Microscopic photo of five sponges: one is shaped like an X; a three-bladed windmill; an enoki mushroom; a fish hook; and a little explosion
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Tēnei Papa Tīoi This Swaying Earth

He huihuinga whakaaturanga hou e whakapuaki ai e ngā ringatoi me ngā kaihanga i ō rātou hononga ki te ao tūroa.

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A suite of new exhibitions where artists and makers express their relationships with the natural world.

 

Header image
Wayne Barrar, ‘Porifera, (type) 5 forms, from Oamaru.’ From a slide by Klaus D. Kemp, 2013, 2013, colour pigment print. Courtesy of Wayne Barrar

  • When | Āhea Until mid-2024
  • Where | Ki hea Toi Art, Level 5
  • Cost | Te utu Free entry
  • Exhibition view showing a large painting on the wall in the centre, and four smaller paintings beside it on the right
    Arranging Nature

    Arranging Nature

    This exhibition features works by artists and photographers including George Vernon Hudson, Nancy Adams, John Buchanan, Sarah Featon, Herbert Dobbie, and Ayesha Green.

    On now
    23 Sep 2023 – mid 2024

    Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

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    Wayne Barrar: Mai i te Pūranga Kōata | From the Glass Archive

    Wayne Barrar: Mai i te Pūranga Kōata | From the Glass Archive

    Diatoms are tiny organisms that live in oceans, rivers, and lakes. The 19th century saw a craze for arranging the silica skeleton fossils of diatoms and other micro-organisms on glass slides for viewing through microscopes. Photographer Wayne Barrar has delved into this ‘glass archive’ to explore its microscopic wonders.

    On now
    23 Sep 2023 – mid 2024

    Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

  • View of a gallery space. It is dimly lit. In the foreground hangs large pieces of kelp lit by a rainbow of neon lighting. In the background, projected onto the wall, is a video work comprising of many ceramic pots housing plants the are outgrowing them
    This Natural World

    This Natural World

    This exhibition demonstrates how artists and makers work with nature – using forms and materials to connect with knowledge and stories held in the natural world around us.

    On now
    23 Sep 2023 – mid 2024

    Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

  • Installation view of the artwork “Extensum/Extensor”. It comprises of a long sheet of rusted paper which hangs from the ceiling and rolls out across the floor. On the floor part of the paper, thins rods in floor green stick out, like hairs
    یکی بود یکی نبود | Tērā te Wā | Memory Spaces

    یکی بود یکی نبود | Tērā te Wā | Memory Spaces

    Persian stories often begin with یکی بود یکی نبود (‘yeki bood, yeki nabood’), or ‘one was, one was not’. Here, artworks by Selina Ershadi and Pauline Rhodes explore ideas of presence and absence to tell stories about place and memory.

    On now
    23 Sep 2023 – mid 2024

    Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

  • ""Multiple ceramic pieces hang by string, some are long and thin and dyed an orange colour; others are a variety of shapes and colours – white, dark blue, green, brown, shorter, squatter, and some have holes in them
    Kate Newby: SHE’S TALKING TO THE WALL

    Kate Newby: SHE’S TALKING TO THE WALL

    Nearly 1,000 wind chimes hang in front of you. Aotearoa New Zealand artist Kate Newby made this expansive artwork over 10 years. Through clay and glass, she explores how natural materials transform when shaped and fired.

    On now
    9 Dec 2022 – mid 2024

    Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

  • Close-up of a hīnaki (eel trap) showing its weavings
    Hīnaki: Contemplation of a Form

    Hīnaki: Contemplation of a Form

    This exhibition provides a broad experience of hīnaki (eel traps). As well as displaying these taonga, it focuses on two early museum expeditions, Māori relationships with two significant rivers, and contemporary artworks related or responding to hīnaki.

    On now
    10 Jun 2023 – mid 2024

    Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

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    Landscape and Desire

    Landscape and Desire

    This exhibition explores the different ways that artists in Aotearoa have expressed their relationship to the land – to the places we live in.

    On now
    8 Oct 2022 – mid 2024

    Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga