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