Exhibitions on Tuesday 22 August

Lonnie Hutchinson and Reuben Paterson: Lonnie Hutchinson (Ngāi Tahu, Samoan) and Reuben Paterson (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Rangitihi, Scottish) are renowned contemporaries; two artists who have firmly embedded Māori and Polynesian world-views and visual languages into their practices...; 24 June - 27 August | See event detail

Small Space: Hannah Valentine: Tactile bronze forms lay at rest as potential sites of action. Hannah Valentine’s Flex engages with the zone of the gym and the way we construct and understand our bodies, using forms reminiscent of exercise equipment to explore modes of sensory engagement and haptic knowledge.; 26 July - 14 September | See event detail

The Asia Pacific Century: Part Two: The Asia-Pacific Century is an ongoing project prompted by the growth of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Maori, Asian, and Pacific populations, with Statistics New Zealand projecting that these groups are set to collectively make up 52% of the total population in 2038 (up from 35% in 2013). The first phase on the project — which took the form of an open research space at Enjoy Public Art Gallery in August 2016 — considered ‘Asia-Pacific’ as a lens to think through our changing national identity.; 29 July - 1 October | See event detail

Oliver Perkins: Japanese Laurel: Oliver Perkins is the most recent McCahon House artist-in-residence. He produces works that are suggestive reminders of paintings' relationship to common objects, making reference to art histories, the potential of materials, and cognitive thought processes, all as prompts for an intensive studio practice.; 5 August - 1 October | See event detail

Christine Hellyar: Looking, Seeing, Thinking: Acclaimed Auckland-based artist Christine Hellyar has long been interested in how people see and depict the landscape. Working with a range of materials and formats, she presents here botanical drawings of a flooded Coastland Broadleaf Forest in the Waitakere Ranges, printed life-size onto silk alongside sculptural textile figures and upholstered furniture.; 26 August - 5 November | See event detail

Robert George: a memoir for falling light: Robert George’s work is typified by his love of surrealist cinema, the materiality of film and a constant exploration of the human condition. Working within a strict lens-based practice, George weaves together an ethereal, dreamlike sensibility with the starkness of reality to consider the relationship between the outer world and the inner mind.; 2 September - 19 November | See event detail

Sarah Smuts-Kennedy: Light Language: Sarah Smuts-Kennedy was artist-in-residence at McCahon House from September-November 2016 and will be returning to Titirangi to exhibit at Te Uru for the anniversary of that pariod.; 2 September - 29 October | See event detail

Gatherings on the Manukau: Learn some of the ways people sourced plentiful kaimoana and how they used Te Manukanuka o Hoturoa as a means of travel. View images and archives relating to the Manukau Harbour, loved and enjoyed by many.; 7 September - 28 September | See event detail

Fly the Flag for Gender Equality: Fly the Flag for Gender Equality is a series of flag installations organised by GirlGuiding NZ to coincide with 'International Day of the Girl' on October 11th.; 30 September - 23 October | See event detail

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