Shadow of figure sitting down in front of two wall size projected images of an abstract image of thousands of blue coloured lines

The Grid — New Digital Art Space

Writ­ten by Nadia Free­man Welling­ton’s newest and poten­tial­ly first dig­i­tal art space opened this month, and I am deeply appre­cia­tive of the entre­pre­neur­ial spir­it of Shan­non Bros­na­han Inglis and Delainy Jamahl. In an era when invest­ment in the arts is dwin­dling, launch­ing a ven­ture of this scale and qual­i­ty is inspir­ing. Ini­tia­tives like this infuse […]

Something wonderful at The Dowse

Emma from Emma Makes kind­ly vis­it­ed and revis­it­ed  — Wun­der­rū­ma: New Zealand Jew­ellery  exhi­bi­tion at The Dowse  for us. Each time I return to Wun­der­rū­ma: New Zealand Jew­ellery I find some­thing new I want to own. It began at the open­ing with Emi­ly Valentine’s King­fish­er Brooch (2013). “Is that a bird?” said the friend I was […]

Hamish McKay Gallery reopens

(via White Fun­gus News…)

The new Hamish McK­ay Gallery is now open at Lev­el one, 39 Ghuznee Street.

More info after the jump.

Open up

Hi all, this is my first post as a Welling­ton­ista. There’s a slew of new shops, gal­leries and enter­tain­ment venues open­ing at the moment, so I thought I’d start with a quick roundup. The Bart­ley Nees Gallery on the cor­ner of Blair and Wake­field streets is under­go­ing mito­sis and split­ting itself into Tim Nees Gallery […]