Banner image: excerpt from George Turner, Shareable Flag, Bowen Galleries
Exhibitions and events
Tomorrow’s histories: photographs by Neil Penman
Neil Penman’s photographs of Porirua mark significant moments in the city’s history and honour the legacy of a photographer who believed that ‘every photograph taken today becomes a vital record for the generations of tomorrow’.
Pātaka Art + Museum, Corner Norrie & Parumoana streets, Porirua
8 August - 8 November 2026
10am–5pm, 7 days a week
Slow Burn: Women and Photography/Ahi Tāmau: Māreikura Whakaahua
Slow Burn showcases the diversity of photography by women and non-binary artists in Aotearoa New Zealand from the 1960s to today.
Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington
February 2026 - January 2027
10am to 6pm every day except Christmas Day
Not a solitary feeling
Curated by: Susan Ballard and Sophie Thorn
Not a solitary feeling is a group show bringing perspectives from the environmental humanities to Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection. Including a selection of loaned and collection works the exhibition explores how artworks open boundaries between human and nonhuman, planet and atmosphere.
Artists: Tanya Ashken, Fiona Connor, John Bevan Ford, Brett Graham, Ayesha Green, Mark Harvey, Christine Hellyar, Ross Hemera, Yuki Kihara, Layla Rudneva-Mackay, Melissa Macleod, Colin McCahon, Kate Newby
Fast Track
George Turner’s exhibition at Bowen Galleries Fast Track brings together a year of studio research into contemporary land use in Aotearoa New Zealand. Based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Turner is a transdisciplinary artist working across painting, sculpture, installation, moving image, and digital processes.
Bowen Galleries, 2/39 Ghuznee Steet, Te Aro, Wellington
21 July - 8 August
Tuesday - Friday 11am - 5pm & Saturday 11am - 4pm
New work from Poneke based artist Hendrix Hennessy-Ropiha
McLeavey Gallery, 147 Cuba St, Wellington
22nd of July - 15th of August
11am -5pm Wednesday to Friday & 11am-3pm Saturday
(More to come)