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Installation shot (detail) of Shaun Thomas McGill's 'Durham Street West [Men’s Convenience]' 2020 at Papatūnga. Photo: Courtesy of Papatūnga.

Debut of New Parnell Project Space

PAPATŪNGA

Auckland

 

Shaun Thomas McGill
Durham St West [Men’s Convenience]


18 July - 30 July 2020

JH

Elephant Empathy

RM

Auckland

 

Matilda Fraser
His trunk for a hand, and his foot for a scythe

 

8 July - 25 July 2020

JH
(UN)Registered Savages of Aotearoa, Hair to Stay, 2019, installation view, eight photographs of ulu cavu in British collections. Photo by Sam Hartnett

Fijian Wigs and Masks

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

(UN)Registered Savages of Aotearoa (Daren Kamali & Ole Maiava)
Mata Makawa - Mata Vou



23 May - 16 August 2020

JJH
Christian Thompson, Enchantments: Letter to Bernard Otto Holtermann, 2019, Enchantments: Letter to Ferdinand von Mueller 2018 Enchantments: Letter to Ludwig Leichhardt 2018 from the Equinox series. Photo Harry Culy

Oracles at City Gallery

CITY GALLERY WELLINGTON TE WHARE TOI

Wellington

 

Pati Solomona Tyrell and Christian Thompson
Oracles



4 April - 6 September 2020

JH
Installation of James Cousins' Song Chain at Gow Langsford.

Percussive Cousins

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

James Cousins
Song Chain


8 July - 1 August 2020

JH
Raul Ortega Ayala, still from The Zone, 2020, from the series From the Pit of Et Cetera, single channel HD video, 5:1 sound, 36 mins 2 secs

Connecting Chernobyl, Mururoa and Rainbow Warrior

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Raúl Ortega Ayala
The Zone

23 May - 16 August 2020

JH
Olivia Webb, still from Anthems of Belonging, 2019 (Tiibin family). Tannin Bwanaan Tebetebeke (Voices from the Pacific Ocean): composed July 2018 – September 2019 for 5-part voice and guitar, 5 mins 40 secs. Courtesy of the artist

Paeans to Diversity

Te Tuhi online digital presentation

Auckland

 

Olivia Webb
Anthems of Belonging


7 July (noon) - 14 July (noon) 2020

JH
Peter Robinson, Preparatory drawing used for promoting Rag Trade.

Robinson’s Carpet of Explosive ‘Tantrums’

23 GORDON ROAD

Auckland

 

Peter Robinson
Rag Trade


25 June - 4 July 2020

JesH
Installation of He Tohu at Jhana Millers

Signs For The Times

JHANA MILLERS

Wellington

 

Ayesha Green, Kauri Hawkins, Maioha Kara, Nikau Hindin
He Tohu

 

18 June - 11 July 2020

NF
Installation of Peter Dornauf's The Barberry Days at Wallace Gallery.

Paradise Lost, Paradise Reframed

WALLACE GALLERY

Morrinsville

 

Peter Dornauf
The Barberry Days

 


6 June - 5 July 2020

JH
Edward Burtynsky, Manufacturing #17, Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City, Jilin Province, China, 2005

Enthralling Global Photography

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Over 100 contributing photographers
Civilisation Photography Now


13 June - 18 October 2020

JH
Frances Stark, Black Flag (Basel), 2018

Truth (For Once) Rules

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Frances Stark, Shahryar Nashat, Sriwhana Spong, Martine Syms.
Honestly Speaking: The Word, the Body, and the Internet


13 June — 30 August 2020

APW

Macleod, Jones: Publishing Collaboration

Lloyd Jones and Euan Macleod
High Wire

 

Images: Euan Macleod
Text: Lloyd Jones

Massey University Press 2020

JH
Layla Rudneva-Mackay, Glass-eyed Kiwi, 2018, oil on canvas, 300 x 400 mm. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Rudneva-Mackay’s Visages of Sliced Fruit

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Layla Rudneva-Mackay
ACC bcc Bananas

 

9 June - 4 July 2020

JH
Michael Morley, Studies for a Revolution (ATB Combo Brown), 2006, watercolour on paper, artist frame, 355 x 435 mm

Michael Morley’s ‘Hinged’ Amps

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Michael Morley
Studies for a Revolution


3 June - 4 July 2020

JH
A view of the Auckland Live Digital screen, though not in the current Aotea Square position.

Interactive Art in Aotea Square

Aotea Square (Auckland Live Digital Stage)

Auckland

 

Shannon Novak and Jeff Nusz
I Extend My Arms


5 June - 19 June 2020

JH
John Nixon, Untitled (Pair), 2019, enamel on canvas with spoon, 230 x 250 mm. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Seventeen John Nixon Diptychs

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

John Nixon
Small Black + White Pairs

 

22 May - 18 July 2020

JH
Matt Arbuckle's 'Reading Hands' as installed at Two Rooms. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Arbuckle Abstractions

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Matt Arbuckle
Reading Hands


22 May -18 July 2020

APW
Sue Tennent, Act 1 - Scene 1, 'The Long Farewell' (2020)

Researching Pākehā identity

AIGANTIGHE ART GALLERY

Timaru

 

Sue Tennent,
Distant Lands

 

Mid May — 26 July 2020

JH
Jon Tootill's 'Harakeke' exhibition as installed at Sanderson Contemporary Art.

Tootill’s Interwoven Painting References

SANDERSON CONTEMPORARY ART

Auckland

 

Jon Tootill
Harakeke


24 March—temporarily shut over lockdown—13 June 2020

APW

Simpson’s Second Volume of McCahon Bio

Peter Simpson

Colin McCahon: Is This the Promised Land? Vol. 2 1960-1987


Auckland University Press, April 2020

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