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Infinite potential
By Sophie Carter The Māori proverb “Iti noa ana, he pito mata” (a small portion will produce a harvest) refers to the uncooked portion of...
May 16, 20232 min read


Countenances count
What motivates people to buy portraits without any family or personal connection to the sitter? Craig Beardsworth considers the...
May 8, 20233 min read


Grape juice
Grapes, portals or polka-dots – choose your own adventure through Ben Buchanan’s hallucinogenic pop. Dan Poynton takes a trip. Walking...
Mar 22, 20236 min read


Young abstract and female
Helen Kedgley enjoys the trailblazing palette of three young artists. It is heartening to see the recent success of three young New...
Nov 30, 20225 min read


Bubbling with hedonism and delight
Laura Williams’ work pokes fun at the serious and sacred. She discusses her lush painted world with Claire O’Loughlin. Laura Williams’...
Nov 29, 20225 min read


Death by flowers
Floral dreamscapes that consider her own mortality are the focus of Carmel Van Der Hoeven’s latest works. She talks to Madeleine Boles de...
Nov 29, 20223 min read

Painted ladies
The female form has always been the focus for painter Natasha Wright. She talks to Francesca Emms about her life-long interest and how...
Nov 24, 20224 min read


Jack in the bardo
The painter emerges from hibernation. Arthur Hawkes speaks with Jack Trolove about his wilful artistic isolation. Painter Jack Trolove...
Oct 25, 20223 min read


Mending the broken fragment
Returning home has changed Suji Park’s work in ceramics. She discusses the arc of her work with Claire O’Loughlin. In 2016, New...
Oct 24, 20227 min read


Here is everywhere
Is an exhibition space a place that gives you something, or is it somewhere to leave your baggage? Is it a temple for philosophers, or a...
Sep 13, 20226 min read


Slow developers
Slow down and look, intensely, is the message from Derek Henderson and Harry Culy. Both men share a familiarity with Hawkes Bay and...
Sep 12, 20227 min read


The significance of Gretchen Albrecht's hemispheres
In a long friendship, Gretchen Albrecht and Catharina van Bohemen have discussed art, books, poetry, and aspects of the Roman Catholic...
Sep 7, 20226 min read

Intersectional art
Cumbria, England’s Lake District, has given us poetry by Wordsworth and Coleridge, The Lakes by Taylor Swift, and Virginia Woods-Jack, an...
Sep 6, 20223 min read


A patterned contrast
Christchurch artist Darryn George likes to change things up, and develop ideas through repetition and variation.
Oct 10, 20214 min read


Ko te tuakana me ngā tēina
Kua puta te ihu o Te Kāhui o Mata Aho me Ahorangi Maureen Lander ki te Whakamānawa o Walters, 2021, i tā rātou whakaaturanga o Atapō, 2020.
Oct 7, 20218 min read


Te whanaketanga paketai
E kōrero mai ana a Jade Townsend mō tōna orokohanga, me tāna ahunga.
Sep 15, 20216 min read


Debris development
Jade Townsend talks to us about where she’s coming from, and where she’s going.
Sep 15, 20214 min read


E hīkoi whakamuri ana
Whai whakaaro ana a Shannon Te Ao ki āna hapa me ōna wawata e hangaia ai āna mahinga toi tini momo.
Sep 15, 20215 min read


He toa mō ngā toi
He ringa raupā, he māngai tautoko i te mahi toi o Aotearoa, te Kāwana-Tianara a Kahurangi Patsy Reddy.
Sep 1, 20217 min read


Heart of arts
Dame Patsy Reddy is a tireless supporter of and advocate for New Zealand art.
Sep 1, 20215 min read
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