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The Wairoa Centennial Library Mural’s next chapter

A mural, commissioned for the Wairoa Centennial Library in 1962 and painted by E. Mervyn Taylor, is set to be auctioned this week, but it is unlikely that proceeds will go to the flood-ravaged community. Dr Bronwyn Holloway-Smith reports.

SCAPE looks forward to its 2023 season

The twelve-week festival of free-to-view public art will run from 25 November 2023 to 17 February 2024.

Enjoy Contemporary Art Space to present Barbara Hammer screening

The one-night screening will include seven short works from the 1980s by the pioneering queer filmmaker.

Toi MAHARA reopens in Waikanae

After two-years of development, Toi MAHARA looks ahead to its new programme in Waikanae’s growing cultural precinct.

Gow Langsford to present Dynamic Women: Revisiting New Zealand Modernism

The exhibition will bring together works from some of Aotearoa's leading female modernists.

NZ Sculpture OnShore opens Saturday 4 November

Now in its 27th year, NZ Sculpture OnShore features more than 120 artworks by emerging and established artists from all over Aotearoa New Zealand.

Joanna Murray-Smith’s Switzerland in Tāmaki Makaurau

The acclaimed play inspired by novelist Patricia Highsmith comes to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

Darcell Apelu to present 2023 North Terrace Sculpture Commission

Darcell Apelu to present Carry Me with You, opening 28 October.

Performance Space announce Liveworks 2023 program

OF THE TIME will run from 19-29 October at Carriageworks in Sydney, featuring new work by Rosanna Raymond, Brooke Stamp and Latai Taumoepeau.

Ballarat International Foto Biennale to open its tenth anniversary exhibition

This year's festival convenes around the idea of 'The Real Thing' and will feature work by Yvonne Todd and Telly Tuita.

Primavera 2023: Young Australian Artists to open at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

For its thirty-second iteration, Primavera is back with work from six of Australia's most promising young artists.

Amit Noy presents A Big Big Room Full of Everybody’s Hope in Paris

The young choreographer explores collective memory and inherited violence in this performance made in collaboration with his family.

Areta Wilkinson to present new public sculpture in Rolleston

Toro Atua takes inspiration from the rock paintings of Te Waipounamu and is scheduled for completion in April 2024.

National Contemporary Art Award winners announced

Hosted by the Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, this year’s winners were selected by curator Melanie Oliver.

Auditions for an Unwritten Opera at Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden

Juliet Carpenter and Julian Dashper will present new works at the exhibition, which responds to the work of Mutlu Çerkez.

Maureen Lander presents Aho Marama Strings of Light at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Lander revives her exhibition from Te Papa's opening in 1998 for a new presentation in Ōtautahi Christchuch.

Aotearoa galleries head to Sydney Contemporary

Gow Langsford, Fox Jensen McCrory Gallery, Laree Payne Gallery, Paulnache, Robert Heald, Starkwhite, Two Rooms are among more than 90 exhibitors at the Sydney art fair opening 7 September.