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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.

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.