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Esther Leigh, Verge 1, 2019, mixed medium, 560 x 640 mm unframed

Esther Leigh Mini-Survey

ANTOINETTE GODKIN

Auckland

 

Esther Leigh
Weight

 

14 May - 15 June 2019

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Cao Fei, Asia One, 2018. Image © the artist and Vitamin Creative Space. Photography by Sam Hartnett.

A Fresh Curatorial Approach

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

International group show

We’re Not Too Big to Care

 

6 April - 15 June 2019

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Still from Daniel Malone's Czerska 18 M296 Warszawa Polska (2010–2012/2019)

Inbound on the Western Line

MERCY PICTURES

Auckland


Daniel Malone
The Annals of Everyday Life

 

 

18 May - 8 June 2019 


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Richard McWhannell,  Are We Nearly There Yet? AKA, Call of the Wild, 2017-18, oil on canvas, 707 x 832 mm

McWhannell’s Oneiric Social Panoramas

OREXART

Auckland

 

Richard McWhannell
Truth or Consequences

 

11 May - 31 May 2019

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Julian Hooper, Sisters, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 300 x 460 mm

Hooper’s Faces of ‘Ribbon’

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Julian Hooper
The Room Takes Shape

 


8 May - 1 June 2019

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Michael Shepherd, Monarch Butterfly and Meccano Construction. 1980, oil on canvas. Images courtesy of the artist, Craig Brown and Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato.

Michael Shepherd Survey in Hamilton

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Michael Shepherd

Reinventing History Painting


23 February - 9 June 2019


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Marlee McMahon, M-tooth, 2019, acrylic on canvas (2 panels), 705 mm x 610 mm (left); 845 mm x 720 mm (right)

Aberrant Abstraction

BOWERBANK NINOW

Auckland

 

Marlee McMahon
Carbonated

 

2 May - 1 June 2019

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Yonel Watene, Hongi, 2019,  Macrocapa, Ash, Kauri, Redwood, Pine, Tawa; Linseed, Teak and Danish oils; turpentine, oil paint, carnauba wax. lmage courtesy of ArtsDiary

Two Seas Simultaneously

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Group show
Two Oceans at Once

15 February - 17 May 2019

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Gavin Hipkins, The Valley (2019), digital video still, 14 minutes.Image courtesy of the artist and Starkwhite.

Hipkins’ Devonshire Video

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

Gavin Hipkins
The Valley

 


23 February - 2 June 2019


APW

John Scott Tribute Publication

John Scott: Works


David Straight (editor).


Massey University Press, 2019

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Auckland museum's Ancient Worlds gallery. Photograph from the museum's website.

Auckland Museum’s Lost Civilisation

MAKI PAENGA HIRA AUCKLAND MUSEUM

Auckland

 

Ancient Worlds gallery; Pacific Masterpieces gallery.

 

Long-term exhibits

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‘Deconsecrating’ City Gallery so it reverts to being a library?

EyeContact (teenie weenie) Essay #29


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Paul Judd, The Sweeter Ride, 2007, oil on board.Photo by Linda Bendikson and Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato

Paul Judd Survey

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Paul Judd
A Sweeter Ride


3 May - 30 June 2019

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Sorawit Songsataya's installation, Jupiter (ดาวพฤหัล), 2019 (detail) on the top floor of Te Uru. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Songsataya at Te Uru

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

Sorawit Songsataya
Jupiter (ดาวพฤหัล)

 

23 February - 26 May 2019

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Installation of PᾹNiA!'s Salut d'Amour: Salut to Love, 2019. digital video, colour, sound, 14 min 30 sec. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Make Way For Love

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

PᾹNiA!
The True Artist Helps the World by Asking for Trust


23 March - 19 May 2019


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Emma Fitts Te Uru Installation

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

Emma Fitts
In the Rough: Parts 1, 2 & 3

 

16 February - 25 May 2019

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Installation of Martino Gamper's Hookaloti at Michael Lett, detai

Gamper and Friends

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Martino Gamper
Hookaloti

 

3 April - 4 May 2019

APW
Ceramic work by Madeleine Child (Messy Things for Tidy Houses series)

Shim and Child in Timaru

AIGANTIGHE ART GALLERY

Timaru

Hanna Shim

SMER SMER (스멀스멀)

Until 5 May 2019

Madeleine Child
Neither Fish, Nor Flesh, Nor Good Red Herring
Until 28 April 2019


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Installation of Stephen Bambury's solo exhibition at Trish Clark

Lively Bambury

TRISH CLARK GALLERY

Auckland

 

Solo Show
Stephen Bambury

 

29 March - 18 May 2019

APW

Albrecht and Hodgkins publications

Massey University Press

Luke Smythe

Gretchen Albrecht: Between Gesture and Geometry

 

Mary Kisler
Finding Frances Hodgkins

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Installation of Matthew Browne's Jouska at Orexart.

Painting as Designed Object

OREXART

Auckland

 

Matthew Browne
Jouska

 

2 April - 27 April 2018