The Whakatipu Chronicle

Current Exhibitions

17 Jan - 23 Feb 2026

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Exhibition Works

Matthew Williams Frontier (2025)

Matthew Williams Within and Without (2025)

Jane Ussher Scott's Hut Cape Evans 1 (2008)

Jane Ussher Scott's Hut Cape Evans 7 (2008)

Yuki Kihara Aotea'ula Sikstin (Pepe Para Riki / Lycaena Salustius) (2025)

Yuki Kihara Aotea'ula Eitin (Kahukōwhai / Vanessa Itea) (2025)

Michael Hight Hakataramea (2024)

Michael Hight Kakanui Mountains (2024)

Chris Heaphy The Light Shines on You Now (2025)

Chris Heaphy Falling Through All This Time (2025)

Chris Heaphy This is the Way Home to Everything (2025)

Paul Dibble Looking Back at the Lost Garden (2023)

Vincent Ward Shoal (2015-25)

Vincent Ward Anemone (2015-25)

Simon Edwards Lake Light (2025)

Simon Edwards Castle Hill - Stone and Cloud (2025)

Elizabeth Thomson From the Black and Whites II (2007/25)

Elizabeth Thomson Pūrēhua (2024/25)

Toss Woollaston Totaranui [1111] (1962)

Toss Woollaston Mount Rochfort, Westport (1966)

Ralph Hotere The Road to Arles from Avignon (1978)

Ralph Hotere La Mort a les Couleurs du Paon (Death Wears the Colours of a Peacock) (1985)

Gretchen Albrecht Illumination (3) (1978)

Amanda Gruenwald Floor Painting #27 (2025)

Amanda Gruenwald Floor Painting #22 (2025)

Amanda Gruenwald Floor Painting #17 (2025)

Miranda Joseph Opalescent Blossom (2025)

Miranda Joseph Silver Blossom (2025)

Russell Moses Dance of Light (2024)

Russell Moses Koputai Rising Tide (2024)

Karl Maughan Hatuma Road (2023)

Karl Maughan Woodside Tce (2024)

Karl Maughan Waterview Road (2025)

Yuki Kihara Moments of Absence (2024)

Ian Scott Lattice No. 227 (2011)

Ian Scott Night Express (1984)

Darryn George Tribute M. Falconer (2025)

Darryn George Garden of Eden (21-4-21) (2020)

Dick Frizzell Red Painting (2018)

Dick Frizzell Old Paper Road (2024)

Elizabeth Thomson Life and Everything - Love from Horoeka (2025)

Chris Charteris Coastal Adornment - Connection to Tangaroa 2 (2025)

Israel Tangaroa Birch Manawa Ora (2023)

Israel Tangaroa Birch Kōanga Speaks with Mangōpare (2024)

Mark Mitchell Channel II (2023)

Mark Mitchell Hothouse Series (30 Degrees, Blue) (2024)

Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Vase [4-3] (2020)

Katherine Smyth Sunflower Seed Juglet [27956] (2025)

Katherine Smyth Burnt Orange Opium Poppy Seedpod Juglet [27963] (2025)

Katherine Smyth White Strawberry Juglet [27974] (2025)

Katherine Smyth Pink Strawberry Juglet [27979] (2025)

Katherine Smyth Green Opium Poppy Seedpod Juglet [27960] (2025)

Katherine Smyth Atlas Poppy Seedpod Juglet [27977] (2025)

Katherine Smyth Kauri Cone Juglet [27982] (2025)

The Whakatipu Chronicle 2026 is a portfolio exhibition of outstanding paintings, sculpture, ceramics and photography from leading NZ artists. Displayed across all three galleries, we witness remarkable visual conversations between Amanda Gruenwald, Ian Scott, Gretchen Albrect and Russell Moses, alongside that of Ralph Hotere, Israel Tangaroa Birch, Darryn George and Chris Heaphy.

Included are new sculptures by Matthew Williams, Chris Charteris and Elizabeth Thomson and an iconic Paul Dibble huia bronze. Important photographic works by Yuki Kihara, Vincent Ward and Jane Ussher feature.

Karl Maughan, Dick Frizzell, Michael Hight, Simon Edwards, Miranda Joseph and Toss Woollaston are represented by signature works. The enthralling cross-cultural ceramic works of Aaron Scythe are counterpointed by those of acclaimed Mark Mitchell and the formal brevity of Kathryn Smyth.