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Temporary Exhibitions

As well as permanent displays featuring the John Money and Ralph Hotere Collections, the Eastern Southland Gallery has two temporary exhibition spaces offering a changing programme of solo, group and touring exhibitions by national and international artists.

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Euan Macleod
Flux

10 May - 13 July 2025

In Flux Macleod presents a series of en plain air paintings made on Haupapa Tasman Glacier, alongside studio works whose grand scale emulates their site of inspiration. 

Adjoining the glacier paintings are more than 400 works from an ongoing series Macleod has made of his friend Geoff Dixon.

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Eastern Southland Embroiderers' Guild
Biennial Exhibition

19 July - 10 August 2025

July sees the return of the Eastern Southland Embroiderers’ Guild biennial exhibition showcasing the work of our local embroiderers. Always popular with visitors, the exhibition brings together both traditional and contemporary embroidery created over the past two years by guild members.

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Seriously Valuable Art
 

19 July - 14 September 2025

“This is a subversive and radical exhibition, perhaps only possible in provincial Aotearoa New Zealand. It argues that art needn’t be expensive to be beautiful, important and life-enhancing. As Oscar Wilde famously said, its value matters far more than its price.” 

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