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Kate van der Drift
Sanderson Contemporary
28 May – 22 June, 2025
PhotoForum re-publish Virginia Were’s essay which was first commissioned to accompany Kate van der Drift’s exhibition Dance, Dance at Sanderson Contemporary.
Luke Foley-Martin & Ben Lowe
Essay by Theo Macdonald for PhotoForum
January 2025
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Over 80 works by alumni, staff, and contemporary artists who engage with analogue processes
The Engine Room
Block 1 Wallace Street,
Massey University, Mount Cook, Wellington
23 July – 9 August 2025
Opening event: 5.30 Tuesday 22 July
Panel discussion and closing celebration on Saturday 9 August
Ross Scott, John Williams, Mark Beehre and an unknown photographer
curated by Mark Beehre
Photospace Gallery
1st floor, 37 Courtenay Place, Wellington
18 July to 8 August 2025
Opening Thursday, 17 July, 5 to 7pm
Cathy Carter
Föenander Galleries
1 Faraday Street, Parnell, Auckland
11 - 28 July 2025
Opening Friday 11 July, 5:30pm - 7.30pm
Ben Cauchi
Robert Heald Gallery
230 Leftbank, Cuba Mall, Wellington
10 July - 2 August 2025
Opening Thursday 10 July from 5.30pm
George Funaki + Jolie Le Feuvre
The Grey Place
37 Scanlan Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland
5-11 July 2025
Opening Saturday 5 July, 4.30-6.30
Madeleine Slavick
Published by The Cuba Press, 2024
130pp
Reviewed by Michael Elvy for Landfall Review Online, 30 June 2025
Reviewed by Paula Green for NZ Poetry Shelf , 10 May 2025
Ngahuia Harrison
Whangārei Art Museum
91 Dent Street, Town Basin, Whangārei
20 June - 5 October 2025
Artist talk 12 July, 1pm
a mixed media collaboration between photographer Tony Nyberg and artists Will Gresson and Iulia Boșcu
Audio Foundation
Parisian Ties And Belts Sub-Basement
4 Poynton Terrace, Auckland Central
3 July - 2 August 2025
Opening: Thursday 3 July, 5.30pm, with refreshments by @libertybrewingnz
Special event: Friday 4 July, 8pm
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Julie Downie, Known treasure that can only be examined in a second life
Ryan Lindborg, The Big Island
6-8pm, Tuesday 3 June
SKAR Image Lab, 1 New Bond St, Kingsland