1. 30 Octagon
Hours: 10am – 5pm Daily
One of New Zealand’s four major metropolitan art galleries, DPAG was NZ’s first gallery opened in 1884. They house a massive collection of Kiwi artworks, and have many current exhibitions on display.
2. Studio2 and Margaret Freeman Gallery
Location: 147 Hillside Road
Open hours: Mon – Friday, 9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm
Studio2 & Margaret Freeman Gallery is a vibrant working art space for artists with a disability.
Their August show ‘Space Invaders’ is a cosmic collection of drawing, painting and sculpture of our Sci Fi inspired artists.
3. Bellamys Gallery
Location: 495 Portobello road, Macandrew Bay
Hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 12pm – 5pm
Special Art Week hours: Mon-Sun, 12pm-5pm
Manu (Wed-Fri) and Pauline Bellamy (Mon & Tues) are printmakers working in a variety of print mediums. Manu enjoys collaborating with musicians, academics and writers; Pauline is also an expressive painter of South Island landscape, figures, portraits.
4. Blue Oyster Art Project Space
Location: 16 Dowling Street
Hours: Monday – Friday, 11am – 5pm; Saturday, 11am – 3pm
This not-for-profit, contemporary art space supports experimental artist projects. During Art Week, they’ll exhibit the work of three Kāi Tahu artists including moving image, cyanotype photography, sound, and sculptural installation.
5. Artists Room
Location: 2 Dowling Street
Hours: Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm; Saturday, 12pm – 2pm
In the heart of Dunedin’s “Arts Quarter”, the The Artist’s Room Gallery’s walls hold a “breathtaking, inspiring and ever changing collection of fine quality, original New Zealand art from some of NZ’s finest established, and emerging artist’s.”
6. Brent Mcdowell Gallery
Location: 5 Dowling Street
Hours: Mon – Fri, 11am – 5pm; Sat, 11am – 1pm
American post minimalist artist Richard Tuttle’s lithograph/screenprint suite ‘In Praise of Historical Determinisim’ is "an attempt to 'say' what history is, even as a suggestion of repetition, which we are 'determined' by and which can be expressed with a print”.
7. Milford Galleries
Location: 18 Dowling Street
Hours: Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm; Sat, 11am - 3pm
During Art Week, Ralph Hotere’s Selected Works (1970 – 2005) will be on display. Hotere is undoubtedly a New Zealand art icon. The display celebrates his unique and intriguing practice and attests to his profound impact on contemporary art in this country.
8. OLGA
Location: 32 Moray Place
Hours: Tues – Fri, 10am – 5pm; Sat, 10:30am – 12pm
OLGA presents a program of intriguing, exciting, important and innovative art by leading and emerging New Zealand and international artists.
9. Koru
Location: 2 Castle Street
Hours: Mon – Fri, 10am – 5pm; Sat, 10am – 3pm
Koru displays a mix of local artist's work. This is likely to include larger paintings by Chris Flavell, amongst others, and larger pottery bowls by Jengis Poor and Oamaru stone sculpture by Dave Broughton, Moira Crossman and Craig McLanachan.
10. Otago Art Society
Location: 1st Floor, Dunedin Railway Station
Hours: 10am – 4pm
OAS conducts a busy programme of public exhibitions. During Featured Artist weeks and Demo Days, the artists are on site demonstrating and visitors can interact and watch the artists at work. OAS has a student rate of only $25 for membership.
11. Moray Gallery
Location: 55 Princess
Hours: Mon – Fri, 10am – 4pm; Sat, 11am – 1pm
Moray Gallery has a selection of artworks by Dunedin and NZ artists, paintings, prints, ceramic works, bronze sculptures, jewellers, and other 3D artworks. Currently on display is James Kerr’s ‘State Highway 80’ – also known as Pig Root.
12. Gallery De Novo
Location: 101 Stuart Street
Hours: Mon – Fri, 9:30am – 5:30pm; Sat/Sun, 10am – 3pm
Gallery De Novo is a unique and vibrant gallery that has grown into one of Dunedin's leading galleries with an exciting and eclectic mix of talented New Zealand contemporary artists.
13. Stuart Street Potters Co-operative
Location: 14 Stuart Street
Hours: Mon – Fri, 10am – 5pm; Sat: 9am - 3pm
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative is a group of local potters and ceramicists who have joined together to run a show and gallery, with moderately priced, locally made gifts ranging from pottery to hand-knitted woolen products.
14. Quadrant Gallery
Location: 480 Moray Place
Hours: Tues – Fri, 11am – 4pm; Sat, 11am – 2pm
Quadrant Gallery has a large collection of glass, ceramics, and jewellers – several of whom are born and bred Dunedin locals. If you visit the gallery during Art Week on either Tuesday or Wednesday, jeweller Debbie Adamson will be working at the gallery (also an ex-student).
15. Robert Piggott Art Gallery
Location: 8 Jetty Street
Hours: Mon- Tues, 12pm – 2pm; Sat/Sun, 10am - 4pm
Rob Piggott is a Contemporary Abstract painter and printmaker based in Dunedin, New Zealand.
16. Fe29 Gallery
Location: 30 Sandringham Street, St Clair
Hours: Mon – Sun, 10am – 5pm
The gallery’s current exhibition ‘After the Storm’ including four new Marté Szirmay bronze sculptures, inspired by the poem After The Storm by Alistair Te Ariki Campbell.
17. Pea Sea Art
Location: 6 George Street, Port Chalmers
Hours: Sat – Wed, 10am – 4pm
Pea Sea Art, located in Port Chalmers, stocks local NZ art including paintings, jewellery, glass, photography, crafts, notebooks.
18. Dunedin Street Art
Their website has 116 street art masterpieces mapped around Dunedin!
19. Hocken Collections
Location: 90 ANZAC Ave
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm
Hocken will have two exhibitions on during Art Week, including ‘Artists and Letters, Pictures and Words’ and a display focused on the Samoana Rugby League team. They be more than happy to offer a tour of exhibitions for students.
20. The Dunedin Museum of Natural Mystery
Location: 61 Royal Terrace
Hours: Fri, 12pm – 5pm; Sat – Sun, 10am – 5pm
The Dunedin Museum of Natural Mystery is a private museum of bones, bone art, ethnographic artifacts, and assorted curios in Dunedin. Bruce Mahalski, Otago alumni and former Critic staff member, is its founder and director!
21. The Olveston Historic Home
Location: 42 Royal Terrace
Hours: Mon – Sun, 9am – 5pm
Offering two special hour-long Art Week tours a day during Art Week (12pm – 4pm) for a koha donation. Learn the history of Olveston Home, the Theomin family, and their vast collection of global artefacts. Bring your student ID and call or email ahead to book a spot for a group larger than four!
22. Out of Africa
Location: 414 Princess St
Hours: Tue – Fri, 10am – 2pm; Sat, 10:30am – 1pm
Out of Africa sources products from Africa, with a focus on South Africa. Their taxidermy is sourced from organisations sharing their values of animal conservation and wild game management. They also stock paintings, sculptures, and texture artwork.