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07/05/2026

Thank you to Singapore Airlines for helping us connect
Wellington’s vibrant art scene with audiences near and far.
Your support makes this journey possible.

06/05/2026

Cornelia Parker’s art speaks to both transformation and spectacle. Come see what everyone will be talking about at City Gallery Wellington in October 2026.

To hear the full lecture about Parker’s work by curator Andrea Schlieker, visit the link in bio.

Thanks to our partners: WellingtonNZ (), Wellington City Council (), City Gallery Foundation (), Boulcott Suites (), Simpson Grierson () and Singapore Airlines ().

04/05/2026

“If you could create anything in the world what would it be?”
“A big giant cloud made out of gold.” - Wakiya-Wacipi, 6 years old.

Sometimes the best perspectives start with an imagination that knows no limits. In our recent blog, Through Their Eyes, we chat to Cora-Allan and share musings from a recent kōrero with her tamariki around creativity and mahi toi in their whānau.

Read more > www.citygallery.org.nz/through-their-eyes

01/05/2026

From Behind, a solo exhibition by Imogen Taylor opens today at Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

Curated by City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi curator Dr Kirsty Baker, From Behind playfully engages with weight of art's histories.

Turning her brush to the tenuous space between abstraction and representation, Taylor considers what it means to paint in the wake of the histories and the places that lie behind us.

Following its display at Dunedin Public Art Gallery, a second iteration of the exhibition will be presented at City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi in early 2027.

Image: Imogen Taylor From Behind 2026, acrylic on canvas, 135x155cm. Courtesy the artist and Lett Thomas. Photography by Ben Deakin.

30/04/2026

We’re at the Aotearoa Art Fair in Tāmaki Makaurau, where you can find us upstairs (next to booth 49) in the Viaduct Events Centre with a limited edition of 25 signed prints by Cornelia Parker.

A Few Shots (and their Shadows) is made with Parker’s unique interpretation of the photogravure process and continues Parker’s long-standing pursuit of reimagining everyday objects and materials to reveal the histories, tensions, and possibilities they carry.

All proceeds from the sale of this edition directly support the presentation of Parker’s exhibition at City Gallery Wellington, which will reopen the Gallery on 10 October 2026.

Prints are available to purchase online and will be ready end of August.

Learn more > https://citygallery.org.nz/cornelia-parker-limited-edition-print/

29/04/2026

Our Gallery hours at National Library of New Zealand have changed. We are now open:

Tuesday to Friday, 10am-5pm
Saturday, 9am-1pm
Sunday & Monday, Closed

27/04/2026

Te Ngākau Civic Square has reopened, and while we're still putting on the finishing touches of our building so we can open in October, you can find us at the National Library of New Zealand with Cora‑Allan: Recording Mauri, on now until 23 May 2026.

Come visit us: Open Tuesday to Friday, 10am-5pm and Saturday, 9am-1pm

24/04/2026

ANZAC HOURS
Cora-Allan: Recording Mauri at National Library of New Zealand

ANZAC Day
Saturday 25 April — Closed

ANZAC Day Observed
Monday 27th April — Closed

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Cora-Allan Awhitu Mauri Studies 2025, cyanotype on paper. Courtesy the artist.

17/04/2026

Exhibiting artist Cora-Allan brings generations of ancestral knowledge from both Aotearoa and Niue into her contemporary art practice.

Driven by her sustainable approach to art-making, Cora-Allan sources many of her materials from the natural world. From the bark used to make hiapo, to pigments made from whenua sourced around ngā motu, these materials carry their own mauri with them.

Recording Mauri: Moments of Light and Earth is on now at National Library of New Zealand until 23 May 2026.

Photos: Elias Rodriguez

13/04/2026

It's your final week to step into the dark side 🩸

Blood is Thicker closes Sunday 19 April at The Dowse Art Museum.

Blood Is Thicker binds Lyttelton artist Jason Greig in unholy communion with a remarkable private collection of European masters—including Francisco Goya, Odilon Redon, Käthe Kollwitz, Gustave Doré, and Félicien Rops. Together they reveal a dark Romantic lineage where printer’s ink flows like blood through art history’s veins. Don't miss your last chance to explore Greig's world, or it may haunt you👀

Curated by Aaron Lister and Chelsea Nichols (), in collaboration between The Dowse Art Museum () and City Gallery Wellington.

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