A new life and a new step forward
An unexpected event may have made life complicated for the 2016 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship artist but Miranda Parkes’ art is all the better for it, she tells Rebecca Fox
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Art Seen: July 20
Art Seen: July 20
In this week's Art Seen, James Dignan looks at exhibitions by Lisa Reihana, Samuel Jackson, and Kate Williamson.
Kiwi artists dies age 81
Kiwi artists dies age 81
Kiwi artist Cliff Whiting has died, aged 81.
Transit from Venice
Transit from Venice
Lisa Reihana has wowed audiences at the Venice Biennale with her Emissaries project and its centrepiece video 'In Pursuit of Venus'. Rebecca Fox discovers she has also been working on a exhibition for Dunedin.
The art of pleasing the public
The art of pleasing the public
While public art has sometimes been controversial in Dunedin, people are being urged to have their say on a new framework, finds Rebecca Fox.A ''hunger'' for a renewed public art programme is...
Art Seen
Art Seen: July 12
In this week's Art Seen, Laura Elliott looks at exhibitions from Garry Currin, Mark Mitchell, and Nigel Wilson.
Art Seen: July 08
Art Seen: July 08
In this week's Art Seen, James Dignan looks at exhibitions by Joe L'Estrange, Philip Madill, and a joint exhibition from Pauline Bellamy and Manu Berry.
Art Seen: June 29
Art Seen: June 29
In this week's Art Seen, Robyn Maree Pickens looks at exhibitions from Ammon Ngakuru, Zena Elliott, and the University of Otago.
Seeking hidden Hodgkins
Seeking hidden Hodgkins
A search is on to find as many unknown Frances Hodgkins works as possible for an exhibition at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery later this year, Rebecca Fox discovers.
The science of art
The science of art
Art and science might be two different areas but a group of Dunedin artists and scientists have proved there can be a meeting of minds even on complicated concepts such as genetics. Rebecca...
Dali's body to be exhumed
Dali's body to be exhumed after paternity claim
A Madrid judge has ordered the remains of surrealist Spanish artist Salvador Dali to be exhumed in order to take DNA samples following a paternity claim by a woman.
Collection's lure too great
Collection's lure too great
Long-serving Dunedin Public Art Gallery staffer Robyn Notman has moved to the Hocken Library. She and her team tell Rebecca Fox about their collections.
'Amazing privilege'
'Amazing privilege'
Curator of art Andrea Bell looks after 17,000 works of art at the Hocken Library, of which 1200 are on racks in climate-controlled 18degC rooms.
History and beauty in photographs
History and beauty in photographs
Photographer curator Anna Petersen may have been working with Hocken Library photographic images for nearly 20 years but she still gets a thrill from looking at an original piece.
Art Seen
Art Seen: June 22
In this week's Art Seen, James Dignan looks at exhibitions from Hockens Collection Gallery, Inge Doesburg, and Angel Burns.
Art Seen
Art Seen: June 15
In this week's Art Seen, Laura Elliott looks at exhibitions by Agneta Ekholm, Jillian Porteous, and Neil Frazer.
Art Seen: June 8
Art Seen: June 8
In this week's Art Seen, James Dignan looks at exhibitions by Seraphine Pick, Angus Collis, and Tanya Ashken.
Capturing childhood
Capturing childhood
Childhood is not perfect. It is a truth captured by artist Anne Noble, writes Lucinda Bennett.
Carnival to feature new types of lanterns
Carnival to feature new types of lanterns
The streets of Dunedin will again be lit up with lanterns during the Midwinter Carnival parade.
Joining the dots
Joining the dots
Dunedin artist Ana Teofilo Fa’anunu is about to have her first solo show in Auckland. She tells Rebecca Fox about taking that next step.