Home News Media Releases News Menu ↑ BlogMedia ReleasesPodcastOur Favourites Media Releases 8 Sep 2021 COVID-19: The Dowse is open at Alert Level 2 The Dowse is open (Tuesday to Sunday) during Alert Level 2. Read More 24 Aug 2021 Dr Bronwyn Lloyd announced as Blumhardt Curator 2021 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 ... Read More 24 Jul 2021 Fiona Pardington, The Golden Huia: ‘Spectacular’ new commission for The Dowse 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 ... Read More 6 Jul 2021 Homecoming for Shane Cotton Major exhibition of new work by renowned artist Shane Cotton at The Dowse, 17 July Read More 6 Jul 2021 Breaking the Bronze Ceiling opens From bronze and ceramics to duct tape and wool, a new exhibition at The Dowse celebrates five decades of female sculptural practice in Aotearoa. Read More 14 May 2021 Fun and friction played in Mother-Daughter portraiture 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 ... Read More 9 May 2021 Top Art comes to The Dowse 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. Read More 31 Mar 2021 Gorge on a visual feast of the sickeningly sweet Lollies exploding out of faces, candy-coloured corporate dystopia and disaster-inflected dessert commercials feature in the pick ‘n mix of artworks by contemporary international and Aotearoa-based artists in Candy ... Read More 25 Mar 2021 Showcasing Aotearoa's urban art scene - from the streets to the gallery The Most Dedicated: An Aotearoa Graffiti Story and the TMD Street Art Festival The first major public museum display of street art collective, TMD Crew, The Dowse Art ... Read More 19 Feb 2021 The Dowse launches first survey exhibition of Jane Dodd jewellery The Dowse Art Museum presents the first major survey of contemporary jeweller Jane Dodd in a new exhibition titled Wild Domain: The Natural History of Jane Dodd Jewellery. Read More 1 Feb 2021 Digging for gold - The Dowse celebrates its 50th year with new exhibition Fool’s Gold The Dowse Art Museum will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year starting off with a new exhibition, Fool’s Gold, opening on 2 February, featuring the golden, yellow and ... Read More 15 Dec 2020 New opening times from 2021 From January 4th 2021 The Dowse Art Museum will be closed on Mondays. Read More Load More
