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During 2019 McCahon House alumni artist Judy Millar painted a very large work titled ‘Eleven’, thinking it could be the belated eleventh painting for the 10 Big Paintings show held at the ACAG in 1971. Colin McCahon was included in that show of paintings by 10 male artists. Having had exhibitions in Europe cancelled this year, Judy is touring her work around the smaller cities of Aotearoa. After being on show in Christchurch, Judy Millar’s painting "Eleven"will be shown at th...e Aigantighe Art Gallery in Timaru, alongside examples of smaller works by the original 10 artists from the 10 Big Paintings exhibition, between 12 December 2020 and 21 February 2021. Pictured: "Eleven" acrylic on vinyl 11.5 x 3.2 meters. #mccahonhousealumni #mccahon #judymillar

‘Toi T Toi Ora: Contemporary Mori Art’ opened at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tmaki on Saturday. This major exhibition features artworks by 110 Mori artists. We encourage you all to visit this summer. McCahon House are excited to see the work of multiple McCahon House alumni artists championed in this exhibition.Congratulations to Fiona Pardington, Lisa Reihana, Ana Iti, and our upcoming artist in residence Emily Karaka. Pictured is 'CULTURAL ID; Marae, Manga, Motu', 2020,... by Emily Karaka, a huge painting installation commissioned for the exhibition. @aucklandartgallery

If you missed out on attending our livestream launches for Endless Yet Never by Martin Edmond you’ll be happy to hear that they are both now available to view on our website. Follow the link https://mccahonhouse.org.nz/visit/events/past/ to two recordings: Martin Edmond in Conversation with Courtney Johnston, and Martin Edmond in conversation with Rex Butler.

What a week for McCahon House’s most recent alumni artist Ana Iti who has fantastic new work in two shows opening this week. On Saturday, ‘Ana Iti: Kimihia te hua’ will open across @tetuhiart billboard locations - Reeves Road Billboards, Parnell Station Billboards, & the new Digital Billboard Ana introduced us to Te Pipiwharauroa: he kupu whakamarama, a reo Mori newspaper in circulation between 1899 and 1913, during her McCahon House residency earlier this year.... Over the winter and during Tmaki Makaurau’s two Covid-lockdown periods, Iti spent time with these texts, piecing together each kupu (word) line by line, mainly using Google Translate. Kimihia te hua, the billboard series’ title, refers to processes of translation, and more generally to the reader’s search for meaning, for a specific ‘shape’, tone or form, in order to navigate a text which is new to them. Also on Saturday, Ana Iti’s ‘Takoto’, the 2020-21 North Terrace Sculpture Commission for Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tmaki @aucklandartgallery will be open in conjunction withToi T Toi Ora: Contemporary Mori Art. Pictured: Te Pipiwharauroa no. 118, Hanuere 1908, Gisborne, 2020 (research image)

McCahon House are proud to have been able to present a new award for Excellence in Art to Isaac Luamanuvae at the De La Salle College prize giving on Tuesday. This award has been established out of the McCahon House youth art education programme that ran in collaboration with a group of De La Salle students in July of this year. The award features artwork by McCahon House alumni artist Sorawit Songsataya and a voucher for art supplies. ... Congratulations Isaac!

Louise Menzies ‘In an Orange my mother was eating’ opens tomorrow Wednesday 2 December at 6pm @wallaceartstrust In this exhibition McCahon House Alumni artist Louise shares works made during her 2018 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship. Congratulations Louise!

McCahon House are thrilled to welcome Richard Frater to Parehuia as our current Artist in Residence. Richard Frater was born in Wellington and currently lives and works in Berlin. He received an MFA from Glasgow School of Art, UK, in 2012. Frater's works capture perceptual worlds or life processes that are often linked but unknown to each other.Mostrecently, the work explored glass houses and museums, and how the views of their environment contribute to decline of bird and ...insect life.His installation "EinladungsDilemma" is currently in the exhibition Im Volksgarten at Kunsthaus Glarus. Recentexhibitions include "What remains of a naturalist", Robert Heald Gallery;A Fatal Attraction, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin;Indifference, Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland, 2019; CommonBirds, The Oracle, 2018; "Fall" Compound series, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Resisting Images, Heidelberger Kunstverein, curated by Boaz Levin, Farewell Photography, Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie; Produktion: Made in Germany Drei, HannoverKunstverein, Hannover; Earth League Symposium 2017, exhibitor & discussant, PIK- Potsdam Institute for Climate Research, Potsdam. See more

Steve Carr’s McCahon House artist edition ‘CARR: Steve Carr with Nathan Haines and Samuel Holloway’ 2020is a 10 Lathe Cut Record made in collaboration with local musicians Samuel Holloway and Nathan Haines. Steve hastaken McCahon’s text from The Northland Panels and "Gate II and inputted them into an online algorithm, creating a set of instructions. Composers Haines and Holloway were tasked to create a piece of music each from the predetermined algorithm.... With a prolific output ranging from electronic dance based music to fully analogue quartet jazz, Haines was the supreme choice to respond to "The Northland Panels". Whereas Holloway’s amalgamation of music and philosophy - variously concerned with notions of musical complexity and perception was the perfect accompaniment to "The Gate Series". McCahon’s works are as enigmatic as the inscrutable musical cryptography; this translation acts as a way of transporting veiled messages through some 'logical' relationship and bringing them to light. Steve Carr We celebrated the launch of Steve’s edition with a lovely evening hosted by supportive McCahon House partner Jennie Hu

After Martin Edmond's entertaining and insightful conversation with Courtney Johnston on Tuesday we are excited for Sunday's conversation between Martin and Rex Butler. Join us via livestream, Sunday 8th at 5pm NZT. Watch live on facebook, youtube, or our website. Rex Butler is Professor of Art History at Monash University, Melbourne. He is a great fan of Colin McCahon ever since seeing his 1984 exhibition at the Biennale of Sydney as a university student. He has written on McCahon’s work several times, both by himself and with Laurence Simmons.

Join Martin Edmond (Author) and Courtney Johnston (Tumu Whakarae Chief Executive at Te Papa) in conversation tonight from 6:30pm via live stream. Courtney and Martin will be discussing Martin's new book 'Endless Yet Never' a short biography of Colin McCahon. Join the conversation by watching and commenting here.... https://youtu.be/UG4VXvtWoQo

We are thrilled to invite you to join in on two upcoming launches of ‘Endless Yet Never’ by Martin Edmond via live stream. Endless Yet Never is a short but highly informative introduction to the life and work of Colin McCahon. Stream in from the comfort of your own home to author Martin Edmond in Conversation with Courtney Johnston on the 3rd of November and with Rex Butler on the 8th of November. Tuesday 3rd November 6:30pm NZT: Martin Edmond and Courtney Johnston (Tumu Whak...arae/Chief Executive of Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand). Sunday 8th November 5pm NZT: Martin Edmond in conversation with Rex Butler (Art historian, writer and Professor of Art History & Theory at Monash University). Further details of each livestream can be found on our website https://mccahonhouse.org.nz//endless-yet-never-book-launc/ Both events are free to join. Martin Edmond was born in Ohakune, New Zealand and lives in Sydney, Australia. He has a BA in English and Anthropology from Auckland University (1975), an MA (Hons) in English Literature and Language from Victoria University of Wellington (1977) and a Doctorate of Creative Arts from Western Sydney University (2013). He has written a number of books on art and artists, including The Resurrection of Philip Clairmont (1999), The Supply Party - Ludwig Becker on the Burke and Wills Expedition (2009), Dark Night: walking with McCahon (2011) and Battarbee and Namatjira (2014). A biography of convict artist Joseph Lycett remains unpublished. He was given the Prime Minister’s Award for achievement in non-fiction in 2013. Purchase a copy of Endless Yet Never at mccahonhousestore.org.nz