Current Exhibitions
Closing Dates
FREEDOM & STRUCTURE
Cubism and NZ Art 1930-60
Cubism introduced a radical new approach to painting. It combined different views of the subject in one image often through the fragmenting and geometricising of form, and disrupted traditional dis... Read More
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July
July
KAWITA VATANAJYANKUR
The Robes
A REAR WINDOW PROJECT
In her video-based performances Kawita Vatanajyankur (b.1987, Thailand) uses her own body as a tool, exploring and exploiting her physical and psychological limits through rep... Read More
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July
July
MATTHEW GALLOWAY
The Freedom of the Migrant
The Freedom of the Migrant takes its starting point from a column published in the New Zealand Herald on 26 March 2016, written by NZME Head of Business Fran O’Sullivan. In this, O’Sull... Read More
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August
August
NOT NEUTRAL
Selected Works from the Wellington Media Collective Archive
Wellington Media Collective (WMC), operating from 1978 – 1998, was a collective (including graphic designers, activists, writers and photographers) that produced graphic material as a means of... Read More
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August
August
KAWITA VATANAJYANKUR
Performing Textiles
In her video-based performances Kawita Vatanajyankur (b.1987, Thailand) uses her own body as a tool, exploring and exploiting her physical and psychological limits through repetitive actions and end... Read More
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August
August
STRANGERS
Curated by James Hope
There is a vein of ‘New Zealand Gothic’ running through New Zealand art–works that revel in the darker aspects of life where an imposition or absence of a certain element renders t... Read More
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August
August
JOHN VEA
Two recent works
John Vea (Aotearoa/Tonga) is a contemporary artist based in Auckland. Working across video, performance and sculpture, Vea makes visible stories of Pacific migration, labour and the lived experi... Read More
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October
October
WORLD VIEW
Mapping the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Collection
World View takes a journey through the Dunedin Public Art Gallery collection, mapping the geographical strengths that have come to shape it over time. From the Italian Renaissance, through Edo perio... Read More
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December
December
A CERTAIN VISUAL ARGOT
British Modernism from the Early to Mid-Twentieth Century
The flourishing of modernism in early twentieth century British visual art sought to revitalise painting and sculpture in that country. Numerous art societies, groups and movements arose as a respon... Read More
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December
December
JONATHAN JONES
UNTITLED (D21.281 GALARI BARGAN), 2018
In the 1920s the Australian Museum in Sydney exchanged a collection of Aboriginal and Papua New Guinean material with the Otago Museum in Dunedin, receiving two Māori amo (bargeboard supports)... Read More
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December
December
SHANNON NOVAK
The Expanded Gallery
In The Expanded Gallery, Shannon Novak explores the potential to extend his work beyond the physical boundaries of the gallery. Expanding from the gallery walls into a range of physical and digital re... Read More
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December
December
ANDREW BARBER
Folly (stone carpet)
In this site-specific floor painting, Andrew Barber reclaims the floor as a legitimate site for contemporary art. Folly (stone carpet) taps into an historic vein of decorative approaches to flooring a... Read More
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December
December
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