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Invite to Origins

Rohan Wealleans Photography

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Rohan Wealleans
Origins

 

27 July - 27 August 2011

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Andre Hemer, Blue Poles, acrylic paint on museum wall, 210 cm x 486 cm

Waikato Museum’s Annual Art Prize

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Bold Horizon 2011 National Contemporary Art Award

 

6 August - 6 November 2011

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Montejo's NAH, IT'S ONLY GABY at ABC

Action at ABC

ABC

Christchurch

 

Montejo
NAH, IT’S ONLY GABY

 

6 - 20 August (Action piece only performed on opening night)


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Works on lefthand wall by Sandra Thomson (Dirty Linen, 2006, screenprint on fabric) and Evidence Singlets, works on floor and righthand wall by Michael Reed. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Printmakers with Bite

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Daniel Heyman, Michael Reed, Sandra Thomson and Diane Victor

Collateral: Printmaking as social commentary
 

1 July - 20 August 2011

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Janet Lilo, video still, The Interface Project, N0.1 (detail) Lawrence and Lorenzo

Conversations in Suburban Auckland

Youtube

Janet Lilo

The Interface Project

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Still from Gregory Bennett's Utopia Part 1, 2011, looped digitally animated DVD.

Gregory Bennett Prints and Video

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Gregory Bennett
Utopia

 

29 July - 3 September 2011


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Preparing for the Auckland Art Fair

Auckland Art Fair 2011

Auckland Events Centre

Auckland Art Fair 

 

4 August - 7 August 2011

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Damien Hirst's The Dead and The Souls at Gow Langsford

Hirst Hits Auckland

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Damien Hirst
The Dead and The Souls

 

20 July - 27 August 2011

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Steve Carr, Mystical Realism; Modest Gestures, DVD detail

Messy Fun with Balloons and Paint

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Steve Carr
Mystical Realism; Modest Gestures

 

30 June - 13 August 2011


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Trenton Garratt, Five Star 1, 2011, oil and acrylic on canvas, 300 x 350 mm

Light as Experience and Symbol

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Trenton Garratt
What’s the Sun

 

12 July - 6 August 2011

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Tony Drumm, Gypsum Flower III, 2011, superfine casting plaster, 21 x 31 x 27 cm

Drumm in Auckland

BATH STREET GALLERY

Auckland

 

Tony Drumm
Teethlikestars

 

20 July - 13 August 2011

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Leigh Martin, resin and pigment on canvas paintings at Fox Jensen.

Leigh Martin at Fox Jensen

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Leigh Martin
Paintings and Paperworks

 

12 July - 13 August 2011


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Dane Mitchell, The Smell of an Empty Space (Vaporiser), 2011. All images courtesy of the artist and ARTSPACE. Photograph: Sam Hartnett

Molecular Permutations of Smell

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Dane Mitchell
Radiant Matter III

 

5 July - 20 August 2011

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Tahi Moore, Nonsuch Park, installation view at Hopkinson Cundy.

Moore’s Wilful Opacity

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Tahi Moore
Nonsuch Park

 

30 June - 30 July 2011

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The installation of Heavy Pattern showing works (l-r) by Thomas Reveley, Philip Aitken, Marela Glavas, and Ana Iti.

New Christchurch Sculpture

ILAM CAMPUS GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Annual Ilam Sculpture Exhibition
Heavy Pattern

 

20 July - 22 July 2011


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Gabby O'Connor's What Lies Beneath at the Hirschfeld.

Finding a Space for Stories

CITY GALLERY WELLINGTON TE WHARE TOI

Wellington

 

Gabby O’Connor
What Lies Beneath

 

2 July - 31 July 2011

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Claire Earlie Maxwell, Hakatere River

River Divas in Timaru

AIGANTIGHE ART GALLERY

Timaru

 

Claire Earlie Maxwell
Eau Revoir

 

2 July- 10 August 2011

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Martin Rumsby, installation of Digital & Digital Landscapes at Snowhite, featuring Equatorial. Photo by Karen Crisp.

Rumsby Installation

SNOWHITE GALLERY UNITEC

Auckland

 

Martin Rumsby
Digital & Cinematic Landscapes

 

29 June - 22 July 2011


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Marie Le Lievre works at Antoinette Godkin, from l. to r.: Lady Swine Bag, 2011; Pistol, 2011; Boxed (Lamp black) 2011.

The Pleasures of Thin Agitated Glazes

ANTOINETTE GODKIN

Auckland

 

Marie Le Lievre
Day Tripped

 

6 July - 30 July 2011

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Andrew Blythe, Untitled, 2007, acrylic on paper, 1250 mm x 1540 mm

Melville Show

TIM MELVILLE GALLERY

Auckland

Gallery artists
Colour & Line

 

22 June - 23 July 2011

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Crowds queuing up outside the Austrian pavilion

This Year In Venice

The 54th Venice Biennale

Venice

 

ILLUMInations
Directed by Bice Curiger

 

4 June - 27 November 2011