Events
Exhibition opening
Having it all, all, all & Chicken Poems
Friday 21 February, 5-7pm
Join Gus Fisher Gallery as we celebrate the opening of our first new exhibitions of 2025: Having it all, all, all and Chicken Poems.
Having it all, all, all is an exhibition of select video and performance art, bringing together international artists including Ana Mendieta (Cuba/USA), Yoko Ono (Japan/USA), Howardena Pindell (USA), Pipilotti Rist (Switzerland), Nil Yalter (Turkey/France) and more.
Chicken Poems is a new body of collaborative and parallel work by Oscar and Sophie Bannan, exhibiting as part of The Changing Room new commissions programme.
All are welcome.
Artist talk
Oscar and Sophie Bannan
Saturday 22 February, 2-3pm
Join siblings Oscar and Sophie Bannan for an artist talk as they discuss Chicken Poems, their new exhibition presented in The Changing Room.
Chicken Poems marks the launch of Gus Fisher Gallery’s new proposal driven space called The Changing Room. Intended as a project space for newly commissioned artwork, The Changing Room enables a dedicated solo space for Aotearoa-based practitioners.
All are welcome.
Workshop
Feminist Collage
with Naomi Azoulay
Saturday 1 March, 1-4pm
In this dynamic workshop, participants will engage in an intuitive collage process inspired by Having it all, all, all. Through the mindful selection of images, colours, and textures, we will explore themes of body autonomy, resilience, identity, and reclamation. Embracing spontaneity and experimentation, participants will transform found materials into powerful visual statements.
This workshop is an invitation to challenge dominant narratives, reclaim the female gaze, and craft new forms of visual storytelling. Through layering, deconstruction, and reassembly, participants will create collages that celebrate defiance, self-determination, and feminist resistance—honouring the artists who reshaped the cultural landscape. No prior experience is needed—just curiosity and a willingness to explore, disrupt, and create.
This workshop is suitable for ages 15 and up, with all materials provided.
Tour
International Women’s Day Art Tour
with Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
Saturday 8 March, 1.30-4.45pm
Gus Fisher Gallery and Te Uru are excited to present an afternoon of exhibition walkthroughs to highlight the women artists across both galleries in celebration of International Women’s Day. Begin at Gus Fisher Gallery with a guided tour of Having it all, all, all led by Curator of Contemporary Art Lisa Beauchamp. At Te Uru, join exhibiting artist Jelena Telecki for a walkthrough of her solo exhibition Oil and Water, followed by a walkthrough of international group exhibition Photosynthesisers: Women and the lens, which will be led by Curator James Gatt. Finish with refreshments at the opening event for Jelena Telecki Oil and Water.
Schedule:
- 1.30-2.30pm: Gus Fisher Gallery walkthrough and refreshments
- 2.30-3pm: Bus to Titirangi
- 3-4pm: Te Uru walkthroughs
- 4-4.30pm: Te Uru Jelena Telecki Oil and Water exhibition opening
- 4.45pm: Bus returning to CBD
Transport between galleries is provided for free for the first 40 people to register.
The Changing Room
Around the dinner table, conversation is lively
with Oscar and Sophie Bannan
Saturday 29 March, 7-10pm
“Our queer joy is domestic joy. Our queerness is a state of radical intimacy with domesticity, communities, space.”
You are kindly invited to a dinner party hosted by sibling-artist duo Oscar and Sophie Bannan. Taking inspiration from their exhibition Chicken Poems, the artists encourage you to join them in celebrating the domestic space through a home-cooked meal. Envisioned as an extension of their collaborative project, this event offers a unique opportunity to gain intimate insight into the lives of the artists, contextualising their relationship as siblings and collaborators.
Registrations open 1 March. Spaces are limited, tickets are priced at $25 each. Suitable for ages 18 and over. Direct all enquiries to gusfishergallery@auckland.ac.nz
Workshop
Shoebox tvs for kids
Saturday 12 April, 11am-12.30pm
Join us for this whānau-friendly craft workshop where we’ll be making shoebox televisions, inspired by the video displays in Having it all, all, all. Let your imagination run wild and create a short story to play on your own DIY television screen.
Please note that this workshop will take place at Aaiotanga Community Space at 22 Emily Place, just around the corner from the gallery.
All materials will be provided, but we invite you to bring a small cardboard box that you wish to repurpose. Suitable for all ages.
Talk
CUT Piece: 60 years on
Saturday 26 April, 2-3pm
2025 marks 60 years since Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece was performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall. To celebrate, join us for a discussion as we explore this seminal work and its enduring legacy.
Panellists to be announced. All are welcome.
Film screening
CIRCUIT Moving Image screenings
Saturday 10 May, 2-3pm
Celebrate the final day of Having it all, all, all with a screening of select moving image artworks, curated by CIRCUIT Artist Moving Image in response to the exhibition. Founded in 2012, CIRCUIT Artist Moving Image is a non-profit arts agency that supports Aotearoa New Zealand artists working in the moving image.
Full programme details to be announced.
Gus Fisher Gallery
74 Shortland Street
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Central 1010
Tuesday – Friday:
10am – 5pm
Saturdays:
10am – 4pm