Exhibition Essays
Enjoy commissions and publishes a series of essays each year that provide critical, expository or creative responses to our exhibition programme, with the aim of encouraging new voices in contemporary art discourse.
Exhibition Essays
These are Addressed to You
June 2026
Bas Jan Ader, I'm too sad to tell you, 1970–71. 16mm film transferred to digital video, silent, 3:22 mins. Courtesy of La Colección Jumex, México. Photo by Samson Dell.
© The Estate of Bas Jan Ader / Mary Sue Ader Andersen, 2026 / The Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York and Resale Royalties Aotearoa, New Zealand. Courtesy of the Museo Jumex and Meliksetian | Briggs.
Exhibition Essays
Like portraits
May 2026
Lily Worrall, moon irons wings (still), 2026. Photo by Samson Dell.
Exhibition Essays
Talking home
May 2026
Latamai Katoa, Littered Box (Letterbox), 2026. Photo by Samson Dell.
Exhibition Essays
Enjoy's Archival Impulse
December 2025
Enjoy’s original signage, c. 2000.
Exhibition Essays
Old emblems, new homes
December 2025
Tessa Russell, Waitirohia & George Turner, Out of the Scene, into the Fever, 2025.