UPCOMING:
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Labyrinth
Bowen Galleries, Wellington 22 Sept - 10 Oct, 2026 This exhibition features a large four-panel work inspired by the Labyrinth within which Theseus and the Minotaur hunted and hid. Also on show are figurative works on paper that fill out the theme and a new narrative vase print in which Ariadne takes centre stage. |
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Tudor Hearth
19 May - 19 June, 2026 PG gallery192, Christchurch NZ A new narrative fireplace, this time on a Tudor theme. Three queens – Mary I, Mary Stuart, Elizabeth I – dominate the centre of the composition. Accompanying this work were gestural working drawings plus paintings that respond to the Armada Portrait of Elizabeth the First. Also on show were the Odysseus and Penelope fireplaces from 2017 plus Sight and Blindness I and II from The Enlightenment Project which Marian was working on at the same time as the Tudor fireplace. |
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Art New Zealand 179
Autumn 2026 Marian Maguire was interviewed by Sally Blundell for this issue. They discuss various aspects of Maguire's 38 year art career. Cover photograph: Bridgit Anderson |
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The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Musuem - Past and Futures
Conference: 25-27 February, 2026 Institute of Classical Studies, London Marian Maguire was invited to present at this conference, which explored the past impact and future potential of the British Museum's collections from the ancient Mediterranean world. |
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History Unravelling
Rutherford House, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, NZ 13 August – 3 Nov, 2025 A group exhibition about colonialism curated by Sophie Thorn featuring: William Dunning, John Bevan Ford, Marian Maguire, Shona Rapira-Davies, Barbara Tuck |
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MARKING TIME
Toi Māhara, Waikanae, New Zealand 12 July–12 Oct, 2025 Contemporary New Zealand artists address the effects of time through social history and art history, family and seasonal cycles. Curated by Brendan O'Brien. Artists include: Raewyn Atkinson, Megan Campbell, Marian Maguire, Brendan O’Brien, Gregory O’Brien, Kate Stevens West, Simon Ogden, Diane Prince, Andrew Ross, Jeff Thomson, Matthew McIntyre-Wilson. |
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THE ENLIGHTENMENT PROJECT
an exploration of Western history Marlborough Art Gallery Blenheim, New Zealand 15 March - 21 April, 2025 This exhibition was the expanded version of the project and included the 'World' and 'The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku' prints from 2024. The Enlightenment Project was first exhibited in 2022 and has since been expanded upon. PG gallery192, Christchurch, NZ: 9 Aug - 3 Sept, 2022 Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ: 12 Sept - 2 Oct, 2022 Ashburton Art Gallery, NZ: 18 Feb - 14 April, 2024 Marlborough Art Gallery, NZ, 15 March - 21 April, 2025 Catalogues: The Enlightenment Project, catalogue 2022, with essays by Elizabeth Rankin, Giovanni Tiso, Sally Blundell and Marian Maguire. World / Te Ao, catalogue 2025, images and text Marian Maguire. |
A while ago I received an unusual request. WANN, a non-profit organisation, sought permission to reproduce one of my paintings, 'Sisyphus and the Rock', alongside a piece of writing by a teenager living in Gaza.
On reading Sara Alsweirki's piece, and seeing the openness of her pre-war face, I was struck and horrified by this young hopeful teenager's daily struggle, which she likens to the dreadful burden/punishment of Sisyphus – "My rock is the war. I stare into its eyes, even when I’m asleep." – The difference is that while Sisyphus displeased the gods, she did not.
Read her piece here (shared with permission): https://wearenotnumbers.org/sisyphus-in-gaza/
On reading Sara Alsweirki's piece, and seeing the openness of her pre-war face, I was struck and horrified by this young hopeful teenager's daily struggle, which she likens to the dreadful burden/punishment of Sisyphus – "My rock is the war. I stare into its eyes, even when I’m asleep." – The difference is that while Sisyphus displeased the gods, she did not.
Read her piece here (shared with permission): https://wearenotnumbers.org/sisyphus-in-gaza/
RECENT INCLUSION IN PUBLICATIONS:
- History & Conversations, Marian Maguire interviewed by Sally Blundell, Art New Zealand 179, 2026.
- World / Te Ao, catalogue 2025, images and text Marian Maguire.
- Portraits of Exploration: Representing Captain Cook, (web link) National Portrait Gallery, London, compiled by Katherine Gazzard, curator at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK.
- Te Ata o Tū The Shadow of Tūmatauenga: The New Zealand Wars Collection of Te Papa. Marian Maguire is honoured that her lithograph Socrates and Titokowaru discuss the question 'What is Virtue?' from the 'Titokowaru's Dilemma' series is included in this historically significant publication by Matiu Baker, Katie Cooper, Michael Fitzgerald and Rebecca Rice, Te Papa Press, 2024.
- Flora: Celebrating our Botanical World, edited by Carlos Lehneback, Claire Regnault, Rebecca Rice, Isaac Te Awa and Rachel Yates, Te Papa Press, 2023. This beautiful publication exploring botanical aspects of Te Papa's collection includes Maguire's lithograph from 'The Odyssey of Captain Cook' series: Examples of Fauna and Flora from the South Seas, 2004.
- The Enlightenment Project, Marian Maguire, with essays by Elizabeth Rankin, Giovanni Tiso and Sally Blundell. Published by PaperGraphica, 2022.
- Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors And Heroes: an exhibition from the British Museum, published by National Museum of Australia, 2021. Includes reproduction of Ko wai koe? from The Odyssey of Captain Cook 2005 within an essay by Alastair Blanchard and Diana Burton.
- 'Pandora's Jar: Women in Greek Myths' by Natalie Haynes, published by MacMillan, 2020, includes Marian Maguire's Penelope weaves and waits, painting on fireplace, 2017.
- History & Conversations, Marian Maguire interviewed by Sally Blundell, Art New Zealand 179, 2026.
- World / Te Ao, catalogue 2025, images and text Marian Maguire.
- Portraits of Exploration: Representing Captain Cook, (web link) National Portrait Gallery, London, compiled by Katherine Gazzard, curator at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK.
- Te Ata o Tū The Shadow of Tūmatauenga: The New Zealand Wars Collection of Te Papa. Marian Maguire is honoured that her lithograph Socrates and Titokowaru discuss the question 'What is Virtue?' from the 'Titokowaru's Dilemma' series is included in this historically significant publication by Matiu Baker, Katie Cooper, Michael Fitzgerald and Rebecca Rice, Te Papa Press, 2024.
- Flora: Celebrating our Botanical World, edited by Carlos Lehneback, Claire Regnault, Rebecca Rice, Isaac Te Awa and Rachel Yates, Te Papa Press, 2023. This beautiful publication exploring botanical aspects of Te Papa's collection includes Maguire's lithograph from 'The Odyssey of Captain Cook' series: Examples of Fauna and Flora from the South Seas, 2004.
- The Enlightenment Project, Marian Maguire, with essays by Elizabeth Rankin, Giovanni Tiso and Sally Blundell. Published by PaperGraphica, 2022.
- Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors And Heroes: an exhibition from the British Museum, published by National Museum of Australia, 2021. Includes reproduction of Ko wai koe? from The Odyssey of Captain Cook 2005 within an essay by Alastair Blanchard and Diana Burton.
- 'Pandora's Jar: Women in Greek Myths' by Natalie Haynes, published by MacMillan, 2020, includes Marian Maguire's Penelope weaves and waits, painting on fireplace, 2017.
ARTICLE: Straying from Myth
In January 2020, Marian Maguire delivered the 22nd Trendall Lecture as part of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies conference, Otago, New Zealand. She was asked to write up that lecture, which she had delivered with minimal notes, and the writing that resulted has been published in the Australian Humanities Journal 2021. Her essay carries her thoughts forward from the lecture itself.
In January 2020, Marian Maguire delivered the 22nd Trendall Lecture as part of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies conference, Otago, New Zealand. She was asked to write up that lecture, which she had delivered with minimal notes, and the writing that resulted has been published in the Australian Humanities Journal 2021. Her essay carries her thoughts forward from the lecture itself.
VIDEO INTERVIEWS:
- Marian speaks about the 'Goddesses' (production: Craig Ray, The Vivian)
- Marian speaks about 'Titokowaru's Dilemma' (production: British Museum)
- Marian speaks about the 'Goddesses' (production: Craig Ray, The Vivian)
- Marian speaks about 'Titokowaru's Dilemma' (production: British Museum)