What's the buzz?
Janet Hughes reviews "Conversātiō – in the company of bees", a bee-utiful new book by photographer Anne Noble.
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Apr 21, 20213 min read
There’s more on the back
Janet Hughes reviews "The Back of the Painting", a book that looks at what can be divined from looking behind.
Apr 20, 20213 min read
Of a feather
Painter Nicolas Dillon draws his inspiration from nature.
Apr 19, 20211 min read
WIN: Drawn to the Wild
We have a copy of Nicolas Dillon's book "Drawn to the wild" to give away.
Jan 26, 20211 min read
WIN: Endless Sea
Aotearoa's maritime history told through the taonga of the New Zealand Maritime Museum.
Jan 20, 20213 min read
Rural remedy
Fairooz Samy reviews "Observations of a Rural Nurse" by photographer and nurse Sara McIntyre.
Dec 23, 20201 min read
Art writer's trail
Catharina Van Bohemen's new book maps her journey along the Camino de Santiago.
Nov 23, 20201 min read
WIN: Shining Land
We've got two copies of "Shining Land: Looking for Robin Hyde" to give away.
Nov 19, 20203 min read
A friend of a friend
Maeve Hughes reviews "Shining Land," the second book in the kōrero series.
Oct 21, 20202 min read
A sense of mounting riches
Janet Hughes reads volume two of Peter Simpson's McCahon series. Does it live up to the praise the first volume received?
Jul 9, 20201 min read
Te Manu Huna a Tāne
A unique insight into the traditional practice of weaving with kiwi feathers.
Jun 15, 20202 min read
To paint your way across
Maeve Hughes reviews 'High Wire', the first picture book in Massey University Press’ new ‘kōrero’ series.
Mar 3, 20205 min read
Multi McCahon
It's 100 years since the birth of Colin McCahon. In celebration Janet Hughes checks out two new books examining the artist's life and work.
Jan 12, 20202 min read
Photographer as alchemist
David Eggleton reviews ' A Beautiful Hesitation' which follows the career and photographs of Fiona Pardington.
Jan 8, 20202 min read
Sick art
Anna Jackson-Scott reviews 'Creamy Pyschology', a 260 page accompaniment to Yvonne Todd's photo portraits of constructed female characters.
Dec 15, 20193 min read
Self ashore
Catharina van Bohemen reviews Gregory O'Brien's 'Always Song In The Water', which meditates on what it means to live in Aotearoa.
Sep 5, 20194 min read
Twice as nice
150 years since the birth of Frances Hodgkins' sees the release of two new publications detailing her life and work.
May 15, 20192 min read
Galleries of Maoriland
Peter Adds reviews Roger Blackley's 'Galleries of Maoriland' and finds its insights into colonial history and prehistory deeply fascinating.
Mar 6, 20193 min read
Colours of a Life
Janet Hughes checks out a new volume exploring the colourful life and works of Douglas MacDiarmid.
Feb 3, 20192 min read
Vonney Ball: Ceramics
Sam Trubridge reviews a new book that explores Vonny Ball's journey with ceramics.
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