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...
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- May 8
- 3 min
Countenances count
What motivates people to buy portraits without any family or personal connection to the sitter? Craig Beardsworth considers the...
- Mar 22
- 6 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 7 min
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, 2022
- 6 min
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, 2022
- 7 min
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, 2022
- 6 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
A patterned contrast
Christchurch artist Darryn George likes to change things up, and develop ideas through repetition and variation.
- Oct 7, 2021
- 8 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
Te whanaketanga paketai
E kōrero mai ana a Jade Townsend mō tōna orokohanga, me tāna ahunga.
- Sep 15, 2021
- 4 min
Debris development
Jade Townsend talks to us about where she’s coming from, and where she’s going.
- Sep 15, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
Heart of arts
Dame Patsy Reddy is a tireless supporter of and advocate for New Zealand art.
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