The Hocken Gallery hosts a dynamic series of exhibitions showcasing collections, artwork by Frances Hodgkins Fellows and travelling exhibits.
Current exhibitions
Artists and Letters, Pictures and Words
Saturday 22 June-Saturday 31 August 2024
Discussions for this exhibition began in 2017 when Ron O’Reilly’s family offered to donate his correspondence with artists and associated exhibition catalogues, photographs and documents to the Hocken Collections Te Uare Taoka o Hākena. That collection contains letters dating from the 1940s to the early 1980s, primarily from artists Colin McCahon and Toss Woollaston, along with a handful from other artists and cultural identities including Charles Brasch and Rodney Kennedy. This illuminating material joins significant existing collections of art and archives at the Hocken, including the Colin and Anne McCahon papers and over 200 artworks by Colin McCahon.
Hone Papita Raukura 'Ralph' Hotere [Te Aupōuri] (1931–2013 ) "Rain" banners
Tuesday–Saturday 10am–3pm, Hocken Foyer, all visitors welcome
Past exhibitions
- 9 March 2024 –
18 May 2024 - Splash Club | Emily Hartley-Skudder
- 18 November 2023 –
13 January 2024 - Collection Work: recent additions to the Hocken Collections
- 12 August 2023 –
21 October 2023 - Fortune | Bev Moon
- 18 March 2023 –
25 July 2023 - Nirun | Sorawit Songsataya
- 5 November 2022 –
26 February 2023 - Joe L'Estrange Painter
- 4 December 2021 –
19 March 2022 - Kaleidoscope World: Forty Years of Flying Nun
- 16 August –
30 October 2021 - Pōkai Whenua, Pōkai Moana | Bridget Reweti
- 29 May –
17 July 2021 - Drift
- 15 August 2020 –
1 May 2021 - Colin McCahon: A Constant Flow of Light
- 1 February -
13 June 2020 - Sapphic Fragments | Imogen Taylor