Uptown’s Masterworks Gallery has rotating exhibitions every month. Located in Upper Queen Street, the gallery also houses a range of ceramics, jewelry, textiles, stone and mixed media for sale year-round. For a special occasion gift, Masterworks is ideal.

In the first two weeks of May, Cloth, Group Textiles Exhibition celebrates contemporary textiles in Aotearoa and has been curated to coincide with the annual symposium of the Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Cloth showcases the exciting and innovative talents working in this field today, including Alice Alva, Tui Emma Gillies & Sulieti Fieme’a Burrows, Serene Hodgman, Jay Hutchinson, Bronwyn Lloyd, Victoria McIntosh, Jude Te Punga Nelson, Jade Townsend, May Trubuhovich, Arielle Walker and Cora-Allan Wickliffe.

From May 22, Mike Crawford’s sought-after glassworks will be on display, along with works by ceramic artist John Parker. 

The Matariki group exhibition curated by Jade Townsend spans June 19-July 17. Artists include Townsend, Hana Pera Aoke, Emiko Sheehan, Nikau Hindin, Natasha Keating, Lissy & Rudi and Maia McDonald.