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Workshop 6, The Tin Years, 2003. Collection of The Dowse Art Museum. Photo by Jeff McEwan. You are invited to a party upstairs at The Dowse – there'll be music, popcorn and costumes. Come As You Are celebrates works from The Dowse Collection that

The opening of New Olds. Photo by Mark Tantrum. A contemporary design exhibition featuring 60 objects that demonstrate redesign and readymade traditional processing of new materials and transformation of design classics. A mat that can be

Alicia Hibbert, Ball Dress, 2011. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: John Lake. Curated by New Zealand fashion designer Doris de Pont, Home Sewn is a retrospective of the home sewing revolution in New Zealand. At a time when off-the-peg fashion was

Installation Shot by John Lake. "My work is typically made in quite a precarious way—different components are arranged rather than being glued. There’s often a lot of propping, stacking, leaning, hanging—constant making and re-making with a

Installation view. Photo: John Lake. Nineteen local children have each chosen a favourite artwork from the collection. This time, we’ve handed the reins over to you. To celebrate all the children who visit The Dowse, our new family show Pic 'n'

Kobi Bosshard, Pendant, 1980. Courtesy of Auckland Museum. Kobi Bosshard is widely regarded as 'the grandfather' of New Zealand contemporary jewellery. This stunning exhibiton features a selection of his jewellery from the 1960s to the present;

Installation view. Photo: Mark Tantrum. Works which suggest disruption of the usual order; they play up, act out and disturb us. This selection of works from The Dowse’s collection all suggest disruption of the usual order. In various ways they

Installation view. Photo: John Lake. "I was truly amazed and felt hugely stimulated seeing his works." —Visitor comment. A tribute to one of New Zealand's most important potters, Barry Brickell. His Own Steam is the first significant survey

Alex Monteith: Big Wave Aotearoa. Alex Monteith, Big Wave Aotearoa, 2013. "Simultaneously the works often reflect on the politics, limits and freedoms of contemporary human activity at the threshold of geographical or territorial extremes. In

Day 3 of Installation. A series of giant black and white wall drawings by Melbourne artist Kerrie Poliness. Drawn directly onto the wall in marker pen, the works create vivid illusions of three dimensionality. Installation of Kerrie's work at The

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Come As You Are

New Olds

Home Sewn

Eve Armstrong: Rise

Pic 'n' Mix

Kobi Bosshard

Sorry I Am Out of Order

His Own Steam: A Barry Brickell Survey

Alex Monteith: Big Wave Aotearoa

Kerrie Poliness: Black O