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BTS with Ruth Buchanan, Kaitohu Director of Artspace Aotearoa
Buchanan shares seven navigation points leading toward Artspace Aotearoa’s current exhibition, Prompts, featuring work by Michael Parekōwhai and Lubaina Himid, 1 February – 17 April 2025.
Tactile vision
Sam Gaskin speaks to Zhang Xu Zhan about his stop-motion animation Compound eyes of tropical, included in the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art at QAGOMA, 30 November 2024 – 27 April 2025.
Artist Q+A with Samara Alofa, PollyHill and Litia Tuiburelevu
We speak to the creative team behind the music and visuals of HOME, the centrepiece of Paloma Schneideman aka PollyHill x Samara Alofa’s collaborative music project, AQUARIES (2023).
Whenua as a catalyst for reconnection
Raukura Turei speaks to gallerist Jade Townsend about her current exhibition, Takoto ai te marino: Te hokinga mai, at Season.
Self-mythologising through painting
An interview with Isabella Dampney about her exhibition Britpop, currently on view at play_station artist-run space, 17 October – 9 November 2024.
Braided Rivers
We speak to Tia Barrett about her installation He Pounamu Ko Aū, currently on view as part of the group exhibition Te Mōteatea a Maumahara at Wairau Māori Art Gallery, 10 August – 24 November 2024.
Artist Q+A with Hōhua Thompson
We speak to Hōhua Thompson about his upcoming exhibition Tuku / Transfer at Trish Clark Gallery, 18 October – 16 November 2024.
Meet Ruth Ige
RUTH IGE is one of twenty-two artists and collectives featured in Aotearoa Contemporary at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. We spoke to her about her oceanic paintings and the politics of Black portraiture.
Meet Pelenakeke Brown
PELENAKEKE BROWN is one of twenty-two artists and collectives featured in Aotearoa Contemporary at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. We spoke to her about her performance Raking Scissor Grip, dwelling in vā and crip time, and finding poetry in the official record.
Meet Hannah Ireland
HANNAH IRELAND is one of twenty-two artists and collectives featured in Aotearoa Contemporary at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. We spoke to her about her new works, home and family, and accidentally becoming a ‘glitter girl’.
Meet Jack Hadley
JACK HADLEY is one of twenty-two artists and collectives featured in Aotearoa Contemporary at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. We spoke to him about figurative sculpture, anthropomorphism and AliExpress.
Meet Amit Noy
AMIT NOY is one of twenty-two artists and collectives featured in Aotearoa Contemporary at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. We spoke to him about his work Errant, a choreographed performance work which takes place across the gallery, investigating codes of behaviour and the repercussions of breaking them.
Feminine Rubble
play_station curator Angel speaks to Prairie Hatchard-McGill about her recent exhibition, Feminine Rubble, and finding inspiration in “lipstick, mascara smears, and broken acrylics on the floor.”
Print Archive: Endless Permanence
Matthew Galloway and Mohamed Sleiman Labat on phosphate extraction and food sovereignty in the Western Sahara.
“When does one thing become another?”
Zac Langdon-Pole on the malleability of history, chimeras and hybrids — on the occasion of his recently exhibited work Chimera, included in this year’s Sculpture on the Gulf.
Meet Saintleo
Designer and maker LEON MCKAY, founder OF SAINTLEO, is hosting an immersive sound exhibition this Friday 15 March as part of Auckland Design Week — giving ticket holders and friends a private experience that centres on his sculptural Altec A7 speakers and limited edition stainless steel furniture. We speak to Mckay about designing against the grain and creating the ultimate listening experience.
Crawling into my mother’s belly
Yeonjae Choi on her current exhibition at Window Gallery, in conversation with curators Hugo Primbs and JingCheng Zhao.
Gloria’s regal, Pre-Raphaelite, simple and wild hair accessories
What happens on a Gloria shoot? Kristine Crabb speaks about her braid collection in collaboration with Sky Cripps-Jackson.
Catherine Boddy and Heather Brennan Evans x The Art Paper
Olivia Renouf visits the Catherine Boddy and Heather Brennan Evans x The Art Paper fashion show. We speak to the designers.
“Soon enough, I will feel the same way about myself right now as I did in the past”
We talk to Savannah Mattyasovszky about her presentation maybe twelve-year-old me would think i’m cool, recently shown at ST PAUL St Gallery as part of the Master of Visual Arts Graduating Exhibition.