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Temporal landscapes
Wanaka-based Martin Hill and Philippa Jones draw attention to environmental degradation in their exhibition 'Temporal Landscapes'.
Dec 18, 20192 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.
Dec 15, 20193 min read


Poetry commotion
Investigating relationships, systems, and equilibrium, Richard Tuttle marries language and image in a poem that unfolds as an installation.
Oct 17, 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.
Sep 5, 20194 min read

Dance cycles
An NYC choreographer uses an evolving dance residency to challenge our notions of stasis. Sophie McKinnon reports.
Sep 3, 20194 min read


Language of light
Visiting 'Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys' in Auckland, Maeve Hughes found the artist was fluent in the language of light.
Aug 27, 20194 min read


Invisible labour
In Carlos Sandoval de León’s exhibition at Cindy Rucker Gallery in New York, a conscious system of change is operating in situ.
Aug 15, 20195 min read


Time, space, light and sound
'Semiconductor: the Technological Sublime', an enchanting and absorbing art video installation, gets a visit and review from Janet Hughes.
Aug 1, 20193 min read


A call to contribute
Matariki Williams visited 'Māori Moving Image: An Open Archive' and writes how the concept of palimpsest helped her understand its layers.
Jul 11, 20195 min read


Seeing everything
Sophie McKinnon revisits Yayoi Kusama's most enduring works, and finds euphoria and invigoration in the artists reflections of the world.
Jun 13, 20194 min read


Space of shapes
Maeve Hughes tells how Eva Rothschild's 'Kosmos' at Wellington's City Gallery allows the viewer to become a cosmonaut in a space of shapes.
Jun 6, 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.
May 15, 20192 min read


Eco system
Sophie McKinnon looks into the world of New York artist, Brook Hsu, and finds eco-works that reveal processes of reflection and healing.
May 3, 20194 min read


Colours of a Life
Janet Hughes checks out a new volume exploring the colourful life and works of Douglas MacDiarmid.
Mar 6, 20193 min read


Solid states
Otobong Nkanga explores the contested social and political histories of colonialism through performance, drawing, photography, and more.
Feb 15, 20194 min read

Vonney Ball: Ceramics
Sam Trubridge reviews a new book that explores Vonny Ball's journey with ceramics.
Feb 3, 20192 min read


People from the pit stand up
Craig Beardsworth wonders over the talent of Sam Duckor-Jones, sculptor and recently turned poet.
Sep 24, 20182 min read


Waves in the desert
New Zealand artist Sam Trubridge finds an unexpected oasis at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
Sep 4, 20184 min read


Undreamed of...
Janet Hughes reviews a new book that delivers a solid academic history of the University of Otago’s Hodgkins Fellowship.
Aug 14, 20182 min read

The merrier
Craig Beardsworth reviews 'Miranda Parkes: the merrier' and delights in its simple essays and joyous design.
Aug 14, 20182 min read
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