The art of a relationship
Massey’s graduate show Exposure, which concluded at the end of last year, had more painters than ever. ArtZone spoke with two of them:...
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Mar 15, 20228 min read
Lithographic love
The highly-accomplished Christchurch artist and gallery owner Marian Maguire likes to stay low profile. She explains why to Sarah Lang in...
Feb 2, 20222 min read
Hooked
Two amo stand tall. One is Urutengangana, God of Light, and the other is Hine Turama, a goddess who created the stars. Lissy and Rudi...
Feb 2, 20225 min read
In good spirits
With City Gallery’s summer blockbuster exhibition in full swing, Nicki Manthel talks to Claire O’Loughlin about behind-the-scenes...
Feb 1, 20224 min read
The rise and rise of contemporary Māori art
Former director of Pātaka Helen Kedgley identifies a quiet revolution taking place within the New Zealand art world, with te ao Māori at...
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Ed Bats collabs with Kowtow
Page Galleries are bringing new Ed Bats paintings to clothing store Kowtow as part of an upcoming arts festival called Tent. The series...
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Lisa Reihana comes to Page Galleries
In a first for Wellington, Lisa Reihana will be showing in a dealer gallery in the capital. Lisa Reihana: a resolute search will come to...
Oct 19, 20211 min read
Paradise in Venice
Yuki Kihara will unveil a new work at the 2022 Venice Biennale.
Oct 18, 20213 min read
Also kind of ugly
Kirk Nicholls uses beauty as a tool to get viewers attention, but is most satisfied when something is also kind of ugly.
Oct 10, 20214 min read
A patterned contrast
Christchurch artist Darryn George likes to change things up, and develop ideas through repetition and variation.
Oct 7, 20218 min read
Ko te tuakana me ngā tēina
Kua puta te ihu o Te Kāhui o Mata Aho me Ahorangi Maureen Lander ki te Whakamānawa o Walters, 2021, i tā rātou whakaaturanga o Atapō, 2020.
Oct 7, 20215 min read
What's the buzz?
Janet Hughes reviews "Conversātiō – in the company of bees", a bee-utiful new book by photographer Anne Noble.
Oct 3, 20213 min read
An eloquent stranding
How engaging can lobsters be? Angela Trolove finds out when she reviews "The Lobster's Tale".
Sep 27, 20214 min read
More than human world
Catherine Bagnall is an educator, painter, and performance artist.
Sep 16, 20213 min read
Available light
Photographer Marie Shannon tells of working slowly, observing the light, and a poetic response to her work.
Sep 15, 20216 min read
Te whanaketanga paketai
E kōrero mai ana a Jade Townsend mō tōna orokohanga, me tāna ahunga.
Sep 15, 20214 min read
Debris development
Jade Townsend talks to us about where she’s coming from, and where she’s going.
Sep 15, 20215 min read
E hīkoi whakamuri ana
Whai whakaaro ana a Shannon Te Ao ki āna hapa me ōna wawata e hangaia ai āna mahinga toi tini momo.
Sep 14, 20214 min read
Walking backwards
Shannon Te Ao mines his mistakes and ambitions to create his multi-disciplinary art installations. He spoke with Hanahiva Rose about...
Sep 9, 20214 min read
Public pots
Janet Hughes checks out Shane Cotton's five-storey-high mural.
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