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Installation on the far wall of Franz Sturtzkopf, The Hermit, circa 1876, oil on canvas, Collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Our Current Catastrophic Melting Moment

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

International Group Show

All That Was Solid Melts

 

5 June - 10 October 2021

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Zon Sakai, Radioactive Heavy Duty, 2011, performance at Sennai Nuclear Power Plant, Kagoshima. Photo: Kimiyuki Arikawa

Original Art Association in Grey Lynn

TUITUI ART SPACE

Auckland

 

OAA (Original Art Association)

Empty Colour

 


10 June—20 June 2021

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Conor Clarke's As Far as the Eye Can Reach downstairs at Two Rooms

Visual, Tactile and Verbal Correlations

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Conor Clarke
As far as the eye can reach

 

4 June - 3 July 2021

 


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Louise Stevenson, Someplace Else, 2021 (installation view), works on paper, 2000-2019, found materials, mixed media. Commissioned by Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Photo by Sam Hartnett

Delicate Stevenson Drawings

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga


Louise Stevenson
Someplace Else


30 May - 22 August 2021

 

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Installation of Shaun Waugh's Encounter upstairs at Two Rooms. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Shaun Waugh’s Digital Grafting

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Shaun Waugh
Encounter


4 June - 3 July 2021

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Tia Ranginui, Mauri II, 2019, archival pigment ink on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 840 mm x 1060 mm (unframed dimensions)

Tia Ranginui in Whanganui

LAREE PAYNE GALLERY

Whanganui

 

Solo show
Tia Ranginui


26 May - 19 June 2021


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Bill Henson, Untitled 1985-86 #106 D, 1985-1986, archival inkjet pigment print, 128 × 100 cm

Henson’s Wondrous Light

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Solo show
Bill Henson: 1985 - 2021


21 May - 19 June 2021

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Ann Braunsteiner, Soft ground, Tall grass. Photo by the artist

RESPONSE

THE SUTER ART GALLERY TE ARATOI O WHAKATU

Nelson

 

In the Hursthouse Barnicoat Contemplation Gallery
Ann Braunsteiner
Soft ground, Tall grass

 

23 April-19 June 2021

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Shahriar Asdollah-Zadeh (with Anna Starr), Faith and Through the Looking Glass Diptych, 2021, pigment inks printed on 310 gsm Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl, 628 x 830 x 48 mm (framed)

Mediating Symbols and Pure Sensation

TRISH CLARK GALLERY

Auckland

 

Shahriar Asdollah-Zadeh
Light Dot Colour

 

21 May - 26 June 2021


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Image from Deborah Rundle's invitation to her 2021 show at RM, 'No More the Fruit.'

Pondering the Alleged Benefits of Paid Labour

RM

Auckland

 

Deborah Rundle
No More the Fruit


12 May - 6 June 2021

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Installation of Jenny Gillam and Eugene Hansen's The Thrum of the Tide,' at Te Uru. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Reconstructed’ Dance Floor

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

Jenny Gillam and Eugene Hansen
The Thrum of the Tide

 


20 February - 6 June 2021

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Sonya lacey, Weekend, 2018, moving image and mixed media installation

The Tenth Walters Prize

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Lacey, Amundsen, Spong, Mata Aho Collective and Lander
2021 Walters Prize Finalists

 

13 May - 5 September 2021


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Jane Zusters, At home Wetlands Grove, Bexley, 2013 C-type print

Jane Zusters Photographs

THE JAMES WALLACE ARTS TRUST

Auckland

 

Jane Zusters
Te Karoro Karoro: A Place Called Home: The Red Zone Clearances: Christchurch Ōtautahi


14 April - 30 May 2021

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Still from Rangituhia Hollis' Across the Face of the Moon, 2020, 10.33 minutes, digital video, sound

I Decline to Taste the Casein Air

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Hollis, Iti, Monteith, Monu, Pastrana
Sovereign Pacific / Pacific Sovereigns



13 April -15 May 2020

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Gregory Bennett, Embowered II, 2021, still, HD video; 7 minutes, 30 seconds, looped variable.

Three Bennett Videos

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Gregory Bennett
Edifice


23 April - 28 May 2021


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Installation detail of Elizabeth Thomson's Lateral Theories' at Two Rooms. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Thomson’s Evocative ‘Planets’

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Elizabeth Thomson
Lateral Theories

 

22 April - 28 May 2021

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Ron Left, Fenestra No. 14, acrylic on plywood, 1200 x 1800 mm

Ron Left’s Grid Paintings

ARTIS Gallery

Auckland

 


Ron Left
The Fenestra Series

 


21 April - 9 May 2020

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Installation of Pauline Rhodes and Richard Frater's show, Bluets, at Michael Lett.

Rhodes/Frater Exhibition

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Pauline Rhodes and Richard Frater
Bluets


22 April - 22 May 2021


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Martin Basher, Birds of Paradise, installation view, Starkwhite, April 2021. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Basher’s Witty Floral Arrangements

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Martin Basher
Birds of Paradise


13 April - 14 May 2021

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Still from Pinar Yoldas, The Kitty A1: Artificial Intelligence For Governance, 2016, 12 minute video with 3D animation

Keep Laughing Even When Surrounded By Corpses

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Wong Ping, Mark Schroder, Pinar Yoldas
Happiness is only real when shared


13 February - 29 May 2021

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Back cover. Image is part of Self Portraits (Apple Sees Red On Green), 1962, lithograph on canvas, Tate Collection.

Finding Billy in “Billy Apple® Life/Work”

Christina Barton
Billy Apple® Life/Work

 

Illustrated, pp 390, hardcover

 

Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2020