Exhibition listing

Back of House

12 August – 29 October 2023
Sophia Smolenski, detail of custom crate, stainless steel, paint, Tyvek, core-flute, PVC, personal items belonging to the artist, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Office, storeroom, studio, workshop, archive. These are the hidden engine rooms that support the public presentation of art.  Back of House turns the tables on the art gallery, bringing together artists, art works, curators and technicians who make the tools of their trade and their working processes the subject of three discrete presentations, a “live” archiving project, and a curated public programme.

Recent Exhibitions

26 July – 4 October 2025
25 June – 20 July 2025
13 June – 25 July 2025
3 May – 27 July 2025
8 June – 24 August 2025
14 June – 11 October 2025
18 – 28 June 2025
12 April – 26 July 2025
14 June – 11 October 2025
Saturday 21 June, 10 – 4pm Monday 23 – Tuesday 24 June, 10 – 5pm
14 June – 12 July 2025
19 June – 12 July 2025