Curators or Cuba: Free for Cubadupa

Cubadupa and Artexplore hit the streets with a special programme: Curators of Cuba, a roving discussion series up and down stairs, to the exceptional, sometimes out of the way and unusual art spaces.

Every 45 minutes you can join guides and interviewers Pip Adam, Mark Amery and Suzanne Tamaki for a 30 minute discussion with 13 different gallery curators and the artists they are showing.

11:30AM - 12:00PM Roar Gallery Left Bank, Cuba Street
This leading outsider art space has a new home and a new Left Bank mural project. Learn more about their kaupapa, and meet artists exhibiting with Suzanne Tamaki.

12:15PM - 12:45PM Bowen Galleries 39 Bowen Street
One of our longest running dealers, Bowen opened in 1981 and during Cubadupa is showing watercolours by Charlotte Hird for the first time. Meet Charlotte and curators Jenny Nelligan and Penney Moir with Pip Adam.

1:00PM - 1:30PM The See Here 70 Ghuznee Street
An innovative object space as micro street gallery. Joining Suzanne Tamaki hear from curators and artists Pam Brabants and Vivien Atkinson with Kristine of the French Art Shop.

1:45PM - 2:15 Precinct 35 35 Ghuznee Street
The most happening contemporary art space in the back of a design store. Pip Adam meets a supporter of emerging artists of excellence with a great eye Prak Srithiran, and artists.

3:00PM - 3:30PM The Nomadic Art Project, Garrett Street
With Mark Amery meet Arthur Buerms and Eugénie Coche the pair behind an evolving mobile art gallery in a truck, on an ever growing road trip, alongside exhibiting artist Andy Leilleisi’uao and others

3:45PM - 4:15PM Kiwi Art House. 288 Cuba Street
Curator of this character-fillled upper Cuba space for painting Alan Aldridge joins Pip Adam and ‘urban noir’ painter Melissa McDougall.

4:30PM - 5:00PM Thistle Hall 293 Cuba Street
At this longstanding, always interesting community gallery, trustee and artist Claire Harris joins Mark Amery with artist Fiona Campbell and an exhibition true to its name: Wall to Wall Cock.

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