Upcoming
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New Ways of Being
Group Exhibition 29 Jan - 22 Feb 2025 Auckland City To begin the new year of 2025, Gow Langsford’s City gallery presents New Ways of Being, an exhibition that delves into the collective exploration of the self and the body from a selection of Aotearoa’s rising contemporary artists. Working across a breadth of mediums, they have each developed distinctly unique artistic languages within their respective practices. Presenting both new and earlier works, Gow Langsford is delighted to present them to a wider audience. -
Mattia Bosco
1 Feb - 1 Mar 2025 Onehunga -
My Country
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori 26 Feb - 22 Mar 2025 Auckland City -
Montage of Attractions
Matthew Browne 26 Feb - 22 Mar 2025 Auckland City
Past
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Headwaters
Michael Hight 27 Nov - 24 Dec 2024 Auckland City The fragmented relationships between landscapes, memories and human interventions have been long-standing subjects of exploration for artist Michael Hight. In this new body of work by the self-taught painter, Headwaters, the artist turns his attention to the rivers of the South Island. These rivers, as the exhibition title suggests, act as both literal and metaphorical sources—wellsprings of imagery for his hyperreal and symbolic paintings. Read more -
East Coast
Karl Maughan 27 Nov - 24 Dec 2024 Auckland City Karl Maughan, one of Aotearoa's most recognisable contemporary painters, is celebrated for his large-scale depictions of gardens, where dense foliage and brilliant flowers create immersive environments. East Coast is his latest series of paintings, which expand on his iconic exploration of lush botanicals, incorporating not only vibrant garden scenes but... Read more -
ART FOR GOOD
A Collaborative Charity Art Auction Benefitting Kindness Collective 31 Oct - 7 Nov 2024 Onehunga Gow Langsford are delighted to support New Zealand charity Kindness Collective this November. Hosted at Gow Langsford’s flagship premises in Onehunga and generously supported by Art+Object and Studio Art Supplies , a selection of artworks created specifically for the event by leading Aotearoa artists including John Pule, Matthew Browne,... Read more -
Sunrise of Fog and Dreams
André Hemer 23 Oct - 23 Nov 2024 Auckland City Since the early 2000s, André Hemer has emerged as a key figure in the hybrid exploration of contemporary image-making, known for his amalgamations of traditional techniques with modern technologies. This new body of paintings showcases a dynamic evolution, characterized by flat surfaces that shift away from the three-dimensional forms of... Read more -
New Painting
Shane Cotton 12 Oct - 16 Nov 2024 Onehunga Shane Cotton's New Painting delves into the collision of Indigenous and European time systems, warping time, memory, and nature through the lens of his Ngāpuhi whakapapa. His new works place ancestral figures in surreal, cosmic landscapes, exploring hybridities, transformation, and the cyclical nature of history. Cotton’s paintings blend history, mythology, and technicolour imagery, reflecting on the layered, nonlinear relationship between the past, present, and future in Aotearoa. Read more -
In The Stars I Trust
Reuben Paterson 7 - 20 Oct 2024 Offsite Nearly thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope launched from Merritt Island, Florida, and after correcting its flawed optics, provided detailed images that have helped answer longstanding astrophysical questions. Reuben Paterson, an Auckland-born artist of Māori and Scottish descent, responds to these so-called answers with deeper imagination. His series In The Stars I Trust features ten mixed-media paintings based on constellations captured by the Hubble, viewed from a Southern Hemisphere perspective. Read more
