Art
The Philanthropist’s Stone
Scott Eady’s The Philanthropist’s Stone stands proudly on lower Cuba Street commanding attention, inviting play, and commemorating one of Wellington’s most generous benefactors.
The Ground Will Not Hold
On show at Bowen Galleries until the 15th of August, transdisciplinary artist George Turner’s exhibition The Ground Will Not Hold explores the relationship between national identity and environmental collapse.
Walk the Line
Jewel-like discs of pounamu meander along the Cenotaph memorial precinct mapping the path of the Waipiro Stream in Joe Sheehan’s sculpture Walk the Line.
Boy with Red Apple
In his exhibition Silent Screams of Memories, on display at Enjoy Gallery until the 29th of August, Telly Tuita revisits a dark chapter of his childhood.
The Grove
We talk to Whanganui-based artist and sculptor Glen Hayward about The Grove, a collection of 16 copper-headed nails of varying heights installed in 2022 within the waterfront’s Whitmore Plaza.
Brutality and beauty
George Watson’s (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Mutunga, Moriori) latest exhibition The Choice, on at Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery until the 11th of October, brings together a dearth of references: from the farm and the villa to 19th-century English literature.
Elemental beginnings
Tom Mackie’s exhibition Portals, on at Jhana Millers Gallery until the 11th of July, deals with material memory – each scar, mark, and stain evidence of its elemental beginnings.
KIMI/You Are Here
A stainless steel tear drop hangs suspended amid the vegetation beside Waitangi Park. Created by Seung Yul Oh, the sculpture is a mirror to the shifting weather and people that pass it by.
In their gardens
Abigail Legg captures her titas (aunties) tending to their gardens in her photography exhibition Kababayan, on at Twentysix Gallery in Newtown until the 6th of June.
In their gardens
Abigail Legg captures her titas (aunties) tending to their gardens in her photography exhibition Kababayan, on at Twentysix Gallery in Newtown until the 6th of June.
Fibre-Optic Colonnade Carwash
Fibre-Optic Colonnade Carwash is a kinetic, light-based sculpture installed down the narrow corridor that runs beside Shed 21 on Wellington’s waterfront. Created by Eddie Clemens, the sculpture washes commuters in moving patterns of light and colour.
Elemental matter
Michelle Tahuaroa Dawson paints the isolated landscapes along the southwest coast of Te Waipounamu and collects hinewaiapu (igneous rock orbs) into sculptural assemblages in her exhibition Hinewaiapu – Deep South Rock at Pātaka Art + Museum.