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The artist discusses regeneration, scarred vessels, and sustainable relationships with Country.
An artist-led walkthrough of Rossie-Tong's work, My Body Is My Vehicle #16, on view at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand.
The artist discusses vintage couture, queer performance, and the theatre of the Melbourne Cup.
The artist speaks to surface, chance, and the intimacy of copper.
The artist speaks on myth, material, and the politics of retelling.
On the occasion of his exhibition at Sumer, galloway speaks about fragments of screen time and the aesthetics of digital distraction.
We visit the artist at her studio in Te Tuhi.
The artist reflects on painting Country, desert colour, and ancestral connection.
On aura, reproduction, and the afterlife of images.
The artist walks through Melting Worlds, with Karl Maughn, Judy Darragh, and Andrea du Chatenier at McLeavey Gallery.
The artist on boredom, self-belief, and the theatre of waiting.
In this video, Brett Graham reflects on his monumental installation Doorway to Night at Gow Langsford, reimagining the 1840s home of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero as a sculptural space of mourning, history and remembrance.
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Sahana Rahman on rage and the juxtaposition of material language
If cows didn’t like mustard
Madison Kelly on tides, tīpuna and listening to the sounds of the harbour
Inside access to the Arts Gala 2026
Venus Blacklaws opens at Plomacy
Liu Xi on clay, the body, and her golden era of feminism
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Curator Megan Tamati-Quennell reflects on maramataka, cosmology and the shared frequencies connecting the artists in Tātai Tuarangi: Star Seeds, Sound Waves and Ceremonies, currently on view at Wairau Māori Art Gallery in Whangarei.
Reece King on his current exhibition at Hocken Gallery, Ōtepoti Dunedin.
Zina Swanson on her current exhibition at Sumer, Tāmaki Makaurau.
Spotlight on: Aotearoa Art Fair
Spotlight on: Aotearoa Art Fair
The artist speaks about her new suite of paintings which will be on view with Gow Langsford at the Aotearoa Art Fair.
In this video, the artist speaks about the body of work she is showing with Plomacy at the Aotearoa Art Fair.
In this video, Monica Rani Rudhar speaks about the body of work she is showing with Föenander Galleries at the Aotearoa Art Fair.