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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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Food and painting delivers a crossover of senses

Nicola Bennett with a dish that inspired her painting Always Green.

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Food and painting delivers a crossover of senses

Converting the senses of touch, smell, flavour and sound into art is what drives Alexandra-based abstract artist Nicola Bennett.

Artist Bill Hammond's bolthole up for sale

Bill Hammond's Wainui bach is going under the hammer, complete with art painted onto the walls...

Artist Bill Hammond's bolthole up for sale

The bush-clad bolthole of one of New Zealand's most famous artists is on the market, complete with artworks painted directly on the walls.

Ancestral courage, resilience conveyed

Banquet, 2024, Bev Moon. Collection of the Forrester Gallery. Purchased with funds from the...

Ancestral courage, resilience conveyed

A work in a new Forrester Gallery exhibition speaks to the voices we’ve often not heard, writes Anna McLean.

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Artworks that bring old, worn items ‘back to life’

Dean Raybould’s garage studio gives him space to create and store materials to work on. Photo:...

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Artworks that bring old, worn items ‘back to life’

Whether designing advertisements, projecting films or delivering the mail, Dean Raybould has always made space for painting around his day job.

Art seen: April 17

Ad Parnassum — Purapurawhetū featuring Jahra Wasasala and Christina Guieb, by Good Company Arts.

Art seen: April 17

By Joanna Osborne

Acclaimed Māori artist Robyn Kahukiwa has died

Māori artist and children's book author Robyn Kahukiwa has died at age 87. Photo: supplied/Facebook

Acclaimed Māori artist Robyn Kahukiwa has died

Well-known New Zealand painter Robyn Kahukiwa has died.

Art seen: April 10

Art seen: April 10

By James Dignan

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Connection, conversation key for art

Simon Richardson works on a still life in his Broad Bay studio. Photo: Linda Robertson

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Connection, conversation key for art

As many of Dunedin artist Simon Richardson’s portraits are held in private collections it is not often the public, or the artist, get to see them.

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Answers to life’s questions given loudly

Artist Katja Starke, of Wellington — playing the role of a typist assistant — reclines in a red...

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Answers to life’s questions given loudly

What is the secret to happiness?

Art seen: April 3

Blood Moon, by Richard Adams. Photo: Gallery Thirty Three

Art seen: April 3

By Laura Elliott

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Finding magic in the light

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Finding magic in the light

A family trip to the South Island during breaks in Covid-19 lockdowns has inspired the work of Wellington artist Juliet Best being shown in her first solo exhibition in Dunedin.

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Glorious art on show

Gloriavale members Israel Stedfast, left, Moses Stedfast, Lovely Stedfast, Dove Stedfast and...

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Glorious art on show

Artists from the Gloriavale Christian Community are excited to mount their first exhibition 'Glorious Artworks' at the Left Bank Art Gallery in Greymouth.

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Illuminating streets with nature

Wellington artist and designer Marcus McShane projects a pack of wolves on to a central Dunedin...

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Illuminating streets with nature

Dunedin is home to many marine mammals, but typically not ones that float three storeys in the air on the side of a building.

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A bird in the hand

A diving New Zealand falcon, kārearea, created by sculptor Marty Beckwith (pictured), of...

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Diving falcon sits on plinth

The New Zealand falcon, kārearea, depicted in Dunedin’s Knox Church gardens, is in dive mode, which is not quite the same as attack, its creator says.

Mural ‘amazing advertisement to city’

Dunedin primary and intermediate school pupils celebrating the unveiling of the George St mural...

Mural ‘amazing advertisement to the city’

Not even the gloomy weather could take the gloss off celebrating the completion of the new Ōtepoti Dunedin mural.

Art seen: March 27

Dunedin From the Hill, by Jenny Wimperis.

Art seen: March 27

By James Dignan

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