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Creation Stories
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 2:46 pm | Michael Lett
Creation Stories was conceived by artist Simon Denny together with artist and architectural researcher Dr Karamia Müller. It is the first collaborative project by Berlin-based Denny and Auckland-based Müller to be staged in Tāmaki Makaurau and will take place ... More >>
Sriwhana Spong Selected For DRAF Performance Commission
Monday, 1 June 2020, 4:43 pm | Michael Lett
Sriwhana Spong, Tasseography of a Rat’s Nest, DAAD event at Hamburger Bahnhof, 2015. Photo: Krzysztof Zielinski We are delighted to share that Sriwhana Spong is one of six artists selected for the David Roberts Art Foundation’s new commission ... More >>
onlineviewing.co - A Joint Presentation Of Works By Artists - Is Now Live
Saturday, 25 April 2020, 4:23 pm | Michael Lett
onlineviewing.co - a joint presentation of works by artists from the programmes of Michael Lett and Fine Arts, Sydney - is now accessible here . Fine Arts, Sydney and Michael Lett are presenting works by artists from both galleries' programmes, ... More >>
God Helmet exhibition Séraphine Pick
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 4:17 pm | Michael Lett
Jointly presented by Nadene Milne Gallery and Michael Lett 6 September – 6 October Preview Thursday 6 September 6–8pm (Preview Nadene Milne Gallery Arrowtown, Friday 7 September and Christchurch Saturday 8 September) More >>
Peter Stichbury, Preview Wednesday 30 May 6-8pm
Friday, 25 May 2018, 10:03 am | Michael Lett
Michael Lett is pleased to present Altered States, a new body of work by Peter Stichbury, his second exhibition with the gallery. Drawing on the case studies of individuals who have experienced a temporary shift in consciousness, Altered States considers ... More >>
Michael Parekowhai Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society
Saturday, 18 November 2017, 1:14 pm | Michael Lett
Michael Lett wishes to congratulate Michael Parekowhai who has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi. Michael is the first visual artist to receive this recognition. More >>
Simon Denny - 'The Founder's Paradox'
Thursday, 9 November 2017, 8:59 am | Michael Lett
On Thursday 16 November, we are pleased to present a public conversation with Simon Denny. Simon will be joined by Mark O’Connell, the Irish journalist and author of To Be a Machine , and Anthony Byrt, author of This Model World , in conversation ... More >>
Eve Armstrong / Spring 1883, Sydney / 6–9 September
Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 1:51 pm | Michael Lett
For the duration of SPRING 1883 Eve Armstrong will present her ongoing participatory project Trading Table in the Gym at The Establishment Hotel. Visitors to SPRING 1883 are invited to trade with Eve for something on the table. Trading Table deals in ... More >>
Summer Opening Dates
Friday, 16 December 2016, 4:51 pm | Michael Lett
There is one more week to view Zac Langdon-Pole's current exhibition, Oratory Index. More >>
Jacqueline Fraser: Plastic
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 12:42 pm | Michael Lett
Plastic occupies a somewhat unusual position in Fraser's oeuvre. While it is visibly an extension of her current practice, it also makes reference to a piece created when she was at art school. At the time, Fraser – like many of her fellow students ... More >>
Fragments of a World
Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 2:33 pm | Michael Lett
Michael Lett is pleased to present Fragments of a World, an exhibtion first shown at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Wellington, curated by Dr Sandy Callister. This critical exhibition brings together a selection of film and photography by Janet ... More >>
Jim Allen honoured with Arts Foundation Icon Award
Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 2:31 pm | Michael Lett
Michael Lett is delighted to congratulate Jim Allen (MNZM), widely considered a pioneer in his field, on his recognition by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand as an Icon. More >>
The Science of Ecstasy and Immortality by Steve Carr
Thursday, 9 April 2015, 3:03 pm | Michael Lett
Carr has long been fascinated by magical moments of material transformation. This can be seen as early as Air Guitar (2001), in which the artist turns from a teenage boy riffing in his bedroom to a smoke-clouded guitar god. Almost ten years later, ... More >>
Michael Parekowhai - The Promised Land
Wednesday, 25 March 2015, 4:14 pm | Michael Lett
Parekowhai’s unique practice is characterised by a refined aesthetic and an engagement with the creation and role of culture in the contemporary world. Primarily sculptural, his works often play with scale and space, using humour to comment on the intersections ... More >>
Shane Cotton: Blank Geometry - exhibition tonight
Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 11:20 am | Michael Lett
Michael Lett is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Shane Cotton. In Blank Geometry Cotton offers a suite of new works on paper, many of which deploy his signature forms of the past few years: ambiguous texts; birds being stretched ... More >>
Shane Cotton: Blank Geometry
Thursday, 20 November 2014, 5:03 pm | Michael Lett
Michael Lett is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Shane Cotton. In Blank Geometry Cotton offers a suite of new works on paper, many of which deploy his signature forms of the past few years: ambiguous texts; birds being stretched ... More >>
Jim Allen to perform On Planting a Native tonight
Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 12:05 pm | Michael Lett
This will be the first time the work has been performed since its original presentation at The Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide in 1976. Wednesday's performance will be preceded by a short introduction and background to the work from Jim. More >>
Jim Allen To Perform On Planing a Tree
Wednesday, 12 November 2014, 3:28 pm | Michael Lett
On Wednesday 19 November Jim Allen will perform On Planting a Native at the gallery from 6pm. More >>
Mark Harvey to perform Jim Allen's News
Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 12:25 pm | Michael Lett
Michael Lett is pleased to present Jim Allen's News, first performed at The Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide in 1976. The work plays on the ritualistic activity of engaging with 'the news', highlighting the expendability of a newspaper and its content and ... More >>
Jim Allen: News
Thursday, 9 October 2014, 2:26 pm | Michael Lett
Michael Lett is pleased to present Jim Allen's News, first performed at The Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide in 1976. The work plays on the ritualistic activity of engaging with 'the news', highlighting the expendability of a newspaper and its content and ... More >>