Press Release – Adam Art Gallery
Walking tour
2pm Saturday 22 May 2021
Meet at Adam Art Gallery
Rain day: 2pm Sunday 23 May
Detail of ‘prison’ bricks, Tasman Street Brick Wall, Wellington, 2021 (photo: Christina Barton)
A feature of artist Kate Newby’s practice is the way it is rooted in her observations of the world around her. Signs of this are manifold in
YES TOMORROW, her solo exhibition at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi. They include the found glass scavenged from the streets of Wellington that has made its way into the show, and the clay-tile drains that are the inspiration for her installation above the Terrace Tunnel.
2pm Saturday 22
May 2021
Meet at Adam Art
Gallery
Rain day: 2pm Sunday 23
May
Detail of ‘prison’
bricks, Tasman Street Brick Wall, Wellington, 2021 (photo:
Christina Barton)
A feature of artist Kate Newby’s
practice is the way it is rooted in her observations of the
world around her. Signs of this are manifold in
YES
TOMORROW, her solo exhibition at Adam Art Gallery Te
Pātaka Toi. They include the found glass scavenged from the
streets of Wellington that has made its way into the show,
and the clay-tile drains that are the inspiration for her
installation above the Terrace Tunnel.
Sharron Pardoe05:00, Apr 30 2021
Danielle Colvin
Things I know to be True is running at Circa Theatre from April 30 to May 29.
FRIDAY
Adam Concert Room, Te Kōkī, NZ School of Music, 6pm Join artist Billy Apple and Adam Art Gallery Director Christina Barton for a performance of the recorded sound piece,
Glass Transformation, 1972. The presentation is programmed to coincide with Kate Newby’s major exhibition
YES TOMORROW.
Circa Theatre, Until May 29 , Various times, $25-$52 Having loved each other for over 30 years, it should be time for Fran and Bob to slow down and smell the roses. Things I Know to be True presents a gripping and powerful story that sees parents encounter the wildly complicated lives of their adult children. Tickets circa.co.nz
Red Cloud
Confrontation in the Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park on the
Kaipara Harbour.
Being known by the public for his
outlandish but highly geometric sculptures, Leon’s
paintings are also widely held in private
collections.
When Covid stopped the plans in their
tracks to organise a 2020 retrospective of his life’s work
and development as an artist, a new date was set for 24
April 2021. The exhibition opening would be a stylish,
colourful and integral part of the start of Dutch Week, at
the Big Dutch Day Out in Foxton.
The opening of “A
Colourful Nation – Kleur Bekennen” went ahead, but
Red Cloud Confrontation in the Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park on the Kaipara Harbour.
Being known by the public for his outlandish but highly geometric sculptures, Leon’s paintings are also widely held in private collections.
When Covid stopped the plans in their tracks to organise a 2020 retrospective of his life’s work and development as an artist, a new date was set for 24 April 2021. The exhibition opening would be a stylish, colourful and integral part of the start of Dutch Week, at the Big Dutch Day Out in Foxton.
The opening of “A Colourful Nation – Kleur Bekennen” went ahead, but without Leon there in person. He had died 10 days earlier, after a heart attack.