Welcome to the Kiwi Art House Gallery's February newsletter.
- Current exhibition, Eliza Xu NZ Birds watercolours on now
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New Art in the Gallery
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KAH artists at the Wellington Art Show
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Diana Treeborn's abstract art. Buy and proceeds donated to the Give a little fundraiser for her son Magnus' cancer battle
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Parking Day in Cuba Street this Saturday
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February exhibition - NewZealand Birds Eliza XuEliza Xu's beautiful watercolour art of New Zealand birds.is on in the gallery now. Come in or see the exhibition online in the Current Exhibition page.
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New Art
Paul Vincent has been active recently and his always creative mind has come up with several interesting and quirky new artworks, including 'Chinese Whispers' and 'Love Alert' below. Also back in the gallery a large Vincent Duncan 'Wellington Cable Cars' From 2016. It is a top example of Vincent Duncan's bold vibrant and humorous textured oil painting, and hasn't been recently exhibited..
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Wellington Art Show
Good luck to artists who exhibit at the KAH Gallery and are in the Wellington Art Show, on this weekend. If you visit look out for Iwen Yong, Jill Sutton, Tatyana Kulida, Monique Jackett and maybe others I've forgotten!
Diana Treeborn abstract art - Give a Little
Buy any of Diana Treeborn's abstract poured paint art from her page on the gallery website, and 100% of the sale will go to the Give a Little page to help fund treatment for Diana's just this week turned three year old son Magnus, who is battling stage 4 cancer. You can also donate directly here
Parking Day this Saturday
This Saturday 1 March is parking Day in Cuba St. Parking spaces in the street between Ghuznee and Vivian will be taken over for entertainment. A good reason to visit and wander Cuba street on Saturday.
Outside 193 Cuba St Leila Lois will perform a dance she created inspired by the artist Tamara Lempicka and in collaboration with Gabriel Heimler and Anna Proc whose 2025 exhibition that opens in the gallery on 22 March is a tribute to Lempicka - Leila writes about her dance
Taking inspiration from Tamara de Lempicka, Polish painter 1898-1980, Perspective takes its title from one of her famous paintings and explores themes of changing perspectives and self-evolution. Ahead of her time, Lempicka painted strongly empowered female subjects in striking poses, with soft feminine drapery, flowers and lush interiors. Her forms, she said, were ‘clean’ and ‘clear’, as bold as her character. Using modernist inspiration from the painter and 1980s disco, blended with the classical form of ballet, choreographer Leila Lois has created a vibrant performance piece that defies category and boldly lives life “in the margins”’, as Lempicka herself professed to do.
Leila will perform between 10am and 6pm and one of the new exhibition paintings will be available for a preview in the gallery for the day.
Below left; Lelia Lois with Alana Greve, one of the models for figures in the new exhibition paintings.
Thanks and I hope to see you in the gallery soon!.
kind regards
Alan Aldridge
The Kiwi Art House Gallery, 225 Cuba Street, Wellington
04 385 3083 alan@kiwiarthouse.co.nz
Posted: Sat 24 May 2025