Art
The stories they tell
Bri Leone-Rhea Lawrence and Geo Aroha Thompson-Skipworth consider colonial displacement, relational restoration and the strength of Māori communities to rebuild and protect in their joint show Tāmata at Meanwhile Gallery.
Perfection Salad
Joint show Perfection Salad, on at Jhana Millers Gallery until the 16th of May, features works from Judy Darragh ONZM and Emily Hartley-Skudder, who explore hyper-consumerism and its plastic excess.
Big Flowers For A Wild City
Pōneke-based artist Martin Basher wanted to give Wellington a sculpture that reflects the vibrancy of the city. Big Flowers for a Wild City is the latest public art to occupy the four plinths outside Te Papa Tongarewa.
Light, shadows, sound
Daniel Beban and Tim Barlow manipulate light and turn it into sound in their highly experimental project Shadow Signals, on display at Toi Pōneke until the 15th of May.
Art as alchemy
Anna Sisson interrogates and subverts inherited mythologies and narratives to construct a new gaze in her latest exhibition Temple of Romance, on display at William Austin Gallery until the 25th of April.
Internal terrains
Group show Common Ground, featuring works from Amber Hearn, James Watkins, and Kirstie Ussher, meditates on internal landscapes, geographical terrains, and memory at Twentysix Gallery until the 18th of April.
New expressions
Mitchell Manuel takes traditional Pasifika and Scottish images and reimagines them onto a digital plane to interrogate the shared histories between the two cultures. Tartan Meets Koru is on display at Toi Pōneke until the 17th of April.
When contexts collide
Meanings shift. Objects are lifted, suspended, shaped, rebuilt. Three artists explore the transformative energy, Ihi, in their joint exhibition at Pātaka Gallery, on display from the 28th of March to the 19th of July.
Nourished and reflective
At Twentysix Gallery, the rituals of gathering, preparing, and sharing food, and the landscapes that hold those memories come to life in Emma Hercus’ The Foragers until the 21st of March.
Under, Over and Across
Angela Kilford and Lisa Munnelly explore the relationship between material, maker, and making in their exhibition Under, Over and Across at Toi Pōneke Arts Centre until the 13th of March.
Shifting strands
At National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa until the 23rd of May, the City Gallery Te Whare Toi exhibition Recording Mauri: Moments of Light and Earth by Cora-Allan is unapologetically political, deeply thought, and imbued with earth-toned beauty.
Searching and painting
Acclaimed Vietnamese artist Đặng Mậu Tựu explores memory, identity, and belonging while offering an intimate perspective on living between Vietnam and Aotearoa in Những Miền Đất Nhớ | Lands We Remember, an exhibition at Te Whare Manaaki o Toda until the 7th of February.