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AOTEAROA ART FAIR

NEXT FAIR:
1 – 4 May 2025
Viaduct Events Centre
Auckland, New Zealand

Aotearoa Art Fair, New Zealand’s premier event for contemporary art, returns to Auckland from 1 – 4 May 2025. One of the most significant art events in New Zealand’s cultural calendar, the Fair welcomes thousands of local and international visitors each year.

The Fair spotlights the breadth and diversity of contemporary art in our region, bringing together leading galleries from New Zealand and Australia to showcase a range of works by emerging and established artists.

Since 2024, the Fair has been under the ownership of the organisers of international art fairs: Sydney Contemporary, Art SG, Taipei Dangdai, and Tokyo Gendai. Leveraging their international expertise and vast network of connections, this promises an exciting future and will take the event to new heights.

Whether you’re a seasoned collector, occasional buyer, or just curious about art, this is your opportunity to browse and buy from hundreds of works. From painting to sculpture, print to ceramics, there’s something for everyone at the Aotearoa Art Fair.

Aotearoa Art Fair 2025 tickets will go on sale in the summer.

GALLERIES

The Aotearoa Art Fair showcases leading galleries from Asia and beyond, offering a comprehensive look at the remarkable diversity of the Asia-Pacific region. Through modern and contemporary works, the Fair presents a wide range of artistic perspectives, highlighting both established and emerging artists in these fields. We invite galleries from across Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and the wider Pacific Rim region to apply to participate in the 2025 Aotearoa Art Fair, taking place from 1 – 4 May at the Viaduct Events Centre, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

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PROGRAMME

The Aotearoa Art Fair programme offers a compelling blend of activities alongside the gallery presentations; including an engaging talks programme, live performance art, large-scale sculptures, interactive workshops and more.

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Just Announced: Melbourne-based gallery @1301sw_au has announced a new premises in Sydney, marking a new chapter for the gallery. Located in Alexandria, the new gallery is an impressive 420 square meters across multiple exhibition areas, allowing for dynamic interplay of exhibitions between Melbourne and Sydney. The opening exhibition sees the second installment of the innovative two-part project, ‘Lime and limpid green, a second scene’, which began with Part One debuting in Melbourne in August. Promising to be more expansive than its precursor, the exhibition brings together an eclectic powerhouse of established and emerging artists, including Billy Apple, Rebecca Baumann, Tim Bučković, Jonny Niesche, Fiona Pardington, Michael Zavros, and others. Learn more via @1301sw_au and @starkwhite
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Just Announced: Melbourne-based gallery @1301sw_au has announced a new premises in Sydney, marking a new chapter for the gallery. Located in Alexandria, the new gallery is an impressive 420 square meters across multiple exhibition areas, allowing for dynamic interplay of exhibitions between Melbourne and Sydney. The opening exhibition sees the second installment of the innovative two-part project, ‘Lime and limpid green, a second scene’, which began with Part One debuting in Melbourne in August. Promising to be more expansive than its precursor, the exhibition brings together an eclectic powerhouse of established and emerging artists, including Billy Apple, Rebecca Baumann, Tim Bučković, Jonny Niesche, Fiona Pardington, Michael Zavros, and others. Learn more via @1301sw_au and @starkwhite
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"My practice is focused on bodies and relationships, the relationships between people and other creatures, between people and our bodies, between creatures and the environment, between the artificial and the natural.” - Patricia Piccinini The central focus of Piccinini's first solo exhibition at Gow Langsford, ‘We are nourished by the unknown’, is her major 2023 work ‘The Bridge’. In this work a life-sized female character sits cradling a hybrid animal-human creature. The composition evokes Dutch renaissance depictions of the Good Samaritan, with the woman’s warmth juxtaposed against the unsettling animalness of the creature, challenging us to display the same compassion for difference that they do. 📅 On now - 21 September 📍 Auckland City, Auckland Learn more via @gowlangsford Pictured: The Bridge, 2023
"My practice is focused on bodies and relationships, the relationships between people and other creatures, between people and our bodies, between creatures and the environment, between the artificial and the natural.” - Patricia Piccinini The central focus of Piccinini's first solo exhibition at Gow Langsford, ‘We are nourished by the unknown’, is her major 2023 work ‘The Bridge’. In this work a life-sized female character sits cradling a hybrid animal-human creature. The composition evokes Dutch renaissance depictions of the Good Samaritan, with the woman’s warmth juxtaposed against the unsettling animalness of the creature, challenging us to display the same compassion for difference that they do. 📅 On now - 21 September 📍 Auckland City, Auckland Learn more via @gowlangsford Pictured: The Bridge, 2023
"My practice is focused on bodies and relationships, the relationships between people and other creatures, between people and our bodies, between creatures and the environment, between the artificial and the natural.” - Patricia Piccinini The central focus of Piccinini's first solo exhibition at Gow Langsford, ‘We are nourished by the unknown’, is her major 2023 work ‘The Bridge’. In this work a life-sized female character sits cradling a hybrid animal-human creature. The composition evokes Dutch renaissance depictions of the Good Samaritan, with the woman’s warmth juxtaposed against the unsettling animalness of the creature, challenging us to display the same compassion for difference that they do. 📅 On now - 21 September 📍 Auckland City, Auckland Learn more via @gowlangsford Pictured: The Bridge, 2023
"My practice is focused on bodies and relationships, the relationships between people and other creatures, between people and our bodies, between creatures and the environment, between the artificial and the natural.” - Patricia Piccinini The central focus of Piccinini's first solo exhibition at Gow Langsford, ‘We are nourished by the unknown’, is her major 2023 work ‘The Bridge’. In this work a life-sized female character sits cradling a hybrid animal-human creature. The composition evokes Dutch renaissance depictions of the Good Samaritan, with the woman’s warmth juxtaposed against the unsettling animalness of the creature, challenging us to display the same compassion for difference that they do. 📅 On now - 21 September 📍 Auckland City, Auckland Learn more via @gowlangsford Pictured: The Bridge, 2023
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"My practice is focused on bodies and relationships, the relationships between people and other creatures, between people and our bodies, between creatures and the environment, between the artificial and the natural.” - Patricia Piccinini The central focus of Piccinini's first solo exhibition at Gow Langsford, ‘We are nourished by the unknown’, is her major 2023 work ‘The Bridge’. In this work a life-sized female character sits cradling a hybrid animal-human creature. The composition evokes Dutch renaissance depictions of the Good Samaritan, with the woman’s warmth juxtaposed against the unsettling animalness of the creature, challenging us to display the same compassion for difference that they do. 📅 On now - 21 September 📍 Auckland City, Auckland Learn more via @gowlangsford Pictured: The Bridge, 2023
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On now: ‘Botanical Pursuits’ by Julia Holderness at @sandersoncontemporaryart explores the role of the garden and the cultivated landscape in the creative and social lives of women through the company the artist’s longtime art historical conduit Florence Weir. The exhibition presents a range of mediums and forms including paintings, collages, textiles and ceramic works. The exhibition is running co-currently with Modern Women: Flight of Time (10 Aug 2024 - 23 Feb 2025) an exhibition the artist is taking part in at @aucklandartgallery where she has two vitrine installations, a new photographic work and an audio work. 📅 On now - 15 Sept 📍 Newmarket, Auckland Learn more via @sandersoncontemporaryart Pictured: 1. Botanical tile, 2024. 2. Kitty, 2024. @jholderness #contemporaryart #artexhibition
On now: ‘Botanical Pursuits’ by Julia Holderness at @sandersoncontemporaryart explores the role of the garden and the cultivated landscape in the creative and social lives of women through the company the artist’s longtime art historical conduit Florence Weir. The exhibition presents a range of mediums and forms including paintings, collages, textiles and ceramic works. The exhibition is running co-currently with Modern Women: Flight of Time (10 Aug 2024 - 23 Feb 2025) an exhibition the artist is taking part in at @aucklandartgallery where she has two vitrine installations, a new photographic work and an audio work. 📅 On now - 15 Sept 📍 Newmarket, Auckland Learn more via @sandersoncontemporaryart Pictured: 1. Botanical tile, 2024. 2. Kitty, 2024. @jholderness #contemporaryart #artexhibition
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On now: ‘Botanical Pursuits’ by Julia Holderness at @sandersoncontemporaryart explores the role of the garden and the cultivated landscape in the creative and social lives of women through the company the artist’s longtime art historical conduit Florence Weir. The exhibition presents a range of mediums and forms including paintings, collages, textiles and ceramic works. The exhibition is running co-currently with Modern Women: Flight of Time (10 Aug 2024 - 23 Feb 2025) an exhibition the artist is taking part in at @aucklandartgallery where she has two vitrine installations, a new photographic work and an audio work. 📅 On now - 15 Sept 📍 Newmarket, Auckland Learn more via @sandersoncontemporaryart Pictured: 1. Botanical tile, 2024. 2. Kitty, 2024. @jholderness #contemporaryart #artexhibition
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