Join Kaye Maree Dunn, Terese McLeod, Professor Catherine Iorns Magallanes, Gerrard Albert and Dr Mike Joy to discuss ‘legal personhood’ as a philosophical approach and practical strategy to ...

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On a rainy morning at the beginning of autumn, in a slightly unpredictable council car, I joined photographer Ans Westra and curator Sian van Dyk for a four-wheeled ...

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'So... Tell us about the cheese and the bananas.' Artist Mark Schroder and Gus Fisher Gallery Curator, Lisa Beauchamp take us on a workplace orientation in 'Mark Schroder: ...

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Did your mother ever tell you, ‘There’s no I in team’? Claudia Kogachi’s mom did, so she made it the title of her exhibition.Senior Curator Dr. Chelsea Nichols ...

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The Dowse is excited to announce Dr Bronwyn Lloyd as its 2021 Blumhardt Curator, as part of a new programme developed by the Blumhardt Foundation in partnership with ...

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A group of Lower Hutt rangatahi learned from world-renowned street artists to create murals around their communities as part a year-long street art mentoring programme hosted by The ...

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The Golden Huia, a major new artwork by leading Aotearoa photographer Fiona Pardington, was unveiled tonight (Friday 23 July) at a glittering event to celebrate The Dowse Art ...

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Major exhibition of new work by renowned artist Shane Cotton at The Dowse, 17 July

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From bronze and ceramics to duct tape and wool, a new exhibition at The Dowse celebrates five decades of female sculptural practice in Aotearoa.

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In March 2021, The Most Dedicated: Street Art Festival turned Lower Hutt CBD into an outdoor art gallery with internationally acclaimed street art collective TMD Crew.

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From surfing to tennis to golf, sports become a playful metaphor for exploring the challenging emotional terrain of the mother-daughter relationship in There’s No I In Team, a ...

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Some of New Zealand’s best secondary school artwork will be on display at The Dowse from 10 - 14 May 2021, as part of the Top Art exhibition.

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