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Imogen Zino, The Materiality of Winter, 2020.

19 Nov 2020

Excellence in student design celebrated at the 2020 ECC NZ Student Craft/Design awards

A multi-sensory audio-tactile installation made up of three-and-a-half-thousand individually handmade ceramic pieces by Imogen Zino, has been crowned the Supreme Winner at the ECC NZ Student Craft/Design awards. ...

Jess Johnson and Simon Ward, Terminus (install view) at The Dowse. Photo by Hagen Hopkins.

14 Nov 2020

Terminus - A choose-your-own adventure into the technological

Geometric patterns, humanoid bodies, alien architectural environments and relics of an ancient world appear throughout Terminus - an immersive, virtual reality installation by Jess Johnson and Simon Ward, ...

Nuku Tewhatewha 2020 (install view) at The Dowse. Photo by Mark Tantrum

30 Oct 2020

The Dowse reopens Nuku Tewhatewha

Following an extensive refurbishment, The Dowse Art Museum reopens Nuku Tewhatewha – the only known intact pātaka of seven or eight built as symbols of support for the ...

From the Ground Up 2020 (install view) at The Dowse. Photo by Ted Whittaker

24 Oct 2020

For the love of food - From the Ground Up, new exhibition opens 24 October

Living māra kūmara (kūmara garden) grown inside wardian cases; films sharing local stories on community cultivation; and dinnerware ceramics from The Dowse Collection — a new exhibition at The ...

26 Sep 2020

Explore art through play in Toi Hut, a new whānau space at The Dowse

The Dowse Art Museum has opened its new whānau space, Toi Hut, to the public. This new and improved space is a custom-made area for families to learn, ...

22 Sep 2020

COVID-19 update: The Dowse is open

The Dowse Art Museum is open today.

Street Art Mentoring Programme, 2020. Photo by Antonio Hernandez

13 Jul 2020

TMD & local rangatahi take art to the streets of Lower Hutt

Year-long street art mentoring programme begins 16 July 2020. Nine Lower Hutt rangatahi will have the chance to learn from world-renowned street artists and create murals around their ...

23 Jun 2020

Kia ora to our new Senior Curator Chelsea Nichols

We’re excited that Dr Chelsea Nichols will be joining our team as Senior Curator in early July. Chelsea is a curator and writer with a passion for the ...

Nikau Hindin, Rehua, Antares (detail), Kōkōrangi ki kōkōwai, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist

16 Jun 2020

A journey into Maramataka: New solo show by Nikau Hindin opens 20 June

Intricate star maps painted on hand-beaten aute (Māori barkcloth) feature in Kōkōrangi ki Kōkōwai, a major solo show by artist Nikau Hindin (Ngai Tūpoto, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) opening ...

Bekah Carran, And we look and comb our hair, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist

16 Jun 2020

What we cast aside: New solo exhibition by Bekah Carran opens 20 June

What we cast aside: Mystical sculptures cast from everyday clutter.Bekah Carran: And we look and comb our hair opens at The Dowse, 20 June 2020 Mystical and delicately ...

Kaaterina Kerekere, Takuahiroa (video still), 2019. Courtesy of the artist

2 Jun 2020

The future of craft in Aotearoa: Ā Mua opens 6 June

Jewellery that can only be worn in a virtual world; handwoven harakeke battle suits; and digital mōteatea – a new exhibition at The Dowse Art Museum opening 6 ...

Fiona Amundsen and Tim Corballis, production stills from Human Hand (Titan II), 2019-2020.

2 Jun 2020

Micro-cities, biospheres & ballistic missiles: Human Hand opens 6 June

An experimental micro-city, a biosphere to replicate life in outer space, and the largest intercontinental ballistic missile deployed by the US Air Force – three mesmerising places feature ...