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Abstract (Here Is The Thing), a group exhibition at Ahuriri Contemporary
Ahuriri Contemporary, 25 MARCH – 20 APRIL 2022

Nick Mullaly’s desirous paintings
Nick Mullaly talks to writer (and boyfriend) Sholto Buck about playing the ingenue, '70s porn and romantic desire. Featuring cameos by Mariah Carey, Edvard Munch and Roland Barthes.

Meet August Ward
Parisa chats to August Ward about her recent exhibition at Lover — and the sensational, muted remains of femme consumerist culture.

The photo, a girl
Bridget Riggir-Cuddy on Ann Shelton’s recent presentation REDUX at Envy6011.

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

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.

Andrew Hazelwinkel, Journeys in the Lifeworld of Stones (Displacements I–X)
Sumer, 29 JAN 2021 – 06 MARCH 2022

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing: 2021 Wrapped
The Angel’s Rhapsody re-visit 2021.
Artist Spotlight: Eleanor Diaz Ritson
We showcase a series of paintings by Enjoy Contemporary Art Space and Rita Angus Cottage Summer Resident, Eleanor Diaz Ritson.

A new kind of alphabet
Longtime collaborators Michelle Williams Gamaker and Krishna Istha in conversation.

The Moon was Talking
Emil Scheffmann speaks to Edith Amituanai from his own experience as a school teacher, in a conversation that explores the role of artists in education.
die pretty
Jonathan Bywater on Nayan Patel’s Still Life at Parasite.

Connor Fitzgerald and Fred Small in reflection
The two artists discuss their collaboration on Towards the Sun, first exhibited at play_station and currently on view at Artspace Aotearoa.

promising.space
On interactive digital spaces, astro bodies, and making art within the periphery of HTML. A conversation between curator Bonnie Lee and Susu on the occasion of Susu’s Window Online exhibition.

An interview with Angela Singer
A conversation in two parts, over two exhibitions: Mythily Meher talks to artist and animal rights advocate Angela Singer.

A conversation between Bronte Perry and Daniel John Corbett Sanders
In response to Perry’s new work at Artspace Aotearoa, Guilty Pleasures.

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.

Andy Leleisi'uao, An Uncanny Catharsis of Unrequited Bones
ARTIS Galley, 30 NOV 2021 – 20 DEC 2021

Fa’amele Etuale, Remember Me
Fresh Gallery Ōtara, 13 AUG 2021 – 05 FEB 2022

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