Kaitohu Director’s tour

Join Kaitohu Director Ruth Buchanan to gain insight into the works on display from Lubaina Himid and Michael Parekōwhai in the exhibition Prompts, and how it connects to current debates in contemporary art.

Booking is encouraged but not essential.

WHAT TO EXPECT

This event is free.
This event is held in the gallery at Artspace Aotearoa.
This location is accessible.
It will be a moving conversation, seating can be requested.
Light refreshments will be available.

BIOGRAPHY

Ruth Buchanan is an artist of Taranaki and currently Kaitohu Director at Artspace Aotearoa. She works across exhibition making, writing, design, and teaching. She has realised significant exhibitions and commissioned works with Govett Brewster Art Gallery, Ngamotu New Plymouth; Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart; The New Commissioners, Mochengladback; Te Pataka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington; Badischer Kunsterverin, Karlsruhe; Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Art Gallery; MASP, Sao Paolo; Gwangju Biennale (8); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Kunsthaus Bregenz; If I can’t Dance..., Amsterdam; Tate Modern, London; and The Showroom, London. In 2018 she was awarded the Walters Prize by international judge Adriano Pedrosa.