With these two in charge, Thermostat was always going to have an entertaining night out for our final dinner with artists and friends after the opening of NOT JUST A PRETTY PICTURE.  Thank you Ken’s Kitchen for providing a thoroughly enjoyable banquet in a packed little restaurant.

Giants Amongst Us

Konstantin Dimopoulos

Saturday 12 May 2012

11.00am Corner of Cuba and Taonui Streets (opposite Café Cuba)

Prior to the launch the artist will give a short talk about this work and his other global projects.

Event Central, Ground floor, George Street, Palmerston North

10.00am: City Library doors open  – 10.15am: Talk commences

If bad weather on the day the launch will take place in the library.

Please contact the gallery if you would like to purchase one of our 1st edition tribute tee-shirts in either black or red. We have a few left in a range of sizes at this stage. The tee’s were created as a result of people expressing their sadness about Thermostat Gallery closing at the end of May, so we have made it a tribute to many businesses in Palmerston North that have made an impression in the past…. none of which still exist. They are “gone but not forgotten”. The tee shirts are $30 each (plus $5 postage).

This special event was captured on camera as the new owners of Caitlin Bell’s fabulous Zombots made their way home from the gallery on foot.

Peter Ireland’s article (Big, Small and the Last Days)  about

Angela Lane’s exhibition A Sequence of Events at

Thermostat Gallery (9 – 29 March) can be viewed on the

Eye Contact website (listed under links on this page)

Paul Rayner has made a new series of ceramics. There are a number of small cheetahs and leopards priced at $80 – $120

Art All, Artists Alliance magazine, Issue 103 / Winter 2011

Editor, Maggie Gresson after a recent visit to Palmerston North  said  ”it became apparent that there was a lot to be said for being an artist living and working in Palmy”.

Interviews with Shane Cotton (cover image), Rachael Rakena, Robert Jahnke,Saffronn Te Ratana, NgataiTaepa, David Pearce and Catherine Russ of Thermostat Gallery are included.

An anthology of Bryce Galloway’s long running Wellington fanzine

has just been released by Auckland art books publisher, Clouds.

We have several copies available at Thermostat.

Mark Amery’s review of the WAHINE exhibition at Thermostat “Maori Women Artists in Palmerston North” can be seen on the Eye Contact website 27/9/11  (listed under links on this page)