 2023

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Daphne Simons, Peach Teats at the Dude Ranch, 2022 (detail), image courtesy of artist

Daphne Simons’ Peach Teat Billboards

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Daphne Simons
Peach Teats at the Dude Ranch


4 December 2022 - 29 January 2023

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Robin White, Fish and chips, Maketu, 1975, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1975

Robin White Survey

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 


Robin White
Te Whanaketanga / Something is Happening Here

 


22 October 2022 - 30 January 2023

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Eddie Clemens, Screenshot from Resolution Venture video game, 2021-2022.

Interactive Eddie Clemens at AUT

ST PAUL St Gallery

Auckland

 

Eddie Clemens
Resolution Venture


17 November -16 December 2022

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