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Jan Nigro: Lady Chatterley's Lover 28 December 2011 - 22 January 2012 A suite of works on paper by Jan Nigro, oil and collage/mixed media from ‘life’ courtesy of Jane Sanders Art Agent, Auckland |
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artpractice! 28 November - 22 January 2012 A 15th Anniversary WAM exhibition |
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Drawn from Italy 28 November - 24 December 2011 Drawn from Italy, Mantegna to Kauffman |
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Scott McFarlane - ZEITGEIST 13 September – 30 November 2011 Scott McFarlane - ZEITGEIST - ceramic wall installation |
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STANDS - Stephen Roucher 13 September – 30 November 2011 A photographic essay of provincial rugby stands across ‘heartland New Zealand’ |
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Master of Craft 13 September - 30 November 2011 Richard Parker: Master of Craft surveys the career and practice of a major Northland artist and a defining figure within New Zealand ceramics. |
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Hard on the Heels 13th September – 20th November 2011 LEGENDARY PHOTOGRAPHER PETER BUSH |
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Ann Verdcourt 31st January – 27th March 2011 A TOURING EXHIBITION JOINTLY DEVELOPED BY TE MANAWA TRUST, PALMERSTON NORTH AND THE SARJEANT GALLERY, WHANGANUI. |
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Rita Angus 23rd April - 5th June 2011 Rita Angus: Selected Works |
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Lifelines:Jo Hardy 23rd April - 5th June 2011 Lifelines: Jo Hardy - A Survey |
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Credo and Quest 15th November 2010 – 9th January 2011 Credo and Quest – a selective survey of Religion and Spirituality in New Zealand Art |
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Bohemians of the Brush 13 September – 7 November 2010 Bohemians of the Brush - Pumpkin Cottage Impressionists |
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Susan Wilson 10 August - 10 September 2010 SUSAN WILSON RAHERA WINDSOR QSM KUIA NGATI RANANA |
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Rainbow Warriors and Remainders 10th July 2010 Rainbow Warriors and Remainders – photographs by Gil Hanly and memorabilia loaned by Greenpeace NZ and private collections. |
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Matariki and Maori Modernism 1st June 2010 The wellspring of a contemporary maori art 1950-2000. |
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Wairua Wai - Spirit of the Water 21 April to 30 June 2010 Works from Whangarei Art Museum’s Permanent Collection curated by Anna Wild |
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Korea - the Land of Morning Calm Monday 8th March – May 2010 Celebrating the Library Korean Jeunseung carved pole – artifacts & ceramics from a Whangarei private collection |
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Te Huringa/ Turning Points 15th February 2010 An exhibition of paintings from the collections of the Fletcher Trust and Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui |
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Exiles - Rudolf Boelee 14th December 2009 - 7th February 2010 Timed to coincide with 3 other concurrently themed exile exhibitions: - Ey! Iran developed by the Gold Coast City Art Gallery and Bah’ai Martyrs of Iran – Shahriar Asdollah-zadeh and Duality of Exile – Fred Uhlman in Captivity |
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Baha'i Martyrs of Iran 14th December 2009 - 7th February 2010 A powerful multimedia exhibition showcasing political plight and persecution! |
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ey! iran Exhibition 14th December 2009 - 7th February 2010 |
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Duality of Exile 14 December 2009 - 7 February 2010 Duality of Exile: Fred Uhlman in Captivity |
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Sweet As 3rd November - 6th December 2009 More than Looking - a Disabilityart@ccess Exhibition |
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John Ioane 31 August - 26 October 2009 Journeyman Artist and the Pacific Paradox |
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Petrus van der Velden & Rembrandt 29 June - 23 August, 2009 WAM Does Double Dutch! Nieuw Zeeland – and Petrus van der Velden & Rembrandt – the Experimental Etcher. |
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Plumb Lines 9 March - 21 June, 2009 A Survey of the Visual Landscape through the Surveyor's Lens |
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Len Castle 15 December 2008 - 1 February, 2009 Mountain to the Sea |
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Creating the Ultimate Living Environment 7 – 28 January, 2008 Celebrating a history of Whangarei artists |
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In the Making of Chalk 4 - 29 February, 2008 A multimedia exhibition by seven artists of the Visual Art Faculity, North Tec - Tai Tokerau Wananga, Whangarei |
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All Dogs Shot 10 February - 30 March, 2008 Photographs by Roger Donaldson |
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Entwined 10 March - 18 April, 2008 One to One - Entwined |
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The Hand as Subject 7 April - 25 May, 2008 Imagery of the hand |
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Subjects to Hand 7 April - 25 May, 2008 Joanna Margaret Paul Drawings and DVD of Short Films |
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Echoes of the Landscape 28 April - 30 May, 2008 Paintings as Installation by local artist Sheryl O'Gorman Curated by Maree Saunders |
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Makereti 2 June - 27 July, 2008 Taking Maori to the world |
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Ralph Hotere 2 June - 27 July, 2008 Figurative Works Carnival, Song Cycle and the Woman Series |
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Cultural Memory 4 August - 28 September, 2008 a history of the Whangarei Art Collection 1921 – 2008 |
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Turning Point 13 October - 7 December, 2008 Maori and Modernism and the Fifties A Whangarei Art Museum Exhibition |
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Turuki, Turuki! Paneke, Paneke! 13 October - 7 December, 2008 When Maori art became contemporary An Auckland City Art Gallery Touring Exhibition |
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Feltex Living Carpets 5 – 11 March, 2007 Endless Summer Festival: Feltex Living Carpets |
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Flag to Flag 5 March - 6 April, 2007 Exploring the use of the flag motif in New Zealand Contemporary Art |
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History Unfurled and Jack or Black 19 February - 15 April, 2007 History Unfurled and Jack or Black |
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1.1 Robert Ellis and the late Buck Nin 16 April – 18 May, 2007 ONE POINT ONE: Robert Ellis and the late Buck Nin |
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Luncheon Under the Ash Tree 23 April - 10 June, 2007 The Ian & Elespie Prior Collection |
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Primary Referents 9 July – 10 August, 2007 Primary Referents |
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Through Our Eyes 5 - 29 June, 2007 Through Our Eyes |
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Celebrating Matariki 18 June - 12 August, 2007 Celebrating Matariki |
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Tears for Tane's Children 3 - 28 September, 2007 Tears for Tane's Children |
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Chemistry of Three 20 August - 7 October, 2007 Chemistry of Three |
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Liliu 12 November - 15th December, 2007 Julian Hooper |
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Cursive Line 15 October - 10th December, 2007 Adele Younghusband and a Circle of Friends |
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Wanganui Arts Review 19th December 2005 – 12 February 2006 Presents an exciting multi-discipline exhibition featuring works by the award winners of the Wanganui Arts Review 2005. |
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Landscapes of unease 19th December 2005 – 12 February 2006 Works selected from the Whangarei Art Museum Collection - Curated by Scott Pothan |
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Michael Shepherd 19th December 2005 – 12 February 2006 Michael Shepherd - The Early Years |
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Shadow on the Land 20 February - 16 April, 2006 Shadow on the Land: Te Hokianga - Eric Lee Johnson |
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Kupe Sites 20 February - 16 April, 2006 Nga tapüwae o Kupe - Landmarks of the great voyager |
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!!Ãœber kewel!! 24 April - 11 June, 2006 !!Über kewel!!: user-friendly guide to art-speak and art-viewing |
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Wave & Waka 2 June, 2006 Wave & Waka Grand Opening |
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Te Hue Ipu and The Living Face 19th June - 6th August, 2006 Te Hue Ipu - Tracing the history of Gourds and The Living Face 1904 - 2004 |
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Walk the Line 14 August - 8 October, 2006 Walk the Line - Drawings from WAM, Fletcher Trust, and private collections |
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Julian Dashper 1990-2006 14 August - 8 October, 2006 Painting problems: the work of Julian Dashper 1990-2006 |
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Tiki Tour 16 October – 10 December, 2006 Tiki Tour: Celebrating the Emblematic Koru & the Hei Tiki |
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Seresin Family collection 18 December - 11 February, 2007 Another View: photographs from the Seresin Family collection |
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In Flower 7 February - April 3, 2005 In Flower - A Fresh Look at Flowers |
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Rhona Haszard 11 April - 5 June, 2005 Rhona Haszard - An Experimental Expatriate Artist |
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ALLURE 13 June - 7 August, 2005 ALLURE – Morrie Morrison |
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GO GIRL 13 June - 7 August, 2005 Go Girl by Fiona Clark |
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Tibet 30th August - 23rd September, 2005 Tibet & Tales of Tibet |
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Finding Longitude 15 August - 9 October, 2005 Finding Longitude - paintings by Carol Prentice |
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The Path to Takitimu 15 August - 9 October, 2005 Te Ara-O-Takitimu / The Path to Takitimu - paintings by Laurence Berry |
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Light Wine Things 17 October - 11 December, 2005 Paris Comes to Whangarei - light wine things - by Bill Culbert |
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Tau Ana 22 December 2003 – 15 February 2004 Tau Ana - mixed media pieces from 3 Maori artists |
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Unseen China 23 February - 18 April 2004 Unseen China - Photographs by John Thomson |
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3 Concurrent Exhibitions - 2004 26 April - 20 June, 2004 Horizon Line and The Gay Dolphin Days and Fjords, Mist & Vapour |
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Shade House Installation 28 June - 22 August, 2004 Shade House Installation |
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The Another Ones 30 August - 24 October, 2004 The Another Ones: photo - chemical drawings by local artist Grant Beran |
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Ghandi 30 August - 24 October, 2004 Mahatma Gandhi |
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Selected works - 2004 November, 2004 Selected works by Four Northland Artists |
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Heta November, 2004 Heta: Power & Fragility - Photographs by Mark Cross |
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Pret-a-Porter Pasifika 6 December, 2004 - 30 January, 2005 Pret-a-Porter Pasifika - stories of adornment |
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Marginal Space 9 December 2002 - 2 February 2003 Installation exhibition by pioneering Korean fibre artist Shin Young-ok. |
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Native Bird Productions 10 February – 6 April 2003 Art works by Shona Rapira Davies and Diane Prince. |
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Remains and Legacies 14 April - 8 June 2003 Remains and Legacies - Anzac Stories |
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Representation and Reaction 18 August – 12 October 2003 Modernism and the New Zealand Landscape Tradition 1956 – 1977 |
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Talismans, Taonga & Treasures 20 October - 14 December, 2003 Talismans, Taonga & Treasures |
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Parallel Bodies 8 Janury - 24 February 2002 Parallel Bodies: Scott McFarlane and Richard Shortland Cooper |
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Wave and Waka - 2002 4 March - 28 April, 2002 Wave and Waka |
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Ano te Ataahua 4 March - 28 April, 2002 Ano te Ataahua: Honouring the Gifts of our Elders |
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The Cast and Art Deco Paintings 7 May - 30 June, 2002 The Cast: Glass Touring exhibition and Art Deco Paintings |
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Harata Rewiri Tarapata From Paris to The Hokianga 30 June, 2002 Harata Rewiri Tarapata From Paris to The Hokianga |
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Mataora and A Field of View 9 September - 7 October 2002 Mataora and A Field of View |
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A Journey Home and Portraits of Place 7 October - 1 December 2002 A Journey Home and Portraits of Place |
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Challenge and Response 21 Jan 2001 Challenge and Response |
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Edith Collier 29 Jan - 11 March 2001 Edith Collier and The Women of her circle |
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Hokianga 19 March - 29 April 2001 Ross T Smith - Hokianga |
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Frances Hodgkins 8 May - 17 junel 2001 Frances Hodgkins |
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Te Kauri, Venerable Vessels, Domestic Ceramics 2 July - 19 August 2001 TE KAURI, VENERABLE VESSELS, DOMESTIC CERAMICS |
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In Situ and Strain, Grate, Whisk, Scrub 28 Aug - 21 Oct 2001 In Situ - Warren Viscoe - Place and Process; A homecominig journey |
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Capital 27 Oct 2001 - 1 Jan 2002 Capital -Locating Tradition: Placing Ourselves - Art from the Victoria University of Wellington Collection' |
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Reminiscence and The Shrine 10 Jan - 5 Mar 2000 Reminiscence - Kate Sperrey - a selective memoir - WAM curated. |
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Urewera Mural 1 Feb - 5 Mar 2000 Colin McCahon Urewera Mural 1975 |
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Paroe Pasifika 13 Mar - 20 Apr 2000 Paroe Pasifika - historical and contemporary art of Cook Islands identity. |
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Crossing The Divide 2 May - 11 Jun 2000 Crossing The Divide - Gretchen Albrecht |
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Domestic Speculations and Minnie F. White 1891 - 1983 20 Jun - 30 Jul 2000 Domestic Speculations and Minnie F. White 1891 - 1983 |
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The Reflective Terrain 8 Aug - 17 Sept 2000 Freda Simmonds, Marilyn Webb & Toi Te Rito Maihi - The Reflective Terrain |
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A Decade in Progress and Art for our Sake 26 Sept - 5 Nov 2000 A Decade in Progress and Art for our Sake |
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Inheriting the Netherlands 13 Nov - 20 Dec 2000 Inheriting the Netherlands aCentury of Dutch artists in New Zealand |
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Nga Taonga O Tai Tokerau 4 Jan - 28 Feb 1999 Nga Taonga O Tai Tokerau |
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Three NZ collections - 1999 8 Mar - 18 Apr 1999 Maramatanga Wairua, H.W. Kirkwood, Port Out / Starboard Home |
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Brushes with Light 26 Apr - 6 Jun 1999 Brushes with Light - Herbert Ivan Babbage 1875 - 1916 |
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Tideline 14 Jun - Jul 1999 Tideline |
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Reckoning with the Past 8 Nov - 19 Dec 1999 Reckoning with the Past - Contemporary Chinese Art touring exhibition. Final NZ venue of a two year national tour. |
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An Independent Man 5 Jan - 28 Feb 1998 An Independent Man - Garth Tapper |
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Boyd Webb 10 Mar - 19 April 1998 Boyd Webb |
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In Detail 26 April - 7 June 1998 Carole Shepheard - In Detail |
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Outside the Circle 16 Jun - 26 Jul 1998 Outside the Circle |
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Signs and Markers and Hemi Tuwharerangi Paraha 3 Aug - 26 Sept 1998 Charlotte Fisher - Signs and Markers, Ross T Smith - Hemi Tuwharerangi Paraha |
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There 21 Sept - 1 Nov 1998 Caroline Williams - There |
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Adele Younghusband- 1998 9 Nov - 27 Dec 1998 Adele Younghusband and her Circle |
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Tivaevae 1 Feb - 16 March 1997 Tivaevae - Art of the Pacific |
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Trusttum and Figuratively Speaking 13 May - 22 June 1997 Trusttum - Paintings from the Tennis Series Figuratively Speaking - Adele Younghusband - Paintings, Prints and Drawings. |
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Aberhart - Interiors 13 May - 22 June 1997 Aberhart - Interiors |
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Crois Schlighe and Kaipara 1 July - 8 Aug 1997 Crois Schlighe - Shona Sterling Firman, Kaipara - John Oxborough |
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Open House 15 Aug - 8 Oct 1997 Open House - Stories from Parliament |
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Under Southern Skies 13 Oct - 21 Nov 1997 Under Southern Skies - Textiles |
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Tuki and Huru 24 Nov - 29 Dec 1997 Tuki and Huru - Pauline Thompson and John Holmwood - 2 large narrative murals 1967 |
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Fashion, Furniture and Photography 22 July - 30 Aug 1996 Fashion, Furniture and Photography |
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Fumpston Prints 10 Sept - Oct 20 1996 Fumpston Prints - Rodney Fumpston survey exhibition |
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Flags of Convenience and In the Abstract 22 Oct - 30 Nov 1996 Flags of Convenience - Greer Twiss, In the Abstract - Eric Lee-Johnson |
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Toss Woollaston 10 Dec - 19 Jan 1996 Woollaston - A retrospective |
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Classic Hanly and The Essential Woman 1 June - 16 July 1996 Classic Hanly - Three decades of painting, The Essential Woman - Paintings from 1890 - 1960 |
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The Iseke Oceanic Arts Collection Papua New Guinean and Melanesian artefacts from the Maria and Franz Iseke estate |
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