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Speak of homeland
8 May - 2 Aug 2025The term 'homeland' is as much about a deep sense of belonging and identity as it is a physical location. For many, it means the motu they were born in,...Read more -
Usher in
A Group Exhibition 2 Apr - 3 May 2025Marking the beginning of a new chapter for The Central Art Gallery and the smooth transition from past owners to new, usher in is a rejunvenated exhibition of its predecessor,...Read more -
Finale!
Group Exhibition 13 - 27 Mar 2025The Central Art Gallery team are very pleased to be able to present a final celebratory exhibition—Finale! Bringing together a group of talented artists, many of whom would have exhibited...Read more -
Invisible Ties | Group Exhibition
7 Nov - 19 Dec 2024For an artist, connection with other creatives can play a vital role in how they define, understand, and interpret their artistic practice-within their immediate communities, culture, and the wider world....Read more
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Encore
31 Aug - 1 Oct 2023Encore – to ask for, to look again and applaud. We’ve done the asking, rummaged in the stockroom, and are delighted to present a wonderful range of work from amongst...Read more -
Kekerengu Dreamtime by Simon Edwards
22 Jun - 23 Jul 2023Kekerengu Dreamtime by Simon Edwards Kekerengu Dreamtime enjoyed a WoW debut at the Aotearoa Art Fair last November. The series has grown and evolved again. We are very pleased to...Read more -
Aotearoa Art Fair 2022
Booth B6, The Central, Auckland 16 - 20 Nov 2022AOTEAROA ART FAIR 2022 BOOTH B6 THE CLOUD, AUCKLAND Come and visit The Central at the Aotearoa Art Fair this week. We have works by Lonnie Hutchinson and Simon Edwards...Read more -
Celebrating 5 years
9 Apr - 15 May 2022Celebrating 5 Years 9th April - 15th May 2022 Celebrating 5 Years in our community, in Õtautahi, Christchurch. Celebrating with a group show of artists very important to us: Emma...Read more
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Summer Group Show
15 Jan - 13 Feb 2022Summer Group Show 15th Jan - 13th Feb 2022 Until February 13th we are delighted to present works by Emma Camden, Bing Dawe, Neil Dawson, Zara Dolan, Simon Edwards, Chris...Read more -
Picturesque by Simon Edwards
15 Apr - 16 May 2021Picturesque Simon Edwards 15 April - 16 May 2021 Riffing in the continuum between wilderness sublime and the beautifully balanced peaceful, is Simon Edwards’ new exhibition Picturesque. Milford Sound might...Read more -
Group Show
5 Nov - 6 Dec 2020We are delighted to present a group show for the month of November. If you relish life’s rich tapestry, savour the spice that invigorates the variety of life, then this...Read more -
Sustaining the Local
18 Jun - 19 Jul 2020Due to unprecedented and unforeseen circumstances of a countrywide lockdown, Aotearoa New Zealand has turned to Sustaining the Local , our local. The Central’s annual group show welcomes an array...Read more
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Borderlands by Simon Edwards
3 Oct - 17 Nov 2019Simon Edwards’ new exhibition Borderlands ranges from mountainside to the inlet of sea, from the moody atmosphere of sky to the crystalline patchwork of rock. There is the colour and...Read more -
NEW WORKS SHOW
20 Jun - 21 Jul 2019We welcome winter with The Central Gallery’s first group show dedicated entirely to new work. Exciting! You will see a new painting of Karamea by Stanley Palmer, and woodcuts by...Read more -
Stanley Palmer & Company
13 Dec 2018 - 27 Jan 2019Stanley Palmer comes to town. He is showing 6 new paintings and prints also, at The Central through the summer of 2018. Views of Akaroa, Otago Peninsula and Hauraki are...Read more -
Finding The Way by Simon Edwards
30 Aug - 30 Sep 2018Simon Edwards upcoming exhibition ‘Finding the Way' at The Central, showcases his wonderful drawing talents – in framed works of charcoal on paper. Edwards recently returned from research in China...Read more
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Glimpse Panorama - Landscape aspects in contemporary New Zealand art
7 Dec 2017 - 28 Jan 2018Read more -
Ivory Towers by Simon Edwards
7 Apr - 7 May 2017Read more -
Show #1: The Return
4 Mar - 3 Apr 2017Opening works by: Stephen Bambury, Neil Dawson, Simon Edwards, Dick Frizzell, Chris Heaphy, Lonnie Hutchinson, Jon Jeet, Hannah Kidd, Fiona Pardington Rueben Paterson, Peter Peryer, John Pule, Heather Straka, Elizabeth...Read more