Image: Te Tuhi, Chicago
Te Tuhi will open three new exhibitions on Saturday, 8 August 2026, bringing together a solo presentation by Pallavi Paul, a Te Tuhi Billboards project by Kāhu Kaan, and a group exhibition by Dalosa, Lafo & Iva. The opening celebration is scheduled for 2 pm to 3.30 pm at Te Tuhi in Pakuranga, Auckland, with public admission beginning the following day, Sunday, 9 August.
The Auckland venue says Paul’s solo exhibition is titled 'To Be in Someone Else’s Prayer' and has been commissioned by Te Tuhi in partnership with Satellites. Balamohan Shingade is named as curator. Paul’s work is shown in the email announcement with the image credit “How It Feels to Be In Someone Else’s Prayer, 2026,” indicating the new presentation draws on the artist’s broader moving-image or exhibition project, though the venue announcement itself gives the exhibition title as 'To Be in Someone Else’s Prayer'.
Kāhu Kaan’s contribution, 'Whao', is presented as part of Te Tuhi’s Billboards project and is curated by Andrew Kennedy. The third exhibition, 'Dalosa, Lafo & Iva', is a group show co-commissioned with The Physics Room and curated by James Tapsell-Kururangi. Te Tuhi’s announcement does not give further details on the individual works or the format of that group exhibition, but it places all three presentations within the same August opening.
The upcoming season follows Te Tuhi’s earlier 2026 exhibition cycle, which the institution’s archive records as running from 24 May to 19 July and including work by Allan McDonald, Bahar Noorizadeh, Brendan Kitto, Ilish Thomas, Pao Houa Her and Sonic Hapori. Te Tuhi also describes itself as one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s foremost contemporary art spaces and says it supports experimental practice. On its kaupapa page, the institution states commitments to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, addressing structural racism, reflecting diverse communities and maintaining safer spaces.
The August openings sit alongside a separate Te Tuhi workshop programme, but the exhibition announcement keeps the focus on the three presentations and their opening event. The venue’s website lists the address as 21 William Roberts Road, Pakuranga, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland 2010, and the public opening details are straightforward: the exhibition launch begins at 2 pm on Saturday, 8 August, and visitors can enter from Sunday, 9 August.
