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Working on new art installation in Naenae. Left to Right - Chevron Hassett (Artist), Liam Joseph (Naenae Clubhouse), Te Wainahu Paul (Naenae Clubhouse), Ryan Poole (Naenae Clubhouse)

9 Aug 2019

Artists start work on new installation in Naenae

A large-scale community art project featuring well-known New Zealand artists is about to get underway in Naenae.

Harun Farocki, Workers Leaving the Factory, 1995, video still. Image copyright of the artist, courtesy of Video Data Bank, www.vdb.org, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

31 Jul 2019

Art Speaks to Power

This August, The Dowse Art Museum opens two shows that celebrate the power of art.

28 Jun 2019

ATE: Journal of Māori Art is out now

Te tau o taku ...

27 Jun 2019

RAMP festival: Karl Chitham and clickbait

On July 25 Karl Chitham, our director will be presenting at the Ramp Festival of Music, Media, Arts & Design organised by Wintec’s School of Media Arts. The ...

Mark Igloliorte, Seal Skin Neck Pillow, 2019. Seal Skin, 33 x 33 x 10cm

10 Jun 2019

Traverse, co-curated by Karl Chitham, opens next week

Our friends at RAMP Gallery, Hamilton, are hosting Traverse, an exhibition of contemporary works by Inuk artist and academic, Mark Igloliorte (Canada), 17 Jun - 5 Jul, 2019. ...

5 Jun 2019

Our new Blumhardt /CNZ Curatorial Intern is…

We are pleased to welcome Gina Matchitt (Te Arawa and Whakatōhea) to the team as our 2019 Blumhardt/Creative New Zealand curatorial intern.

SHANNON TE AO: MY LIFE AS A TUNNEL. INSTALLATION VIEW.

3 May 2019

We’re in the finals!

We are thrilled to be named as finalists in the 2019 ServiceIQ NZ Museum Awards in the Kia Toi Te Reo Most Innovative Use of Te Reo Māori ...

15 Apr 2019

Art + Play

Our current exhibition All I want to be is a gift for audiences and educators alike. It shows so many different ways to explore play, experimentation and creativity ...

Rachael Rakena (Ngāi Tahu, Ngā Puhi), ... as an individual and not under the name of Ngāi Tahu, 2001. Single-channel SD video (9 mins 24 secs). Courtesy of the artist

25 Mar 2019

Now showing: Māori video artists at The Dowse Art Museum

Opening at The Dowse Art Museum on 30 March, Māori Moving Image: An Open Archive, invites audiences to immerse themselves in works by more than twenty Māori moving ...

Our old repurposed filing cabinets, totally full with The Dowse’s contemporary jewellery collection (with a set of new white drawers at the far right!).

12 Mar 2019

A forever home for our jewellery

Blog by Abigail Timmins, Collections Manager

21 Feb 2019

Civic Spruce Up

With all the fantastic new venues opening in the civic centre it was only a matter of time before the road needed a little attention too.

Dame Doreen Blumhardt in her garden with her pots

18 Jan 2019

Craft Publications

According to Dame Doreen Blumhardt, founder and namesake of the Blumhardt Foundation, ensuring that ‘New Zealand’s rich tradition of applied arts is celebrated, cherished and nourished’ was the ...