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sketches
News from the art front around New Zealand.
awards and residencies
Artists on a winning streak.
postcards
From Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin.
auction scene
Jessica Douglas looks back on the past year in art sales.
upcoming
Events and exhibitions to look forward to.
reviews
what’s on
Your comprehensive guide to gallery exhibitions and art events.
faces
a longer look
In a new column, Justin Paton revisits artworks that made an impression.
in my opinion
Courtney Johnston reflects on a year of challenges to art-world power structures.
profile
Jae Kang’s exhibition-packed past three years, explained by Nansi Thompson.
profile
articles
Lily Hacking considers the constructed worlds of sculptor Ben Pearce.
studio
Emil McAvoy visits Johl Dwyer’s works-in-progress on the North Shore.
dispatch
Aiko Robinson has been in Tokyo, exploring the traditional art of shunga prints.
flying visit
Yuka Oyama discusses her recent Wellington project with Sian van Dyk.
in residence
Kate Newby reports on the weather and art-making conditions in Marfa, Texas. Around the galleries on opening night.
opening shots
Around the galleries on opening night.
features
the aspirations of
citizen thiel
Julia Teale examines how the ideas of a larger-than-life tech capitalist – among other knotty issues of our time – were explored in two recent shows by Michael Stevenson and Simon Denny.
letter from copenhagen
Megan Dunn goes looking for mermaids in Denmark – and finds statues, jellyfish and the resonant work of Alexis Hunter.
come hell or high water
How are artists tackling climate change and what can they add to our understanding of this all-encompassing global problem? Julian McKinnon meets three artists and a scientist to discuss the current state of art and the earth.
reincarnation of
from scratch
Clap, chirp, dweep and tish! Balamohan Shingade attends rehearsals by a new line-up of From Scratch, Phil Dadson’s experimental music-and-arts group first established in 1974, ahead of a new exhibition about the band’s musical history.
must, shall and will
Julian Rosefeldt’s filmic interpetation of influential art manifestos, starring Cate Blanchett in 13 different guises, is at Auckland Art Gallery this autumn. Linda Tyler marvels at this multi-part installation.
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Brydee Rood, Solar Nap Coal Rest, 2017, performance, Island Bay, Wellington, part of Performance Art Week Aotearoa. Photo: Sara Cowdell, courtesy of the artist
