In Focus: Our New Pocket Exhibition Series
A Pocket Exhibition offers a focused presentation of up to 15 works within a dedicated section of the gallery. Occupying up to half the space (or more intimate, depending on...
Sean Beldon: Expansive Skies and the Final Barn Paintings
Sean Beldon presents a collection of five significant new paintings, released through the gallery ahead of a busy exhibition schedule later in the year. As Sean now turns his attention...
Design Week: Why Framing Matters
With Auckland Design Week happening, it has us reflecting on one design element we believe is often overlooked: framing. When we think about design, we often focus on furniture, lighting,...
Rooms that Remember: Q+A with Stephanie Postles
Rooted in interior and domestic spaces, Stephanie Postle's paintings treat rooms not simply as settings, but as psychological landscapes. These are spaces marked by presence and absence, by the subtle...
Slowing Down to See: Q+A with Dianna Smith
We welcome Tauranga-based painter Dianna Smith as the newest artist to join our gallery. Known for her intimate, detail-rich oil paintings, Dianna turns the quiet corners of domestic life into...
Villa Mexicana: Q+A with Matt Sinclair
We’re delighted to welcome Matt Sinclair to the gallery, a self-taught painter whose work sits at the intersection of narrative, memory, and imagination. Based on the windswept shores of Muriwai...
Through the Looking Glass: Q+A with Rachel Rush and Lauren Hunt
Through the Looking Glass pairs two artists whose practices, while distinct in material, are deeply connected in spirit. Rachel Rush works with resin, balancing precision and spontaneity to create luminous,...
SPOTLIGHT SESSION #1: TENSIONS AND TENDERNESS
Our opening night for TENSIONS AND TENDERNESS was marked by a Spotlight Session, where Robyn Fleet, Pippi Miller and Sha Ganjali shared insights into their practices with Amanda Billing. What emerged...
Introducing: SOLOMON ROCK by Karin Barr
There’s a unique kind of storytelling that comes not from words, but from textures, colour, and form. This a language that artist Karin Barr knows fluently. In her latest body...
In the Mood to Paint: Q+A with John Lancashire
We’re excited to introduce John Lancashire, aka Monday Painter, to the gallery. Based in Hastings, John’s practice sits somewhere between instinct and intention, where everyday forms like rabbits, vessels, and flowers...
Just a Crack: Q+A with Tom Armstrong
Elusive, introspective, and quietly prolific, Tom Armstrong is an artist who prefers paint to prose. His work is playful, naïve, and at times absurd, moving confidently between childlike spontaneity and...
Improvisation, Intuition and the Art of Showing Up: Q&A with Amanda Billing
In this thoughtful and candid Q&A, Amanda Billing reflects on her evolving creative journey. Fluidly moving between acting, painting, and photography, she touches on how themes of improvisation, vulnerability, and...
