Installation view of works by Kihara in Gauguin and Kihara: First Impressions. Courtesy of Yuki Kihara, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, and Milford Galleries. Photo: Anders Sune Berg.

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Yuki Kihara, Gauguin and Kihara: First Impressions

08 May —
06 December 2025

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Cophenhagen, Denmark

Emily Karaka, Kohala, 2024, mixed media on unstretched canvas, 183 × 183 cm. Courtesy of the artist.

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5 Aotearoa artists and 1 collective, Hawai‘i Triennial 2025 (HT25)

05 February —
04 May 2025

Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Luke Willis Thompson, Whakamoemoeā (film still), 2025. Courtesy of Galerie Nagel Draxler.

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Luke Willis Thompson, Yes, Germany voted in favor of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) when it was adopted by the General Assembly on September 13, 2007.

13 June —
30 August 2025

Nagel Draxler Kabinett, Berlin, Germany

Installation view of Oceanic Visions / Moana te kite, The Showroom, 2025. Courtesy of The Showroom. Photo: Cesare De Giglio.

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Mana Moana Collective, InterIs*land Collective, John Pule and Momoe i manu ae ala atae’e Tasker, Oceanic Visions /Moana te kite

25 April —
31 May 2025

The Showroom, London, UK

Telly Tuita, Twin Figure of Janus – Tongpop Nostalgia II, 2025. Mixed media on canvas and MDF, 980 × 1420 mm. Courtesy of the artist.

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Telly Tuita, Tongpop Fervour

08 September —
27 September 2025

Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga

Black Grace, Paradise Rumour, 2023. Courtesy of Black Grace. Photo: Toaki Okano.

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Black Grace, Aichi Triennale

13 September —
15 September 2025

Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, Aichi, Japan

Yuki Kihara, Two Fa’afafine on the Beach (after Gauguin), 2020. Courtesy of the artist and Sainsbury Centre.

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Yuki Kihara, Darwin in Paradise Camp

15 March —
03 August 2025

Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom

Installation view in The Met’s Arts of Oceania Galleries, Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo: Bridgit Beyer © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arts of Oceania

31 May 2025 —
01 January 2030

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA

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8 Aotearoa artists and 1 collective, Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry (SB16), co-curated by Megan Tamati-Quennell

06 February —
16 June 2025

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Taja Vaetoru with Horo! Horo! Courtesy of the artist and Bergman Gallery.

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Taja Vaetoru: Bergman Gallery Rarotonga Residency

06 May —
07 June 2025

Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Luke Willis Thompson, Whakamoemoeā, 2024. Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation and produced by Ordinary Films and Kura Productions. Image courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation. Photo: Ivan Erofeev.

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Luke Willis Thompson in Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry

07.05.2025

In February 2025, Contemporary HUM spoke with Luke Willis Thompson from Sharjah Biennial 16 about his commissioned work Whakamoeamoeā. Set on Waitangi Day in 2040 as a public broadcast, the film imagines constitutional transformation in Aotearoa New Zealand, giving form to an Indigenous-focused dream of the future.

Albert L. Refiti, Vānimonimo (installation view), Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry, 2025. Photo: Contemporary HUM.

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Albert L. Refiti in Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry

09.04.2025

Architectural theorist and academic Albert L. Refiti speaks to Contemporary HUM from Sharjah Biennial 16, where he presents a selection of his drawn “cosmograms.” He discusses the rich theoretical framework behind his work, including his research into the Sāmoan concept of vā, and the generative complexities of exhibiting in Sharjah.

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Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry

In February 2025, Contemporary HUM was on the ground during the opening week of Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry, co-curated by Aotearoa curator Megan Tamati-Quennell with Alia Swastika, Amal Khalaf, Natasha Ginwala and Zeynep Öz.

Sharjah Biennial 16 convenes under the title “to carry”, a multivocal and open-ended proposition that connects stories and traditions across generations and cultures. The five co-curators of Sharjah Biennial 16 present their projects both individually and collectively, gathering under the rubric of a single proposition: What does it entail to carry a home, ancestors and political formations with you?

Megan Tamati-Quennell’s project assembles a significant number of artists and practitioners from Aotearoa New Zealand: Albert L. Refiti, Ana Iti, Fiona Pardington, Kate Newby, Mara TK, Saffronn Te Ratana, Luke Willis Thompson, Michael Parekōwhai and Te Matahiapo Collective, whose projects collectively speak to themes of place, space and whakapapa (genealogy).