Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
03 September — 30 June
British and French Modernism.
Immerse yourself in their revolutionary forms of expression and follow the successive waves of modernism’s radical art movements.
Showing exhibitions in all neighbourhoods
from today onwards
Current
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
23 — 30 June
Little Miracles.
Little Miracles demonstrates the function of small-scale religious images, created for domestic environments.
Upcoming
Whitespace
01 — 19 October
Garry Currin.
He paints as if mixing rare elixirs with rancid oils. He's a lyricist in paint, coaxing moody landscapes out of tangled streaks and veils of colour.
OREXART
11 — 20 October
Andrew Craig
Fracture.
Paintings by Andrew Craig
Two Rooms
11 — 20 October
Joachim Bandau.
Long Room - Joachim Bandau Project Room - Stephen Bambury
McCahon House Museum and Residency Studio
18 — 20 October
McCahon House Residency Art Collection.
A selection of framed works, some of which will be for sale.
Finished
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
03 September — 31 December
Toi Aotearoa.
Explore the Gallery's permanent collection in one of the largest and most absorbing presentations of New Zealand art.
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
03 September — 07 April
Whizz Bang Pop.
Covering the period from the 1960s to the present day, Whizz Bang Pop includes new acquisitions alongside well-known favourites.
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
03 September — 14 January
Victorian Tales of Love and Enchantment.
Compare the waxing and waning of romance as painted by leading artists of the Victorian age.
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
03 September — 03 March
From French Chateau to Kauri Canopy: The Gallery’s Architecture.
From original archives to concept sketches, 3D models, architects' plans and project photographs, trace its transformation both inside and out.
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
30 June — 13 January
Battle Cry.
The Thirty Years War wreaked havoc across Northern Europe in the early to mid-1600s. In the drive to seize power, armies battled on land and at sea.
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
30 June — 13 January
Henry Fuseli: Dark Chambers of the Mind.
Horror, fear and an awe of the supernatural lay at the heart of the Sublime, but Romantic artists also drew on their own experiences and interests.
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
04 August — 11 November
The Walters Prize 2012.
Since 2002, the biennial Walters Prize has been New Zealand’s preeminent – and richest – contemporary art award.
The Pah Homestead - TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre
04 September — 11 November
The 21st Wallace Art Awards 2012.
The Annual Wallace Art Awards aim to support, promote and expose New Zealand contemporary art and artists.
The Pah Homestead - TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre
04 September — 28 October
Andy Leleisi’uao
Immigrant Mind.
Andy Leleisi’uao uses the term ‘immigrant’ in reference to visual ideas that appear and settle in his art practice.
Objectspace
08 September — 17 November
Kobi Bosshard
Objectspace Masters of Craft.
This retrospective exhibition of the jewellery of Kobi Bosshard locates his jewellery within a wider history of contemporary jewellery in Aotearoa.
FOX / JENSEN Gallery
02 October — 10 November
Sam Harrison
WORK.
Sam Harrison brings a sensibility and a facility to making sculpture and woodcuts that is exceptionally rare.
Sanderson Contemporary Art Herne Bay
03 — 27 October
Kevin Capon
Anonymous.
Kevin Capon’s photographs form a catalogue of modern conditions and anxieties, tacitly expressed and undeniably powerful.
Melanie Roger Gallery
03 — 27 October
Alexi Willemsen
Recent Painting.
In Alexi Willemsen’s drawings and paintings the absurdity of being human is captured in strange tantric physiques that carry out ordinary actions with a sort of ceremony and iconoclasm.
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Sitka
04 October — 03 November
Leon Senf & Erika Pearce
Back to Life.
These two unique artists paint, carve and even burn art onto old skateboards, weather boards and wood slabs, bringing them back to life. Come check out their work at Sitka NZ.
Corban Estate Arts Centre
05 October — 11 November
Brent Wong
Abandoned Works 1970-2008.
A survey of Brent Wong’s prolific and prodigious artistic career from the early 1970s into the new millennium in the form of abandoned and incomplete works.
Ozlyn
10 October — 10 November
Dawson Clutterbuck.
Dawson Clutterbuck is currently developing a multi disciplinary art practice based in Auckland.
The Depot
13 — 31 October
Janette Cervin and Andrea Halley:
Heterotopias.
Janette paints idealised NZ landscapes, Andreas paintings of unruly vegetation have their genesis in the creeks, reserves and mangrove swamps...
Sanderson Contemporary Art Parnell
16 — 28 October
Antony Densham, Simon Kaan, Philip Madill & Briar Mark
Nomophobia.
Nomophobia is a show which invites artistic responses to a technological society.
Antoinette Godkin Gallery
16 October — 10 November
Hartrell de Hurrigan.
Paul Hartigan and John Hurrell cross pollinate the gallery space - wall-based neon trophy works by Hartigan meet the suspended cable-tie birdnest sculptures of Hurrell.
Parnell Gallery
16 — 30 October
Russell Jackson & Michelle Bellamy
New Paintings.
Two renowned landscape painters, Russell Jackson & Michelle Bellamy come together to exhibit their latest paintings.
Jonathan Grant Galleries
16 October — 04 November
Marcus King
Illustrator & Painter.
This exhibition explores King's career as an illustrator and painter. The collection features rarely seen works and examples from every genre of King's artistic practice.
Artstation
17 October — 10 November
Youth Art Committee (YAC)
Doing Time.
'Doing Time' is a collaborative exhibition by Youth Art Committee, who have been held captive at the old Ponsonby jail behind Artstation.
Artstation
17 October — 10 November
A.D Schierning
Promise you a miracle.
‘Promise you a miracle’ is an interactive installation that forges a reconnect between society and nature.
Bath Street Gallery
17 October — 04 November
Chris Hargreaves
Super Heroes.
Chris Hargreaves presents a series of new sculpture that explores the duality of meaning inherent in the toys of childhood.
Hopkinson Cundy
18 October — 17 November
Nicholas Mangan.
For his new project at Hopkinson Cundy, Mangan presents new film and photographic work that explores what is said to be oldest geological material on earth.
ARTSPACE
18 October — 17 November
Artspace Annual New Artist Show.
The Artspace New Artists Show is a highlight of the arts calendar.
Lopdell House Gallery OFFSITE @ NEW LYNN
18 October — 18 November
Window Project Space – Portage Ceramic Awards – Past Winners.
While we’ve moved to the CBD with our annual national awards, we’re delighted to be able to showcase the winning works from 2010 and 2011.
Snake Pit
19 October — 10 November
Curated by Rob Garrett
Lost in a dream.
"Lost in a dream” curated by Rob Garrett brings together twelve renowned and emerging artists from Europe, Russia, America, Australia and New Zealand.
FHE Galleries
20 October — 30 November
Emily Siddell
Elapse.
An exhibition of new works by Emily Siddell.
The Depot
20 October — 01 November
Group Show
The Art of Upcycling.
An exhibition by the Waiheke Upcycle Collective: a group of 12 women working in a variety of media, using recycled textiles and objects.
The Depot
20 October — 01 November
Sue Lorimer and Barbara Miller-Reilly
Re-Leaf.
“This distinctive exhibition’s theme is influenced by our love of nature explored through different media”.
Smyth Galleries
22 October — 20 November
End of Year Group Show.
Rob Tucker, Dean Proudfoot, Michele Bryant
Pierre Peeters Gallery
23 October — 18 November
Shannon Novak
Call/Reply.
Call/Reply is a response to Michael Smither’s exhibition Notes & Crosses and will run at the same time.
Method & Manners
23 October — 03 November
Gang Bang.
Just off the infamous K’Rd this group exhibition will represent the work of a selection of artists who have established their creative practices within the last decade of being K’Happy together.
OREXART
23 October — 10 November
Sarah Dolby
Spindle.
With her distinctive gothic sensibility and animator’s hyperrealism, Sarah Dolby explores feminine and masculine roles within fairy tale constructs in her latest series of works.
Whitespace
23 October — 10 November
Nic Moon
The Silence.
A sculptural installation inspired by Egyptian animal-mummies, the rainforests of southern New Zealand and human ecology.
Warwick Henderson Gallery
23 October — 10 November
Nick Wall
Nothing Added.
New Works by Nick Wall.
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Anna Miles Gallery
24 October — 17 November
Kate Small.
A long awaited new exhibition by Masterton-based painter, Kate Small. Small's paintings make ordinary social encounters freshly compelling.
Railway Street Studios
24 October — 14 November
An exhibition of new works by Kathryn Carter, Sarah Dwyer and Ruth Phipps
Still.
Three artists explore different aspects of fragility, memory, and the transience of time.
International Art Centre
25 October — 07 November
La Pearla.
An exciting exhibition featuring fine examples and new works by invited New Zealand and international artists.
Two Rooms
26 October — 20 November
Project Room: Painting 2.
See website for further information.
Two Rooms
26 October — 20 November
Long Room: Judy Darragh.
See website for further information.
CoSpace
26 October — 04 November
Group Show
We Are All Right / We Are Alright (WAAR).
WAAR uses drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, dance, performance, craft and furniture design to celebrate ideas and the shifting of realities.
Ozlyn
26 October — 04 November
WINDOW PROJECT: Niamh Peren, 'Rabbit'.
Filmed in Central Otago, Peren captures a young licensed Pyrotechnic and his father in Rabbit (2008).
Highwic
26 October — 04 November
Craig Humberstone
Claw Marks in the Dust.
Auckland artist, Craig Humberstone, brings his unique naturalistic style to a series of oil paintings marking the 150th anniversary of Highwic.
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Black Asterisk
26 October — 14 November
Karley Feaver
Creaturely Wonders.
It is difficult not to think about death when looking at taxidermied animals, but in this case, the morbid is transformed into something beautiful.
Essenze
26 October — 04 November
Showcase: NZ Design.
Exploring the language of New Zealand design in the mediums of ceramic, glass, wood and wool.
Uxbridge
26 October — 13 November
Sarah Brill
Outside Inside.
Protecting our environment so that we can enjoy it outside, not just as a captured image on a wall inside.
ARTIS Gallery
26 October — 04 November
Michael Smither
Notes and Crosses.
In his latest exhibition, at ARTIS Gallery, Smither continues to explore the inter-relationship between the vibrations of individual notes and their corresponding colours.
Uxbridge
26 October — 13 November
Exhibition: 1,2,3.
Back by popular demand, Uxbridge is proud to present this group exhibition featuring small affordable artworks by New Zealand artists in a range of mediums.
Satellite Gallery
26 October — 04 November
B.G.M.E.R.C.
Containing a creative ensemble of works developed through new and old technologies.
The Cloud
27 October — 03 November
The Portage Ceramic Awards 2012.
Lopdell House Gallery and The Trusts Community Foundation are delighted to be taking the show to the city for a week-long celebration of ceramics at The Cloud during Art Week in October.
Kura Gallery
27 October — 30 November
Waka – Kura’s 4th Annual Carving Exhibition!.
Waka will be Kura's 4th Annual Carving Exhibition and will also be marking their 10th anniversary on the waterfront.
Studio Art Supplies
27 October — 04 November
ART HALL 12.
See what happens when four artists have access to all the materials they could wish for! In their pop-up Squeezed Tube Gallery.
Parnell Gallery
27 October — 04 November
Group Exhibition
Spring Collection.
This spring collection brings together Parnell Gallery artists in a group exhibition.
Gus Fisher Gallery
30 October — 15 December
Eddie Clemens
Total internal reflection.
Eddie Clemens’ work uses technology and everyday objects to prompt us to reconsider our experience of places and things.
Sanderson Contemporary Art Parnell
30 October — 11 November
Halloween group show
Creep.
Just in time for Halloween, this group show is concerned with the objects of fear, paranoia, aversions, and desires.
Gus Fisher Gallery
30 October — 15 December
Sarah Munro
Surface Detail.
Sarah Munro’s practice explores relationships between painting, representation and technology.
Tim Melville Gallery
30 October — 24 November
Sally Gabori
New Paintings.
In 2005, at the age of 80, Sally Gabori showed her first paintings.
Sanderson Contemporary Art Herne Bay
31 October — 17 November
Ted Dutch
Rarities.
Rarities brings together rare, unique, and previously unseen work from the studio archive of Ted Dutch.
Gow Langsford Gallery: Lorne St
31 October — 24 November
Sara Hughes.
See website for further information.
Gow Langsford Gallery: Kitchener St
31 October — 24 November
Dave McCraken
Portraits of Stress and Pressure.
See website for further information.
Melanie Roger Gallery
31 October — 24 November
Sam Mitchell
New Work.
Acerbic and irreverent, Sam Mitchell explores the tension between rebellion and propriety, transgression and etiquette- canaries swear like sailors and young boys and girls are coated in obscene tattoos.
Masterworks Gallery
01 — 21 November
Katherine Smyth and Christine Thacker.
Ceramicists Katherine Smyth and Christine Thacker bring viewers their latest explorations into the vessel form.
Seed Gallery
01 — 17 November
Andrea du Chatenier
Denizens.
Andrea du Chatenier’s Denizens are post-industrial hybrids of flotsam and jetsam; barnacles and polystyrene.
Northart
03 — 23 November
The Big Quilt Show.
A selected exhibition of quilts by some of Australasia's leading quilt makers.
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The Depot
03 — 15 November
Group show
Mastering Art.
This exhibition showcases the work of local Devonport artists who receive tutelage from a community art class called “Mastering Art ".
Michael Lett
09 — 23 November
Jacqueline Fraser
The Making of American Gangster 2012.
New works by Jacqueline Fraser.