Hana Pera Aoake 10/01/24 Hana Pera Aoake 10/01/24

Centring Palestine: a Summer Reading List

We invited Hana Pera Aoake of Kei te pai press to compile a reading list in response to the ongoing crisis in Gaza.

The Art Paper 8/12/23 The Art Paper 8/12/23

Elam graduate exhibition 2023

Connor Ward attends the Elam Grad show and photographs the event for your pleasure.

The Art Paper 4/12/23 The Art Paper 4/12/23

Exhibition opening: Sunlighting

Connor Ward photographs the opening of Artspace Aotearoa’s new artist exhibition featuring Prairie Hatchard-McGill, Angela Pan, Hulita Koloi.

The Art Paper 27/11/23 The Art Paper 27/11/23

Connor Ward visits the AUT Toi Ataata Visual Arts grad show

Photographer Connor Ward documents the opening event for BVA graduate students, which took place on 16 November.

The Art Paper 31/08/23 The Art Paper 31/08/23

Backstage photos from the inaugural Rogue Aotearoa fashion show

Photographer Connor Ward had a backstage pass to the event which platformed emerging creatives from across Aotearoa.

Connie Brown 14/12/22 Connie Brown 14/12/22

Notes On: Utility

Connie Brown on Zoe Thompson-Moore’s Open-field; RM Gallery, 23 November - 17 December

Connie Brown 10/12/22 Connie Brown 10/12/22

Notes On: Fruiting Bodies

Connie Brown on Georgette Brown’s Tentacular Thinking, And Like a Web; City Gallery Wellington, 3 September – 20 November 2022.

Connie Brown 9/11/22 Connie Brown 9/11/22

Notes On: Rock Music

Connie Brown on Yukari 海堀 Kaihori’s Touching Time; Audio Foundation, 20 October – 16 November 2022.

Connie Brown 25/10/22 Connie Brown 25/10/22

Notes On: Steam

Connie Brown on Isabella Dampney’s Feast of the Ass; Te Tuhi, 25 September – 27 November 2022.

Connie Brown 18/10/22 Connie Brown 18/10/22

Notes On: Ruffles

Connie Brown on Prairie Hatchard-McGill’s Signature Print; Neo Gracie, 28 August – 14 October 2022.

Connie Brown 11/10/22 Connie Brown 11/10/22

Notes On: Worry Stones

Connie Brown on A Stone, an Echo, a Sign: Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial, curated by K. Emma Ng with works by Becky Bliss, Neke Moa, Shelley Norton, Rowan Panther, Moniek Schrijer, Raewyn Walsh; Objectspace, 10 September – 20 November 2022.

Connie Brown 28/09/22 Connie Brown 28/09/22

Notes On: The mirror stage

Connie Brown on Rowan Thomson and Peter Derksen’s Transmutations, mothermother, 21 August – 15 October 2022.

Connie Brown 20/09/22 Connie Brown 20/09/22

Notes On: Seams

Connie Brown on Turumeke Harrington’s exhibition Gently Ribbed, CoCA Toi Moroki, 3 September – 15 October 2022.

Connie Brown 13/09/22 Connie Brown 13/09/22

Notes On: Redemption arcs

Connie Brown on Claudia Kogachi’s exhibition New Moon, Melanie Roger Gallery, 31 August – 17 September 2022.

Connie Brown 6/09/22 Connie Brown 6/09/22

Notes On: Crypto doulas

Connie Brown on Simon Denny and Karamia Müller’s Creation Stories, Michael Lett, 6 August – 10 September 2022; and Gus Fisher Gallery, 6 August – 22 October 2022.

Connie Brown 30/08/22 Connie Brown 30/08/22

Notes On: Casting On

Connie Brown on Peata Larkin and Alexis Neal’s exhibition Whakamata, Mangere Arts Centre, 23 July – 10 September 2022.

Connie Brown 23/08/22 Connie Brown 23/08/22

Notes On: Ghost Picnics

Connie Brown on Georgia Arnold’s exhibition Arms that spin, Sanc Gallery, 23 July – 13 August 2022.

Connie Brown 16/08/22 Connie Brown 16/08/22

Notes On: Works on Paper

Connie Brown on Kristy Gorman’s exhibition Muffled Green, Anna Miles Gallery, 23 July – 18 August 2022.

Beth Clemens 26/06/22 Beth Clemens 26/06/22

News: Artist Jack Hadley collaborates with Emma Jing and Taylor Groves on new fashion collection

Beth Clemens reports on the collection, which includes tops spray painted with EMMA JING and BORING, described by Hadley as “the dumber the better…”

Parisa Torkaman 18/05/22 Parisa Torkaman 18/05/22

News: Catherine Boddy Socks Sing the CanCan!

“I was so bored by socks!” Catherine Boddy avows. Parisa Torkaman relishes in the 22-year-old designer’s new collection of sockwear—with photography by Constance McDonald.

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