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Sep 27, 20183 min read

Knives and neighbourhoods

This year at CONDO, an international gallery exchange, a collaboration with New Zealand gallery Hopkinson Mossman turns heads.

Sep 27, 20181 min read

Artistic amusements

To mark New Zealand’s 125-year anniversary of women's suffrage, the City Gallery is presenting work by female photographer Arwa Alneami.

Sep 24, 20182 min read

People from the pit stand up

Craig Beardsworth wonders over the talent of Sam Duckor-Jones, sculptor and recently turned poet.

Sep 16, 20185 min read

Crimes against art

As the 4th annual New Zealand Art Crime Symposium opens, Francesca Emms explores the unexpectedly active art crime scene in Aotearoa.

Sep 14, 20185 min read

Fragments of opportunity

Sam Duckor-Jones moulds stories and self-portraits of sexuality, vulnerability, and possibility in his captivating clay creations.

Sep 7, 20182 min read

Some like it hot (or not)

Encountering pastel hues and intense heat, Emily Hartley-Skudder has just arrived in Xiamen for a three month artists residency.

Sep 6, 20181 min read

Something in the water

'The Water Project' engages with water in the 21st century, as a bringer of life, an ancestral voice, and also as a contested commodity.

Sep 4, 20184 min read

Waves in the desert

New Zealand artist Sam Trubridge finds an unexpected oasis at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

Aug 28, 20182 min read

Test, jab, repeat.

Knowing the hassle of carrying around medical equipment, designer and diabetic Bridget Scanlan makes bags that unite fashion and function.

Aug 27, 20185 min read

Come into my parlour

Sophie Wallace talks about opening Parlour Projects, a contemporary art gallery which has already hosted some of Aotearoa's biggest names.

Aug 22, 20181 min read

Lots of lots

August saw a number of auction records at Dunbar Sloane’s New Zealand and International Fine Art auction.

Aug 20, 20181 min read

Under construction

The Sarjeant Gallery Redevelopment Project has officially got the green light to move into the 'construction phase'.

Aug 20, 20181 min read

Viva Mexico

Mexican artist Eduardo Abaroa is in Wellington as the latest Te Whare Hēra international artist in residence.

Aug 14, 20182 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 9, 20181 min read

Te Papa's new talent

Courtney Johnston, current director of the Dowse Art Museum, has been appointed to a newly created role at Te Papa.

Aug 9, 20181 min read

Devenport departs

Rhana Devenport, director of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is leaving the gallery for a new role in South Australia.

Jul 30, 20182 min read

Think pink

Trending on Instagram for two years and counting, the colour pink is hot stuff. We create an optical ode to its plethora of expressions.

Jul 24, 20189 min read

Pottery throw down

A growing enthusiasm for kiwi pottery inspires Francesca Emms to talk to potters and curators about their love of ceramics.

Jul 24, 20187 min read

Our world of art

Te Papa has invited the public to their new purpose built gallery, Toi Art. We sent a curator and an artist along to investigate.