by Melanie on 19 January 2013
Bare Use
Fiona Connor
1301PE, Los Angeles
19 January - 23 February 2013
www.1301pe.com
"1301PE is pleased to announce its first solo exhibition with Los Angeles-based artist Fiona Connor. Working at the intersection of architecture, sculpture, and installation, Fiona Connor encourages us to...
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by Melanie on 16 January 2013
To the table by Justin Paton ›
Image: Bill Culbert, Plain of Jars, 1996.
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by Sue on 14 January 2013
Eye Contact, a review blog run by John Hurrell, recently presented a list of top exhibition picks for 2012.
Made Active: The Chartwell Show, at the Auckland Art Gallery in mid 2012, made the list as did some of the exhibitions from which Chartwell made subsequent acquisitions for the...
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by Sue on 12 December 2012
Chartwell congratulates Simon Denny who is to be awarded the University of Auckland 2013 Young Alumnus of the Year in a ceremony at the University in March 2013."The University of Auckland gave me the rudiments of a language that would enable me to communicate with people around the world," he said....
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by Melanie on 13 November 2012
Images of Made Active: The Chartwell Show are now online - view them here.
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by Sue on 23 October 2012
Kate Newby, represented in the Chartwell Collection, has been awarded the 2012 Walters Prize. See her Collection works here.
The $50,000 Walters Prize is awarded for an outstanding work of contemporary New Zealand art produced and exhibited during the past two years. Newby was nominated by...
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by Melanie on 20 October 2012
Fiona Moorhead, the Chartwell Registrar at Auckland Art Gallery, has written about some of the loans currently out at other institutions around New Zealand – including some from the Chartwell Collection. You can see Chartwell works Currently On Show here on our site but take a moment to read...
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by Sue on 18 October 2012
Thumbnail image: (Detail) Words Fail, 2011
Plans are underway for a tour of the hugely popular survey exhibition, Other Stories Stone Works: 2002 - 2012, by Joe Sheehan, an initiative of Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua, New Zealand. Some fifty works from both private and public collections have been...
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by Melanie on 14 October 2012
Congratulations to Inhouse, who were recently awarded a Bronze at the Best Awards for the publication they designed for the Made Active exhibition.
Design Director - Arch MacDonnell
Design Team - Toby Curnow, Sarah Gladwell
Contributors - Jennifer French
View more details and images...
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by Melanie on 14 October 2012
John Ward Knox, who has work in the Chartwell Collection (view here), is currently exhibiting in Frankfurt as part of the NZ exhibitions in association with the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair.
His work, No title, 2012, neon, is installed at the Frankfurter Kunstverein as part of the group exhibition...
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by Melanie on 01 October 2012
Coming up to the end of its 38th year of collecting contemporary New Zealand and Australian art – with some other international additions, it has been timely to look at the latest of acquisitions in 2012 and the very first ones in 1974.
The first work to enter the collection that year was...
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by Melanie on 30 September 2012
A video by Public Works Media showcasing the artworks as part of Reflect, a lighting journey of discovery across Auckland's central city waterfront held 20-22 and 26-29 July 2012, featuring works from the Chartwell Collection by Clinton Watkins and Héctor Zamora.
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by Melanie on 09 September 2012
Watermarking
David Bennewith, William Hsu and Marnie Slater
Curated by Melanie Oliver and Laura Preston
Liverpool Biennial 2012
15 September - 25 November 2012
www.wellingtoncitystates.info
The Liverpool Biennial, the United Kingdom’s largest international contemporary art festival, is...
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by Melanie on 30 July 2012
A free bus service from Mangere to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki will operate every Saturday in August. The bus service is provided to visitors of the Gallery thanks to the generosity of long-time Gallery supporters, the Chartwell Trust.
‘The Chartwell Trust has created an...
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by Melanie on 23 July 2012
Chartwell wants to thank curator Natasha Conland and all of the artists of Made Active, which closed last weekend.
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by Amy Howden Chapman on 18 July 2012
Image: Made in L.A. 2012. Works by Cody Trepte. Installation view at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. June 2-September 2, 2012. Photography by Brian Forrest.
Made in LA 2012, the inaugural Los Angeles Biennial which features work by sixty artists is currently on show in three institutions across...
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by Melanie on 28 May 2012
Francis Upritchard: A Long Wait
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA
May - September 2012
www.contemporaryartscenter.org
Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, USA) is currently showing A Long Wait, London-based NZ artist Francis Upritchard's first museum exhibition in the United States....
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by Sue on 20 May 2012
Movement is everywhere in Made Active whether it be implied, anticipated or actual. Like The Spider, by Alexander Calder in the Degas to Dali exhibition, movement can often be enhanced by a sense of shadow playing on the gallery wall- Ian Burns' use of wires and lights create an active shadow play...
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by Melanie on 18 May 2012
Congratulations to Lauren Brincat, who has been awarded one of the Australia Council’s inaugural Creative Australia Fellowships. The Fellowships are a new initiative to support the professional development of established and early career artists. Lauren’s Creative Fellowship will...
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by Melanie on 08 May 2012
Melbourne Art Foundation has announced that New York-based Australian artist Ian Burns will be the Commission Artist for the upcoming Melbourne Art Fair, which takes place 1-5 August. Burns’ work will be a large-scale sculptural work titled Clouds:
"Against the cultural backdrop of the...
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