Yuki Kihara, 'Fa'afafine: In the Manner of a Woman', 2005-2020. 'transfeminisms, Chapter III Fragile Archives' installation view. Photo: Thierry Bal. Courtesy of Mimosa House.

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Yuki Kihara, transfeminisms Chapter III: Fragile Archives

05 July —
17 August 2024

Mimosa House, London, UK

Tia Ansell, 'Canto', 2023-24. Courtesy Gallery 9

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Tia Ansell, Coda

03 July —
27 July 2024

Gallery 9, Gadigal Lands Sydney, Australia

Rhea Maheshwari, 'Path to the Eternal Flower Garden', 2024, acrylic and silver leaf on canvas. Courtesy MAG Contemporary

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Rhea Maheshwari, The Tapestry of Time - An Exploration of Indian Miniature Art

10 July —
14 August 2024

MAG Contemporary, New Delhi, India

Susan Te Kahurangi King, 'untitled', c. 1965-67, ballpoint pen on found paper, 37 x 18.5 cm, Ref: A20113

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Susan Te Kahurangi King, HERALBONY Art Prize 2024 Exhibition

10 August —
22 September 2024

SMBC Earth Garden Gallery Space, Tokyo, Japan

Alicia Frankovich, 'Deep freeze (deployed Tesla Air bag)', 2023-24, installation view, 'Spaces of Life', 1301SW, Naarm Melbourne, image courtesy the artist and 1301SW, Naarm Melbourne and Sydney. © the artist.

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Alicia Frankovich, And This Time the Well Is Alive

17 August —
13 October 2024

Gertrude Contemporary, Naarm Melbourne, Australia

Mariana Manner, 'Inhopp' (video still), 1967/2024, 7 min film, original format 16mm. Courtesy SKF

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Kah Bee Chow, Sites of Passage

27 July —
31 August 2024

SKF/Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, Sweden

Our Turn to Play installation view, 2024. Courtesy Le K.A.B

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Paul Handley, Our Turn to Play

18 July —
08 September 2024

Le K.A.B, Paris, France

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Lisa Walker, News From Nowhere

22 June —
18 August 2024

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Australia

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Crossing Currents: Episode 8

By Contemporary HUM

17.08.2024

Contemporary HUM speaks with Aotearoa New Zealand artist Sandy Adsett (Ngāti Pahauwera), a pioneer in the customary artform of kōwhaiwhai and an active figure in the emergence and presentation of contemporary Māori art on the national and international scenes. He discusses being featured in the 60th International Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, his experience as a teacher, and the question of the uses and future of Māori representation at events such as the Biennale.

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Busan Biennale 2024:《Seeing in the Dark》

17 August —
20 October 2024

various locations in Busan, South Korea

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Crossing Currents: Episode 6

By Contemporary HUM

03.08.2024

On the occasion of an historic edition of the Venice Biennale for Aotearoa New Zealand, Contemporary HUM speaks with Mataaho Collective, who were awarded one of the top prizes at the Biennale, the Golden Lion, for their work Takapau. Mataaho Collective discuss the logistics of transforming Takapau for the Biennale, as well as working within a continuum of contemporary Māori art practice that also situates them alongside the intergenerational contingent of Māori artists presenting at this year’s Biennale. HUM also speaks with artist, writer and researcher Rychèl Thérin.

Tom Denize, ‘Involuntary Body’, single-channel video, mild steel, MX helmet, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist

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Tom Denize and Iann An, An obscuring of self - a veil between yours and theirs

03 April —
15 June 2024

Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, Bundoora, Australia

Exhibition detail: view of works by Fiona Connor, Francis Upritchard, and Ricky Swallow. Courtesy Fine Arts, Sydney

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Fiona Connor and Francis Upritchard, Sculpture Exhibition

13 June —
03 August 2024

Fine Arts, Sydney, Gadigal Lands Sydney, Australia

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Crossing Currents: Aotearoa New Zealand Artists in Venice

Podcast series

Despite there being no national pavilion for Aotearoa New Zealand this year, the 60th Venice Biennale is an historic edition for Aotearoa artists. Not only are there an unprecedented number of artists from Aotearoa featured in Venice – both within the International Exhibition of the Biennale and in concurrent events taking place across the city – but it also features the most Māori artists to be included.

In Crossing Currents: Aotearoa New Zealand Artists in Venice, Contemporary HUM speaks with the artists featured in the 60th Venice Biennale and parallel events Personal Structures and Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania as they reflect on presenting in Venice during an historic year for Aotearoa art, Ngā toi Māori and Indigenous art globally.

'Crossing Currents: Caitlin Devoy in Venice' podcast cover. Graphic design by Emma Kaniuk

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Crossing Currents: Episode 3

By Contemporary HUM

06.07.2024

Contemporary HUM interviews artist Caitlin Devoy about BODYOBJECTS, her presentation in the 2024 edition of Personal Structures in Venice. Speaking to HUM in April 2024, Devoy discusses using humour as a feminist strategy to challenge the power relations encoded in gallery spaces, resulting in works that refuse disembodied objectivity in favour of tactility, subjectivity and intuition.

'Crossing Currents: Brett Graham in Venice' podcast cover. Graphic design by Emma Kaniuk

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Crossing Currents: Episode 2

By Contemporary HUM

29.06.2024

Contemporary HUM interviews Brett Graham (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Tainui) about Wastelands (2024), his work in Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Graham discusses Wastelands as a commentary on extractive attitudes to land, the logistics of exhibiting at the Venice Biennale and what it’s like to be included alongside an intergenerational selection of Māori artists, including his father, Fred Graham.

Amanda Newall's ink painting with dye and appliqué, for 'Stranded – W(h)ale a Remake Portfolio – More Than This, Even'. Courtesy of the artist.

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Amanda Newall and Ecke Bonk, Stranded – W(h)ale a Remake Portfolio – More Than This, Even

06 June —
29 September 2024

Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland

Kathy Barry 'Twelve-Minute Movement' 2016. Photo: Louis Lim. Courtesy IMA

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Duty of Care: Part One

29 June —
22 September 2024

Institute of Modern Art, Meanjin Brisbane, Australia

Brent Harris, 'peaks (vision over Taranaki)', 2019. Collection of David Cleary, Sydney, © Brent Harris. Photo: Russell Kleyn.

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Brent Harris: Surrender & Catch

06 July —
20 October 2024

Art Gallery of South Australia, Tarntanya Adelaide, Australia

'Crossing Currents: Areez Katki in Venice' podcast cover. Graphic design by Emma Kaniuk

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Crossing Currents: Episode 1

By Contemporary HUM

22.06.2024

Aotearoa New Zealand artist Areez Katki speaks to HUM about The Rhapsode’s Tools Will Build the Rhapsode’s House, his presentation in the 7th edition of Personal Structures. Katki discusses the processes and politics of exhibiting in Personal Structures and the two series he produced for the exhibition, which take migrant and queer positionalities as points from which to restore notions of pedagogy and learning from patriarchal, religious dictates to an affectual, instinctual realm of care.

Claire Fontaine, 'Foreigners Everywhere (Self-portrait), Stranieri Ovunque (Autoritratto)', 2024, installation view 60th La Biennale di Venezia, April 2024. Photo: Contemporary HUM

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HUM live from the 2024 Venice Biennale

16.04.2024

From 16–21 April 2024, Contemporary HUM will publish live coverage, exclusive images and videos from the opening week of Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, The 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Click through for coverage of the Aotearoa New Zealand artists presenting work in the curated section of the Biennale, as well as in other events held off-site.