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Jedda-Daisy Culley interviewed by Jerico Tracy
Australian artist Jedda-Daisy Culley talks about family, rewriting memories and cultivating intimacy online with gallerist and curator Jerico Tracy.

Te Hā o te Marama: Simon Kaan and Wi Taepa
Becky Hemus reflects on Simon Kaan and Wi Taepa's exhibition Te Hā o te Marama at Sanderson.

Five artworks at Webb's upcoming Works of Art auction
A closer look at a selection of our highlights, with artworks by Jacqueline Fahey, Séraphine Pick, Peter Robinson, Michael Smither, and Douglas Wright.

“Māori control over Māori things”: Elisapeta Hinemoa Heta on Te Ao Māori Exhibition Making
Alanna O’Riley interviews kaihoahoa whare (architectural designer) Elisapeta Hinemoa Heta (Ngātiwai, Waikato Tainui) on the importance of place, community, and agency, on the occasion of her recent exhibition Pouwātū: Active Presence with John Miller (Ngāpuhi) at Objectspace.

Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua (I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on my past)
Israel Randell reflects on Jamie Berry's video installation Whakapapa / Algorithms, exhibited at the Audio Foundation in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Weighted Yet Free: Marlee McMahon's Heavy Kite
Francis McWhannell on Marlee McMahon's latest series of artworks, currently on view at Visions.

Imogen Taylor, Watercolours
Michael Lett, 26 JUL – 26 AUG 2021

“I prefer the Spice Girls to Jung, you know?”: An Interview with Pippi Nola
Pippi Nola talks BOYZ, painting, and intimidation tactics with Moya Lawson.

Prophet of the Wurm: an interview with Jess Johnson
Jess Johnson and Maya Love talk cats, Rälienists and recovering from the hellfire of 2020.

“Mapping objects within a space”: Bedrock at The Physics Room
In conversation with Becky Hemus, Emerita Baik, Maia McDonald, and Nââwié Tutugoro discuss their recent exhibition Bedrock at The Physics Room, Ōtautahi/Christchurch, curated by Abby Cunnane.

Winter Winter Spring: Milli Jannides
Grace Ridley-Smith and Moya Lawson write on Winter Winter Spring, an exhibition by Milli Jannides at McLeavey Gallery.

Structure Signalling (Logical Structure or Relating to Something That Happened)
Eloise Callister-Baker on J. A. Kennedy's current exhibition at RM in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

Film4Ever
Samuel Te Kani on Ali Senescall's poignant cinematic thrift.

A recipe for resistance: Help Yourself at Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Co-authored by Turumeke Harrington and Grace Ryder, Help Yourself—a group show on display at Enjoy Contemporary Art Space in Pōneke (Wellington)—is an invocation of protection against the daily grind.

The contingencies of passion
Robyn Maree Pickens on Amsterdam-based artist Mercedes Azpilicueta's first UK solo exhibition, Bondage of Passions, at Gasworks, London.

“But really, what if the walls were melting”: reimagining queer spaces with Priscilla Rose Howe
Priscilla Rose Howe and Victoria McAdam discuss drawing, film and the occult.

Shane Cotton, interviewed by Kim Meredith
Kim Meredith speaks to Shane Cotton (Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Hine, Te Uri Taniwha) about Te Puawai, his recent artwork included within the landmark exhibition Toi Tū Toi Ora at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, and the vessels that guide us forward.

Lydia Ourahmane at Kunsthalle Basel
A ransom, an illicit border crossing, an exchange of nationality: transactions of different sorts are often the conceptual starting point for Lydia Ourahmane’s art. The results encompass video, sound, performance, sculpture, and installation, exploring the way histories of displacement and colonial oppression are inscribed upon bodies. For her first exhibition in Switzerland, the Algerian-born artist presents a newly commissioned work, Barzakh.

Hany Armanious at Fine Arts, Sydney
An exhibition of new sculptures by Hany Armanious is on view at Fine Arts, Sydney until 29 May 2021.

We Talk Art (and more) with TALK ART's Robert Diament
We zoom interview Robert Diament, gallerist and half of the podcast phenomenon, TALK ART.