Art

A world more balanced

In their exhibition The Female Gaze and How It Shapes Our World at Toi Pōneke until the 30^th 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 15^th of May to the 7^th 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 29^th of April until the 17^th 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 22^nd to the 27^th of April.

Banquet of love

Feast your eyes on Fortune, a knitted yum cha banquet at Te Waka Huia Wellington Museum until the 27^th of April.

Rhythms of the Earth

In Rosa Allison’s exhibition FLYING DREAMS at Page Galleries until the 22^nd 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 15^th 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 13^th of February to the 8^th of March.

Your very own galaxy

Discover out-of-this-world sculptures made by Kapiti-based creative Russell Woodley.

Stories of resilience

Boro – Timeworn Textiles of Japan is an exhibition featuring mended clothing that’s as much about sewing as it is about storytelling. Catch it at Pātaka Art + Museum until the 9^th of March.

Time, memory, whakapapa

Encounter four artists’ personal archives as they explore time, memory, and whakapapa. City Gallery Te Whare Toi’s Meditations takes up residence in the National Library Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa until the 1^st of March.

Radical and revolutionary

When Toss Woolaston started painting portraits he ushered in the modernist era in New Zealand. Peruse a snapshot of his work at New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata’s Toss Woollaston: Figures from Life exhibition until the 9^th of February.