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Mar 25, 20192 min read

Home in ease

Negin Dastgheib نگین دستغیب is a Wellington visual artist. Here, she talks about her constant making of work and nature art in cities.

Mar 21, 20192 min read

Puppet master

Staying true to her values, environmental passion, and Māoritanga, 3D artist Jasmine Ruru tells of the next stage in her creative career.

Mar 19, 20192 min read

Diasporic narratives

Multidisciplinary artist and textile practitioner Areez Katki talks about heritage, herstories, and the joy of a good cigarette.

Mar 17, 20191 min read

Prize for Price

A seven metre high kinetic sculpture has taken out the $5000 EY People's Choice prize at this years 'Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe'.

Mar 15, 20194 min read

Gender bias no problem

Piera McArthur talks to Janet Hughes about her experience as a woman artist, in the light of a post-suffrage century of change.

Mar 11, 20193 min read

Always in the art department

Laree Payne is a curator who owns and operates Hamilton gallery, Weasel. Here, she talks about jumping feet-first into the art world.

Mar 7, 20192 min read

Wonder women

In celebration of International Women's Day, Auckland Art Gallery is opening a bold and provocative exhibit by the Guerrilla Girls.

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.

Mar 4, 20194 min read

Cerulean blue

Max Gimblett is one of New Zealand’s most recognised painters. Here, he talks of themes, influences and enlarging his language of vision.

Mar 1, 20191 min read

Numbers game

Work from more than 150 artists will be exhibited at the 2019 Auckland Art Fair, which runs from 1-5 May.

Feb 26, 20193 min read

Upside down menstrual cup

Wellington artist and illustrator Maddie Tait-Jamieson answers a few questions about life, art, and menstrual cup sculpture dreams.

Feb 21, 20193 min read

Beauty on a budget

Industrial design graduate Eleanore Rogers teaches us how light, plants and upcycling can turn dingy Wellington flats warm and stylish.

Feb 18, 20193 min read

Aliens clubbing

Sam Trubridge is the artistic director of The Performance Arcade in Wellington. He talks theatre and the biggest problem facing galleries.

Feb 15, 20194 min read

Solid states

Otobong Nkanga explores the contested social and political histories of colonialism through performance, drawing, photography, and more.

Feb 12, 20192 min read

Questionable rattling

Ed Bats is a visual artist represented by Gallery9 and Parlour Projects. He talks life, art, and the mysterious knocking in his car.

Feb 8, 20192 min read

Fresh face

A new tribute mural of Rita Angus looks out from the Dominion Building in Wellington.

Feb 4, 20192 min read

Filling the void

Airport carpets, bus seat covers, and waiting rooms spark inspiration for recent Dunedin Art School graduate Megan Brady.

Feb 3, 20193 min read

Crushing it

Monique Lacy's artistic process includes crushing, squashing and painting. Sarah Catherall investigates.

Feb 3, 20192 min read

Vonney Ball: Ceramics

Sam Trubridge reviews a new book that explores Vonny Ball's journey with ceramics.

Feb 1, 20191 min read

Baker’s dozen

Frame TV, the Samsung television that doubles as a picture frame, has added 13 New Zealand works from Te Papa to its digital collection.