Lachlan Taylor 13/07/22 Lachlan Taylor 13/07/22

Dipping Mortal

Lachlan Taylor on Barbara Tuck’s painting Dipping Mortal (2014)—republished from an exquisite collection of essays in the new book Delirium Crossing, edited by Anna Miles and Christina Barton.

Eleanor Woodhouse 14/06/22 Eleanor Woodhouse 14/06/22

Print archive: On Openings, Daniel Strang’s filmic event

Daniel Strang’s digital video Openings is structured around a narrow schema: near-exhaustive documentation of every scene that depicts art exhibition openings from the history of cinema (1945 to 2020), arranged chronologically by the year of each film’s release.

Lachlan Taylor 14/05/22 Lachlan Taylor 14/05/22

Print archive: Imperial Vegetables, Lachlan Taylor on Ayesha Green’s I thought I heard you crying in the forest

“It’s a painting about power, and the ways that power is gained, maintained, coveted, stolen, and mourned through systems of representation.”

Robyn Maree Pickens 12/05/22 Robyn Maree Pickens 12/05/22

Print archive: Robyn Maree Pickens on Zina Swanson

In Zina Swanson's All My Sticks Have Auras, ”Meaning quivers between viewer and work, plant and human, and between each decomposing twig and the vibratory aura the artist depicts,” writes Robyn Maree Pickens in Issue 00.

K. Emma Ng 29/04/22 K. Emma Ng 29/04/22

Kogachiworld

K. Emma Ng on Claudia Kogachi’s exhibition Heaven must be missing an angel at Jhana Millers.

Moya Lawson 16/04/22 Moya Lawson 16/04/22

Dreamy Era

Moya Lawson on Sione Monū’s Volver at Robert Heald.

Bridget Riggir-Cuddy 29/03/22 Bridget Riggir-Cuddy 29/03/22

The photo, a girl

Bridget Riggir-Cuddy on Ann Shelton’s recent presentation REDUX at Envy6011.

Lucinda Bennett 24/03/22 Lucinda Bennett 24/03/22

ARCHIVE: scratched flowers

Lucinda Bennett on Emma McIntyre’s The blue of it, Hopkinson Mossman (2019).

K. Emma Ng 1/03/22 K. Emma Ng 1/03/22

Led by thread

K. Emma Ng responds to Soft Landing at Page Galleries, featuring works by Heidi Brickell, Vita Cochran, Finn Ferrier, Serene Hodgman, Fiona Jack, and Kathryn Tsui.

Jonathan Bywater 3/02/22 Jonathan Bywater 3/02/22

die pretty

Jonathan Bywater on Nayan Patel’s Still Life at Parasite.

Daniel John Corbett Sanders 11/12/21 Daniel John Corbett Sanders 11/12/21

A conversation between Bronte Perry and Daniel John Corbett Sanders

In response to Perry’s new work at Artspace Aotearoa, Guilty Pleasures.

Jessicoco Hansell 10/12/21 Jessicoco Hansell 10/12/21

Tricksters & Mischief Makers

Jessicoco Hansell writes on being tricky and traversing different realms, in the context of Mischief Makers, an exhibition curated by Ioana Gordon-Smith at Pātaka Art + Museum.

Connie Brown 2/12/21 Connie Brown 2/12/21

Ed Bats’ Policy of Violation

Connie Brown on Ed Bats’ recent paintings at Page Galleries, in the context of contemporary urban life.

Jo Bragg 25/11/21 Jo Bragg 25/11/21

Effervescent Dynamism/Desire and the work of Deborah Rundle

Jo Bragg on Deborah Rundle’s recent exhibition, On My Volcano Grows the Grass.

K. Emma Ng 4/11/21 K. Emma Ng 4/11/21

Staying Afloat: K. Emma Ng on Elisabeth Pointon

Elisabeth Pointon's practice encompasses video, painting, installation and signage—utilising a visual language of playfulness to create works that act as philosophical adages for our time. Her presentation THERE IS AN ARTWORK IN ALL OF THIS. is currently on view across Jhana Millers Gallery and Yu Mei Lounge in Wellington.

Remco de Blaaij 13/10/21 Remco de Blaaij 13/10/21

Nathan Pōhio and Remco de Blaaij in conversation

Artist Nathan Pōhio speaks to Artspace Aotearoa Director Remco de Blaaij about his relationship to Artspace and 2010 Buster Keaton portrait (featuring a young Marlon Williams as a model), Homemade Glider Kitset.