Current
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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, by four rising contemporary artists from Aotearoa; Grace Wright, Aiko Robinson, Hannah Valentine, and newly represented artist Claudia Kogachi. Working across a breadth of mediums, the artists have developed distinctly unique visual languages within their respective practices, and New Ways of Being reflects a shared exploration of the self and the body. Read more -
My Country
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori 29 Jan - 22 Feb 2025 Auckland City Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (1924–2015) is a contemporary Aboriginal Australian artist whose works transcend the boundaries of traditional indigenous art while remaining deeply rooted in her Kaiadilt heritage. A senior Kaiadilt woman from Bentinck Island in Queensland’s Gulf of Carpentaria, Gabori began painting in 2005 at the age of 81, embarking on an extraordinary artistic journey that spanned a decade. During this time, she created a body of work that speaks to a profound connection between land, memory, and cultural identity, with three outstanding examples included in this exhibition, My Country. Read more -
Mattia Bosco
1 Feb - 1 Mar 2025 Onehunga Gow Langsford is proud to present Italian sculptor Mattia Bosco’s first solo exhibition in Aotearoa. Born into a family of artists in Milan, Bosco has a background in classical studies and philosophy. He began working in ceramics before shifting into stone, which has become his primary medium. This exhibition focuses... Read more -
To make a painting
Bernard Frize & Judy Millar 1 Feb - 1 Mar 2025 Onehunga To make a painting focuses on the work of internationally renowned painter Bernard Frize, alongside Aotearoa’s distinguished painter Judy Millar. Born in France and based in Berlin, Frize has a long history of work that examines the act of painting. He creates works in series, with self-imposing restrictions or protocols... Read more
Upcoming
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Montage of Attractions
Matthew Browne 26 Feb - 22 Mar 2025 Auckland City In the wake of grief, a very personal new body of work has emerged from Tāmaki Makaurau-based painter Matthew Browne. With a highly skilled and established practice in geometric abstraction, Browne has often explored the metaphorical, unseen and emotive within his formalist compositions. Montage of Attractions takes his practice even further into the realm of personal expression, after the death of his father, with an incredibly impressive output of 92 works on paper and a suite of paintings. The title of the show stems from Sergei Eisenstein’s 1923 film theory, reflecting on how an audience can be profoundly moved by a sequence of ‘attractions’—the audience working to piece together fragments of a narrative into the full story. This journey of montage is one that Browne’s latest exhibition delves into. Read more -
Dale Frank
8 Mar - 4 Apr 2025 Onehunga Further details to come. Register your interest below. Read more -
The Wedding Breakfast An Ode to Olly
Virginia Leonard 26 Mar - 19 Apr 2025 Auckland City -
Gregor Kregar
12 Apr - 10 May 2025 Onehunga
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 -
Colin McCahon: A Journey
23 Nov 2024 - 25 Jan 2025 Onehunga Reflecting on the journey of one of Aotearoa’s most celebrated modernist artists, Gow Langsford is delighted to present a solo exhibition of works by Colin McCahon at our Onehunga flagship gallery. Spanning four decades, with works from 1947 through to the end of his career in the 1980s, the exhibition offers a rich insight into the evolution of his artistic voice and the social, cultural, and personal contexts that shaped his practice. As McCahon stated in his 1972 Survey Exhibition Catalogue: “My painting is almost entirely autobiographical—it tells you where I am at any given time, where I am living and the direction I am pointing in.”
McCahon’s legacy is far-reaching and remains vital in today’s world. His bold integration of text and image, alongside his engagement with existential inquiries, continues to influence contemporary artists in Aotearoa and beyond. This survey exhibition not only celebrates McCahon’s pioneering role in modern art but also explores the enduring relevance of his work. His practice continues to challenge viewers to reflect on the human condition and our relationship with the land, faith, and wider society. 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
