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Photographer Anne Noble drives the message home with her warning sign wall in ‘‘Unutai e! Unutai...

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Exposing the truth of the beautiful green

Twenty-five years after an exhibition at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, leading NZ photographer Anne Noble returns with a collaborative exhibition depicting the degraded state of fresh water across Kāi Tahu tribal lands.

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Exhibition hoped to foster connection

Hocken curator Māori Jacinta Beckwith with waka oars on display in the exhibition Hauteruruku ki...

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Exhibition hoped to foster connection

In a first for the Hocken Collections a waka has been installed in its foyer as part of the exhibition ‘‘Ruruku: An exhibition by Hauteruruku ki Puketeraki waka club’’...

Flag artwork continues to be controversial

An artwork of a flag stencilled with the words “Please Walk On Me” has angered the local RSA who...

Flag artwork continues to be controversial

A controversial artwork in Nelson that invites visitors to “please walk on” the NZ flag has angered the RSA, but the curator recommends people try and understand Māori perspectives.

Art seen: May 22

Natural Flowers cooling off on the Sumidagawa by Watanabe Nobukazu.

Art seen: May 22

By James Dignan

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Art provides an emotional link

Portrait artist Māia Hetariki paints her laundry doors. Photo: Linda Robertson

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Art provides an emotional link

Two artists from Dunedin, Māia Hetariki and Megan Brady, have been selected as finalists in the 2025 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award.

Obituary: artist whose colour palette and politics made her name

Māori Woman with Cabbage Tree and Wood Pigeon, Robyn Kahukiwa, 2004. Photo: supplied

Obituary: artist whose colour palette and politics made her name

ROBYN KAHUKIWA Artist Robyn Kahukiwa was an intensely private woman who always claimed that her art spoke for her.

Artist has found her perfect world

Jane Shriffer standing among her colourful artwork in her Wānaka studio.PHOTO: OLIVIA CALDWELL

Artist has found her perfect world

Mother of two and fulltime artist Jane Shriffer is "living the dream", finally.

Art seen: May 15

"Welcome Home" (installation view). Photo: Jade and Rory Media

Art seen: May 15

By Joanna Osborne

Art seen: May 8

Art seen: May 8

James Dignan takes in some exhibitions.

$31K spent on '$200' painting thought to be by McCahon

A painting titled 'Truth from the King Country: Load bearing structures' sold for more than $31...

$31K spent on '$200' painting thought to be by McCahon

A painting thought to be worth about $200 has instead sold for over $31,000 in the United Kingdom, after it was identified as a work by famed Dunedin artist Colin McCahon.

Prince of prints

Tom Chadwick, Wayside laundry, 1935, wood engraving on paper. Collection of the Dunedin Public...

Prince of prints

A printmaking movement in the early part of last century was about moving the medium forward, Lauren Gutsell writes.

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New gallery welcomes art 'a little rough around the edges'

Hanging out in their crowdfunded gallery space are Dunedin artists (from left) Isabella Lepoamo,...

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New gallery welcomes art 'a little rough around the edges'

A team of recent art school graduates hope the launch of their new crowdfunded gallery will help emerging Dunedin artists make their mark on the city’s arts scene.

‘Thrilled’ sculpture removed from hospital

The 1980 artwork Water Sculpture, by Dunedin artist and convicted child sex offender John...

‘Thrilled’ sculpture removed from hospital

A nearly half-a-century-old copper sculpture by convicted child sex offender and artist John Middleditch has been uprooted from Dunedin Hospital.

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Residency gives a new focus

Sara McIntyre is the inaugural Forrester Gallery Resident. Photo: supplied

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Residency gives a new focus

A granddaughter and daughter of late Dunedin artists Peter McIntyre sen and Peter McIntyre, Sara McIntyre, has returned to the South as the inaugural Forrester Gallery Residency recipient.

Art seen: May 1

Hawkdun Range, Autumn, Central Otago, New Zealand, by Caroline Bellamy. Photo: Gallery Thirty Three

Art seen: May 1

By Laura Elliott

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Finding home in new location

Tori Beeche, Arrowtown artist (formerly of Auckland) in "Unifying Threads" at Te Atamira. Photos:...

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Finding home in new location

Moving across the country and settling into a new home is not easy.

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Award-winning artwork a matter of chipping away at it

Mosgiel artist Alex Hodge with his artwork 'Fractured', which was named the people’s choice award...

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Award-winning artwork a matter of chipping away at it

Alex Hodge reckons it would be a great story if his first award-winning artwork was inspired by a cricket ball flying through his kitchen window.

Residency ‘perfect’ for photographer

Forrester Gallery director Chloe Searle and Friends of Forrester artist residency co-ordinator...

Residency ‘perfect’ for photographer

The Forrester Gallery’s first artist residency will begin in Kakanui next week.

Painter finds her talent for watercolours

Kate Boswell’s watercolour paintings are inspired entirely by her surroundings in Wānaka. PHOTO:...

Painter finds her talent for watercolours

An artist will always find a silver lining in the grey, clouded sky and local painter Kate Boswell discovered a new and exciting career out of the 2020 pandemic lockdown.

Art seen: April 24

A Little Bit of Magic in the Midnight Garden, by Jane Siddall.

Art seen: April 24

By James Dignan

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