[COMING SOON] In 1993, we opened alter / image: feminism and representation in New Zealand art 1973-1993, curated by Christina Barton and Deborah Lawler-Dormer. Thirty years later, Archive: alter / image re-visits and explores how discourse around feminism and artmaking has shifted and morphed in the intervening years. Archive: alter / image presents artwork made between 1973-2019, by Rhondda Bosworth, Mary-Louise Browne, Alexis Hunter, Robyn Kahukiwa (Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti), Merata Mita (Te Arawa, Ngāti Pikiao), Jude Rae, Lisa Reihana (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Tū), Rachel Shearer (Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Pākehā) and Christine Webster. Opening Saturday 23 September | Learn more via link in bio IMAGE Christine Webster Therapies 4 (iv) 2014, courtesy the artist and Trish Clark Gallery.

Join artist Angela Kilford (Te Whanau A Kai, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu) (@angelakilford) for a walking tour in connection with our current show George Watson: Beauty Incarnate. ​ ​Starting at the City Gallery – ending at the gates of Katherine Mansfield House and Garden in Thorndon. ​ ​ Along the way Angela will introduce participants to hidden and overlooked parts of Te Whanganui-a-Tara and the histories enmeshed in this whenua that challenge Western colonial narratives of place.​ ​Please register your interest and book now as places are limited. Learn more via link in bio.

From 5pm this Thursday we will have tunes, tacos, drinks and a full programme of activities to keep you entertained throughout the night.​ ​Drawn together returns this month, with materials provided by Gordon Harris (@gordonharrisartsupplies) and live tunes from funk band Mel Stevenson (@melstevensonband). Feel the music to guide and inspire your sketching.​ Check out our exhibitions or join our ground floor insights tour for a deeper dive into the artists’ work and what drives the ideas that inform their practices.​ ​ Then later, join us to hear writers Anahera Gildea (@anaheragildea), Arihia Latham (@writtenbyarihia), and Rangimarie Sophie Jolley (@rangimarieprosery) explore the ideas and theme behind George Watson: Beauty Incarnate in the return of our occasional book club.​ End your night with a live performance from Tristan Carter as he fills the auditorium with his vibrant contemporary classical sound.​ Tickets on sale now. Learn more via link in bio. ​Thursday 7 September, 5pm-10pm | $10 pre-sales, $12 door sales

Ayesha Green: Folk Nationalism Works across painting, drawing and sculpture to examine histories of Māori and Pākehā representation, often questioning the particular ‘truths’ or myths they perpetuate.​ ​Glimmers from Green’s own story are interspersed throughout the exhibition, taking form through self-portraiture and personal histories. They become a grounding touchstone, positioning herself within these narratives as a contemporary Māori woman and as a descendant of these same cross-cultural relationships.​ ​On now until 15 October, learn more via link in bio.

If you haven't been to an Open Late at the Gallery, what are you waiting for?! ​ ​Join us on Thursday 7 September for our next Open Late event. There will be tacos, DJ, drinks, sketching to free-flowing jazz, the return of our book club, and live music from Tristan Carter.​ ​Explore City Gallery Wellington after dark, see our exhibitions for yourself or join our expert guide for an Insights tour.​ Tickets available now. Learn more via link in bio.

The works in George Watson: Beauty Incarnate are hinged on Mansfield’s use of Māori names in her short stories and diary entries, with a key focus on Summer Idyll (1907). ​ ​ In this short story, allegedly based on her real-life relationship with the socialite and academic Maata Mahupuku, Mansfield muddies distinctions between autobiography and fiction, indigenous and settler, desire and possession, through the characters Hinemoa and Marina. ​ ​ By unearthing repressed details in Mansfield's writing, Beauty Incarnate unsettles the established portrait of her, and the ways it has seeped into nationalistic fictions of progressive settler identity.​ ​ On now until 15 October, learn more via link in bio.​ ​ IMAGE: George Watson: Beauty Incarnate, City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, 2023. Photo: Cheska Brown.

Have you visited our recently revamped City Gallery Shop?​ We have a little bit of local everyone can enjoy! From ​award-winning art and design books, activities, New Zealand–made homewares and jewellery, plus much more—all carefully selected for the art-and-design-lover who loves to shop.​ ​Visit us in store any day of. the week, or shop online now via link in bio.

Don't miss the chance to see Tristan Carter live at our next Open late! ​ ​After preforming across the globe, Tristan Carter; violinist, composer and field recordist will be sharing his vibrant and experimental sounds with Pōneke. ​ ​Thursday 7 September, 5pm-10pm | $10 pre-sales Tickets available online now. Learn more via link in bio.

Nova Paul: Ngā Pūrākau Nō Ngā Rākau continues an experimental approach to materiality that Paul embarked upon while making her 2022 work Rākau. Turning to rākau as a physical component in her filmmaking process, Paul created a plant-based developer incorporating leaves and bark of the trees that she films, using it to hand process black and white sixteen-millimeter film.​ ​On now until 8 October. Learn more via link in bio. ​ ​IMAGE Nova Paul: Ngā Pūrākau Nō Ngā Rākau, City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, 2023. Photo: Cheska Brown

Happy Quasiversary! If you’ve ever wondered what Quasi sees when you’re gawking up at him, this is it. We’re celebrating four years of Quasi keeping watch over Te Ngākau Civic Square from the roof of the Gallery. Next time you visit us, make sure you give him a wave on your way in 👋

We are excited to introduce Israel Randell (Mangaia, Tainui, Ngāti Kahungunu). ​ ​ Israel is a curator, writer and māmā. Her recent projects include curating for the CIRCUIT Artis Film and Video Aotearoa Mason Screen and editorial assistant for the Marinade Pacific Art Journal. She holds a postgraduate diploma in Māori Visual Arts through Toioho ki Apiti, Massey University. Israel starts her new role here after curating at the Whakatāne Galleries for the last three years where her focus was supporting Māori and Pasifika arts communities in the rohe. As she starts her role here, she is looking forward to making meaningful relationships with Mana whenua and the Toi community to build and cultivate some magic in the gallery space.​ ​ "I'm excited to explore the coastlines and the reserves in Te whanganui a Tara with my tamariki and connect in with the community."

[CLOSING SOON] Our upstairs exhibitions are entering their final weeks.​ Don't miss the chance to stroll amongst Stella Brennans silk banners, immersing yourself in a variety of moving image, photography, textiles, language and sculpture in Ancestor Technologies.​ Experience Moniek Schrijer: The Jewel Room, a vault-like space filled with laboratory created replicas of the world’s most famous diamonds and traditional reflection holography.​ ​ Don't forget to look up and find yourself beneath the colorful clouds whilst exploring Sione Tuívailala: Stories, a mixture of nimamea'a tuikakala and moving image work.​ On now until 3 September. Learn more via link in bio. IMAGE Stella Breannan: Ancestor Technologies, City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, 2023. Photo: Cheska Brown. IMAGE Moniek Schrijer: The Jewel Room, City Galery Wellington Te Whare Toi, 2023. Photo: Cheska Brown. IMAGE Sione Tuívailala: Stories, City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, 2023. Photo: Cheska Brown.