Anna Dickie for Ocula explores . For further details on available works ..read more

Geoff Thornley from the collection of Dame Jenny Gibbs  for Eye Contact noting that it is 'a terrific exhibition'. The selection is varied and full of surprises for the observant. Thornley seems to like to play with logic, particularly via geometry; while embracing clarity. And trying out novel methods of painting/drawing; testing out water-resist under-painting, gridded masking tape composition and ‘dry-brush’ roller application—exhilarating in creating unpredictable, emerging highly textured layers of marks ..read more

Monday - Saturday 10:00AM – 4:00PM Uxbridge Arts & Culture Centre over the weekend which includes , curated by Julian McKinnon. The group exhibition brings together seven non-figurative Auckland painters and is on exhibition until 22nd April 2017 ..read more

's 'Afternoon Delight' is currently on show at in Wellington until 24 June 2017. Physical and virtual taonga are unified in the exhibition Pūkana whakarunga! Pūkana whakararo! curated by Suzanne Tamaki. Referencing the heralding of Matariki, the exhibition brings heaven and earth into closer conversation. Contemporary artworks by leading and emerging Māori artists are paired with virtual taonga from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa, accesse ..read more

Andre Hemer and artists will be holding an artist talk at 3pm before the official opening. For more on this exhibition, visit the website curator Andrew Clifford opens this Saturday 29 April from 4pm. is a group exhibition featuring international artists with an overarching theme exploring the interplay between the digital and physical world portrayed through various medium ..read more

is included in a new exhibition at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery on until 29 September. is influenced by her two sons aged 5 and 7, along with memories of playing Chinese checkers and draughts on miniature magnetic boards as a child. Talking with the Otago Daily Times, Hughes says  ''There is this fantastical element of the work that takes the form of a giant magnetic board with a range of magnet shapes that can be moved on to, over and off its surface.'' Read the full article Tiffany Singh, Rebecca Baumann, David Haines and Joyce Hinterding ..read more

Both Galleries will be closed from midday Friday 22 December and will reopen on Monday 8 January 2018. Our current exhibitions, Looking Back: A New Zealand Perspective at Lorne St and at Kitchener St will continue through to 27 January. We wish you all a happy and safe Christmas and New Year ..read more

Hamish Coney writes for Newsroom as he takes a journey across New Zealand through the many exhibitions featuring works by Colin McCahon as we celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday. " Just around the corner on Lorne Street at the same time was a wonderful exhibition at Gow Langsford Gallery entitled  Across the Earth: 100 years of Colin McCahon  which featured a tight grouping of the artist’s loose canvases from the 1970s. It was the sight of 1975’s  ..read more

scheme that celebrates some of the  region's greatest achievers who have had success nationally and internationally. Set up by the Central Economic Development Agency, the scheme helps to provide opportunities to inspire and mentor future leaders across a variety of fields. Read the full article ..read more

2 in 1: Judy Millar and Alberto Garcia-Alvarez I find I like these shows not because of works being foils for the other artist’s paintings (though there is a lot of that) but for what they say about others in their creators’ own chronological continua—with hints of content that eventually will be expanded. Or because in their own right the items are utterly absorbing—beyond explanation (as often art can be ..read more