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Laith McGregor: Ambling & Rambling

Laith McGregor: Ambling & Rambling

Laith McGregor's exhibition Ambling & Rambling runs at the Australian Print Workshop to 26 October 2019. Read more…
Image: Laith McGregor, Eyes, 2018, lithograph
Coming up at Starkwhite

Coming up at Starkwhite


Our next exhibition is Flagged, a project by Billy Apple® and Tāme Iti, which runs from 8 -12 October 2019. Both artists will attend a function at the gallery on Thursday 10 October from 5.30pm.
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Image: Detail of the New Zealand flag that Tāme Iti melted out justice to at Waitangi in 2006
Richard Maloy opens in Russia

Richard Maloy opens in Russia


Richard Maloy's solo exhibition Found in Translation has opened at Artetage Museum of Modern Art in Russia. The exhibition is an outcome of his Martin Tate/Wallace artists resident in Vladivostok.

Image: Richard Maloy, Forms (detail) 31 August 2019, clay, dimensions variable.
Billy Apple in Rarotonga

Billy Apple in Rarotonga

Billy Apple in Rarotonga opens at the Bergman Gallery on 27 August 2019. Presented by Bergman Gallery in association with Starkwhite, it stages works from two of Apple's signature series – From the (Name) Collection and Billy Apple Friezes.

Image: Billy Apple: Frieze (green apple on white) 2019, pigment inks on canvas, 400 x 260
Alicia Frankovich – Kaldor Art Projects

Alicia Frankovich – Kaldor Art Projects

John Kaldor has commissioned a new performance by Alicia Frankovich as part of the exhibition Making Art Public: 50 Years of Kaldor Art Projects at the Art Gallery of New South Wales that runs from 7 September 2019 – 16 February 2020. Titled The Work, Frankovich's performance is scheduled for 14 and 28 September at 1pm. Read more… 
John Reynolds in China

John Reynolds in China

John Reynolds is showing in the exhibition Supreme Metaphysics Spirit at the Epoch Art Museum in Wenzhou, China, coordinated by the Shanghai-based agency Monumental Culture.

Image: John Reynolds, FrenchBayDarkly…/Woolloomooloo, 2018, oil paint marker on acrylic on canvas, 4800 x 1800 mm
Billy Apple at the Govett-Brewster Art Galley

Billy Apple at the Govett-Brewster Art Galley


The Govett-BresterArt Gallery's exhibition Yuichiro Tamura: Milky Mountain includes work by Billy Apple from his Alterations, reflecting Tamura's interest in the contexts within which his work is exhibited. Read more…

The (controversial) intersection of Maori art and modernism in New Zealand

The (controversial) intersection of Maori art and modernism in New Zealand

Gordon Walters features alongside other major figures (Rita Angus, Paratene Matchitt, Arnold Manaaki Wilson and Ans Westra amongst others) in the controversial exhibition Split Level View Finder: Theo Schoon and New Zealand Art at the City Gallery Wellington. The exhibition presents Schoon's work as constantly in dialogue or dispute with other cultural forms and artists. Read more…
Image: Gordon Walters, Untitled, 1945, acrylic on board, collection of the Walters Estate

Gordon Walters: New Vision

Gordon Walters: New Vision

The survey exhibition Gordon Walters: New Vision ends its national tour at Te Papa Tongarewa The Museum of New Zealand. The exhibition closes on 13 October 2019. 
Image: Gordon Walters
Billy Apple in collaboration with Tame Iti

Billy Apple in collaboration with Tame Iti


Billy Apple is currently presenting a collaborative work with Tame Iti at Ruatoki, coordinated by James McCarthy. Apple's contribution is installed in Te Ranimoaho, Te Rewarewa Pa. It's another iteration, this time in Maori, of his Basic Needs text work (food water shelter clothing), but this time he has added Tuamanako which introduces an element of hope.

Image: Billy Apple's Basic Needs at Ruatoki, Bay of Plenty
Starkwhite at Sydney Contemporary 2019

Starkwhite at Sydney Contemporary 2019


Starkwhite will participate in Sydney Contemporary from 12-15 September 2019 with two presentations in adjacent spaces. In one space we'll present new works by Martin Basher (US/NZ) and Rebecca Baumann (AUS) and in the other a group show of works by represented artists including  Whitney Bedford (US), Ani O'Neill (CI), Fiona Pardington (NZ), Gordon Walters (NZ) and Michael Zavros (AUS).

Image: Installation view of Martin Basher's work at Starkwhite in February 2019 showing how his new work will be installed at Sydney Contemporary
Coming up at Starkwhite

Coming up at Starkwhite


Our next exhibition is by Hong Kong-Based artist Yuk King Tan. It was scheduled to open on Tuesday 20 August but the protests at Hong Kong airport are affecting flights out of the city and the artist is not sure when she will arrive to install. We'll be updating details as they come to hand.

Image: Studio shot of works being made for Yuk King Tan's exhibition Crisis of the Ordinary 
Collaboration with Artspace

Collaboration with Artspace

On 1 August Starkwhite staged an event with Artspace, which was part of Whakamaui: Recovery Positions, a series of installations and events proposed by artist and academic Mark Harvey in collaboration with others that consider cultural and political tensions and disunity contextualised by the work of Guy Ngan. Read more… The Starkwhite event was a collaboration between Harvey and artist Adrienne Wong who recreated the signage of her family's grocery business on our window (her family's business was located in the space adjacent to Starkwhite) as a setting for a talk on their family history and the challenges faced by Chinese New Zealanders
me Anything, curated by Melanie Oliver, The Dowse Art Museum (2018). Photo: John Lake

Starkwhite Sampler

Starkwhite Sampler

Our current exhibition titled Sampler  (23 July-17 August 2019) presents works by represented artists including new work (Koru Huia 2019 by Fiona Pardington and a large-scale painting View from the top of a Cliff, 2019 by John Reynolds), recent works by other represented artists (Ani O'Neill, Seung Yul Oh and others) and early work by Billy Apple, Gordon Walters and Len Lye. Read more…
Image: John Reynolds, View from the top of the cliff, 2019, silver marker on acrylic on linen, 7m x 2.5m

Rebecca Baumann at La Trobe Art Institute

Rebecca Baumann at La Trobe Art Institute


Rebecca Baumann is represented in the exhibition Autoluminescent at the LaTrobe University gallery with an architectural intervention titled Light Moments, Light Movements, 2019, dichroic film on glass. The exhibition runs to 24 August 2019. Read more…

Image: Installation view of Rebecca Baumann's Light Moments, Light Movements, 2019
TIKI: Orphans of Maoriland

TIKI: Orphans of Maoriland

Fiona Pardington's exhibition TIKI: Orphans of Maoriland runs from 12 June – 11 July 2019, with thanks to Wellcome Collection/Science Museums Group. Read more…

Image: Fiona Pardington, A60927, 2019, pigment inks on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 
Fiona Pardington at historic Alberton House

Fiona Pardington at historic Alberton House


In June, historic Alberton will host an exhibition of photographs and site-specific installation by New Zealand artist Fiona Pardington that speaks of what is precious and valued. Taku Toi Kahurangi / My Precious Jewel presents photographs of taonga Māori in Alberton’s opulent ballroom, an elegantly furnished parlour in the 1863 homestead. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see taonga/ treasures of two cultures together and re-presented from the viewpoint of one of New Zealand’s most celebrated artists. The photographs will be accompanied by a bespoke installation created by the artist in Alberton’s 19th century glass vitrine combining objects and artefacts from Alberton’s collection with treasures from Fiona Pardington’s personal collection. The project has been curated by Kelly Carmichael and coincides with Pardington's Starkwhite exhibition TIKI: Orphans of Maoriland.

Image: installation view of Taku Toi Kahurangi / My Precious Jewel at Alberton
Coming up: art/science project with Billy Apple

Coming up: art/science project with Billy Apple


Image: Billy Apple, MN+1 – an artist's micro biome, collection of the Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland

Gavin Hipkins: The Homely II

Gavin Hipkins: The Homely II


Gavin Hipkins' The Homely II is showing at Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery to 2 June 2019. Read more…

Image: Gavin Hipkins, The Homely II, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, installation view
John Reynolds Missing Hours at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery

John Reynolds Missing Hours at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery

John Reynolds has completed a 23m x 7.5m painting titled The Falls on the Big Wall at the Dundedin Public Art Gallery. Read more…
Image: John Reynolds, The Falls, 2019 (detail) at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Fiona Pardington at the Musee du Quai Branly

Fiona Pardington at the Musee du Quai Branly

Six portraits from Fiona Pardington's The Pressure of Sunlight Falling series are showing in the exhibition Oceania at Musee du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac, Paris to 7 July. Read more…
Image: Fiona Pardington, Portrait ofalife cast of Tou Taloa (painted),Samoa, 1010,pigment inks on Hahnemuhle photo rag, dimensions variable,curtesy of the Musee de l'Homme, Paris
Starkwhite at Art Basel Hong Kong 2019

Starkwhite at Art Basel Hong Kong 2019


Srarkwhite will present an exhibition on the intersection of modernism and contemporary Maori art at Art Basel Hong Kong from 29-31 March 2019, featuring works buy Paratene Matchitt and Gordon Walters. Read more…

Image: Parartene Matchitt, Quorum 2019 (detail) and Gordon Walters, Untitled, 1978, actylic and PVA on canvas, 1500 x 1200 mm. Walters courtesty of the Walters Estate 
Coming Up at Starkwhite

Coming Up at Starkwhite

Ani O'Neill: Classic Hits opens on 14 March from 5.30pm.

Image: Ani O'Neill, Tivaevae For Bottled Ocean, 1996 (detail)
Starkwhite at Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2019

Starkwhite at Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2019


Starkwhite will present an exhibition of portraits by Billy Apple® and Michael Zavros at Art Los Angeles Contemporary from 13 – 18 February 2019. Read more…

Coming up at Starkwhite

Coming up at Starkwhite

Alicia Frankovich opens at Starkwhite on Friday 8 February, 2019. Read more…
Image: Alicia Frankovich, Microchimerism, 2018, gold and pink adhesive vinyl, dimensions variable, installation view, Can Tame Anything, curated by Melanie Oliver, The Dowse Art Museum (2018). Photo: John Lake

et al. at Griffiths University Art Museum

et al. at Griffiths University Art Museum

et al. is represented in the exhibition Boundary Lines at the Griffiths University Art Museum, Brisbane with an installation titled No Good Common (2018). Curated by Angela Goddard, the exhibition runs from 20 November 2018 to 23 February 2109. Read more…  
Image: et al., No Good Common, 2018, installation view, Griffiths University Art Museum
Gavin Hipkins selected for the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial

Gavin Hipkins selected for the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial

Gavin Hipkins will present a new vidoe installation in the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. In his new two-channel video, utopian and dystopian visions collide in a futuristic novel from Australia's colonial past. This link takes you to a video of the artist discussing his work.
Image: Gavin Hipkins, The Precinct, 2018 (production still)
Coming up at Starkwhite
Gavin Hipkins, Block Painting XXVI, 2016
Unique-state archival print, 100 x 100 cm

Coming up at Starkwhite


Our next exhibition, Block Units by Gavin Hipkins, runs from 14 November to 8 December. Read more…

Image: Gavin Hipkins, Block Painting XXVI, 2018, unique-state archival print
Laith McGregor: Borrowed Time

Laith McGregor: Borrowed Time

Curated by Hamish Sawyer, Laith McGregor, Borrowed Time is showing at the Tweed Regional Museum (NSW) to 2 December. Read more…
Image: Laith McGregor, St Petersburg, 2014, wood, plastic, clay, steel, 28 x 30 cm
Billy Apple at the Mayor Gallery, London

Billy Apple at the Mayor Gallery, London

Billy Apple's exhibition THE ARTIST HAS TO LIVE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE is showing at the Mayor Gallery London. Read more…
Alicia Frankovich at MUMA

Alicia Frankovich at MUMA

Alicia Frankovich's Exoplanets is showing at Monash University Museum of Art to 15 December, 2018. Exoplanets presents a new work commissioned by MUMA alongside a temporal exhibition experience from her recent major solo show at the Kunstverein fur die Reinlande und Westfalen, Dusseldorf, OUTSIDE BEFORE BEYOND, 2017. Both elements are linked by a specially devised choreography of light. Read more…
Image: Alicia Frankovich, Exoplanets, installation view 2018, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne.

Last weeks to see Gordon Walters: New Vision

Last weeks to see Gordon Walters: New Vision

The survey exhibition Gordon Walters: New Vision closes at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki on 4 November. It's a must-see exhibition. Read more…
Image: Gordon Walters, Gouache, 1957-58, courtesy of the Walters Estate
Fiona Pardington & et al. at Murray Art Museum, Albury

Fiona Pardington & et al. at Murray Art Museum, Albury


Fiona Pardington and et al. are represented in Immortality at the Murray Art Museum Albury. Curated by Michael Moran, the exhibition runs to 4 November, 2018. Read more…

Image: et al., en_cryptions, instance 3 (2011-18), installation detail
Fiona Pardington in Oceania at the Royal Academy of Arts

Fiona Pardington in Oceania at the Royal Academy of Arts

Fiona Pardington is represented in the Oceania exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London with 5 large format photographs from her series The Pressure of Sunlight Falling. Curated by Peter Brunt and Nicholas Thomas, the exhibition runs to 10 December 2108, after which it will be seen at the Musee du Quai Branly in Paris in 2019. Read more…
Image: Installation view of Oceania at the Royal Academy of Arts, London
Starkwhite at Sydney Contemporary 2018

Starkwhite at Sydney Contemporary 2018

This year we present an exhibition of works by Rebecca Baumann, Seung Yul Oh, Len Lye and Michael Zavros at the 2018 edition of Sydney Contemporary. Read more…
Image: Starkwhite booth at Sydney Contemporary 2018
The Estate of L Budd / Embodied Knowledge

The Estate of L Budd / Embodied Knowledge

The Estate of L Budd is represented in the exhibition Embodied Knowledge at the Dowse Art Museum. Curated by Melanie Oliver, the exhibition runs to 28 October, 2018. Read more…
Image: The Estate of L Budd, installation view, Embodied knowledge, Dowse Art Museum
Alicia Frankovich at the Dowse Art Museum

Alicia Frankovich at the Dowse Art Museum

Alicia Frankovich is represented in Can Tame Anything at the Dowse Art Museum. Curated by Melanie Oliver, the exhibition runs to 25 November 2018. Read more… 
Image: Alicia Frankovich, installation detail, Can Tame Anything, Dowse Art Museum, 2018
Billy Apple® at Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong

Billy Apple® at Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong


Billy Apple® Six Decades 1962-2018 is showing at Rossi & Rossi gallery Hong Kong. Read more…

Image: Class 31. Billy Apple Cultivar (Red), Painted polyester cast, 97 x 85 mm
Soap Box Symposium at the Auckland Art Fair

Soap Box Symposium at the Auckland Art Fair

John Reynolds will run a soap box symposium at the Auckland Art Fair where visitors can engage in one-to-one encounters and conversations with the artist in a booth designed with architect Malcolm Walker. The conversations will be fueled by ‘The Think Drink’ (aka coffee by Coffee Supreme). Read more…
Image: John Reynolds' booth at the Auckland Art Fair
Billy Apple in curated section of Auckland Art Fair

Billy Apple in curated section of Auckland Art Fair

Billy Apple's site specific wall work FROM THE COLLECTION has been selected by curators Francis McWhannell and Gabriela Salgado for the Projects section of the Auckland Art Fair. Read more…
Image: Billy Apple, From the Collection 2018
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