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Installation of Visiting Asia at Te Tuhi. In the centre is  Jade Townsend, Ancient, 2014, LED light, 500 x 240 x 800 mm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Kiwi Visitors to the East

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Group exhibition
Visiting Asia


14 November - 21 February 2016

CA
Anida Yoeu Ali, The Buddhist Bug, Into the Night (production still), 2015, 2-channel HD video projection, 7:00 minutes (looped), colour, sound, ed. of 5 A project of Studio Revolt. Concept and performance: Anida Yoeu Ali; Video: Masahiro Sugarno

The Eighth Asia Pacific Triennial

QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY

Brisbane

 

International art triennial
APT8

 

21 November 2015 - 10 April 2016

SVG
Craig Freeborn, Bull Block, 2015, oil on canvas, 1750 x 3000 mm

Otago Polytech Grad Show

DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART GALLERY

Dunedin


Various Artists
Site 2015


20 November - 28 November 2015


APW

Examining Te Papa’s Photography

TE PAPA TONGAREWA MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand Photography Collected
Athol McCredie

Over 400 colour and b/w images from the national collection

368 pp, hardcover


Te Papa Tongarewa October 2015

JH
Jess Johnson, Alien Sex Magick, acrylic paint, ink, archival pigment print on paper, 101 x 73.5 cm (paper size), 109 x 80cm (framed)

Jess Johnson Prints and Drawings

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Jess Johnson
Sensorium Chamber

 

18 November - 19 December 2015

JH
Michael Parekowhai, Autumn Winds, 2015, aluminium, automotive paint, oak, 208 x 89 x 370 cm

Parekowhai Installation

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Michael Parekowhai
Rules of the Game

 

13 November - 19 December 2016


JH
James Cousins' Restless Idiom at Te Uru. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Inventively Oblique Cousins

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Auckland

 

James Cousins
Restless Idiom

28 November 2015 - 21 February 2016

WG
Emily Jacir, Lydda Airport, 2009. Installation with single channel animation film and sculpture, dimensions variable, photo: Jason Mandella © Emily Jacir, courtesy Alexander and Bonin, New York

Emily Jacir in London

WHITECHAPEL GALLERY

London

 

Emily Jacir
Europa

 

30 September 2015 - 3 January 2016

PI
Shigeru Takato, Television Studios.

Can Do” Photography

PHOTOSPACE

Wellington

 

Group exhibition
Selected Exposure
Curated by Haruhiko Sameshima

 

16 October - 2 November 2015


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Dan Nash, Whether10we.3want1it0or5no… installation view. Photo: Daegen Wells

Te Kani, Webby and Nash in Christchurch

NORTH PROJECTS

Christchurch

 

Samuel Te Kani, Timothy Webby / Dan Nash
Fire in a Fennel Stalk / Whether1Owe.3want1it0or5no...

 

20 November - 6 December 2015

MD
Emily Hartley-Skudder, Flamingo Pink Lodge with Feature Palm, 2015, oil on linen, 278 x 188 mm.

I Seen the Little House

{Suite}

Wellington

 

Emily Hartley-Skudder
Happiness World

 

10 November - 28 November 2015

BJP
Installation of Tim Player's Live at the Slipping Fan Belt at Blue Oyster Gallery. The photographs are from the Propping and Leaning and Waiting series.

Détourn Everything

BLUE OYSTER GALLERY

Dunedin

 

Tim Player
Live at the Slipping Fan Belt

 

3 November - 28 November 2015


PI
Peter McLeavey, 20 January 2001. Photo: Janet Bayly

Peter McLeavey: a Personal Memoir

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JH
Installation of Nicola Farquhar's Rustles at Hopkinson Mossman

Nicola Farquhar at Hopkinson Mossman

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Nicola Farquhar
Rustles

 

20 November - 19 December 2016

KL
Matt Akehurst, Object 38, 2015, plywood, builders filler and paint, 444 X 525 mm

Neate and Akehurst at Chambers

Chambers@241

Christchurch

 

Robin Neate / Matt Akehurst
Show Me Something Quieter / Works

 

3 November - 21 November 2015


JH
Vivid: A Paul Hartigan Retrospective, as installed at Gus Fisher Gallery. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Hartigan Survey

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Paul Hartigan
Vivid: A Paul Hartigan Retrospective


30 October - 19 December 2015

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Megan Jenkinson's Other Spaces as installed at Jonathan Smart Gallery.

Extending the Gallery Space

JONATHAN SMART GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Megan Jenkinson
Other Space

 

6 November - 28 November, 2015

JH
John Ward Knox, Hardly Held Lightly, 2015, steel chain. Commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2015. Supported by the Chartwell Trust and the Contemporary Benefactors. Photo: Jennifer French

Cobwebs on the Institution

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

John Ward Knox
Hardly Held Lightly

 

24 October 2015 - 5 June 2016


JH
Helga Fassonaki, Khal, installation of floor sculpture  made of 'scores' and packaging, at the Audio Foundation. On the walls are photocopies of the 'score' labels. Photo: Ivan Mrsic

Feminist Performance Beyond Iran

AUDIO FOUNDATION

Auckland

Helga Fassonaki (with original score recipients) 
KHAL


5 November - 28 November 2015

APW
Eglė Kulbokaitė & Dorota Gawęda, She cannot, does not want, and is ready for everything, 2015. Paua, plastic vacuum packs, blue ice gel

French Curator in Christchurch

THE PHYSICS ROOM

Christchurch

 

Future Artists-in-Residence at Te Whare Hera
The blue-grey wall

 

21 October - 28 November 2015

JH
Will Benedict, THE BED THAT EATS, 2015, HD video, 6 min, as installed at Artspace. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Moving Image at Artspace

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Will Benedict and David Leonard
Moving-Non-Moving Images Lab

 

6 November - 5 December 2015