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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 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 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.
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 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 24, 20181 min read
Strong foundation
Exploring what it means to be human, photographer Roberta Thornley has won the Arts Foundation's Marti Friedlander Photographic Award.
Jul 24, 20182 min read
Top delegates
Lisa Walker and partner Karl Fritsch were the only New Zealanders chosen to participate in the Schmuck jewellery exhibition in Munich.
Jul 24, 20181 min read
Top pot
A teapot ‘steeped in history’ has won the 2017 Portage Ceramic Awards prize.
Jul 23, 20181 min read
National identity
A new exhibition looking at the stories we tell ourselves takes over Wellington's City Gallery.
Jul 19, 20182 min read
Bigger and better
A celebration of New Zealand identities, Te Papa's new art Gallery, Toi Art, opens in March.
Jul 18, 20181 min read
Powerhouse
An exhibition honouring Doreen Blumhardt is showing at the Dowse Art Museum.
Jul 18, 20181 min read
Propaganda for good
Tiger Murdoch, a guerrilla-style artistic duo, are concerned about growing inequalities in New Zealand.
Jul 18, 20181 min read
Star gazing
Matthew McIntyre Wilson makes brooches by repurposing imagery found on various New Zealand, Cook Island and British coins.
Jul 18, 20182 min read
First time fair times
This year's showcase at the biennial Auckland Art Fair aims to present a broad range of art unburdened by theme.
Jul 18, 20181 min read
Cat's meow
His daughter's robotic cat became the main muse for Auckland painter Adrian Jackman.
May 23, 20181 min read
Turn it up
Fijian-New Zealand artist Luke Willis Thompson has been shortlisted for the Turner Prize, the UK’s most prestigious visual art award.
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