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A conversation on the delicate overlap of art and gardening
Dr Linda Tyler explores the intersection of art and gardening with artist Katherine Throne. Katherine shares how her garden influences...
Apr 12, 20238 min read


Poetic forms
By Sophie Carter Poetry and painting go hand-in-hand for Briana Jamieson. The artist, writer, curator, and publisher enjoys wearing many...
Mar 30, 20232 min read


Working from home
Telly Tuita outgrew his art studio long ago, so he’s had to get inventive. Melody Thomas gets a tour of his Wellington work space. “Home”...
Mar 30, 20234 min read


Grape juice
Grapes, portals or polka-dots – choose your own adventure through Ben Buchanan’s hallucinogenic pop. Dan Poynton takes a trip. Walking...
Mar 22, 20236 min read


Without having to interact
For years Catherine Russ has used her photography to show her surroundings in a light that many people don't get to see. Her latest...
Feb 21, 20233 min read


Young abstract and female
Helen Kedgley enjoys the trailblazing palette of three young artists. It is heartening to see the recent success of three young New...
Nov 30, 20225 min read


Bubbling with hedonism and delight
Laura Williams’ work pokes fun at the serious and sacred. She discusses her lush painted world with Claire O’Loughlin. Laura Williams’...
Nov 29, 20225 min read


Death by flowers
Floral dreamscapes that consider her own mortality are the focus of Carmel Van Der Hoeven’s latest works. She talks to Madeleine Boles de...
Nov 29, 20223 min read

Painted ladies
The female form has always been the focus for painter Natasha Wright. She talks to Francesca Emms about her life-long interest and how...
Nov 24, 20224 min read


Jack in the bardo
The painter emerges from hibernation. Arthur Hawkes speaks with Jack Trolove about his wilful artistic isolation. Painter Jack Trolove...
Oct 25, 20223 min read


Mending the broken fragment
Returning home has changed Suji Park’s work in ceramics. She discusses the arc of her work with Claire O’Loughlin. In 2016, New...
Oct 24, 20227 min read


Here is everywhere
Is an exhibition space a place that gives you something, or is it somewhere to leave your baggage? Is it a temple for philosophers, or a...
Sep 13, 20226 min read


Slow developers
Slow down and look, intensely, is the message from Derek Henderson and Harry Culy. Both men share a familiarity with Hawkes Bay and...
Sep 12, 20227 min read


The significance of Gretchen Albrecht's hemispheres
In a long friendship, Gretchen Albrecht and Catharina van Bohemen have discussed art, books, poetry, and aspects of the Roman Catholic...
Sep 7, 20226 min read

Intersectional art
Cumbria, England’s Lake District, has given us poetry by Wordsworth and Coleridge, The Lakes by Taylor Swift, and Virginia Woods-Jack, an...
Sep 6, 20223 min read


The landscape of technology and art
Artificial intelligence and climate change – artist Stephen Ellis lets us in on the influences behind Unfolding, his latest exhibition....
Aug 2, 20223 min read


Man of the cloth
From Zoroastrian priest to queer punk, Areez Katki stitches himself a coat of many colours. He talks to Dan Poynton. There’s something...
Jul 21, 20226 min read


Giving Nature the Mic
Environmental art and its power to change to change behaviour? Mia Gaudin investigates.
Apr 6, 20225 min read


CPotY 2022 Judging Panel
Capital Photographer of the Year (CPoTY) is back for 2022. We’ve assembled twenty of New Zealand’s leading creatives. Get to know the...
Mar 15, 20226 min read


Scarborough Fare
Jim and Susan Wakefield owned one of the most significant private collections of New Zealand art in the country. Their home, Ravenscar,...
Mar 15, 20225 min read
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