Waiheke Art Gallery

31/05/2026

Thanks everyone for coming along and celebrating Day 2 of Open Studios Waiheke!
Huge thanks for the beautiful sounds from and delicious refreshments from , and , and for the awesome maps! Thanks for thegenerous arts supply voucher! see you again tommorow! 🤩

28/05/2026

🎨It's on! Open Studios Waiheke this weekend!
Tickets available all through the weekend as well, don't miss the Sunday Soiree and silent auction, visit all the studios or just a few, they'll all be open!

Over 30 studios and galleries across the island throw open their doors so you can get up close with the extraordinary artists who call Waiheke home.

🗺️ One ticket. The whole weekend. Every studio on the map.
🍷 Plus — Sunday Soiree at the Gallery with wine, cheese, live music from Cinematic Radio & a silent auction.
Art Films on at the epic Waiheke Cinema too!

Tickets are just $18. Under 15s are free.
Grab yours via the link https://events.humanitix.com/open-studios-2026 or ticket link in comments below 👇

27/05/2026

The Red Dots are getting a quick spruce up from Paulie this evening getting ready for Open Studios Waiheke this weekend!
Rain or shine it's going to be a great weekend, ticket maps available from Thursday, just $18 for the whole weekend, under 15 free!
https://events.humanitix.com/open-studios-2026

25/05/2026

🎨 Only 4 days to go! Open Studios Waiheke is almost here — and it's going to be a big one.

This King's Birthday Weekend (30 May – 1 June), over 30 studios and galleries across the island throw open their doors so you can get up close with the extraordinary artists who call Waiheke home.

🗺️ One ticket. The whole weekend. Every studio on the map.
🍷 Plus — Sunday Soiree at the Gallery with wine, cheese, live music & a silent auction.

Tickets are just $18. Under 15s are free.
Grab yours via the link in bio 👆 or ticket link in comments below 👇

25/05/2026

This Saturday 5pm at the Waiheke Island Community Cinema Frances Hodgkins, 'Anything but a Still Life' is one three art films playing as part of Open Studios Waiheke coming up over Kings Birthday long weekend.
These films also celebrate Waiheke artists. Come along and see artistic talent on screen yourself!

Frances Hodgkins: Anything but a Still Life celebrates one of New Zealand’s most influential painters, tracing her journey from Aotearoa to the centre of European modernism.
This vivid documentary traces the life and art of trailblazing New Zealand modernist Frances Hodgkins, following her journeys across Europe and home, and exploring how her restless vision, bold colour and uncompromising independence continue to inspire contemporary artists and designers in Aotearoa today.

Sunday 31 May: 7:30pm

Kazu Nakagawa – 'Knowing' provides a meditative look at an artist whose practice is deeply rooted in material, landscape and attentive craft. Directed by Brigitte Valentine Quick.

Denis O’Connor – Mindspaces: The Artist’s Studio travels through the studios of Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and O’Connor himself, weaving personal history with artistic inquiry.

Check out all the films and get in quick to book your seat!
Purchase tickets at the Cinema website - see you there!

Playing as part of Open Studios Waiheke. This vivid documentary traces the life and art of trailblazing New Zealand modernist Frances Hodgkins, following her journeys across Europe and home, and exploring how her restless vision, bold colour and uncompromising independence continue to inspire contem...

23/05/2026

Discover the creative heart of Waiheke Island at Open Studios Waiheke 2026, a vibrant event featuring studios and galleries throughout the island over King’s Birthday Weekend. We have over 30 studios, workshops and galleries for you to visit, including painters, sculptors, ceramicists, printmakers, photographers, textile artists, and more.

Ticket-holders will receive a map showing the location of studios and participating galleries. Maps will be available to ticketholders from the Waiheke Art Gallery from Thursday 28th of May.

On Sunday the Waiheke Art Gallery is hosting a soirée for participating artists and ticket-holders from 4.00pm to 6.00pm - with live music and nibbles. During the event we will be conducting a silent auction of small works from contributing studio artists.

You can purchase tickets through the link below or in person at the Gallery 👩‍🎨

Open Studios Waiheke is proudly brought to life with the support of our creative partners: Island Print, Gordon Harris and Foundation North.

Many thanks so .nz for creating this video!

https://events.humanitix.com/open-studios-2026

21/05/2026

Opening this Friday at 6pm, see you here!

‘web.. wept’ is an exhibition that invites viewers to slow down and consider how grief moves through their own lives. ‘web.. wept’ asks: What remains when a loved one disappears without warning? How do we navigate this absence on an island - as artists - as women? And what new threads are spun through shared sorrow in community?

United by the motu of Waiheke and the deep rupture of losing a parent, three women artists - Bella Christine Hessell, Kiva Harrison-Hughes, and Nââwie Tutugoro - weave a collective elegy across mediums.

Bella Christine Hessell, Kiva Harrison-Hughes, and Nââwie Tutugoro
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22 May - 5 July at

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20/05/2026

The 2026 National Small Sculpture Prize exhibition ended on a high note with an artist talk by , who won the premier award for her genre-bending work ’Tablet’. A fantastic talk and afternoon at the gallery, doing what we love most – bringing artists and art into conversation with community. Stay tuned for Gill Gatfield’s upcoming work reaching into large scale for in 2027.

Tablet, 2026
Carrara marble, 23ct gold, copper, AI–AR extension
175W x 175D x 110mmH

Small Sculpture Prize is generously supported by @. Our 2026 finalists were selected by awards judge .

Tablet images: Peter Rees

18/05/2026

Congratulations again to Torri Stewart, winner of the Church Bay People's Choice Prize.

Torri's work The Basket — woven from dried bull kelp and h**p twine — captured the hearts of our visitors and we can see why. A beautiful meditation on the ocean and our connection to the natural world.

The $1,500 prize is generously donated by our wonderful Gallery Patrons. Thank you for making moments like this possible.
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