exhibitions

MARCH

Northern

Anna Bibby Gallery, Herne Bay Group, to Mar 13

Art Matakana Hot Gossip, Candy Clarke, Peter Collis, Hope Gibbons Mar 26–Apr 15

Art + Object, Newton The Newman Collection Mar 6; Important Paintings Mar 25

Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri Half a World Apart, sustainable printmaking from Zea Mays Studio, New England to Mar 29

Art Upstairs, Kerikeri Endless Summer, Mar 1–Mar 31

Artists in Eden Essex Road Reserve, Mt Eden, Mar 20

Artis Gallery, Parnell John Blackburn The Muriwai Paintings Mar 9–Apr 9

Artspace, K’Rd Shigeyuki Kihara(NZ); Laresa Kosloff(AUS); Zheng Bo (CHINA) www.aucklandtriennial.com Mar 12 to Jun 20

Artstation, Ponsonby circular, curated by Leanne Joy Lupelele Clayton, Mar 3–13; House-to-House, Domestic Art & Contemporary Art Group installation, Mar 17–Mar 31

Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland Central The 4th Auckland Triennial: Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon: The House of Economy, Learning Site Collective; Jorge Maachi, 12 Short Songs; Olivia Plender; Shilpa Gupta; Michael Stevenson; Alicia Frankovich; Nick Austin; Robert Hood and others Mar 12–Jun 20 www.aucklandtriennial.com

Brick Bay Sculpture Trail, Snells Beach, Warkworth Judy Darragh, Bottle Run, Artist Project March

Centre for Continuing Education, Auckland University, An Introduction to Botanical Painting Mar 4–Apr 6; Sculpture in the City: Art in the Public Domain Mar 13, Mar 20 www.cce.auckland.ac.nz

Eden Artspeak, Auckland College of Education Rm J3 Fiona Pardington/Gregory Bennett Mar 4; Cornelia Parker/Brad Lochore UK Mar 11; Murray Green/Joyce Campbell Mar 18, 7–9pm; in assoc with Two Rooms

Edmiston Gallery of Maritime Art, Voyager Maritime Museum, Central Auckland, exhibition from various artists of paintings, sketches, sculptures and photography ongoing

Elam School of Fine Arts, projectspaceB321, University of Auckland Denys Watkins, I’ll Never forget What’s ’is name Mar 4–13, Artist Talk Mar 13; Maria Walls, Real Life Studies, Mar 24–26

Ferner Galleries Salon, Victoria Quarter, Auckland Big Guy, Big Talk, Dick Frizzell, selected works Mar 11–31

FHE Galleries, Auckland Central The Moko Suite, to Mar 20

Fingers Gallery, Auckland Central Joanna Campbell, Good as Gold, jewellery, to Mar 6

Flagstaff Gallery, Devonport Coastal Landscapes and Found Objects, original works by Mary Taylor and Dave Gunson Mar 4–30

Fresh Gallery, Otara Matua o Faiaogo Muamua – Parents Are Our First Teachers, Pelenato Liufau to Mar 13; PLASTIC, Czarina Alisi Wilson Mar 19–Apr 10

George Fraser Gallery, University of Auckland The 4th Auckland Triennial: Mike Parr, Mar 12–Jun 19; artist’s talk Mar 12

Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Central Reuben Paterson, to Mar 20; Thomas Ruff, Mar 27–Apr 14

Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland Central Felix Kelly: A Kiwi at Brideshead to Apr 10

International Art Centre, Parnell Anselmi Italia, paintings Mar 18–31; Important Early and Rare Auction Mar 29

Jensen Gallery, Newmarket Kelly, Knoebel, Roeth, Bambury, Innes, Judd, to Mar 6

Jafa Café, Grey Lynn Ellen Eskildsen, Sunset Collection of Abstract Paintings to Mar 12

Jane Sanders Art Agent, Auckland Central Aspects of Alice – Revisited, Jan Nigro Mar 17–Apr 3

John Leech Gallery, Auckland Central Frances Hodgkins, Paintings, Gouaches and Drawings, Mar 24–Apr 17

Lopdell House Gallery, Titirangi The Labours of Herakles, Marian Maguire, to 11 April

Mangere Community Arts Outreach Service Visesio Louis Thomsen, garment exhibition to Apr 3

Masterworks, Ponsonby John Parker, Mar 14–Apr 7

Michael Lett Gallery, K’Rd Jim Allen, Small Worlds Mar 17–Apr 17

Nathan Homestead Gallery, Manurewa Whanau Ora, multi-disciplinary group show to Mar 21; Who Said Being an Artist is Glamorous? Glass art and documentary photography Mar 26–Apr 18

nkb gallery, Mt Eden Easter Show, Mar 25–Apr 13

Northarts, Northcote Drawing Show 2010 Mar 22–Apr 18

Objectspace, Ponsonby The Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award: a cultural enquiry curated by Grant Thomson to Mar 20; Best in Show 2010 graduate showcase, Mar 27–May 1

OREXART, Auckland Central Laurence Berry, Provincial Landscapes,

March

Parnell Gallery, Parnell Selection of new works by gallery artists March

Piece Gallery, Matakana Richmond Road Studio Glass, Christine Cathie, Robyn Irwin, Ainsley O’Connell, Lou Pendergrast-Mathieson, Jenny Smith, Layla Walter Mar 26–Apr 18

Pierre Peeters Gallery, Parnell A Tribute Show in honour of Peter Sauerbier: artists Andrew Hall, Keiran Donnelly, Felix Delux and Sean Kerrigan Mar 9–Apr 6

Sanderson Contemporary Art, Parnell Bouncy, group exhibition to Mar 7; 150 x 150 x 150 group exhibition Mar 9–14; Andrew Barns–Graham, Still Mar 16–Apr 4

Satellite Gallery, Newton Michael Kennedy, New Work Mar 2–20; David Blackburn, This is Not a Rehearsal Mar 23–Apr 10

Seed Gallery, Newmarket Box of Birds Mar 3–28

Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland Central Daniel Malone Mar 2–27; Gretchen Albrecht Mar 30–Apr 24

Shed 6, 90 Wellesley Street, Auckland Central Alex Monteith, Tom Nicholson, Tove Storch, Mahmood Bakhshi www.aucklandtriennial.com Mar 12-Jun 20

St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland Central Tino Sehgal, 4th Auckland Triennial Mar 12–Jun 20

St Paul St Gallery Three, Auckland Central Sculpture Season: Kah Bee Chow, Clara Chon to Mar 6; Carol Lee-Honson, Tiffany Rewa Newrick Mar 11–20; Diane Atkinson Mar 25–Apr 3

Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Pakuranga Unpacking My Library, Dan Arps, Xin Cheng, Bill Culbert, The Estate of L. Budd, Peter Madden, Daniel Malone, Elizabeth McAlpine, Neil Pardington, Ann Shelton, curated by Stephen Cleland; Jeremy Leatinu’u, Iris Fisher Scholar to Apr 11

The Poi Room, Newmarket Inside My Head – Works in Progress, Shane Hansen Mar 18–30

Tivoli Books|Art|Film, Oneroa, Waiheke Island The Family, Early Works on Paper, Leon Van Den Eijkel to Mar 28

Two Rooms, Newton Cornelia Parker, No Man’s Land Mar 11–Apr 10

University of Auckland Design Lecture Theatre, 22 Symonds Street, Auckland Central Max Gimblett artist talk, Mar 18, 6pm; Shahab Fotouhi, Elam International Artist in Residence, artist’s talk Mar 30, 6pm

Uxbridge Howick’s Creative Centre Easter Recollections; 0168 Hours, Penny Lin Mar 19–Apr 7

Village Arts, Kohukohu, Hokianga 30 Ukulele/30 Artists Mar 6–Apr 1

Warwick Henderson Gallery, Parnell Joanna Upperton, Intrepid Tuesday, Mar 10–Mar 27; Emerging Artists, Haneui Kim, Alex Bartleet, Emma Topping Mar 31–Apr 24

Webb’s, Newmarket Anton Parsons, Passing Time Mar 9–18; Important Works of Art Auction Mar 30

Whitespace, Ponsonby Philip Trusttum to Mar 13; Meredith Collins and Peter Miller, Sea Change; Jeffry Feegar Mar 16–Apr 3

Central

Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington Anthony McCall: Drawing with Light to Apr 25

ArtsPost Galleries, Hamilton A passion for art, Waikato Society of Arts Exhibition Mar 5–28

Bartley + Company, Wellington Words Walking Mar 2–Apr 1

Black Barn Gallery, Havelock North Simon Kahn to Mar 14; Martin Poppelwell: Tree Program Mar 17–Apr 11

City Gallery, Wellington Bill Toomath: Liberating Everyday Life to Mar 14; Urban Kainga to Mar 28; Janet Cardiff: The Forty-Part Motet; Séraphine Pick; Trans-Form: The Abstract Art of Milan Mrkusich to May 16

Enjoy Gallery, Wellington Ruth Cleland Mar 4–27

Expressions Art and Entertainment Centre, Upper Hutt Snapshot, 1970s NZ Paintings from the Te Manawa Collection to Apr 25

Govett–Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth Len Lye: The Cosmic Archive; China in Four Seasons: Zhang Peili to Mar 15; Alberto Baraya: Expedition to New Zealand to Mar 21; 40 years celebration street party Mar 27;
Len Lye: Trilogy Mar 20–Apr 11, NOMADOLOGY [Loitering With Intent], John Reynolds Mar 27–Jun 13

Hastings City Art Gallery SOURCE A contemporary feminine aesthetic to Mar 23; The Blue Room where artists respond in a psychic way to Apr 18

Hawkes Bay Museum and Art Gallery, Napier; The Miniatures – An Adventure in the Bren Collection by Stephanie Johnson; Waka Huia – Areta Wilkinson to Apr 11; Plyability to Jun 20; A Breath of Fresh Air – Art Decos Fashionable Legacy to Jun 27

JJ Morgan & Co, Wellington Julian McKinnon, All in between (then and now) Mar 26–27

Kahukura Gallery, Gisborne Hikoi no te Whenua 2010 A Photographic Journey, John Miller to Mar 21

Kina NZ Design + Art Space, New Plymouth Claire Du Bosky to Mar 17; Melissa Young Mar 19–Apr14

Lysaght Watt Gallery, Hawera Border Crossing, Whanganui Artists, Catherine Macdonald, Peter Ireland, Dale Hudson, Andrea Gardner, Rita Dibert, Mark Rayner, Erin McNamara, Prakash Patel, Lisa Mareikura, Paul Maseyk Mar 2–Apr 3

Mahara Gallery, Waikanae Frances Hodgkins, Kapiti Treasures to May 2

McNamara Gallery, Wanganui Ann Shelton, New Work, photography, Mar 5–26

NZ Portrait Gallery, Wellington Adam Portraiture Award 2010 to Apr 11

Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington Paul Dibble Mar 2–27; Heather Straka Mar 30–Apr 24

Paper–Works Gallery, Napier Eion Stevens, Matt Couper, Lex Benson-Cooper Mar 26–Apr 23

Pataka Museum of Arts and Culture, Porirua Peter Adsett, Matawhero: Bullet Holes and Bandage; Catherine O’Donnell, Light and Shadow Drawings to Mar 14; Living in a Material World – local artists think global to Mar 21; Bob Kerr, Gallipoli, paintings Mar 20–May 23; Bamiyan: in the heart of Afghanistan to May 23

Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui Scott Eady: Lost at the Bottom of the World, new work Mar 13–May 23; Floriferous, from the Sarjeant Collection and beyond Mar 27–May 23; Kay Walsh: when time slides by slowly, Tylee Cottage resident exhibition Mar 27–May 23; I go where the party takes me, Wanganui based photographers to Apr 11

Solander Gallery Wellington The Tin Drum, Anthony Davies, screenprints Mar 3–27; Life Journey: Graham Hall, etchings Mar 31–Apr 24

South Coast Gallery, Wellington Turi Park, Watershed: Recent Paintings Mar 12–27

Statements Gallery, Napier Rae West, new paintings until Mar 15; Icons Today, Mary Barker, Kathy Hewitt, Neville Mawhinney, Roseanna Wohnsiedler, paintings, Peter McKay, jeweller Mar 19–Apr 11

Suite Gallery, Newtown, Wellington Elspeth Shannon, You Don’t Know Me Yet…; Glenn Burrell, Leftovers to Mar 20; Carlo Van de Roer, The Portrait Machine Project; Irene Ferguson, Electric Water Mar 26–Apr 17

Tairawhiti Museum, Gisborne Ki Wiwi Ki Wawa, Peter Kaa, Simon Lardelli, Tania Short, Melanie Tahata, Sam Taare, Natalie Robertson, Dion Hitchins, Chris Bryant, Rangituhia Hollis to Mar 21

Tauranga Art Gallery Ey! Iran Contemporary Iranian photography; Navigating her Way, Doreen McNeill; Mountains to the Sea, Len Castle ceramics; to Apr 18; The House that James Built, from the James Wallace Arts Trust Collection; Hawaiki, Nigel Borrell to May 2; Throw Up, Judy Darragh Mar 13–May

Te Manawa Museum, Palmerston North ceramics: Ann Verdcourt Mar 6–Jun 13

The Learning Connexion, Taita, Wellington Festival of Art and Creativity Mar 6

TheNewDowse, Lower Hutt Shapeshifter, outdoor sculpture to Mar 21;

Long Live the Modern to Apr 4; Lisa Walker, jewellery to Apr 25; Drawing Conclusions, McCahon, Hotere, Peebles, Walters; Bogle Bogle, Seung Yul Oh to May 30; Bill Viola, video to Jul 4; Hothouse; Wallace Trust Feature artwork ongoing

The Sculpture Park at Waitakaruru Arboretum,Waikato E:scape sculpture in the Landscape 2010 curated by Sarah Anderson Mar 13–May 30

Whanganui Artists Open Studios, Mar 20–22, Mar 26–28

Southern

Alexis Fine Art, Christchurch Vikings of the Paradaxe, John Burns Mar 18–Apr 14

Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin RE-FIBRA: contemporary Textile Art – A Dialogue between New Zealand and Sweden to Mar 20; Katrina Thompson, Core; Aerolinas, In Mono; Blue Oyster 2010 Performance Series Mar 23–Apr 17

Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin Marti Thompson to Mar 4; Joanna Margaret Paul Mar 5–25; José Nunez Mar 26–Apr 8

Bryce Gallery, Riccarton Sarah Deans, new works Mar 20–Apr 3

Christchurch Art Gallery Joyce Campbell: LA Botanical and Last Light, photography to May 9; WA Sutton: Watercolours of Italy to Apr 25; Provocations: The work of Christine Webster Mar 26–Jun 7

COCA Gallery, Christchurch Robert Priseman, Gas Chambers; Earl Tutty, Rohana Weaver, James Voller; Brendan Ryan, Duckin’ & Divin’; Laurie Steer, No time like the present Mar 10–Apr 3

Dunedin Public Art Gallery Cho Duck Hyun Dark Water: The Antipodes Project to Mar 7; Madeleine Child, Sweet As to Apr 18; Taryn Simon: An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar to May 9; Cao Fei: Utopia to May 16; Wayne Barrar, An Expanding Subterra to Jun 27; Beloved: Works from the Collection to Oct 30

Forrester Gallery, Oamaru Irene Shroder, Ramonda Te Maiharoa, The Fisherman’s Daughters; Aoraki Polytech Art Students Work to Mar 21; Sally Burton, White Gold to Mar 28; Forrester Gallery Collection Show to Jun 6

Hocken Gallery, Hocken Collections, University of Otago, Dunedin Eddie Clemens: Delusional Architecture, sculpture from the 2009 Frances Hodgkins Fellow to Apr 24

Milford Galleries, Dunedin Neil Dawson to Mar 24; Karl Maughan Mar 27–Apr 21

Milford Galleries, Queenstown John Parker to Mar 17; The Royal Queenstown Easter Show Mar 20–Apr 14

Millennium Public Art Gallery, Blenheim Michael Hight, Recent Paintings; Off the Page: original illustrations from NZ picture books to Mar 7; Nigel Buxton, Appropriation and Interference, new large works on paper; Harvest: Sharon Vickers, Kevin Judd and Jim Tannock, paintings and photographs Mar 12–Apr 11

Salamander Gallery, Christchurch Sheyne Tuffery, Atua-Noir, paintings and prints 30 Mar–Apr 18

Selwyn Gallery, Darfield Smith Family, photography, Woodcuts and watercolours Mar 5–Apr 2

The Diversion at Grove Mill, Marlborough Ten out of Ten – Ten Artists, Ten Years to Mar 15

The Gallery at Woollaston, Upper Moutere, Nelson Christine Boswijk, Before Words, major mixed media installation to Mar 18; Ben Webb, still life painted photographs Mar 20–Apr 28

The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson Janice Gill: Telling Stories of Ourselves, retrospective, paintings; Mirek Smisek: 60 Years 60 Pots; All at Sea from the Collection to Mar 28; Moyra Elliott, illustrated talk Mar 14

APRIL

Northern

Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri Iain Robertson, Clare Wardman, artists in residence, paintings and prints Apr 1–May 9

Andrew Serjeant Studio Gallery, Green Bay, Auckland Trinity Apr 18–May 16

Artis Gallery, Parnell Pamela Wolfe, Nature Study Apr 6–May 1

Artspace, K’Rd Shigeyuki Kihara(NZ); Laresa Kosloff(AUS); Zheng Bo (CHINA) www.aucklandtriennial.com to Jun 20

Artstation, Ponsonby Esme Towns & Samuel Wheeler Apr 21–May 1

Art Upstairs, Kerikeri Autumn Colours Apr 1–Apr 30

Brick Bay Sculpture Trail, Snells Beach, Warkworth new sculpture by Peter Nicholls April

Cable Bay Vineyards, Waiheke Island Summer Sculpture Exhibition, Paul Dibble, Phil Price, David McCracken, Jonathan Campbell to mid March

Corban Estate Arts Centre, Henderson, Under Scrutiny, Melissa Anderson Scott and guests Apr 16–May 23

Elam School of Fine Arts, projectspace B431, University of Auckland Tracey Williams and Taarati Taiaroa: Best Wishes Nora Gee April 22–24, artist’s talk 2pm Apr 24; Luke Willis Thompson and Sue–Li Tasker Yeo: Memory to the Marrow Apr 29–May 1

Ferner Galleries Salon, Victoria Quarter, Auckland Paintings for the Equinox, Geoff Tune, New Works Apr 8–30

Flagstaff Gallery, Devonport New works from Crispin Korschen Apr 1–21; The Eye of the Beholder, New Works by Ted Sherwen Apr 22–May 17

Fresh Gallery, Otara Tongan Style, Handcrafted textiles Apr 16–May 8

George Fraser Gallery, University of Auckland The 4th Auckland Triennial: Mike Parr to Jun 19

Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Thomas Ruff to Apr 14; Darryn George Apr 28–May 22

Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland Central Miles Warren: A Life in Architecture Apr 23–May 29

Hangar Frames and Gallery, Whangarei Crucifix, A’Court, Britton, Faur, Millington, Sarich, Squire to Apr 30

International Art Centre, Parnell Contemporary, Foreign and Collectable Auction Apr 29

Lopdell House Gallery, Titirangi Adam Portraiture Awards 2010 Apr 16–Jun 7; Drawing the Waitakere Coast, Don Binney, book launch and works Apr 16–Jun 7

Mangere Community Arts Outreach Service, Mangere Word Up, graffiti artist collaboration Apr 9–May 1

Masterworks, Ponsonby John Dawson, Terry Stringer Apr 21–May 8

Nathan Homestead Gallery, Manurewa Ka Pu Te Ruha, Ka Hao te Rangatahi, senior Maori secondary school students Apr 23–May 16

nkb Gallery, Mt Eden Anton Chapman, Painting Apr 15–May 4

Northarts, Northcote Miss Ellis regrets she is unable to lunch today… group show, women artists Apr 26–May 12

Objectspace, Ponsonby Best in Show 2010 graduates Mar 27–May 1

OREXART, Auckland Central Cell, Andrew Curtis, new photography from Australia to Apr 17; Evan Woodruffe, new paintings Apr 20–May 8

Parnell Gallery, Parnell Ron Hall, In Memory of the Beehive Apr 20–May 2

Pierre Peeters Gallery, Parnell Carl Foster, Te Turerenga Apr 13–May 4

Sanderson Contemporary Art, Parnell P J Paterson, Iphigenia at Ilium and other stories Apr 6–25

Satellite Gallery, Newton Threads Barbara Cope and Diane Halstead Apr 13–May 1

Seed Gallery, Newmarket Rebecca Thomson, suite Mar 31–Apr 19

Shed 6, 90 Wellesley Street, Auckland Central Alex Monteith, Tom Nicholson, Tove Storch, Mahmood Bakhshi www.aucklandtriennal.com to Jun 20

St Paul St Gallery, Auckland Central Tino Sehgal, www.aucklandtriennial.com Mar 12–Jun 20

St Paul St Gallery Three, Auckland Central Sculpture Season: Museum of True History (MOTH), Erica Van Zon Apr 8–17; Anthony Cribb, Agnes So Apr 22–May 1

Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland Central Bill Culbert Apr 27–May 24

The Poi Room, Newmarket Down the Track, Wendy Lineham Apr 22–May 4

Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland Central Jonathan Jones, New Work to Apr 10

Uxbridge, Howick’s Creative Centre The Living Room, 4 legs; Fired Up, ceramics Apr 16–May 6

Webb’s, Newmarket Decorative Arts Auction Apr 1

Whitespace, Ponsonby Andy Leleisi’uao Apr 6–24; Garry Currin Apr 27–May 15

Central

Academy Galleries, Wellington Solo 29 Anna–Marie Kingsley, Jane Sinclair Apr 2–18

Adam Art Gallery,Victoria University of Wellington Anthony McCall Drawing with Light to Apr 25

ArtsPost Galleries, Hamilton Rescued, group exhibition; Echoes of War, Lisa Voigt Pippa Russell; How could we resist? Central Print Council Aotearoa NZ framed miniature prints Apr 1–May 3

Bartley + Company Art, Wellington Graduates from the School of Maori Visual Arts, Massey University Apr 7–May 8

Black Barn Gallery, Havelock Billy, Apr 15–May 9

City Gallery Wellington Janet Cardiff: The Forty-Part Motet; Seraphine Pick; Trans-form: The Abstract Art of Milan Mrkusich to May 16

Gilberd Marriott Gallery, Wellington Gordon Crook, Stanley’s Garden Mar 4–22

Govett–Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth Songbirds and Elephants for Sale: Two works from the Collection Apr 24–Jun 7

Hawkes Bay Museum and Art Gallery, Napier The Miniatures – An Adventure in the Bren Collection by Stephanie Johnson; Waka Huia – Areta Wilkinson to Apr 11; Plyability to Jun 20; A Breath of Fresh Air – Art Decos Fashionable Legacy to Jun 27; Six Degrees Apr 23–Jun 27

Hastings City Art Gallery Creative Hawkes Bay Invitational 2010 Apr 10–Jun 27

JJ Morgan & Co, Kilbirnie, Wellington A Lovelab Project Part 2: Death – I shall spit on your graves, curated by Melanie Moreau Apr 17–May 4

Kina NZ Design + Art Space, New Plymouth Alby Carter and Graham Kirk Apr 16–May 12

Mahara Gallery, Waikanae Frances Hodgkins, Kapiti Treasures to May 2

NZ Portrait Gallery, Wellington Adam Portraiture Award 2010 to Apr 11

Paige Blackie Gallery, Wellington Heather Straka to Apr 24; Young Artists Group Show Apr 27–May 22

Pataka Museum, Porirua West Africa, Rhythm and Spirit to Apr 18; Bob Kerr, Gallipoli, paintings Mar 20–May 23; Bamiyan: in the heart of Afghanistan to May 23

Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui Scott Eady: Lost at the Bottom of the World, new work to May 23; Floriferous, from the Sarjeant Collection and beyond to May 23; Kay Walsh: when time slides by slowly, Tylee Cottage resident exhibition to May 23; I go where the party takes me, Wanganui based photographers to Apr 11

Solander Gallery, Wellington Kathryn Madill, new painted books Apr 28–May 22

Suite Gallery, Newtown, Wellington Eros and Agape, Fiona Pardington and CF Goldie Apr 23–May 15

Tamarillo Gallery Wellington Bee Doughty-Pratt, Going Up: Going Down Apr 9–May 1

Tauranga Art Gallery Ey! Iran contemporary Iranian photography; Navigating her Way, Doreen McNeill; Mountains to the Sea, Len Castle ceramics to Apr 18; The House that James Built, contemporary art from the James Wallace Arts Trust; Hawaiki, Nigel Borrell to May 2; Throw Up, Judy Darragh Mar 13–May; The Farmer, John McLean April 24 to end May

TheNewDowse, Lower Hutt Long Live the Modern to Apr 4, Lisa Walker, Jewellery to Apr 25; Drawing Conclusions, McCahon, Hotere, Peebles, Walters; Bogle Bogle, Seung Yul Oh to May 30, Bill Viola, video to Jul 4; Hothouse; Wallace Trust Feature artwork ongoing

The Sculpture Park@Waitakaruru Arboretum,Waikato E:Scape sculpture in the landscape 2010 curated by Sarah Anderson Mar 13–May 30

Waikato Museum, Hamilton Diaspora, pluralism+singularity, Richard Lewer, Denis O’Connor, Fiona Pardington, Tony Lane, James Ross, Gretchen Albrecht Mar 6–Jul 18; I Must Learn to Like Myself, Richard Lewer ongoing

Southern

Reflections Art Gallery, Nelson Piera McArthur, Marian Wolfs, Philip Trusstum April

Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin Simon Kaan, The Asian; Anna Muirhead, Polytears, Bruce Galloway, SameSame (Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People) Apr 20–May 15

Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin Takeshi Yasuda Apr 9–29; Colin McCahon Apr 30–May 20

Christchurch Art Gallery Joyce Campbell: LA Botanical and Last Light, photography to May 9; WA Sutton: Watercolours of Italy to Apr 25; Provocations: The work of Christine Webster to Jun 7

COCA, Christchurch Beverly Rhodes, Max Podstolski, Dimitri Trashkov, Leila Goddard Apr 7–24; Fine Art Auction Apr 22; Gill Gatfield, Third Person Apr 28–May 23

Dunedin Public Art Gallery Madeleine Child, Sweet As to Apr 18; Taryn Simon: An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar to May 9; Cao Fei: Utopia to May 16; Wayne Barrar, An Expanding Subterra to Jun 27; Beloved: Works from the collection to Oct 30

Hocken Gallery, Hocken Collections, University of Otago, Dunedin Eddie Clemens: Delusional Architecture, sculpture from the 2009 Frances Hodgkins Fellow to Apr 24

Forrester Gallery, Oamaru Forrester Gallery Collection Show to Jun 6

Milford Galleries, Dunedin Reuben Paterson Apr 24–May 19

Milford Galleries, Queenstown Peter James Smith Apr 17–May 12

Millennium Public Art Gallery, Blenheim Kei Puta Te Wairau: A Celebration of Maori Art and History Apr 16–May 28

Salamander Gallery, Christchurch Trevor Askin, Foreshore and Further, bronze sculpture Apr 20–May 9

Selwyn Gallery, Darfield Sarah Miles and Bridget Carr, mosaics and paintings Apr 3–29

The Gallery at Woollaston, Upper Moutere, Nelson Ben Webb, still life painted photographs to Apr 28

The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson Suter Art Society Autumn Exhibition Apr 1–25

MAY

Northern

Artis Gallery, Parnell George Baloghy May 4–29

Artspace, K’Rd Shigeyuki Kihara(NZ); Laresa Kosloff(AUS); Zheng Bo (CHINA) www.aucklandtriennial.com to Jun 20

Artstation, Ponsonby, Auckland The Cultural Bridge, Bang Zhen Deng, Lu Bo Deng, Anchang Tan May 15

Art Upstairs, Kerikeri Turn of the Season May 1–31

Brick Bay Sculpture Trail, Snells Beach, Warkworth New Sculpture by Virginia King May

Elam School of Fine Arts, projectspace B431, University of Auckland, Window presents Spring Trellis: A selection of work by recent Elam graduates May 6–8; Ellen Portch: Wall May 13–15

Fingers Gallery, Auckland Central Jane Dodd, new work May 3–14

George Fraser Gallery, University of Auckland The 4th Auckland Triennial: Mike Parr to Jun 19; Talk, In Discussion, Simon Ingram, Phil Dadson, Jim Allen 12pm, May 1; Talk In Discussion Peter Shand and Guests 12pm, May 15

Flagstaff Gallery, Devonport The Eye of the Beholder, New Works by Ted Sherwen to May 17

Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Central Darryn George to May 22

International Art Centre, Parnell Animals in Art, Tracy Ellerton May 1–14

Mangere Community Arts Outreach Service, Mangere Ka Pu Te Ruha, Ka Hao te Rangatahi, senior Maori secondary school students May 7–26

Masterworks, Ponsonby Lisa Walker: Jewellery Box; Cath Dearsley May 12–Jun 2

nkb Gallery, Mt Eden Glenys Brookbanks May 6–25

Objectspace, Ponsonby The Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award: 1977–1996, curated by Grant Thompson to Mar 20

OREXART, Auckland Central Anita DeSoto, Signposts from God, new paintings May 11–29

Parnell Gallery, Parnell Alison Coulthurst May 13–27

Pierre Peeters Gallery, Parnell Richard Boyd-Dunlop, Elements May 11–Jun 8

Sanderson Contemporary Art, Parnell Alan Pearson Apr 27–May 16

Satellite Gallery, Newton still, Susan Thomas, paintings May 4–22

Seed Gallery, Newmarket Sarah Williams, New Paintings May 5–23

Shed 6, 90 Wellesley Street, Auckland Central Alex Monteith, Tom Nicholson, Tove Storch, Mahmood Bakhshi, www.aucklandtriennial.com to Jun 20

St Paul St Gallery, Auckland Central Tino Sehgal, www.aucklandtriennial.com Mar 12–Jun 20

Warwick Henderson Gallery, Parnell Rozi Demant, Portraits May 5–29

Central

ArtsPost Galleries, Hamilton Domestic Relief, Dougal Fraser; Environmental Art Photography Challenge 2010; In the West, John Fitzgerald May 7–30

Bartley & Company Art, Wellington Maryrose Crook May 11–Jun 12

Black Barn Gallery, Havelock North Last Light Landscapes by Freeman White May 13–June 6

City Gallery, Wellington Janet Cardiff: The Forty–Part Motet; Seraphine Pick; Trans-form: The Abstract Art of Milan Mrkusich to May 16

Hastings City Art Gallery Mountain to the Sea, Len Castle ceramics May 1–Jul 18

Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery, Napier The Miniatures – An Adventure in the Bren Collection, Stephanie Johnson to Jun 20; A Breath of Fresh Air – Art Deco’s Fashionable Legacy to Jun 27; Six Degrees
Apr 23–Jun 27; Balance: a design symposium May 8–9

McNamara Gallery, Wanganui Hamish Tocher, Times New Roman, photography May 1–18

JJ Morgan & Co, Kilbirnie, Wellington Rebecca Ross, resident artist May

Kina NZ Design+Art Space, New Plymouth Rebecca Mooney to May 14

Pataka Museum, Porirua Bob Kerr, Gallipoli paintings Mar 20–May 23; Bamiyan: in the heart of Afghanistan to May 23

Real Tart Gallery, New Plymouth Coast Watch, Margaret Scott, paintings and print May 1–30

Statements Gallery, Napier Material Girls, Wanganui Glass artists, Katie Brown, Sarah Courtney, Karen Ellett, Carmen Simmonds; Isla Osborne, glass jeweller May 7–30

Suite Gallery, Newtown, Wellington Eros and Agape, Fiona Pardington and CF Goldie to May 15

Tauranga Art Gallery Throw Up, Judy Darragh; The Farmer, John McLean May

TheNewDowse, Lower Hutt Drawing Conclusions, McCahon, Hotere, Peebles, Walters; Bogle Bogle, Seung Yul Oh to May 30; Bill Viola, video to Jul 4; Hothouse; Wallace Trust Feature Artwork ongoing

The Sculpture Park @ Waitakaruru Arboretum, Waikato E:Scape sculpture in the landscape 2010, curated by Sarah Anderson Mar 13–May 30

Thistle Hall, Wellington Andy Leleisi’uao May 10–16

May

Southern

Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin Colin McCahon to May 20

Bryce Gallery, Riccarton Affairs of the Heart, group exhibition May 1–16

Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin Simon Kaan, The Asian; Anna Muirhead, Polytears, Bruce Galloway, Same Same (Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People) to May 15

Christchurch Art Gallery Joyce Campbell: LA Botanical and Last Light, photography to May 9; Provocations: The work of Christine Webster to Jun 7

COCA Gallery, Christchurch Habeas Corpus Collective; Kate van der Drift; Kuli’moenga ‘Stone’ Maka; Tohinoa ‘o’ eku Manatu (Journal of my Memories); Gill Gatfield: Third Person; Anne Fountain; Sophie Black
Apr 28–May 22

Dunedin Public Art Gallery Taryn Simon: An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar to May 9; Cao Fei: Utopia to May 16; Wayne Barrar, An Expanding Subterra to Jun 27; Beloved: Works from the Collection
to Oct 30

Forrester Gallery, Oamaru Forrester Gallery Collection Show to Jun 6

Hocken Gallery, Hocken Collections, University of Otago, Dunedin The Labours of Herakles: Marian Maguire, lithographs and etchings; Forever After: Conversations with the Past May 1–Jul 17

Millennium Public Art Gallery, Blenheim Kei Puta Te Wairau: A Celebration of Maori Art and History to May 28

Salamander Gallery, Christchurch Charles Barrington, paintings May 11–13

The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson Mille–Fleurs May 8–July 25

International

Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Brisbane 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art to Apr 5; Unnerved: The New Zealand Project May 1–Jun 4; Ron Mueck May 8–1 Aug

17th Biennale of Sydney – The Beauty of Distance, various venues, www.biennaleofsydney.com.au May 12–Aug 1

National Gallery of Victoria Ron Mueck to Apr 18; Timelines, Photography and Time May