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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


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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

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Imogen Taylor at Artspace

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Imogen Taylor
BODY LANGUAGE

6 November - 5 December 2015

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Andrea Gardner,  Across Fields Accompanied by Birds, 2015, fine art digital print on Ilford gold fibre silk paper, 800 x 533 mm.

Andrea Gardner’s Cultural Juxtapositions

BATH STREET GALLERY

Auckland

 

Andrea Gardner
The Outdoors Enthusiast

 

5 November - 28 November 2015


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Helen Clegg, (from the series For a long time, I went to bed early), 2015, archival pigment print, 600 mm x 600 mm: The Sound of Her Voice;  To behold a Storm at Sea; Below your Feet still.

Bath Street Photography

BATH STREET GALLERY

Auckland

 

Jeremy Leatinu’u, Talia Smith, Sam Hartnett, Helen Clegg

Without To Within


5 November - 28 November 2015

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Sally Ann McIntyre at Time , Sense and Landscape. Photo: Victoria Rick

Sally Ann McIntyre at Winchester Symposium

Winchester Discovery Centre

Winchester

 

Interdisciplinary Symposium
Chalk: Time, Sense and Landscape

 

17 October 2015

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Gavin Hipkins' photographs at Starkwhite: Block Painting XXIII; Block Painting VI; Blocking Painting XXI; Block Painting XV. Photo by Sam Hartnett

Hipkins the Painter

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Gavin Hipkins
Block Paintings

 

2 November - 5 December 2015


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Shrigley’s Residency Drawings

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

David Shrigley
Drawings

 

29 October - 28 November 2015

JH
The Story of Rama: Indian miniatures from the National Museum, New Delhi, as installed at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Exceptional Indian Miniatures

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Indian miniatures from the National Museum, New Delhi
The Story of Rama

 

5 September 2015 - 17 January 2016

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Touch your Brain as installed at Hopkinson Mossman.

Triple Treat

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 


Nick Austin, Hany Armanious, Oscar Enberg
Touch Your Brain

 

9 October - 7 November 2015


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Dan Perjovschi at Halele Timco, Timisoara. <http://www.perjovschi.ro/>

Romanian Contemporary Art

Art Encounters

Timisoara

 

Romanian Biennale
Appearance and Essence


3 October - 31 October 2015

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David Cox, Sing Out Spring - Yiyili Country, 2013, Chartwell collection; Gordon Barney, Gurndalngany, 2012, Private collection; Churchill Cann, Spring Creek, 2013, Churchill Cann, Yunurr, 2012, Tim Melville Gallery. Photo:Tosh Ahkit

Aboriginal Paintings from North-Western Australia

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Mabel Juli, David Cox, Lena Nyadbi, Churchill Cann, Gordon Barney, Phyllis Thomas and Shirley Purdie
Paintings from Warmun

 

25 September - 23 October 2015

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Glenn Burrell's Destination: Liquid Sunshine as installed at the Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville.

Collapsed, Deflated and Made of Paint

WALLACE GALLERY

Morrinsville

 

Glenn Burrell
Destination: Liquid Sunshine

 

7 October - 27 October 2015


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Installation of Megan Dunn's The Persistence of Memory in The Brain at Te Uru. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Positioned Videos and Neuroscience

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titrangi

 

Assorted video works
The Brain


14 August - 15 November 2015

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Seung Yul Oh: Noonmool, pvc, air; Puha, acrylic. Courtesy of the artist and Starkwhite. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Seung Yul Oh at Te Uru

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

Seung Yul Oh
HaaPoom

 

29 August - 8 November 2015

APW
Heather Straka's The Honeytrap, as installed at the Jonathan Smart Gallery

Baby Got Back

JONATHAN SMART GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Heather Straka
The Honeytrap

 

7 October - 31 October 2015


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Kathy Temin, The Memorial Project: Black Wall, 2015  5.5 x 12.5 m x 2.95 m. As installed at the Gus Fisher Gallery. Image courtesy of the artist. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Temin’s Fur-lined Memorial

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Kathy Temin
The Memorial Project

 

2 October - 24 October 2016

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Geoff Thornley, First sight No. 15, 2011, oil on canvas on board, 122 x 122 cm.

Nuanced Thornley

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Geoff Thornley
Paintings

 

23 September - 17 October 2015

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Wunderrūma: New Zealand Jewellery, curated by Warwick Freeman and Karl Fritsch and installed with works on the walls from the Collections of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Wunderrūma at AAG

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Works from Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki’s collections
Wunderrūma: New Zealand Jewellery

18 July - 1 November 2015