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.
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Mar 1, 20201 min read
Blackbird
Moses Viliamu, Zac Mateo, and Jack Kirifi will represent Tokelau at The Festival of Pacific Art & Culture in Hawaii in June 2020.
Feb 20, 20202 min read
Homecoming
Wayne Youle's new exhibition, '20/20 words of wisdom' reflects on the life lessons he has learnt from parents and mentors.
Feb 18, 20202 min read
Power objects
Josephine Cachemaille creates artworks of empowerment for her daughter in her new exhibition 'She's a Force'.
Feb 13, 20201 min read
Go big
At 85 years old, Louise Henderson completed her series 'The Twelve Months'.
Feb 4, 20201 min read
Face off
Check out a few of the finalists for the 2020 Adam Portraiture Award.
Jan 27, 20203 min read
Bubble wrap
Māori Pacific Curator at Pātaka Art + Museum Ioana Gordon-Smith talks community, curating, and cabin bread tins.
Jan 16, 20203 min read
All the same
Avenal McKinnon considers Yoko Ono's new and recreated works in her Beijing exhibition 'Golden Ladders'.
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.
Jan 6, 20203 min read
Hockney in China
Avenal McKinnon explores 'The Arrival of Spring', a new and innovative exhibition by David Hockney, who chooses an iPad as his medium.
Jan 1, 20203 min read
In the world of nincompoops
Frances Upritchard brings her humorous sculptural figures to a new exhibition in Los Angeles, writes June Fairhead.
Dec 25, 20193 min read
Leader of the pack
American artist, Bill Viola explores questions of existence, life and the forces around us in his recent exhibition 'Transformation'.
Dec 18, 20192 min read
Temporal landscapes
Wanaka-based Martin Hill and Philippa Jones draw attention to environmental degradation in their exhibition 'Temporal Landscapes'.
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.
Dec 10, 20193 min read
Wā kainga
Professor Huhana Smith combines kaupapa Māori methods and science to address climate change concerns in her paintings.
Dec 5, 20194 min read
Genuine reproduction
After completing an art residency in South China, Emily Hartley-Skudder returns to Aotearoa and discusses what she learnt and created.
Dec 2, 20191 min read
Smash
Award-winning 'Glass Ceiling (NZ Aotearoa)' smashes and re-imagines the metaphorical ‘glass ceiling’.
Nov 29, 20191 min read
Heavy luggage
Ceramicist Deb Fleming looks at climate change and the human condition in her new project, and finds 'solace within nostalgia and art'.
Nov 26, 20191 min read
Surprise
Solomon Mortimer's broad and brave approach to photography has paid off, winning him the Marti Friedlander Photographic Award.
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