Art
Harnessed, harvested, honoured
Examining the connection between sugar, colonisation, global trade, and climate change, artists William Franco and Miki Seifert present Azúcar / Sugar at Toi Pōneke Arts Centre until the 8th of August.
Re-assemblage and resistance
In her latest photographic exhibition at Jhana Millers Gallery until the 5th of July, Ann Shelton explores suppressed plant-based knowledge systems to present a feminist reappraisal.
Taniwha Chasers
Jazmin Tainui Mihi Paget-Knebel has placed first at the esteemed Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award for her photograph Taniwha Chasers. See the winning work and each exceptional submission at New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pukenga Whakaata until the 17th of August.
A world more balanced
In their exhibition The Female Gaze and How It Shapes Our World at Toi Pōneke until the 30th of May, mother and son creative team Ashraf and Pedram Pirnia explore “how visual storytelling can restore dignity, challenge injustice, and nurture both personal and collective wellbeing” through photographic and painted works.
Moments of immersion
A unique New Zealandness pervades South African-born, Aotearoa-based painter Sean Beldon’s work. Explore The long white cloud at Exhibitions Gallery from the 15th of May to the 7th of June.
Come running sea
Kiwi artist Gregory O’Brien finds himself diving into the sea in his latest exhibition At the Washaway, moored at Bowen Galleries from the 29th of April until the 17th of May.
Marble and Mud
Examining her identity under the lens of her Greek whakapapa, Te Whanganui-a-Tara-based artist Eleftheria Apostolidis creates a multidisciplinary collage of her practice in Marble and Mud at Thistle Hall from the 22nd to the 27th of April.
Banquet of love
Feast your eyes on Fortune, a knitted yum cha banquet at Te Waka Huia Wellington Museum until the 27th of April.
Rhythms of the Earth
In Rosa Allison’s exhibition FLYING DREAMS at Page Galleries until the 22nd of March, floral and fungal forms flirt with humanoid shapes and other instruments of earthly pleasure.
Ebb and flow
Fractured forms transmute into a celebration of interconnectedness in Gina Kiel’s first solo exhibition Tidal Bodies, on now at Twentysix Gallery until the 15th of March.
The world in other ways
Glimpse Aotearoa in the Japanese style of ukiyo-e at Alistair McDonald’s newest showcase Auckland in the Style of Hiroshige at Exhibitions Gallery from the 13th of February to the 8th of March.
Your very own galaxy
Discover out-of-this-world sculptures made by Kapiti-based creative Russell Woodley.