February is such a fantastic month for Art in Tāmaki Makaurau. With the Fringe Festival kicking off mid-February.
British artist David Hockney is a founding member of the British pop art movement in the 1960s. The artist is a painter, photographer, draughtsperson, printmaker and stage designer. In summary, he’s an experiential storyteller, renowned for propagating the space around him to challenge our assumed truth, control our gaze and manipulate our senses.
Emily Wolfe’s new series of paintings sees fragmented or discarded objects set against backdrops of old master styled landscape paintings.
Get outside and enjoy contemporary art in nature. See how well-placed and site-specific artworks draw inspiration from the environment and, in turn, help us better understand our relationship to nature and the places we live.
Spring is here and its irrepressible bursts of warmth, joy, and beauty aremuch welcome visitors. Spring encourages us to pause in the sun, gather those we love, and move forward. This month’s picks are a diverse range of exhibitions that burst open the city’s art spaces with timely thinking, making, and events.
