Exhibition listing

Nova

31 May – 24 June 2023

Sumer is pleased to present Nova, the inaugural exhibition at its new location in Tāmaki Makaurau. The first exhibition offers a snapshot of the gallery program, both recent and forthcoming. An energetic bringing-together of work by multiple artists: some already associated with the gallery, while others will be names less familiar. And though the show has no prescriptive theme, it is a selection of work that possesses a radiance and newness suggested by the title. Nova has a deliberate focus upon presenting younger and lesser-known artists, with the understanding that the gallery, as the city’s newest addition, will be equally new to many.

The Art News team highlights 10 Must-See Exhibitions in the upcoming quarter.
Symposium 1 + 2 take inspiration from the poetic potential of typographic letterforms as well as contemporary philosophies of digital media and communication.
The Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington-based artist joins the gallery's growing stable.
Matthew Galloway in conversation with Mohamed Sleiman Labat
Anto Yeldezian discusses with Faisal Al-Asaad the ways in which his paintings, per Walter Benjamin, contest the West’s hold on the popular imagination and render history ‘plastic.’
Mikayla Journée reviews Cindy Huang's debut solo exhibition at Sumer, 9 August–9 September 2023.
The gallery features a permanent exterior wall painting by Dutch artist Jan van der Ploeg.
Art, design and politics meld. Melanie Oliver reports.
Visiting expat painter Sam Rountree Williams discusses his recent show, Dreamers, with his gallerist Robert Heald.
For some people suburban shopping malls and newly minted suburbs are objects of desire, but Ruth Cleland’s paintings present them in a more ambiguous light. Virginia Were reports.

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