November 30, 2023

Te Ira Tangata: Celebrating the Inner Potential of Our Tamariki

November 30, 2023/ Will Murphy

Te Ira Tangata is a display of artworks by local students who visited The Suter Art Gallery te Aratoi o Whakatū’s exhibition Kanohi Kitea, which showcases the art of moko kanohi, or facial tattooing. The students created their own tohu, or design, that represented their identity, their whakapapa, and their connection to the land and their culture. The display celebrates the inner potential of our tamariki, who are all taonga, born of greatness and full of possibilities.

November 19, 2023

Fire and Earth: An Exploration of Ceramic Art in the Top of the South

November 19, 2023/ Will Murphy

Fire and Earth is a celebration of the ingenuity and diversity of ceramic art in our region and a homage to the proficiency and enthusiasm of the artists.

August 21, 2023

A Legacy of Artistic Excellence Showcased at The Suter

August 21, 2023/ Will Murphy

This fantastic exhibition showcases some of the finest artworks from one of the country’s most respected private art collections.

July 03, 2023

Future Philosophies

July 03, 2023/ Will Murphy

This visually stunning exhibition by Kāryn Taylor brings together a selection of the artist’s recent investigations of luminous, rich colour and light, geometric forms, and ambiguous effects, including shifting spatial and dimensional perspectives.

May 31, 2023

Gary Baseman - Memento Moa

May 31, 2023/ Will Murphy

In Memento Moa, an exhibition of all new work, Gary Baseman creates a mythical land of hybrid creatures—exploring themes of migration, memory, and mortality.

December 13, 2022

Inner Piece - Anagama Kiln Firing

December 13, 2022/ Will Murphy

This video by Tasman-based photography and film studio Pizzini Productions documents the process and experience within Darryl Frost’s Tasman kiln.

September 21, 2022

Impressive Rita Angus exhibition to open at The Suter

September 21, 2022/ Will Murphy

This free-entry exhibition opens on October 8 and brings together 20 works by one of New Zealand’s most iconic 20th-century artists, Rita Angus (1908–1970).

July 21, 2022

Voyaging with Nikau Hindin

July 21, 2022/ Will Murphy

Nikau Hindin was introduced to celestial navigation after spending time with a group of young navigators called Kapu Nā Keiki.

April 05, 2022

Marti Friedlander | Through the Lens with Tony Maskill

April 05, 2022/ Will Murphy

Another person we were keen to talk to about Marti Friedlander: Portraits of The Artists was our very own, Tony Maskill. When Tony isn’t welcoming visitors to The Suter Art Gallery he can be found behind his camera, working as a skilled freelance photographer specialising in portraiture, event and travel photography, and studio lighting.

March 31, 2022

Marti Friedlander | Through the Lens with Braden Fastier

March 31, 2022/ Will Murphy

Marti Friedlander: Portraits of the Artists has been a major success, attracting visitors from all across the region. We had the chance to chat with one of those visitors, Braden Fastier, a visual journalist based in Nelson, and hear some of his comments.

March 29, 2022

Marti Friedlander | Through the Lens with Tatsiana Chypsanava

March 29, 2022/ Will Murphy

Marti Friedlander: Portraits of The Artists is currently on view, and Tatsiana Chypsanava, a documentary photographer based in Nelson, was generous enough to answer some questions about it.

March 22, 2022

Three reasons to visit The Suter Art Gallery this autumn

March 22, 2022/ Will Murphy

Prize-winning landscapes, enigmatic installations, and works by a master photographer form some of the visually striking offerings currently on view at The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū.

March 07, 2022

The Meaning of New Zealand Landscape: Past, Present and Future

March 07, 2022/ Guest User

The paintings that were created for the Kelliher Art Competition often went against what the art world considered exciting or cutting edge, yet the competition has become an important record of a time and place — a time capsule that captured our shifting relationship with art and the land.

December 30, 2021

Becky Richards | Impossible vessels

December 30, 2021/ Guest User

Becky Richards’ vessels are impossible.

They tower, cluster, hold onto her maker’s hand and are interested in pushing the boundaries of clay as a material.

December 30, 2021

Hanna Shim | Bubble soft sculptures

December 30, 2021/ Guest User

Part of The 9th Suter Contemporary Art Project, Kiss me, Hardy! (but not like that), Hanna Shim has created work that reveals and revels in the awkward distance that exists between us.

December 22, 2021

Richard Reddaway | A Late of Zanies

December 22, 2021/ Guest User

Part of The 9th Suter Contemporary Art Project, Kiss me, Hardy! (but not like that), Richard Reddaway’s A Late of Zanies are an almost anthropomorphic collection of speaker creatures.

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