ART MAP Wellington

07/08/2025

'Positioned at the boundary between the painted world and the physical one – at the threshold between dream and reality – Wolfe’s delicate paper trails lead us in ever-increasing circles, continuously looping back on ourselves.'

EMILY WOLFE - INTERVALS
Page Galleries until 9 August, 2025.
Open Tuesday to Saturday.
Victoria Street, Wellington, Aotearoa, NZ.

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Thu 7 Aug, 10:00 - 17:00 [NZST]: Exhibition runs from17 July to 9 August, 2025. Emily Wolfe (b.1972, Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau) studied at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland Tamaki Makaurau before being awarded the Ryoichi Sasakawa

07/08/2025

'..reminds us that time spent in nature is not a luxury, but a necessity – a return to presence, balance and belonging.'

Alicja Gear - 'FOREST = For Rest'
Exhibitions Gallery until 9 August, 2025.
Open Monday to Saturday.
Brandon Street, Wellington, Aotearoa, NZ.

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Thu 7 Aug, 10:00 - 16:30 [NZST]: Exhibition runs from 17 July to 9 August, 2025. 'FOREST = For Rest' This new exhibition explores the deep, restorative connection we share with the natural world. Depicting scenes from Aotearoa’s nati

07/08/2025

“Wellington is always shifting — light bouncing off the water, clouds rolling over the hills, people in motion. I wanted to freeze those moments and celebrate the beauty in the everyday,”

Brendan Grant's Wellington.
Alfred Memelink Artspace Gallery until 9 September, 2025.
Open Wednesday to Sunday.
The Esplanade, Petone, Lower Hutt, Aotearoa, NZ.

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Thu 7 Aug, 10:30 - 16:00 [NZST]: Exhibition runs from 2 August to 9 September, 2025. Brendan Grant’s Wellington: Urban Storytelling Through Art Celebrated Wellington artist Brendan Grant invites art lovers and Wellingtonians alike to

07/08/2025

'This stunning showcase features original artworks by talented New Zealanders with intellectual disabilities. Every piece is for sale, and every dollar goes straight to the artist.'

IHC Art Awards 2025.
Webb's Wellington until 13 August, 2025.
Open Monday to Saturday.
Marion Street, Wellington, Aotearoa, NZ.

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Thu 7 Aug, 09:30 - 17:30 [NZST]: Exhibition runs until 13 August, 2025. 550+ artworks. One unforgettable exhibition. Step into a world of creativity and inspiration at the 2025 IHC Art Awards Exhibition. Since 2004, the IHC Art Award

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04/07/2025

'.. brings together creatives, climate activists, and community to honour the strength, resilience, and interconnectedness of Pacific peoples in the face of climate change.'

Moana Artivism: Our Story, Our Pawa, Our Home.
Te Auaha Gallery until Monday 7 July 2025.
Open Monday to Sunday.
Dixon Street, Wellington, Aotearoa, NZ.

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Fri 4 Jul, 08:30 - 18:30 [NZST]: Exhibition runs from 3 to 7 July 2025. Unites Pacific voices through art honouring our power, resilience and fight for climate justice. Moana Artivism: Our Story, Our Pawa, Our Home is an exhibition t

09/06/2025

We caught up with Chapter Three artists, who will be occupying Enjoy's space for studio time 2—28 Pipiri June before opening an exhibition in Hōngongoi July. Here, Aroha Matchitt-Millar discusses her practice of working with jewellery, blankets, beads, birds, and taonga.

"I am a maker of jewellery, blankets, beads, birds, and taonga. I enjoy adorning myself and the world around me with the stories of my tīpuna.

At the moment I’m working on a series of manu pōria that measure and capture my body. Manu Pōria are small devices that were used in the practice of domesticating birds pre-colonial contact. These devices were like bracelets squeezed onto the ankles of young birds that were often taught to recite whakapapa and karakia, or used as domesticated decoys to lure in other manu."

Read the full interview on our website:
https://enjoy.org.nz/blog/2025/06/aroha-millar

Aroha Matchitt-Millar (Ngāti Rangitihi, Te Whakatōhea, Tūhoe) is a multidisciplinary artist with strong foundations in contemporary jewellery and raranga. Her work is influenced by the practices her tīpuna used, intrinsically passed down through whakapapa.

Using feathers, feet, wings, and bones, Aroha creates contemporary jewellery, influenced by urban Māori 'Hori Chic' style. The intimacy of the process of skinning and pelting manu is both cathartic and repairing, recognising the role colonisation had in separating Māori from these taonga while whatu-ing the strands of whakapapa back together. Her mahi is a rats tail reclamation to climb te ara a Whaititiri and have a cuppa with her nan.

Image courtesy of James Dobson.

09/06/2025

'The full experience is 25 minutes. Free access.'

Robin Slow - TE ARA TŌRINO | The Spiralling Pathway
Te Auaha Gallery until 14 June, 2025.
Open Monday to Sunday.
Dixon Street, Wellington, Aotearoa, NZ.

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Mon 9 Jun, 10:00 - 18:00 [NZST]: Exhibition runs until 14 June, 2025. A preview exhibition presented by The Grid in partnership with Kia Mau Festival. Artist Robin Slow’s luminous paintings begin to stir and take breath, beautifully

09/06/2025

'Exploring themes of disintegration and human failure, the artists present original works that are both thought-provoking and darkly humorous.'

Suzanne Jungersen and Michelanne Forster - While the World Burns
Inverlochy Art School until 19 June, 2025
Open Monday to Friday
Inverlochy Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Aotearoa, NZ.

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Mon 9 Jun, 10:00 - 14:00 [NZST]: Exhibition runs from 27 May to 19 June, 2025. While the World Burns is an exhibition of oil paintings by local artists Suzanne Jungersen and Michelanne Forster. Exploring themes of disintegration and