Exhibitions
Crowds at the opening of the Ashburton Clock Tower (detail), 1976.
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50 Years of the Ashburton Clock Tower
12 September – 29 November
Heather Sarin, Our Connection to the Natural World (Detail), 2026. Image courtesy of the artist.
Our Connection to the Natural World
Heather Sarin
5 September – 29 November
Carved stone lion, gift to the collection, 2025.
Sharing Histories:
Gifts of 2025–2026
22 August – 22 November
Marilyn Rea-Menzies, Nature's Symphony: A Visual Journey Through Our Forests (Detail), 2026
Closing Soon
Nature’s Symphony: A Visual Journey through our Forests
Marilyn Rea-Menzies
15 August – 9 October
Natchez Hudson, Helicoprion (detail), 2026, cast acrylic, stainless steel and acrylic paint. Image courtesy of Milford Galleries.
Closing Soon
Panthalassa
Natchez Hudson
15 August – 18 October
Stranded Assets – Redux
Jenna Packer
16 May 2026 – 2 May 2027
ZAWAA26 Premier Award-winning work dreamchaser by Miranda Parkes.
Upcoming
Zonta Ashburton Women's Art Award 2027
6 March 2027 – 25 April 2027
Image: Ayesha Green, Sheep at Shiaba, 2024, acrylic on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist. Photography Emily Hartley-Skudder.
Upcoming
The Highlander's Farewell
Ayesha Green
16 November 2026 – 14 February 2027
Anita DeSoto, Red Potion (detail), 2024, oil on linen
Potion
Anita DeSoto
30 August – 30 August
ASA
62nd Annual Exhibition
16 May – 2 August
Noel Meek, the cuckoo sings for me, for the mountain, 2026, 4K video still
the cuckoo sings for me, for the mountain
Noel Meek
2 May – 21 June
Ian Scott, Sacred Hill, 2004, acrylic and silkscreen on canvas. Collection of the Ian Scott Estate.
Painting New Zealand
Ian Scott
2 May – 21 June
Charrette van Eekelen, Night Lines, 2026, velvet, New Zealand blanket, tulle, leather, paint and thread.
Nocturne
Kara Burrowes & Charrette van Eekelen
2 May – 21 June
Detail from Botanical Correspondents: Crossing time with Julia Holderness and Emily Cumming Harris
Botanical Correspondents: Crossing time with Julia Holderness and Emily Cumming Harris
Julia Holderness
7 March – 19 April
David Elliot, Goodness Gracious, 2008/2009, mixed media illustration on paper
The Word Witch - Flights of Fancy
David Elliot
7 March – 23 August
ZAWAA25 Premier Award winner Julia Holderness' work Villa Margaux: a studio archive.
Zonta Ashburton Women's Art Award 2026
7 March – 19 April
Vicki Mangan, By the Lake, various mulberry papers, cold wax, oil paint on board
Contemporary Printmaking of Aotearoa: A Kōrero of Thoughts and Ideas
Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand
14 December 2025 – 22 February 2026
Inge Doesburg, Karitane, 2025, mixed media on paper
Duologue
Inge & Marc Doesburg
14 December 2025 – 15 February 2026
Kathy Reilly, Wayfinding (detail), 2024, hybrid printmaking
Peregrination: A Sub Antarctic Odyssey
Kathy Reilly
14 December 2025 – 15 February 2026
Mere (hand weapon). Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (OL000070/1)
Kura Pounamu
Our Treasured Stone
17 August 2025 – 7 October 2025
Saskia Bunce-Rath, Tiny feet in the planet garden (detail), 2023, wool and embroidery thread on monks cloth.
Eating stars together at dusk
Saskia Bunce-Rath
19 October 2023 – 10 December 2023