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Dick Frizzell: 'I'm a habitual isolator by nature', Radio New Zealand Interview
May 3, 2020 Artist Dick Frizzell has been busy during lockdown putting the finishing touches on his new book Me, According To The... Read more -
Lonnie Hutchinson, 'Everything Tells A Story', The Big Idea
April 29, 2020 The days of visiting galleries and exhibitions are temporarily on hold. The lost opportunity to get motivation from walking through... Read more -
Reuben Paterson, 'Everything Tells a Story', The Big Idea
April 29, 2020 The days of visiting galleries and exhibitions are temporarily on hold. The lost opportunity to get motivation from walking through... Read more -
Anne Noble, 'Ruby's Room 16', 2000 at Wellington City Gallery, Everything has Changed
April 27, 2020 They say art can change the way we look at the world, but the world can also change the way... Read more
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THE GREAT NZ COLOUR OFF WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
April 26, 2020 We cannot thank those who participated enough for sending in your fantastic entries! It was a very tough call as... Read more -
Artist brings back Kiwiana icon to raise money for charities on the front line
April 23, 2020 An iconic Kiwi artist has teamed up with Four Square to support charities on the front line of the Covid-19... Read more -
Neil Dawson 'Flights Of Fancy' by Jonathan Smart
April 20, 2020 Neil Dawson has long been fascinated by feathers and showed them first in 1988 at the NSW Art Gallery then exhibiting them at The Central Art Gallery in 2019. Read more -
About the House: Home-inspired art from The Dowse Collection (Neil Dawson)
April 14, 2020 From the safe bubble of her own home, Curator Grace Ryder scours The Dowse Collection for domestic-inspired art. The Dowse... Read more
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THE GREAT NZ COLOUR OFF! | DICK FRIZZELL & THE CENTRAL
April 5, 2020 *COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED* The Central Presents THE GREAT NZ COLOUR OFF! Bored at home? Want some art without spending... Read more -
Anne Noble/ White Lantern 2004/ Lockdown Bubbles by Felicity Milburn, CHCH City Art Gallery
April 1, 2020 I’m always intrigued by how rapidly new words and phrases embed themselves in our everyday language. Major events, good and... Read more -
'HANDLE WITH CARE' SERIES-KIWI HERO NURSES 2020
March 31, 2020 This is an ongoing series of works created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were conceived from the beginning March... Read more -
The Central closed until further notice, admission by appointments only
March 22, 2020 *UPDATED 22/03/20* Due to the recent announcements and assessments of our day to day activity, we have decided to close... Read more
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Fiona Van Oyen | Otago Daily Times: 'Masters student's artwork inspired by lost connection to the land'
March 21, 2020 One of Fiona Van Oyen's panoramic linocut landscape prints was recently described by Felicity Milburn, curator at the Christchurch Art... Read more -
Karl Maughan | Waikato Museum: 'Recent Collections Acquisitions' Exhibition
March 20, 2020 New to Us: Recent Collections Acquisitions 23 May - 28 July 2020 If the museum was a parent, and the... Read more -
Anne Noble, 'A Line between two Trees', Jonathan Smart Gallery.
March 13, 2020 Anne Noble’s new exhibition, a line between two trees is a beautiful and considered installation. Noble would have us see... Read more -
Pete Wheeler/ Artbeat review.
February 25, 2020 Pete Wheeler: Avant-Garde Fatigue I love painting. Even after multiple millennia it isn’t a medium that grows stale for anyone... Read more
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Neil Dawson | 'Horizons' on Gibbs Farm
February 16, 2020 On Gibbs Farm in Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand , giant artworks pepper the landscape. The work was commissioned by entrepreneur... Read more -
Martin Poppelwell | NZ Herald: 'Manchester collection at home at Quartz'
February 9, 2020 Late last year, Rick Rudd reclaimed valuable working space at his Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics when he finished unpacking... Read more -
Reuben Paterson | Aotea Centre
February 7, 2020 Reuben Paterson’s new animation observes the whakapapa of Hine Maheri, the personification of sparkling fine grained sandstone, through the union... Read more -
Avenues Magazine | Reuben Paterson
January 31, 2020 The Central Art Gallery is now three years old. A vision born of five local stakeholder families to offer exhibition... Read more
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Avenues Magazine | Emma Camden
January 30, 2020 Now, under the stewardship of gallerists Jonathan Smart and Laura Gobbe, a wonderful variety of contemporary work continues to be... Read more -
Avenues Magazine | Neil Dawson
January 30, 2020 The Central Art Gallery is now three years old. A vision born of five local stakeholder families to offer exhibition... Read more -
Dick Frizzell | New Zealand Listener: Prominent Kiwis share stories about the trees they love
January 24, 2020 I have a special memory of walking through trees … getting lost, getting found, being entranced. I must have been... Read more -
Dick Frizzell and Stanley Palmer | Kelliher Art Trust Collection
December 7, 2019 The Kelliher Art Collection includes 100 paintings, the majority of which are New Zealand landscapes that won prizes or awards... Read more
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Martin Poppelwell | Wellington City Art Gallery: 'Unravelled' Group Show
November 30, 2019 In 1968, American sculptor Robert Morris coined the term ‘anti-form’ to distinguish a new kind of sculpture that had emerged... Read more -
Michel Tuffery | Polyfont exhibition, Corban Estate Art Centre
November 30, 2019 Corban Estate Art Centre, 31 November – 1 December 2019 These works are a visual diary celebrating Michel’s granddaughter Alice’s... Read more -
Simon Edwards: Borderlands | Top 10 Exhibitions Christchurch October 2019
November 17, 2019 Simon Edwards has explored the boundless potential of landscape painting for more than two decades, heightening our experience of Canterbury... Read more -
Sculpture on the Peninsula 2019 (Featuring Hannah Kidd)
November 8, 2019 Sculpture On The Peninsula Sculpture on the Peninsula is a contemporary sculpture exhibition held every two years. It is the... Read more
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Hannah Kidd/ Rusty Farm gear transformed into Easter Island Watchmen.
November 6, 2019 A pair of rusty old diesel tanks and a grain silo have been transformed by a Canterbury artist into a... Read more -
Dick Frizzell | Album Art Finalist - Vodafone NZ Music Awards.
November 3, 2019 Dick Frizzell's long and storied career has often been intertwined with music, and he is no stranger to creating work... Read more -
Observations from the Critical Zone/ Anne Noble, 'Two Room Gallery', Auckland, NZ
November 1, 2019 OBSERVATIONS FROM THE CRITICAL ZONE “What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk with the... Read more -
Karl Maughan| Gow Langsford Gallery: 'Ethenree'
October 30, 2019 Karl Maughan has dedicated his career to creating his characteristic horticultural paintings. Over an extraordinary career spanning more than 30... Read more
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Neil Pardington 'Scape' The Order of Things
October 6, 2019 How we arrange things says a lot about what we value. The Order of Things presents larger than life wet... Read more -
Dick Frizzell | 'Finding Frizzell': Otago Daily Times
October 3, 2019 Being artist in residence at Alexandra’s Henderson House gave Dick Frizzell the perfect opportunity to finish a book and gain... Read more -
Lonnie Hutchinson | The Physics room and Eastern Southland Gallery - 'Timely Additions'
September 28, 2019 Audrey Baldwin, Daegan Wells, Gaby Montejo, Liv Worsnop, Lonnie Hutchinson, Nathan Pohio, Rob Hood, & Zina Swanson. Exhibition Runs: 28... Read more -
Martin Poppelwell| 'INDEX' The Central Art Gallery
August 31, 2019 The Gallery will teem with life during September. Martin Poppelwell’s eponymous exhibition Index will have the floor. Infact it will... Read more
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John Pule | Poetry Reading: Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (GOMA)
August 25, 2019 'The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' (APT5) was the opening exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)... Read more -
John Pule | Video : 'Kehe Tau Hauga Foou, To all New arrivals'
August 25, 2019 Hanging in the Memory and Commemoration room of our Oceania exhibition, this huge five-panel work by John Pule covers subject... Read more -
Ann Robinson/ Te Ara Encyclopedia
August 23, 2019 Ann Robinson was born in 1944 in Auckland. She attended Elam School of Fine Art, Auckland University, in the late... Read more -
Hannah Kidd / Art in a Garden/ Sculpture North Canterbury
August 23, 2019 Art in a Garden is proud to present Sculpture. North Canterbury. Now in its second year, the six week outdoor... Read more
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Hannah Kidd/ Website
August 23, 2019 To view Hannah Kidd's Webpage, Facebook page and Instagram, please click here Read more -
Lonnie Hutchinson Artworks | Auckland Art Gallery, Toi O Tamaki
August 18, 2019 Artist, Lonnie Hutchinson is a multi media and installation artist who exhibits regularly in New Zealand and Australia. She is... Read more -
Video | Jon Jeet Pounamu Carving
August 18, 2019 To Watch a Video of Jon Jeet carving Pounamu, please click here. Read more -
Bing Dawe | Auckland Botanic Gardens East Sculpture Path
August 11, 2019 If you're looking for a free, fun whānau activity, then check out this sculpture trail in the Auckland Botanic Gardens.... Read more
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John Edgar, Brick Bay Sculpture Trail/ Auckland/ NZ
August 11, 2019 New Zealand sculptor John Edgar has achieved international renown over four decades. Throughout his career he has pursued the ancient... Read more -
Michel Tuffery| Pataka Art and Museum: 'Here: Kupe to Cook' Group Exhibition
August 11, 2019 HERE: Kupe to Cook opens 11 August and runs until 23 November 2019 at Pataka Art + Museum. The group... Read more -
Elizabeth Thomson | Len Lye- Govett-Brewster Gallery: 'Waking up Slowly'
August 10, 2019 Featuring works from the breadth of Lye’s career, Waking Up Slowly expands the view with Thomson’s equally corporeal world, at... Read more -
Hannah Kidd/ Animal, Mineral, Vegetable / Video
August 8, 2019 Exploring a long-held fascination for vintage museum displays & cabinets of curiosity, Hannah Kidd’s new exhibition features work which has... Read more
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Martin Poppelwell | Melanie Roger Gallery: Group Exhibition - Sam Mitchell, Robin Neate & Martin Poppelwell.
July 24, 2019 A group exhibition including selected works by SAM MITCHELL, MARTIN POPPELWELL and ROBIN NEATE. Selected works by ROBIN NEATE new... Read more -
Ann Robinson | Te Ara Encyclopedia
July 18, 2019 Ann Robinson is a leading exponent of the lost-wax glass casting process, which begins with a cast taken from a... Read more -
Michael Hight | Otago Daily Times, Art Seen July 2019
July 11, 2019 ''The Arrow'' exhibition at Milford Galleries Queenstown is an opportunity to see works from major names in New Zealand's art... Read more -
Bing Dawe | Canterbury Museum - 'The Water Project'
July 3, 2019 In 2017, Ashburton Art Gallery Director, Shirin Khosraviani invited selected artists to research and explore the cultural, conceptual and imaginative... Read more
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Elizabeth Thomson| Canterbury Museum: 'The Water Project'
July 3, 2019 The Water Project Thirteen New Zealand artists explore our complex, and sometimes, troubled relationship with water. In 2017, Ashburton Art... Read more -
Michel Tuffery | The Big Idea: '8th Beijing International Art Biennale National Art Museum of China, Beijing'
June 20, 2019 The 8th Beijing International Art Biennale (BIAB) is themed 'A Colourful World and a Shared Future', and will exhibit artworks... Read more -
Fiona van Oyen
Navigation Line at The Central Art Gallery/ Exhibition Review June 14, 2019 Fiona Van Oyen, Navigation Lines Warren Feeney Navigation Lines was a remarkable exhibition. A series of cotton paper works from... Read more -
Fiona Van Oyen | ArtBeat: 'Navigation Line at The Central Art Gallery' Review
June 13, 2019 Written by Dr. Warren Feeney. Navigation Lines was a remarkable exhibition. A series of cotton paper works from an artist... Read more
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Bing Dawe | The Wallace Trust 1999
June 7, 2019 Bing Dawe has rendered the forms in Figure with Eel as though they are sectional arcs of a larger wheel.... Read more -
Martin Poppelwell | V Project Exhibition
June 1, 2019 As the name suggests, these new short-run, invite-only, project-based shows will offer a glimpse into the practice of some of... Read more -
Neil Dawson | Prominent Sculptor Reflects on More Than 30 Years of Public Art
May 27, 2019 Noted New Zealand sculptor Neil Dawson has been a force in contemporary sculpture for over 30 years. Most well-known for... Read more -
Dick Frizzell | Public watch Dick Frizzell paint, while Jazz trio plays
May 24, 2019 One of New Zealand's most celebrated artists is heading to Auckland's Waiheke Island to create a painting on Easter Saturday.... Read more
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Fiona Van Oyen| Millennium Public Art Gallery: 'Landscape Art Show', Blenheim 2018
May 24, 2019 'Landscape art'. We all might think we know what it is. Or do we? Do we even really care? Should... Read more -
Hannah Kidd wins Sculpture on the Peninsula, 2017
Creates 'Hot House' in Slaughterhouse May 24, 2019 A biennial sculpture show has transformed a slaughterhouse into a hot house complete with welded plants and birdsong. Hannah Kidd... Read more -
Jon Jeet | Stuff: 'Carving Taonga from A CHCH Storage Unit'
May 24, 2019 Behind an unsuspecting aluminium door in Bromley, a carver and artist is hard at work creating items of intrinsic value... Read more -
Reuben Paterson Website
May 24, 2019 To Go to Reuben Paterson's website please Click here Read more
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Dick Frizzell | The News: Frizzell enjoying space to ‘untangle mess’
May 12, 2019 Space to ‘‘untangle a mess’’ has been one of the benefits of spending several months as artist in residence at... Read more -
Kirstin Carlin | 19 Gallery: Relocating Frances Hodgkins: Auckland Art Gallery
May 5, 2019 Kirstin Carlin has been commissioned to make a new tiny work for an exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery. '19... Read more -
Dick Frizzell | Otago Daily Times: Henderson House Residency 2019
May 2, 2019 Spending time as artist-in-residence at Alexandra's Henderson House has been a ''perfect window of opportunity'' for Dick Frizzell of Auckland.... Read more -
Martin Poppelwell | Beyond the Mamae: A Review of 5 Pākeha Painters
April 15, 2019 Written by Jade Kake Not just People of Colour have an identity. Jade Kake looks at how White settler identity... Read more
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Michael Hight | 'Tributary' Artist Talk Milford Gallery
April 15, 2019 'Tributary' is an homage to the South Island and its landscapes. Its reference points are various rivers. Historically these can... Read more -
The Water Project/ Bing Dawe
April 13, 2019 Hold a glass of pure water to the eye of the sun! It is difficult to tell the one from... Read more -
The Dowse Museum/ Maori Moving Image, An Open Archive
March 31, 2019 Māori Moving Image: An Open Archive explores the history of Māori artists who have used animation, film and video as... Read more -
Martin Poppelwell| MTG Hawkes Bay: 5 Pākeha Painters
February 16, 2019 From the onset of colonisation, European immigrants and their descendants have been bringing and maintaining their own culture in Aotearoa,... Read more
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Martin Poppelwell exhibition| SP_ACE Gallery: 'P1'
February 8, 2019 Showing new pottery and work on paper, we asked Martin about his upcoming show… “My process of building shapes to... Read more -
Michel Tuffery | Artists & Architect Collaborate: Michel Tuffery and the Pacific Islands Memorial
December 2, 2018 Adding even more variety to HMOA’s diverse portfolio, John Melhuish is collaborating with artist Michel Tuffery (MNZM) on the Pacific... Read more -
Lonnie Hutchinson | Hoa Kohine ( Girlfriend) , Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna O Waiwhetu,
November 30, 2018 Lonnie Hutchinson’s intricately cut-out billboard celebrates supportive friendships between women. When we invited Lonnie Hutchinson to make a new artist... Read more -
John Edgar | New Zealand Sculpture on Shore 2012
November 18, 2018 Fort Takapuna Historic Reserve is home to NZ Sculpture OnShore which opens on Thursday, November 8 and every day through... Read more
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John Walsh |. Stuff: 'Portrait of Ūawa Tolaga Bay by John Walsh re hung in Wellington'
November 7, 2018 An artwork completed, but deemed too radical and never hung, is on display in Wellington almost 40 years since its... Read more -
John Walsh | New Zealand Portrait Gallery: 'A Portrait of Ūawa Tolaga Bay He Whakaahua o Ūawa'
November 1, 2018 The New Zealand Portrait Gallery is showing a 30 year old painting by John Walsh early November 2018. The subject... Read more -
Art Beat Launch!
October 2, 2018 Warren Feeney's Art Beat is a monthly arts newspaper and website featuring news, reviews, commentary and a comprehensive listing of... Read more -
Ann Robinson & John Walsh | Cityscape October 2018
October 1, 2018 Ann Robinson and John Walsh's fetured ad's in October Cityscape. Exhibtion runs from 4 October - 4 November 2018 Page... Read more
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