Come on Doll Face
Collage seems a useful metaphor for contemporary life in the digital age. A collage disrupts accepted meanings by taking found images clipped from their original context, then mixing them up and […]
Collage seems a useful metaphor for contemporary life in the digital age. A collage disrupts accepted meanings by taking found images clipped from their original context, then mixing them up and […]
“No ideas but in things,” wrote American poet William Carlos Williams in 1946. As I talked to Vivien Atkinson, Petra Stueben and Kelly McDonald about their ornament/artefact exhibition at Toi […]
Enjoy Public Art Gallery has been on the cultural landscape in Wellington since 2000. If you haven’t been there, it’s on level one at 147 Cuba Street, and was established […]
I was in a grey mood the afternoon I visited Yvonne Todd’s Creamy Psychology exhibition at City Gallery (on until 1 March). In the background of my day, a lover […]
A couple of months ago, Raewyn Atkinson and I met at Golding’s to talk about her new work, currently on view at the Bowen Galleries. It was a light September […]
Hidden in the depths of Wellington’s creative district lies a treasure trove of multi-talented people dedicated to the arts. The Toi Pōneke Arts Centre comprises two rather unassuming buildings on […]
Art markets and art fairs have been part of the international landscape of contemporary art for about 30 years. In Aotearoa they are a relatively new phenomenon — the Auckland […]
When I worked at City Gallery Wellington in 2001, we borrowed some Janet Paul works for an exhibition from Kaye Roberts. Kaye ran the Brooker Gallery in Kelburn for many […]
The City Gallery is at last living up to its promise. Former director Paula Savage had a big vision for the gallery and was instrumental in bringing in international exhibitions […]
I first encountered Seung Yul Oh’s work at Te Papa six years ago. Four Oddooki 2008 pieces were installed in the sculpture court on the rooftop. Seung describes these large […]