The Auckland Art Gallery re-opens its restored and expanded building today

The Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki re-opens its restored and expanded building today. Visitors entering the building will encounter Flower Chandelier, a large-scale commissioned work by Choi Jeong Hwa. Specifically designed for the Gallery's north atrium, its giant flowers inflate and deflate while LED lights in and around the blooms illuminate the artwork at night. The artist has also installed another temporary installation Red, in the reflection pool in the forecourt.

Image: Choi Jeong Hwa's Flower Chandelier at the new Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tamaki

Seung Yul Oh at ggooll

Seung Yul Oh opens a post-residency show tonight at ggooll, an artist-run space in Seoul founded and managed by artist Choi Jeong Hwa. 

Seung Yul Oh in residence at Choi Jeong Hwa's ggooll space

Seung Yul Oh is currently undertaking a residency in Seoul where he will produce a solo show at ggooll, an artist-run space founded and managed by artist Choi Jeong Hwa. Oh is also represented in the exhibition Top Ten: New Acquisitions of the University of Auckland at the Gus Fisher Gallery which runs to 15 March 2011.

Image: Choi Jeong Hwa's space ggooll in April 2010