Exhibition Details

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Join Kaitohu Director Ruth Buchanan and art historian Matariki Williams for a one day workshop for emerging artists, curators, and art historians to consider the way exhibitions impact on the making of art history. Participants will explore how art history and exhibition standards impacted the work of both Lubaina Himid and Michael Parekōwhai, in which ways have they expanded on standard approaches to displaying their work? How does the current exhibition connect to exhibition making in Aotearoa today and in the future?

Booking is essential as space is limited.

Please contact robbie@artspace.org.nz to express your interest by Friday 28 February.

WHAT TO EXPECT

This event is free.
Space is limited to 15 participants
This session requires an expression of interest, there are no drop ins.
This event will be held in the Kit, which can be accessed by the main gallery entrance or alternatively by our car park on 8 East St for assisted access.
This location is accessible with assistance.
Light refreshments will be provided but please bring lunch.

BIOGRAPHIES

Matariki Williams (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Hauiti, Taranaki, Ngāti Whakaue, Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi) is a doctoral candidate, curator, writer and editor in the arts and cultural sector. In 2024-2025, Matariki holds the Oroya Day Fellowship in New Zealand Art History in the Art History programme at Victoria University. She is the Visual Arts Director for Kia Mau Festival. Previous roles include as Senior Historian, Mātauranga Māori at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and Curator Mātauranga Māori at Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand. She is a committee member for Te Hā o Ngā Pou Kaituhi Māori.

Ruth Buchanan is an artist of Taranaki and currently Kaitohu Director at Artspace Aotearoa. She works across exhibition making, writing, design, and teaching. She has realised significant exhibitions and commissioned works with Govett Brewster Art Gallery, Ngamotu New Plymouth; Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart; The New Commissioners, Mochengladback; Te Pataka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington; Badischer Kunsterverin, Karlsruhe; Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Art Gallery; MASP, Sao Paolo; Gwangju Biennale (8); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Kunsthaus Bregenz; If I can’t Dance..., Amsterdam; Tate Modern, London; and The Showroom, London. In 2018 she was awarded the Walters Prize by international judge Adriano Pedrosa.

    Price

    • Free

    Date

    • Fri 28 Mar

    Time

    • 10:00 am — 3:00 pm

    Address

    • 292 Karangahape Road
    • Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland