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Photo of Te Tuhi's front entrance by Sam Hartnett.

Gregorian Chant as Geographic Sandwich

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Olivia Webb
Scale

 

14 November 2015 - 14 February 2016

Blending five musical traditions

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Sam Harrison: Untitled (Ink XIV), 2015, ink on paper,  96 x 65 cm; Untitled (Ink IX), 2015, ink on paper, 96 x 65 cm

Sam Harrison Ink Studies

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Sam Harrison
Inks /Woodcuts/Sculpture

 

26 November 2015 - 19 December 2015

Watery bodies

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Over Under Sideways Down as installed at Two Rooms. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Angular Abstraction

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Selina Foote, Jeena Shin, Jan van der Ploeg
Over Under Sideways Down

4 December 2015 - 23 January 2016

Compelling synthesis of three painters


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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

A selection of artist residents

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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

Wide-ranging influences

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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

Multi-levelled metaphor


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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

Exploring barely coherent complexity

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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

With vestiges that continue the portraiture theme

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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

Densely packed sampler of Auckland artist’s neons, prints and paintings


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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

John Ward Knox’s loaded metaphor

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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

Network of women performers

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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

Moving-Non-Moving Images Lab


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Imogen Taylor at Artspace

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Imogen Taylor
BODY LANGUAGE

6 November - 5 December 2015

Painting installation, publication and drawings

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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

Culture versus Nature

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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

Variations of landscape


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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

The power of magnifying brushmarks

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Shrigley’s Residency Drawings

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

David Shrigley
Drawings

 

29 October - 28 November 2015

What are drawing skills?

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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

On their way home to New Delhi


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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

Refreshing trio provide surrealist humour and systematic process

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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

Art from the Kimberley region

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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

Physically structured, moving image anthology