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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.
The Art Paper x dither_ x Collingwood Yards Melbourne
We visited Melbourne Art Fair and hosted a collaborative event with dither_ and Collingwood Yards.
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.
Kiss Kiss
James Dobson of JIMMY D takes us behind the scenes of the KISS KISS party in Pōneke Wellington.
Cast your dreamhouse to the wind
Adwait Singh on Areez Katki’s exhibition As this chin melts on your knee, on view at TARQ Mumbai through 24 February 2024.
Mary of The Moment
Photographer Alejandro Madrid collaborates with stylist Franca Chase in an online-exclusive shoot.
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.
Elam graduate exhibition 2023
Connor Ward attends the Elam Grad show and photographs the event for your pleasure.
Exhibition opening: Sunlighting
Connor Ward photographs the opening of Artspace Aotearoa’s new artist exhibition featuring Prairie Hatchard-McGill, Angela Pan, Hulita Koloi.
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.
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.
Instax photos from our event with Catherine Boddy and Heather Brennan Evans
Audience-led snaps and behind-the-scenes pics from our Catherine Boddy and Heather Brennan Evans x The Art Paper fashion show, courtesy of Instax.
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.
“A Book from a Friend I Don’t Speak to Anymore”
We talk to Isabella Dampney on the occasion of her recent presentation A Child of Divorce at ST PAUL St Gallery as part of the Master of Visual Arts Graduating Exhibition.
Calissa Teiniker presents a new collection inspired by Ilona Staller
One for the Archive is inspired by the iconic Ilona Staller. The collection, which debuted in Berlin on 8 June at 6:30pm and was styled by Franca Chase, includes one-of-one slow fashion pieces that accentuate curves, folds and scars on the body—existing in dialogue and forming intimacy with the wearer.
Contours of migration
Dr Kirsty Baker on Rozana Lee’s Sekali pendatang, tetap pendatang at Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, 18 March – 30 July 2023.
Murmuring Shadows
Francis McWhannell on Hamish Coleman, Wax and Wane, 13 May–17 June 2023.
Pure Stars
PURE STARS had its premiere screening at The Art Paper HQ on March 3 2023. PURE STARS is a short film written and directed by Stanton Cornish-Ward, with assistant director Constance McDonald, featuring garments by Maroske Peech (Aus), Urte Kat (Lithuania), Boddypart (NZ) and Efukum (Lithuania).