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May 16, 20232 min read

Infinite potential

By Sophie Carter The Māori proverb “Iti noa ana, he pito mata” (a small portion will produce a harvest) refers to the uncooked portion of...

May 8, 20233 min read

Countenances count

What motivates people to buy portraits without any family or personal connection to the sitter? Craig Beardsworth considers the...

Mar 22, 20236 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...

Nov 30, 20225 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 29, 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, 20223 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 24, 20224 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...

Oct 25, 20223 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 24, 20227 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...

Sep 13, 20226 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 12, 20227 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 7, 20226 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 6, 20223 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...

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.

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 1, 20217 min read

He toa mō ngā toi

He ringa raupā, he māngai tautoko i te mahi toi o Aotearoa, te Kāwana-Tianara a Kahurangi Patsy Reddy.

Sep 1, 20215 min read

Heart of arts

Dame Patsy Reddy is a tireless supporter of and advocate for New Zealand art.