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Today is the last day of '40 Years, 40 Things, 40 Pins' and these works by Stevei Houkāmau (Ngati Porou, Te Whanau a Apanui, Rangitane) seem appropriate. Stevei's practice looks back to her past, in particular her whakapapa to make work for the future. Something that the exhibition itself does by acknowledging our history while also highlighting our path for the future.
Join us today, especially as Chester Nealie joins us for a talk at 11am.
And of course the e-catalogue is online on our website or through our bio link.
@ukumad
#whakapapainuku
#contemporarycraftandproud
#toimāori
#buyprimarysupportartists
@karangahape_art

Images: Ngā Hue o Te Pō group; Ngā Hue o Te Pō: Ao Mārama I, 2026; Ngā Hue o Te Pō: Hine-nui-te-Pō, 2026; Ngā Hue o Te Pō: Ao Mārama II, 2026. taken in Masterworks Gallery NZ by @masterworksnz

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Last days of '40 Years, 40 Things, 40 Pins'
As a mother-daughter team ourselves, it is such a pleasure to work with the talented duo and fellow mother-daughter team, Sulieti Fieme'a Burrows and Tui Emma Gillies, as such important knowledge holders it is a privilege to share their work with you all.
We have a stunning new collaborative 'The Twins' a ngatu (Tongan bark cloth) piece that combines Sulieti's traditional knowledge with Tui's contemporary flare.
About the piece they write
'The Twins is a collaborative piece that feels like two separate visions that have become one. This piece invokes a personal mythology and invites the viewer to consider that world. It looks like a mother and daughter but I have called it The Twins because for me the two people are symbolic of twin aspects of a single psyche. The piece speaks of the subconscious. The border painted by Sulieti, the mother in this collaboration, could be a womb. The Twins, painted by me, the daughter, exist in a world of dream that can be both liquid with fish and a tuna (or eel) and air with moths flying around.
The moths are symbolic of words, truths, secrets and stories either kept in or let out. The smaller person is the filter through which ancestral knowledge is mixed with new experience.
The bigger person is more world-facing, she is out front with a mask snugly in place.
The tuna holds and imparts wisdom. The fish are weaving the fabric of destiny.'
Last day to view the show is Saturday 3rd October, 10-4pm.
The e-catalogue can be enjoyed by all via our website or following the link in our bio.
Enjoy!
#contemporaryngatu
#knowledgeholders
#sharingknowledge
#motherdaughterteam
@tuiemmagillies
#40yearsandcounting taken in Masterworks Gallery NZ by @masterworksnz

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2 days ago

Final Days of the exhibition at Masterworks Gallery @masterworksnz in New Zealand, on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.
For this special celebration I made, besides the green one, also this brooch „40“
- 40 small columns, marking 40 years that shape a life.

Very happy that I got invited to show on this wonderful occasion.
Happy Birthday.💜

#anniversary #brooch #art #artjewellery #newzealand by @masterworksnz

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2 days ago

Never a day without jewellery
Raewyn Walsh 'Blue Chain' and 'Pink Link' 2015 from a group show focused on the chain.
#neveradaywithoutjewellery
@raewynwalsh
#contemporarycraftandproud
#buyprimaryandsupportartists taken in Masterworks Gallery NZ by @masterworksnz

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3 days ago

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Masterworks Gallery @masterworksnz in New Zealand I made two Pin / Brooches for their celebration Exhibition.
„40“ - 40 small columns, marking 40 years that shape a life.

If you are around you should take your chance and see the show💜

#anniversary #brooch #art #artjewellery #newzealand by @masterworksnz

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3 days ago

Thank-you to all those who joined us today for the insightful and entertaining talk given by Brenda Chappell and and Bev Smaill from the iconic collecting group, the Stichbury Group. With wonderful details from other members, and great pictures from the collection, it was an excellent insight into their collecting journey.
#stichburygroup
#collectingcraft
#collectingicons
#40yearsofcraft
#collectinggroups taken in Masterworks Gallery NZ by @masterworksnz

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Still some days to go and see the exhibition at Masterworks Gallery @masterworksnz in New Zealand, on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.
For this special celebration I made this brooch „40“ - 40 small columns, marking 40 years that shape a life.

Very happy that I got invited to show on this wonderful occasion.
Happy Birthday.💜

#anniversary #brooch #art #artjewellery #newzealand by @masterworksnz

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4 days ago

First Thursdays is back for October, with new exhibition openings across the Karangahape Art District.

Moat Gallery, MSJD and HAUMI E STUDIOS all open new exhibitions on Thursday night. RM is also celebrating a new presentation, ‘Diere, Adan’ by Arianna Ramos, at its pop-up space on Beresford Square.

To mark the final week of their exhibitions, Masterworks hosts a talk on Wednesday at 11am, ‘Object Collecting: A Group Approach’, with members of Stichbury Group discussing the logistics of collecting together and the history of their art group. On Saturday at 11am, they host a talk by celebrated woodfire potter Chester Nealie. All welcome.

Also ending this week is ‘one of these situations’ at Lett Thomas, featuring work by Diane Arbus, Chris Booth, Mike Hewson and Kate Newby; alongside exhibitions by Deb Platt and Jenette Mullins at The Charlotte Museum. All end Saturday.

On Saturday, Tautai hosts a Community Fono to discuss the outcome of its recent Creative New Zealand funding application. Facilitated by Caren Rangi, the fono is an opportunity to reflect and come together to share thoughts, ideas and aspirations for what the future of Tautai might look like. Registration is required.

Please check directly with each gallery for opening hours and exhibition details, as these may vary.

#galleryguide #kroadnz taken in Karangahape Road by @masterworksnz

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5 days ago

'Of This Earth - Transforming Culture and Country Through First Nations Ceramics'.
Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarrie, yapang

'Of This Earth' celebrates remarkable ceramics by contemporary First Nations artists from across Australia.
A National Gallery touring exhibition.
📷
1. Sean Miller (Gamilaroi peoples)
'How Waan turned Black'
2. Dhopiya Yunupinau (Gumatj
people)
'Djambun (Tamarind Trees)'
3. Janet Fieldhouse (Kalaw
Lagaw Ya/Meriam Mir people)
'Fish Charm'
4. Alfred Lowe (Arrernte people)
'Along the Mountains II'
5-7. Billy Bain (Darug people)
'Dog Walker (Plan B) 2023

Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarrie, yapang 2026

@lakemacarts taken in Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Booragul by @masterworksnz

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6 days ago

Talking pots with Chester Nealie
11am, Saturday 3 October
Masterworks
Unit 4 / 2 Canada Street, Auckland CBD
Please join us on the last day of our 40th anniversary exhibition to hear from celebrated woodfire potter, the wonderful Chester Nealie, who is visiting briefly from Australia. Among other subjects, Chester will talk about his newly completed multi-chamber anagama kiln at his home in Augusta, Western Australia – the southwest tip of the continent.
Damian Skinner noted in the Chester Nealie monograph Etched in Fire that ‘each pot is a set of effects that Chester wants us to interpret’. Come and listen to Chester explain how to go about it. All welcome.
Image:
Chester Nealie and his Firebox Bottle, 2025 in our 40 Years – 40 Things exhibition
Photo by Donna Powell
#chesternealie
#ceramicstoryteller
#40yearsofcraft
#40yearsandcounting
#contemporarycraftandproud
#storiesaboutpots taken in Masterworks Gallery NZ by @masterworksnz

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7 days ago

Such a pleasure to have these two works as part of our 40th anniversary exhibition from the masterful Tom Moore.
Some of you may remember the outstanding installation Tom made for his first solo with us years ago at our Ponsonby gallery. He is still as excellent and inventive as ever in his latest works 'Marsupial Dryad' and 'Sprouting Bounty'.
Tom says about the works 'I like to show a couple of works in conversation otherwise they seem kind of lonely. The reason for this is that I don’t really think of them as things at all.

I work within ancient craft traditions based around glass object-making but my aim is to imbue the glass with a relatable character and to suggest subjectivity and agency. Sprouting Bounty and Marsupial Dryad are creatures based on hybrid animal forms that encompass multiple characters.

This is all to apologise that I may have messed-up the numbers in the show 40 Years, 40 things. Nevertheless, I am delighted that SB and MD are able to attend the party for Masterworks 40th anniversary.'

'40 Years, 40 Things and 40 Pins' is on you one more week, final day Saturday 3rd of October, 10-4pm.
Come and visit if you can or enjoy the e-catalogue from our website or on this bio link from afar.
@tommmmmoore
#40yearsandcounting
#40yearsofcraft
#contemporarycraftandproud
#artglass taken in Masterworks Gallery NZ by @masterworksnz

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8 days ago

Object Collecting – a group approach
11am, Wednesday 30 September
Masterworks
Unit 4 / 2 Canada Street, Auckland CBD

How do you set about building a private collection of objects and art?
One way is to form an art acquisitions group, which is exactly what the Stichbury group did in 1994.
Please join Stichbury group members, including Brenda Chappell and Bev Smaill, for an informal illustrated talk about how the group formed, the logistics of a shared collection, and an account of how they decided on particular works.
Images:
Christine Thacker, Joachim and the Tree, purchased in 1996, and two installation views of an exhibition at Te Tuhi in 2003 of three-dimensional works from the Stichbury collection: Domestic Scale: The Stichbury Group.

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#collecting craft
#contemporarycraftandproud
#supportartistsbuyprimary taken in Masterworks Gallery NZ by @masterworksnz

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