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John Reynolds' exhibition RocksInTheSky… runs in our upstairs gallery to 24 December. Read more… Image: John Reynolds, RocksInTheSky… (2017), oil stick on acrylic on linen, 800 x 580 mm

The survey exhibition Gavin Hipkins: The Domain runs at the Dowse Art Museum to 25 March 2018. Curated by Courtney Johnston the exhibition surveys a range of media used by Hipkins ranging from slides, through photographs to the moving image. It is is also accompanied by an publication designed by Philip Kelly. Read more…Image: Gavin … Gavin Hipkins: The Domain at the Dowse Art Museum

Our final exhibition for 2017 is Michael Zavros: The Silver Fox. Read more… Image: Michael Zavros, Leo is Six (2017), oil on board, 300 x 300 mm

The survey exhibition Gordon Walters: New Vision runs at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery until 8 April and then travels to the Auckland Art Gallery for a mid 2018 showing. The exhibition is accompanied by a substantial contribution and writing by the three exhibition curators Lucy Hammonds, Laurence Simmons and Julia Waite, along with pieces … Gordon Walters: New Vision at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery

Our next show by Martin Basher, runs from 6 October to 4 November 2017. First presented as a one-week exhibition at the University of Auckland’s George Fraser Gallery to mark the end of his doctoral studies, this sculptural installation follows Hawaiian Tropic at Starkwhite (1-26 August 2017) where the artist presented a new series of landscape-based … Coming up

Starkwhite will present a two-person exhibition at Art Basel Hong Kong 2018, featuring Fiona Pardington (NZ) and Michael Zavros (AUS). This will be our fifth consecutive presentation at ABHK and follows The Immortalisation of Billy Apple in the inaugural edition of the fair (2013), Gordon Walters: Koru Paintings (2014), a solo show by Michael Zavros … Starkwhite at Art Basel Hong Kong 2018

We will present a two person exhibition at Art Los Angeles Contemporary in January 2018, featuring Australian artists Danie Mellor and Laith McGregor. Image: Danie Mellor, Queen of the river, pastel, wash with oil pigment, watercolour and pencil on paper 140 x 172 cm

We presented a two-person exhibition at this year's edition of Sydney Contemporary – photographs by Fiona Pardington (NZ) and paintings by Michael Zavros (AUS), and three of our artists – Richard Maloy, Grant Stevens and Clinton Watkins – were included in the Video Contemporary section curated by Serena Bentley. Images: Starkwhite booth at Sydney Contemporary … Starkwhite at Sydney Contemporary

The Art Gallery of New South Wales has just opened Out of the Ordinary, an exhibition of works by Australian and New Zealand artists who engage with everyday materials and imagery in surprising and transformative ways. The lineup of artists includes Rebecca Baumann, Laith McGregor and Grant Stevens. Read more… Image: Laith McGregor, Opal (2011), black fibre-tipped … Out of the Ordinary at the AGNSW

The Stedelijk Museum has commissioned a new performance work from Alicia Frankovich. Titled Atlas of the Living World the perfornmances take place at the Stedelijk on 1 and 2 September 2017. Read more…

Daniel von Sturmer's first solo exhibition with Starkwhite opens Friday 1 September at 6pm. Luminous Figures is presented in association with Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne Image: Luminous Figures (Line Right), 2017, HD video, silent

The latest issue of ArtAsiaPacific magazine includes a review of  Billy Apple's career by Martin Patrick.Image: Billy Apple, 2017, acrylic on linen, 800×800 mm

Don't miss the lecture by John Stezaker at Starkwhite tomorrow, Thursday 17 August at 6pm.

Fiona Pardington is represented in the exhibition Occulture: The Dark Arts at the City Gallery Wellington. Curated by Aaron Lister, the exhibition runs from 12 August to 19 November 2013. Read more…Image: Fiona Pardington, Knight of Cups, Pomegranates and Pearls, Ripiro 2013, dimensions variable

Renowned British artist John Stezaker will present a lecture at Starkwhite on Thursday 17 August at 6pm. The lecture has been organized through a partnership between the City Gallery Wellington, the Elam School of Fine Arts (University of Auckland) and Starkwhite. Stezaker is in New Zealand for the exhibition John Stezaker: Lost World at the … John Stezaker lecture at Starkwhite

Martin Basher's exhibition Hawaiian Tropic runs to 26 August. Read more… Image: Installation view of Hawaiian Tropic

The latest issue of Art Collector magazine (Australia) has a six-page spread on Starkwhite with an article by Sue Gardiner.

Martin Basher's latest show at Starkwhite opens on Tuesday 1 August 2017 from 6 to 8pm. Read more… Image: Martin Basher, Untitled (2017), oil, acrylic and pigment ink on canvas, 1800 x 1400 mm. 

Clinton Watkins' video Hawk (2013) has been selected for the video section of Sydney Contemporary 2017 curated this year by Serena Bentley, curator at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne.  Image: video still of Hawk (2013) by Clinton Watkins 

With two fairs under our belt this year (Art Los Angeles Contemporary, January 2017 and Art Basel Hong Kong, March 2017), we are looking forward to Sydney Contemporary in September where we will present an exhibition of works by Fiona Pardington and Michael Zavros. Image: Carriageworks, the venue for Sydney Contemporary, 7-10 September 2017.

The latest issue of Paperboy includes an article by Glenn Fielding on Fiona Pardington and her Starkwhite exhibition Nabokov's Blues: The Charmed Circle. Read more… Image: Fiona Pardington photographed by Meek Zuiderwyk for Paperboy

Fiona Pardington's exhibition Nabokov's Blues: The Charmed Circle opens at Starkwhite on Thursday 22 June, from 5.30-8pm. Nabokov scholar Brian Boyd will speak at 7pm.Image: Installation view of Nabokov's Blues: The Charmed Circle at the Honolulu Biennial (2017). Fiona Pardington wishes to acknowledge the generous support of Creative New Zealand; Distinguished Professor Brian Boyd, University of Auckland; Macroscopic … Fiona Pardington opens at Starkwhite

Seung Yul Oh's Upon a Pond and Drop a Loop opens at the Albany Stadium Pool O Te Ha on Saturday 17 June. The new sculpture has been  commissioned by the Upper Harbour Local Board, Auckland.Image: Upon a Pond photographed by Toaki Okano for Paperboy

Fiona Pardington's exhibition Nabokov's Blues: The Charmed Circle opens at Starkwhite on Thursday 22 June. The show features works from her presentation at the 2017 Honolulu Biennial, along with more recent images.Image: a new work from the Charmed Circle series, with thanks to Creative New Zealand and Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne 

This week's edition of Paperboy includes an insightful piece of writing by Anthony Byrt on John Reynolds' exhibition FrenchBayDarkly… The show closes at Starkwhite on Saturday 17 June.Image: John Reynolds photographed by Meek Zuiderwyk for Paperboy

Laith McGregor is one of five finalists for this year's Sidney Myer Fund Australia Ceramics Award. The winner of the $50,000 acquisitive prize will be announced on 17 June at the opening of an exhibition of the finalists work at the Shepparton Art Museum.Image: Laith McGregor's Nassau (2014)

Fiona Pardington has been awarded an MNZM (Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit) . Announced in yesterday's Queen's Birthday honors list, the award recognizes Fiona's exceptional services to photography.Image: Fiona Pardington

Contemporary HUM has published Nature at its Queerest, Ulrike Gerhardt's essay in response to Alicia Frankovich's solo exhibition at the Kunstverein Dusseldorf OUTSIDE BEFORE BEYOND, curated by Eva Birkenstock. HUM is a new online publication dedicated to documenting New Zealand projects abroad.Image: Installation view of OUTSIDE BEFORE BEYOND at the Kunstverein Dusseldorf

Tina Barton will present Over and Over Again – The Legacy of Gordon Walters at the Auckland Art Gallery auditorium on Wednesday 17 May from 12 – 1.30pm. Her lecture is part of a post-graduatate seminar series presented by the Elam School of Fine Arts and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. The lecture is … Over and Over Again – The Legacy of Gordon Walters

This link takes you to John McDonald's review in the Sydney Morning Herald of Michael Zavros' exhibition Magic Mike at the Newcastle Art Gallery.Image: Michael Zavros, Phoebe is 8/Tom Ford, 2013, oil on board, 23 x 15.6 cm

Richard Maloy has been awarded an Asia New Zealand Foundation / Creative New Zealand residency at Youkobo in Tokyo, which he will begin in April.Image: Richard Maloy, Blue Plane (2000), colour photograph

Michael Zavros has just completed a one-month residency at Shanghai University's Public Art Coordination Centre. During his stay he combined studio work (new paintings) with exploratory visits to other workshops able to assist with sculpture projects. His partner Alison Kubler (co-author of Art & Fashion in the 21st Century, Thames & Hudson) also gave a … MIchael Zavros residency in Shangahi

Jim Speers' Crystal Spirit is showing in the exhibition In Play at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.  Read more…Image: Crystal Spirit installed at Starkwhite (2009)

John Reynolds is at the McCahon House for a two week stay to undertake further research for his  ongoing exploration of Colin McCahon’s ‘missing hours’ when McCahon tragically went missing in the Botanical Gardens on the eve of the launch of his 1984 Sydney Biennale satellite retrospective I Will Need Words. Reynolds’ describes his project as part … John Reynolds at the McCahon House

FrenchBayDarkly… runs at Starkwhite to 17 May. Read more…Image: John Reynolds, FrenchBayDarkly… 2017, oilstick on acrylic on linen, 3 x 5m

Rebecca Baumann installation Untitled (Exploded View) is showing at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery to 25 June 2017. Read more…Image: Installation view of Rebecca Baumann's Untitled (Exploded View) 2017

Fiona Pardington is showing a major new work Nabokov's Blues: The Charmed Circle at the inaugural edition of the Honolulu Biennial, curated by Fumi Nanjo, director of Tokyo's Mori Art Museum. Read more…Image: Fiona Pardington, Lycaeides melissa, 1, 2017. From the series Nabokov’s Blues: The Charmed Circle, pigment inks on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, size variable. With thanks Musée Cantonal de Zoologie, Lausanne, Switzerland

This year we presented a group show at Art Basel Hong Kong exploring various approaches to composing motion, beginning with experimental filmmaker and kinetic artist Len Lye. Our presentation was with the generous support of Creative New Zealand and in association with the Len Lye Foundation and Nga Taonga Sound & Vision. Read more…Image: view of … Starkwhite at Art Basel Hong Kong 2017

Martin Basher is presenting a solo show at this year's edition of The Armory Show, with his Los Angeles gallery Anat Ebgi. It's his second solo show at the fair, the first one staged by Starkwhite in 2012.Image: installation view of Martin Basher's presentation at The Armory Show, 2017

Michael Zavros's survey exhibition Magic Mike, runs at the Newcastle Art Gallery to 28 May 2017. Read more…Image: Michael Zavros, The Mermaid, 2016