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A public contemporary art gallery in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Free entry, Tues-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-4pm

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After the undercurrents
Gordon Bennett, Emily Karaka
31 January – 11 April 2026

The Blue Dome
Selina Ershadi
25 April – 4 July 2026

CRIT: Art learning since 1987
18 July – 26 September 2026

The Chartwell Trust New Commissions
10 October – 19 December 2026

Each year Artspace Aotearoa sets one question which our exhibitions and events orbit in the company of artists and audiences. Across the year, we explore what this question offers us and what artworks and their authors can weave together. In 2026, we ask “Which history?”

If the Artspace Aotearoa mission is to explore contemporary life, led by artists, it feels timely in a world characterised by tumult and an ever flattening of nuance to look at how we got here and where we see ourselves tomorrow and beyond.

Read the annual question essay by the Kaitohu Director Ruth Buchanan on our website and at the link in our bio.

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10 months ago

We are pleased to announce the opening of Group Admits Mistake.

How does a group form? The five Tāmaki Makaurau based artists in this exhibition were invited independently to make new art work as part of this year’s Chartwell Trust New Commissions programme. They have all produced semi-fictional worlds that raise questions about authority, participation, and meaning. This exhibition asks what happens when we find ourselves part of a system we cannot fully understand or control.

This exhibition is presented with the support of our strategic partner the Chartwell Trust.

Exhibition opening on Friday 9 October 6–8pm, all welcome.

More information at the link in our bio and on our website.

Group Admits Mistake
Lolani Dalosa, Ken Faber, Lily Greig, Ton Ray, Rangi White
10 October – 19 December 2026

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18 days ago

Join us for the opening of Touching grass in the Kit, curated by Kaiwhakamahiri Pirihi Taiwhenua Curatorial Intern Emily Lyall as part of the programme Rerekē.

The exhibition Touching grass, counters prior Rerekē exhibition I’ve Never Had an Original Experience, rejecting constant involuntary stimulation and consumption. Touching grass encourages introspection, slowing down, presence, local inspiration, peace and encounter. The exhibition embodies the change and response encouraged by the programme Rerekē.

Exhibition opening on Friday 30 October 6–8pm, all welcome.

More information at the link in our bio and on our website.

Touching grass
Audrey Goggin, Calista Cristobal, Latamai Katoa, Santiago Sanches
31 October–14 November 2026
Open hours Thursday 11am–6pm and Saturday 11am–4pm
Rerekē, The Kit, 8 East Street

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16 hours ago

On Friday, we celebrated the opening of 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝘼𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚, Artspace Aotearoa’s (@artspace.aotearoa’s) annual new commissions exhibition supported by the Chartwell Trust (@chartwellproject) — featuring artists Lolani Dalosa (@dnp1997), Ken Faber (@_kekeno_), Lily Greig, Ton Ray (@tonraysirius447), and Rangi White.

Current was on the ground, documenting the event — visit our website for the full gallery:

𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝘼𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚, 10 OCT – 19 DEC 2026, Artspace Aotearoa ★

𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝙹𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚆𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚘𝚗 (@jeromewarburton)

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢 (@karekarehouse.residency) 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙴𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 (@edenartstrust). taken in Artspace Aotearoa by @artspace.aotearoa

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5 days ago

MEET THE MAKERS: HAUMI E STUDIOS

At 151 K Road, HAUMI E STUDIOS is making space for creativity, connection and community. This artist-run, pop up gallery space is part of the new wave of creative energy finding a home on Karangahape Road - bringing artists together and making room for fresh ideas, collaboration and expression.

The initiative, a partnership between the Karangahape Road Business Association, @artspace.aotearoa and local property owners, sees artists moving into previously vacant retail spaces to create, collaborate and connect with the community.

Spaces like this are what make K Road special: independent, experimental and full of people doing things their own way. Made possible with support from Auckland Council and the City Centre Targeted Rate, helping bring more creativity into our city.

#KRoad #KarangahapeRoad #HAUMIEStudios #AucklandArts #ArtistRunSpaces #KRoadCreatives taken in Karangahape Road by @artspace.aotearoa

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5 days ago

Join us in welcoming Zach Muir to the team as our Research and Archive Management Assistant.

Zach has been a volunteer at Artspace Aotearoa for several years, and has been involved in the cataloguing of our physical archive to assist it’s transfer to the E.H. McCormick Research Library.

Over the next year, Zach will be helping us organise and develop the Artspace Aotearoa archive, making our historical records, exhibitions, publications and public programmes more accessible. As we look towards 40 years of Artspace Aotearoa in 2027, this work will help us uncover and share more of the organisation’s history.

Zach Muir is an artist living and working in Tāmaki Makaurau. His current practice focuses on printmaking and publications, with an interest in what reproduction and archiving practices can and have looked like for queer communities.

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zach-00.neocities.org by @artspace.aotearoa

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10 days ago

Our team is hard at work installing this year's Chartwell Trust New Commissions exhibition, Group Admits Mistake which opens this Friday.

The exhibition includes art work from the five Tāmaki Makaurau based artists Lolani Dalosa, Ken Faber, Lily Greig, Ton Ray and Rangi White who have all produced semi-fictional worlds that raise questions about authority, participation, and meaning. This exhibition asks what happens when we find ourselves part of a system we cannot fully understand or control.

This exhibition is presented with the support of our strategic partner the Chartwell Trust. The programme participants were also supported by The Karekare House Artist Residency and Eden Arts Trust.

Exhibition opening on Friday 9 October 6–8pm, all welcome.

More information at the link in our bio and on our website.
Thanks to our hospitality sponsors Everyday Wine, Karma Drinks and Parrotdog.

Group Admits Mistake
Lolani Dalosa, Ken Faber, Lily Greig, Ton Ray, Rangi White
10 October – 19 December 2026

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11 days ago

Lolani Dalosa is one of the five Chartwell Trust New Commissions artists preparing for the exhibition Group Admits Mistake, opening soon.

Lolani is a Samoan and Filipino artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Using CCTV material, online imagery, industrial and readymade objects, he produces films, sculptures, photographs and installations that draw on from urban life in South Auckland. These constitute an ongoing study of ambivalence, examining the underlying determinants of choice, engagement and participation within everyday structures and systems.

Group Admits Mistake
Lolani Dalosa, Ken Faber, Lily Greig, Ton Ray, Rangi White
10 October – 19 December 2026

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Image: Lolani Dalosa in his studio. Courtesy of the artist. by @artspace.aotearoa

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15 days ago

Tucked into Ironbank on Karangahape Rd Moat Gallery is an artist-run space giving emerging contemporary artists room to experiment, take risks and try things out.
Supported by Karangahape Road Business Association and Artspace Aotearoa, Moat is all about creating opportunities for artists and making space for experimental practices.

Permission to Stay
Leitu Taulisi
📍 Moat Gallery, Ironbank
Opens TONIGHT Thursday 1 October

Come along for the opening, then take your time with the show throughout October.
Visit Moat Gallery during First Thursdays on K Rd TONIGHT Thursday 1 October, 5–9pm, alongside a whole stretch of galleries, artists, music, food and other K Rd happenings.

These spaces are made possible for artists to use thanks for Auckland Council and the City Center Targeted Rate

#karangahaperoad #NZART taken in Ironbank by @artspace.aotearoa

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16 days ago

OPEN TONIGHT Mystery Source Journey Directors (MSJD), a pop-up gallery on K Rd in an empty shop, Curated by Millie Dunstall. MSJD brings together artists from across the motu, with a particular focus on Tāmaki Makaurau creatives.

✨ Opening TONIGHT Thursday 1 October, 6pm
the width of my arms against yours
Whiro Walker + Cello Forrester
MSJD
2–31 October 2026

Visit Mystery Source Journey Directors TONIGHT on KARANGAHAPE ROAD - the road will be buzzing with art, music, markets, comedy or drop in and see the exhibition throughout October.

MSJD is made possible with support from Karangahape Road Business Association, Artspace Aotearoa and Auckland Council City Centered Targeted Rate

#karangahaperoad taken in Ironbank by @artspace.aotearoa

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16 days ago

We are pleased to announce the opening of Group Admits Mistake.

How does a group form? The five Tāmaki Makaurau based artists in this exhibition were invited independently to make new art work as part of this year’s Chartwell Trust New Commissions programme. They have all produced semi-fictional worlds that raise questions about authority, participation, and meaning. This exhibition asks what happens when we find ourselves part of a system we cannot fully understand or control.

This exhibition is presented with the support of our strategic partner the Chartwell Trust.

Exhibition opening on Friday 9 October 6–8pm, all welcome.

More information at the link in our bio and on our website.

Group Admits Mistake
Lolani Dalosa, Ken Faber, Lily Greig, Ton Ray, Rangi White
10 October – 19 December 2026

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@tonraysirius447
@dnp1997
@_kekeno_

Image: Ton Ray, Digital image, 2026. Courtesy of the artist. by @artspace.aotearoa

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17 days ago

This is the last week to see our current exhibition CRIT: Art learning since 1987.
Bridget Riggir-Cuddy Kaiwhakahaere Tuarua Deputy Director reflects:

“As CRIT: Art learning since 1987 closes, I have been thinking about what happened when people entered it. Conversations with students were especially revealing. They connected the works to their own experiences of teachers, institutions and informal communities that sustained their practices.

A highlight was Atarangi Anderson’s wānanga style Deep dive, which invited audiences to become active learners as knowledge unfolded through kōrero, whakapapa, observation and exchange. Her presentation made learning tangible as a relationship and responsibility carried between people and generations.

CRIT leaves me hopeful that art learning is not owned by institutions, but made through encounter.”

Images of group visits and events during the exhibition. by @artspace.aotearoa

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