‘If you remember the 2010s…’: On trying to make a difference through artAhead of election day, Mark Amery reflects on the political art of our recent past.By Mark Amery | 12th October, 2023Guest writer
The debasement of art in schoolsThe Creatives in Schools programme just received a $4 million boost, but arts educators say the programme falls far short of creating lasting change.By Mark Amery | 27th June, 2020Guest writer
In the garden – and with the PM – with artist John Ward KnoxArtist John Ward Knox introduces his Karitane home and garden, and various projects – bees, pond, a portrait on silk of the prime minister from a live sitting.By Mark Amery | 30th May, 2020Guest writer
Bubble art: A socially distanced new show of videos from lockdownFrom a Ronnie Van Hout take on The Breakfast Club to James Oram carving a rendition of his own face out of soap, Christchurch Art Gallery’s show of new video art in response to Covid-19 isolation is worth championing.By Mark Amery | 23rd May, 2020Guest writer
Facial gash: The troubling self-portraiture of Meg PorteousMark Amery shares words and images with Auckland artist Meg Porteous across bubbles, via screens.By Mark Amery | 29th April, 2020Guest writer
The conflict over conflict of interest: On the Walters Art Prize judging processQuestions are being asked about the judging process for New Zealand’s most prestigious art prize, the Walters Prize.By Mark Amery | 25th April, 2020Guest writer
Come on in? NZ galleries and museums remain open despite coronavirusNew Zealand's museums and galleries are still open, despite similar spaces closing in cities across the world. By Mark Amery | 19th March, 2020Guest writer
The great contemporary art road tripYes, it’s still summer and still the season of the road trip. We run down some of the best North Island art stopovers, and the mavericks behind them. By Mark Amery | 22nd February, 2020Guest writer
Things I learned from not going to art school: Yuki Kihara, New Zealand’s next artist in VeniceLessons in life and art from Samoan New Zealand artist Yuki Kihara, Aotearoa's representative at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2021.By Mark Amery | 30th November, 2019Guest writer
A visit to jewellery artists Lisa Walker and Karl Fritsch in a cottage by the seaSpinoff Art editor Mark Amery and photographer Ebony Lamb pay a visit to the internationally celebrated jewellery couple at their colonial cottage above Island Bay. By Mark Amery | 20th November, 2019Guest writer
