A secondary student who only started painting two years ago, has been chosen by visitors to Toi MAHARA Young Artists Exhibition as the winner of the...
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Climate Crisis Action Aotearoa interviews Gerda Leenards
Artist Gerda Leenards was interviewed by Francesca Pouwer about Lake Horowhenua, the subject matter of her exhibition, A story of a lake through time on now...
Family of quirky Chinese artist delighted at tribute exhibition
Chinese war refugee Sue Soo earned a place in New Zealand art late in life for her quirky images of ballerinas, animals and landscapes painted on...
Field trustees vest ownership of art collection in Toi MAHARA
The Field Collection of art works, the majority by New Zealand’s most celebrated expatriate painter Frances Hodgkins, has legally become the property of the Mahara Gallery...
Winner burns his work
Pukerua Bay resident, Isaac du Toit achieved success with his first time submitting work to an exhibition. His work, The Exchange, after Tupaia, The Flood, The Last...
Katie Godwin’s deeply personal painting wins Toi MAHARA’s inaugural Young Artist Exhibition
Behind Katie Godwin’s smile as she stands beside the painting that has won the open section of Toi MAHARA’s inaugural Young Artist Exhibition lies a second...
Awesome response by young artists to our call for entries!
We have had an amazing response to the 2024 Toi MAHARA Young Artists Exhibition call for entries, receiving 89 works from 50 submissions! The deadline of...
‘Modesty and verve’ – Toi MAHARA features in Architecture Now magazine
Mark Southcombe visits the Toi Mahara gallery redevelopment in Waikanae by Athfield Architects and explores a beautiful dialogue between old and new. READ MORE
Thirteen Months of Memories sheds light on memory loss
Thirteen Months of Memories, an exhibition by artist and academic Huhana Smith, sheds artistic light on the experience of memory loss during a period of her...
RNZ interview with John Baxter
In an interview with RNZ’s Mark Amery at home in Paekākāriki, John Baxter reflects on his work and upbringing, and remembers some of his ancestors. Listen...
Creepy crawly Ngā Ngārara invade Toi MAHARA
A casual observer looking through the windows of Toi MAHARA – the district public gallery for the Kāpiti Coast – could be forgiven for thinking insects...
Toi MAHARA pays tribute to the late Mary Zohrab
Trustees and staff of Toi MAHARA have paid tribute to the late Mary Zohrab, the gallery’s first patron and one of its founding artists. While Zohrab...