Art Archive
Deal with it: The Great Auckland Art Dealer Questionnaire
It's Auckland Artweek (12-20 October) and we're doing our bit by shining a light on the people behind the city's commercial galleries.
A New Zealand modernist in London: The Royal Academy celebrates Rita Angus
In 2020 the Royal Academy of Arts opens the exhibition Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist. It's the first-ever show of a New Zealand artist in an institution that dates back to the days of Captain Cook.
Portrait of an Artist Banging on a Cabin Bread Tin
Tongan New Zealand performance artist Kaisolaite Uhila is current visiting artist in residence at Dunedin Public Art Gallery. His work involves a drumstick and many, many tins of cabin bread.
Things I Learned at Art School: Bob Jahnke
In this the fourth instalment of Things I Learned At Art School, Bob Jahnke on Māori identity, education and, on the occasion of the Tuia 250 commemorations, "getting Cooked".
Gender bias and art in Aotearoa: a Spinoff survey reveals the harsh reality
How equal are the opportunities for male and female artists in Aotearoa's art world? Anna Knox chases data on gender and diversity and finds out some cold, hard stats.
How the Guerrilla Girls are still shaking up the art world after 30 years
The Guerrilla Girls are an infamous group of feminist art activists who've been calling out sexism and prejudice in the art world since the 80s. On the eve of her first trip to New Zealand, group member 'Frida Kahlo' talks to Megan Dunn.
Jacinda Ardern: ‘We can’t say we value our art if we don’t value our artists’
To mark Arts Month, the prime minister shares her thoughts on the future of the arts in Aotearoa.
NZ artist Joseph Michael on turning New York’s UN buildings into icebergs
Ahead of the UN's Climate Action Summit, artist Joseph Michael and composer Rhian Sheehan teamed up to create Voices For The Future, a 30-minute installation projected onto the UN buildings.
The problematic legacy of Colin McCahon
The paintings of Colin McCahon convey dissonance and uncertainty, writes Shannon Te Ao. So what does this say about us? And why are we maintaining this Pākehā male narrative at the expense of more inclusive representation?
The art of work: Invisible labour on show at Dowse Gallery’s The Future of Work
The Future of Work at Hutt City's Dowse Art Museum makes visible our changing work conditions. Mark Amery took a tour, and even got some work done himself while he was there.
Drawing lines between us all: Julia Mage’au Gray’s Melanesian mark-making
Lana Lopsesi on tatu maker Julia Mage’au Gray, the revival of Melanesian female tattoo practice, and an exhibition paying homage to her work.
Calling out Cook: Porirua’s Pātaka gallery confronts the complexities of Tuia250
Pātaka Art+Museum's exhibition Here: Kupe to Cook challenges the discovery narrative that's the cornerstone of Pākehā national history.
Things I Learned at Art School: Yvonne Todd
The acclaimed photographer on the appeal of fashion, Madonna's aging process and what photography students never need to photograph again.
The dank and magical house where Colin McCahon lived
To mark the centenary of Colin McCahon's birth, a weekend of events in August included a bus ride to experience 'McCahon's Auckland' and an ‘open home’ at the McCahon House Museum.
Flow like water: Yuk King Tan on Hong Kong artists’ response to the protests
Hope, censorship, the Hong Kong protests and their threads across Asia and the Pacific: a conversation with artist Yuk King Tan, whose show Crisis of the Ordinary is at Starkwhite gallery now. .
1000 words: Pania Newton at Ihumātao
1000 Words is a Spinoff series talking to the photographers behind our most iconic political images. In this instalment, photographer Chris McKeen describes shooting Pania Newton at Ihumātao.
Subverted symmetry: Karen Walker on framing Frances Hodgkins
Fashion, beauty and modernism all play a part in the exhibition Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys. Megan Dunn talks to fashion designer Karen Walker about her Hodgkins-inspired fashion collection.
The man behind The Hand: Artist Ronnie van Hout on why he made Quasi
The giant hand that captivated and disgusted the nation is now settling into its new Wellington home. Spinoff arts editor Megan Dunn talked to Ronnie van Hout, the man who made Quasi.
The past is a fucked up place: Theo Schoon, reviewed and reconsidered
Split Level View Finder: Theo Schoon and New Zealand Art is the exhibition that sparked a major protest. Schoon is a divisive historical figure – but is his art any good?
How to Live Together: A sprawling art show about a culture at boiling point
Who makes up the royal 'we'? Lana Lopesi reviews a massive show at ST PAUL St Gallery in Auckland that investigates questions of community, culture and conflict.
Things I Learned at Art School: Simon Denny
Things I Learned at Art School is a new series featuring artists discussing how they do what they do and know what they know. In the second instalment, Megan Dunn talks to Berlin-based New Zealander Simon Denny about Michael Parekowhai, teaching and technology, and an idea involving the online shoe store Zappos that didn't work out.
Stripping for Monet: What it’s like to be a nude model
Caroline Moratti goes all the way undercover to discover the truth about nude modelling for artists and photographers.
Pastorale: an art show about the environment, minus the moralising
The best little art show about the environment is big on charm and low on preaching and you can find it at Robert Heald Gallery in Wellington for one more week. Megan Dunn reviews.
Enter Christchurch, Radiant City: Tony de Lautour’s paintings of the scars of home
David Eggleton considers the remarkable radiance and Canterbury swamp fog of Tony De Lautour's paintings in this mid-career survey at Dunedin Public Art Gallery
