Installation speaks to ‘our precarious niche’
Organic motion dynamics, including trees in the wind and bull kelp in the tide, are incorporated in a new video installation by Dunedin artist David Green.
Quarantine questions
Quarantine questions
New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdowns have inspired artist Yukhi Kihara’s latest works. She tells Rebecca Fox how looking back at New Zealand’s quarantine history shines a light on today’s pandemic...
Newly unearthed Hodgkins painting expected to fetch $100k
Newly unearthed Hodgkins painting expected to fetch $100k
A newly unearthed, 115-year-old painting from groundbreaking Dunedin-born artist Frances Hodgkins is expected to fetch up to $100,000 at an Auckland art auction next week.
Art Scene: July 22
Art Scene: July 22
"Hemlock Grove", Anya Sinclair and Tara Meredith
Making the Parkin shortlist
Making the Parkin shortlist
Dunedin artists have again impressed judges in the annual Parkin Drawing Prize.
Art Scene: July 15
Art Scene: July 15
"SPECIAL TIME (Ehara i te ti)", Turumeke Harrington
Captivated by Dutch connection
Captivated by Dutch connection
Missing her home country saw Dutch-born theatre creator Martine Baanvinger seek out a project that could connect her with her roots - she found it in photographer Ans Westra’s story.
Arts centre ambitions
Arts centre ambitions
A new trust formed to fast-track an arts and performance centre in Wanaka is aiming to have it built and available to host Festival of Colour events in 2027.
Art space a respite from pressures
Art space a respite from pressures
A Dunedin organisation has for 35 years helped people find peace in creativity.
Magic of the moon
Magic of the moon
Sometimes science and technology need to catch up with artistic endeavour for magic to happen. Rebecca Fox talks to British artist Luke Jerram about hanging the moon - literally.
Art Scene: July 8
Art Scene: July 8
"A Place to Go", Sarah Godfrey (Pea Sea Art)
Art studio in Moray Pl recreated
Art studio in Moray Pl recreated
Christchurch artist Julia Holderness builds a bridge across history to a 1940s artists’ studio in Dunedin, home to Doris Lusk, Anne Hamblett and Mollie Lawn. She tells Rebecca Fox about repositioning episodes of history.
Sculpture being moved for upgrade
Sculpture being moved for upgrade
An Invercargill sculpture will be moved this week but it is uncertain yet where its final destination will be.
Critics slam 'archaic, awkward, lifeless' Princess Diana statue
Critics slam 'archaic, awkward, lifeless' Princess Diana statue
Prince William and Prince Harry reunited to unveil a new statue to their beloved mum Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday.
Art Scene: July 1
Art Scene: July 1
BY LAURA ELLIOT
Digesting our relationship with food
Digesting our relationship with food
A new innovative theatre project by Dunedin’s Talking House and members of the University of Otago School of Performing Arts opens next week. Rebecca Fox talks to Prof Stuart Young and actor Simon...
Artistic family
Artistic family
Dunedin artists have got in behind the West Harbour Arts Charitable Trust as they raise funds to continue its artist in residence programme. Rebecca Fox talks to a creative Deborah Bay family who...
Arts and cultural hub plan for Frankton
Arts and cultural hub plan for Frankton
An arts and cultural hub may be on the way for Frankton.
‘Lonely Dog’ setting out to conquer world
‘Lonely Dog’ setting out to conquer world
A cartoon creation of Queenstown landscape artist Ivan Clarke is going global.
Artistic collaboration
Artistic collaboration
A group of Central Otago artists have come together to show their work in a unique way in galleries around the South.