City Gallery

City Gallery is excavating its archives to put documentation of past shows online. Some exhibition pages are under construction; more will be added. The Gallery welcomes feedback, suggestions, and corrections. Given the scale and nature of the operation, copyright clearances have not been sought for all material. We invite anyone with concerns to get in touch. Archive digitisation has been supported by the Lottery Grants Board.

2023

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Eerie Pageantry

28 October 2023–25 February 2024
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Angela Lane: Phosphene

21 October 2023–25 February 2024
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Archive: alter / image

23 September 2023–21 January 2024
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Ngahuia Harrison: Coastal Cannibals

23 September 2023–21 January 2024
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Diane Arbus: A Box of Ten Photographs

23 September 2023–21 January 2024
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George Watson: Beauty Incarnate

1 July–15 October 2023
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Ayesha Green: Folk Nationalism

1 July–15 October 2023
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Moniek Schrijer: The Jewel Room

6 May–3 September 2023
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Sione Tuívailala Monū: Stories

6 May–3 September 2023
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Reuben Paterson: The Only Dream Left

25 February–18 June 2023

2022

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SOUR GRAPES: Martin Basher/Ben Buchanan

17 December 2022–23 April 2023
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Antireality perversion void

17 December 2022–23 April 2023
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Simon Morris: Room of Time

1 October 2022–6 February 2023
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Josh Azzarella: Triple Feature

3 September–27 November 2022
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At Thresholds

3 September–20 November 2022
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Glen Hayward: Wish You Were Here

14 May–11 September 2022
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Matarau

30 April–14 August 2022

2021

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Spears from All Sides

30 August–22 September 2021
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Pierre Huyghe: Human Mask

14 August–31 October 2021
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Tia Ranginui: Gonville Gothic

14 August–31 October 2021
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Judy Millar: Action Movie

14 August–31 October 2021
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Brett Graham: Tai Moana Tai Tangata

1 August–31 October 2021
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Te Matakite o Aotearoa

1–29 August 2021
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Every Artist

27 March–1 August 2021
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Marianna Simnett: CREATURE

4 March–11 July 2021

2020

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Zac Langdon-Pole: Containing Multitudes

21 November 2020–7 March 2021
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Simon Ingram: The Algorithmic Impulse

21 November 2020–7 March 2021
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Terminal

15 August 2020–14 February 2021
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Oracles

28 May–1 November 2020
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A Place Apart

28 May–1 November 2020

2019

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Věra Chytilová: Daisies

30 November 2019–31 July 2020
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Encounter 1

30 November 2019–12 July 2020
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Elisabeth Pointon: What Goes Up.

30 November 2019–26 July 2020
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Unravelled

30 November 2019–19 July 2020
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Steve Carr: Chasing the Light

16 November 2019–15 March 2020
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News from the Sun

16 November 2019–15 March 2020
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Eavesdropping

17 August–17 November 2019

2018

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Yona Lee: In Transit

8 December 2018–24 March 2019
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Cao Fei: #18

8 December 2018–10 March 2019
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From Scratch: 555 Moons

17 November 2018–10 March 2019
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Soda_Jerk: Terror Nullius

13 August–18 November 2018
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Patrick Pound: On Reflection

11 August–4 November 2018
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Arwa Alneami: Never Never Land

11 August–4 November 2018
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Iconography of Revolt

28 July–18 November 2018
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This Is New Zealand

3 March–15 July 2018

2017

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Colonial Sugar

26 August–19 November 2017
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John Stezaker: Lost World

26 August–19 November 2017
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Occulture: The Dark Arts

12 August–19 November 2017

2016

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Cindy Sherman

19 November 2016–19 March 2017
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Bullet Time

25 March–10 July 2016

2015

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Julian Dashper & Friends

5 December 2015–15 May 2016
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Grayson Perry / Kushana Bush

21 November 2015–20 March 2016
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Hugh Macdonald: This Auckland

21 November 2015–13 March 2016
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Unseen City

21 November 2015–13 March 2016
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Camille Henrot: Grosse Fatigue

21 November 2015–13 March 2016
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From the One I Call My Own

27 July–8 November 2015
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Light Studies

3 July–20 November 2015
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Demented Architecture

27 June–8 November 2015
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Candice Breitz 

28 March–26 July 2015
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Peter Roehr: Film Montages

16 March–2 July 2015

2014

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Yvonne Todd: Creamy Psychology

6 December 2014–15 March 2015
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Michael Robinson: The Dark, Krystle

1 December 2014–1 March 2015
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Ralph Hotere: Godwit/Kuaka

13 September–23 November 2014
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Norman Leto: Sailor

6 September–30 November 2014
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William Kentridge: The Refusal of Time

5 September–16 November 2014
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Hany Armanious: Selflok

5 September–30 November 2014
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Cerith Wyn Evans

8 August–27 October 2014
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Grant Stevens: What We Had Was Real

28 June–6 September 2014
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Churchward Samoa

3 May–3 August 2014
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McLeavey Sat Here

5 April–15 June 2014
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Viviane Sassen: Lexicon

22 March–15 June 2014
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Jason Maling: The Physician

1 March–12 March 2014
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Simon Starling: In Speculum

21 February–18 May 2014
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Shigeyuki Kihara: Culture for Sale

1 February–30 March 2014
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Jake Walker: The Town Belt

1 February–13 April 2014
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John Miller: Tour Scrums

1 February–27 April 2014

2013

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South of No North

14 December 2013–9 March 2014
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Georgie Hill: Feint

30 November 2013–26 January 2014
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Erica van Zon: The Light on the Dock

16 November 2013–26 January 2014
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Huhana Smith: Rae ki te Rae/Face to Face

6 November 2013–26 January 2014
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New Revised Edition

24 September–1 December 2013
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Fiona Amundsen: Operation Magic

24 September–24 November 2013
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G. Bridle: Pokazukha, the Retreat

7 September–10 November 2013
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How to Fall

29 June–1 September 2013
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Shane Cotton: The Hanging Sky

15 June–6 October 2013

2012

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Wayne Youle: Fingers Crossed

15 December 2012–10 February 2013
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Lindah Lepou: Aitu (Homage to Spirit)

20 October–9 December 2012
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Campbell Kneale: 201212

20 October–9 December 2012
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Ben Cauchi: The Sophist’s Mirror

19 October 2012–17 February 2013
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Kermadec

4 October 2012–10 February 2013
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Between Lines

11 August–7 October 2012
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Sui Faiga ae Tumau Fa’avae

10 August–7 October 2012
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Wi Taepa

23 June–5 August 2012
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This Must Be the Place

23 June–5 August 2012
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New Acquisitions

23 June–4 August 2012

2011

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Tender Is the Night 

7 May–17 July 2011
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Israel Tangaroa Birch: Ara-i-te-Uru

26 November 2011–2 December 2012
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Prospect: New Zealand Art Now

26 November 2011–12 February 2012
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A Mobile Library

26 November 2011–12 February 2012
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Robin White

6 August–6 November 2011
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Maiden Aotearoa

21 May–26 June 2011
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Colour/Field

7 May–24 July 2011
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Mari Mahr: Two Walking

4 February–10 April 2011
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Neil Pardington: The Vault

29 January–25 April 2011
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Crown Lynn: Crockery of Distinction

29 January–25 April 2011
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The Un-Sited

29 January–25 April 2011

2010

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Peter Trevelyan: The Light Fantastic

25 September–21 November 2010
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Roundabout°

25 September 2010–16 January 2011
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Lisa Munnelly: Slow Burner

23 August–12 September 2010
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Cerisse Palalagi: Motunei

18 June–12 September 2010
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Ursula Mayer

7 June–11 July 2010
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John Pule: Hauaga (Arrivals)

29 May–12 September 2010
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Ready to Roll

29 May–12 September 2010
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Community Garden

7 April–20 June 2010
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We Are Here, and There

5 March–16 May 2010
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Séraphine Pick

20 February–16 May 2010
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Milan Mrkusich: Transform

13 February–16 May 2010
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Urban Kainga

16 January–28 March 2010

2009

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Gerda Leenards: Following the Blue Ribbon

27 November 2009–24 January 2010
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Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years

27 September 2009–7 February 2010
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Regan Gentry: Make Way

27 September–22 November 2009
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Ngaahina Hohaia

26 September 2009–1 September 2010
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Marie Shannon: Love Notes

19 June–19 December 2009

2008

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Give Us a Sign

17 December 2008–14 June 2009
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Nine Years of DesignWorks Time

9 October–19 October 2008
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Ann Shelton: Room Room

5 September–4 October 2008
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Fiona Hall: Force Field

12 July–19 October 2008
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AES+F: Last Riot

23 February–15 June 2008

2007

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Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning

16 November 2007–10 February 2008
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Laurence Aberhart

12 May–29 July 2007
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Radio with Pictures

28 April–27 May 2007
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The Secret Life of Plants

24 March–22 April 2007

2006

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Martin Thompson

13 October–12 November 2006
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Tony Lane: Practical Metaphysics

8 October 2006–28 January 2007
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Peter Madden: Escape from Orchid City

8 October 2006–28 January 2007
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Sam Taylor-Wood

8 October 2006–28 January 2007
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Suzanne Tamaki: Native Eye

9 September–8 October 2006
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Walk the Line

5 August–3 September 2006
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Elizabeth Thomson: My Hi-Fi My Sci-Fi

18 June–24 September 2006
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2×2 Contemporary Projects

18 June–24 September 2006
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Daniel du Bern: Protection

21 April–21 May 2006
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Smoke Signal

17 March–17 April 2006
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Michael Smither: The Wonder Years

19 February–11 June 2006
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Patricia Piccinini: In Another Life

19 February–11 June 2006

2005

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New Wellington Artists: How to Be a Friend

10 December 2005–29 January 2006
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Yuk King Tan: Overflow

10 December 2005–29 January 2006
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Jeffrey Harris

13 November 2005–6 February 2006
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Shanti Devi: Madhubani/Forest of Honey

15 October–30 October 2005
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Gretchen Albrecht: Returning

13 October 2005–6 February 2006
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Jane Poutney: Wade in the Water

25 September–20 November 2005
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Jo Torr: Tupaia’s Paintbox

9 September–12 October 2005
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Noel McKenna: Sheltered Life

10 July–18 September 2005
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David Cross: Closer and Bounce

24 June–31 July 2005
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Gabby O’Connor: Postmark

22 January–25 February 2005

2004

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Melvin Day: Continuum

12 December 2004–6 March 2005
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Max Gimblett: The Brush of all Things

12 December 2004–6 March 2005
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That Last Moment

26 November 2004–16 January 2005
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Richard Reddaway: The Wieskirche

22 October–18 November 2004
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Milky Way Bar

18 September–17 October 2004
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Ernst Plischke

5 September–28 November 2004
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Ronnie Van Hout: I’ve Abandoned Me

29 August–28 November 2004
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Vanity Case

14 August–12 September 2004
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Hat Trick!

10 July–8 August 2004
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Rosalie Gascoigne

22 February–16 May 2004

2003

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Stanley Spencer: Everyday Miracles

25 October 2003–8 February 2004
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Michael Harrison: Love in the Shadows

30 August–19 October 2003
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Eugene Hansen: Port Replicator

9 August–7 September 2003
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Julian Dashper: Blue Circles

15 March–7 May 2003
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Precious

7 March–6 March 2003

2002

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Conversation Pieces: Collaborative Works

20 December 2002–19 January 2003
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Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith

7 December 2002–9 March 2003
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Trace Murdoch: Fifteen X Tables

8 November–15 December 2002
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John Parker: Ceramics

12 October–1 December 2002
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Gerhard Richter: Survey

12 October–1 December 2002
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Marti Friedlander: Photographs

31 May–11 August 2002
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Sidney Nolan: Ned Kelly

22 February–19 May 2002
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Tracey Moffatt

1 February–26 May 2002

2001

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Toyo Ito: Blurring Architecture

21 September–2 December 2001
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Gavin Hipkins: The Homely

7 July–16 September 2001

2000

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Parihaka: The Art of Passive Resistance

26 August 2000–22 January 2001

1999

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Colin McCahon: A View from Urewera

6 November 1999–13 January 2000
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Tony Oursler

26 June–3 October 1999
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Keith Haring

13 March–13 June 1999

1998

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Boyd Webb

19 December 1998–21 February 1999

1997

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Ralph Hotere: Out the Black Window

6 July–14 September 1997
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Megan Jenkinson: The Virtues

15 November–14 December 1997
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Dale Frank

4 October–30 November 1997
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Vivian Lynn: Spin: Versor, Versari

27 September–23 November 1997
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Don Peebles: The Harmony of Opposites

26 July–29 September 1997
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Ani O’Neill: Cottage Industry

19 July–21 September 1997
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Bill Culbert: Lightworks

9 May–13 July 1997

1996

1995

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Robert Mapplethorpe Retrospective

9 December 1995–20 February 1996
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The Nervous System

31 October–29 November 1995
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Local Colour: Eight Wellington Artists

26 September–29 November 1995
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Max Ernst: A Surrealist Eye

9 September–26 November 1995
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Stop Making Sense

11 May–25 June 1995
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Pierre et Gilles

6 May–25 June 1995

1994

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Ralph Hotere: Black Phoenix

16 December 1994–12 March 1995
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Warren and Mahoney Retrospective

24 September–21 November 1994
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Selling New Zealand

9 September–21 November 1994
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Bottled Ocean

17 May–7 August 1994

1993

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Distance Looks Our Way

4 December 1993–20 February 1994
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Gordon Crook: Images, Symbols, Dreams

2 December 1993–30 January 1994
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Susan Norrie: Room for Error

9 November 1993–14 February 1994
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Alter/Image

1 August–21 November 1993
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Rosemarie Trockel

1 August–21 November 1993

1992

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Christina Kubisch: Alba

18 August–18 October 1992
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Shadow of Style: Eight New Artists

8 August–4 October 1992

1991

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Home Made Home

30 November 1991–9 February 1992
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Gavin Chilcott and Ralph Paine: Scheme

30 November 1991–16 February 1992

1990

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Art and Organised Labour

20 October 1990–21 January 1991
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Geoffrey Weary: Passion of the Outside

1 September–7 October 1990

1989

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Ken Orchard: Return to Sender

28 August–8 October 1989

1988

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Duane Hanson: Real People

11 November 1988–8 January 1989
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Siegfried Koglmeier: Central

5 September–26 September 1988
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Sex and Sign

12 May–10 July 1988
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Whakamamae

2 April–19 June 1988
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Don Driver: Boxes

1 March–19 April 1988

1987

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Morgan Jones: Pitfall

7 December 1987–14 February 1988
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Off the Wall

23 October–29 November 1987
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A Portrait of Law

10 September–18 October 1987

1986

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Debra Bustin [Installation Series]

12 December 1986–31 January 1987
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David Hockney: Hockney’s Photographs

30 October–30 November 1986
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Karanga Karanga

2 May–2 June 1986
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James Greig

7 March–30 March 1986

1985

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Winstone Ties that Bind

29 June–25 August 1985
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Dancing in the Streets

30 March–28 April 1985

1984

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Water/Clay

22 September–21 October 1984
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New Women Artists

17 August–16 September 1984
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New Image

13 April–27 May 1984

1983

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Fabric Art Company: Stuffed Stuff Show

26 November 1983–8 January 1984
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Robert Jesson

22 October–20 November 1983

1982

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Debra Bustin: Project

24 December 1982–23 January 1983
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James Greig: Transformations

30 April–15 June 1982

1981

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Koru: Growth

3 December 1981–3 January 1982
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Greer Twiss: A Survey 1959–1981

30 October–29 November 1981
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Andrew Drummond: Works 80

7 February–1 March 1981

1980

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Opening

23 September–19 October 1980