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October 25, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Shane Cotton wins one of the most significant art commissions in Aotearoa.
Acclaimed Māori artist Shane Cotton has been awarded The Dowse Foundation’s $100,000 Major Art Commission, one of the most significant […]
March 10, 2026
April 2, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Karl Chitham | Director of The Dowse Art Museum
He is the curator of the Pōhatu Roa: Stories in Stone exhibition and has just come back from Germany to open an exhibition featuring over 70 jewellery works from The Dowse collection including a number of Māori and Moana Oceania artists,
November 27, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Karl Chitham | Arts Advocate, Educator and Dowse Art Museum Director
Arts advocate, educator, and Dowse Art Museum director Karl Chitham, ONZM (Ngā Puhi, Te Uriroroi), has joined child advocacy organisation Barnardos as its very first Ambassador,
July 3, 2024 | News
Shannon Te Ao flight path for Korean art fest
An installation by Ngāti Tuwharetoa artist and Walters Prize winner Shannon Te Ao has been chosen for the 15th Gwangju Biennale in South Korea.
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