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Fiona Van Oyen | ArtBeat: 'Navigation Line at The Central Art Gallery' Review
June 13, 2019 Written by Dr. Warren Feeney. Navigation Lines was a remarkable exhibition. A series of cotton paper works from an artist... Read more -
Bing Dawe | The Wallace Trust 1999
June 7, 2019 Bing Dawe has rendered the forms in Figure with Eel as though they are sectional arcs of a larger wheel.... Read more -
Martin Poppelwell | V Project Exhibition
June 1, 2019 As the name suggests, these new short-run, invite-only, project-based shows will offer a glimpse into the practice of some of... Read more -
Neil Dawson | Prominent Sculptor Reflects on More Than 30 Years of Public Art
May 27, 2019 Noted New Zealand sculptor Neil Dawson has been a force in contemporary sculpture for over 30 years. Most well-known for... Read more
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Dick Frizzell | Public watch Dick Frizzell paint, while Jazz trio plays
May 24, 2019 One of New Zealand's most celebrated artists is heading to Auckland's Waiheke Island to create a painting on Easter Saturday.... Read more -
Fiona Van Oyen| Millennium Public Art Gallery: 'Landscape Art Show', Blenheim 2018
May 24, 2019 'Landscape art'. We all might think we know what it is. Or do we? Do we even really care? Should... Read more -
Hannah Kidd wins Sculpture on the Peninsula, 2017
Creates 'Hot House' in Slaughterhouse May 24, 2019 A biennial sculpture show has transformed a slaughterhouse into a hot house complete with welded plants and birdsong. Hannah Kidd... Read more -
Jon Jeet | Stuff: 'Carving Taonga from A CHCH Storage Unit'
May 24, 2019 Behind an unsuspecting aluminium door in Bromley, a carver and artist is hard at work creating items of intrinsic value... Read more
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Reuben Paterson Website
May 24, 2019 To Go to Reuben Paterson's website please Click here Read more -
Dick Frizzell | The News: Frizzell enjoying space to ‘untangle mess’
May 12, 2019 Space to ‘‘untangle a mess’’ has been one of the benefits of spending several months as artist in residence at... Read more -
Kirstin Carlin | 19 Gallery: Relocating Frances Hodgkins: Auckland Art Gallery
May 5, 2019 Kirstin Carlin has been commissioned to make a new tiny work for an exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery. '19... Read more -
Dick Frizzell | Otago Daily Times: Henderson House Residency 2019
May 2, 2019 Spending time as artist-in-residence at Alexandra's Henderson House has been a ''perfect window of opportunity'' for Dick Frizzell of Auckland.... Read more
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Martin Poppelwell | Beyond the Mamae: A Review of 5 Pākeha Painters
April 15, 2019 Written by Jade Kake Not just People of Colour have an identity. Jade Kake looks at how White settler identity... Read more -
Michael Hight | 'Tributary' Artist Talk Milford Gallery
April 15, 2019 'Tributary' is an homage to the South Island and its landscapes. Its reference points are various rivers. Historically these can... Read more -
The Water Project/ Bing Dawe
April 13, 2019 Hold a glass of pure water to the eye of the sun! It is difficult to tell the one from... Read more -
The Dowse Museum/ Maori Moving Image, An Open Archive
March 31, 2019 Māori Moving Image: An Open Archive explores the history of Māori artists who have used animation, film and video as... Read more
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Martin Poppelwell| MTG Hawkes Bay: 5 Pākeha Painters
February 16, 2019 From the onset of colonisation, European immigrants and their descendants have been bringing and maintaining their own culture in Aotearoa,... Read more -
Martin Poppelwell exhibition| SP_ACE Gallery: 'P1'
February 8, 2019 Showing new pottery and work on paper, we asked Martin about his upcoming show… “My process of building shapes to... Read more -
Michel Tuffery | Artists & Architect Collaborate: Michel Tuffery and the Pacific Islands Memorial
December 2, 2018 Adding even more variety to HMOA’s diverse portfolio, John Melhuish is collaborating with artist Michel Tuffery (MNZM) on the Pacific... Read more -
Lonnie Hutchinson | Hoa Kohine ( Girlfriend) , Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna O Waiwhetu,
November 30, 2018 Lonnie Hutchinson’s intricately cut-out billboard celebrates supportive friendships between women. When we invited Lonnie Hutchinson to make a new artist... Read more
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John Edgar | New Zealand Sculpture on Shore 2012
November 18, 2018 Fort Takapuna Historic Reserve is home to NZ Sculpture OnShore which opens on Thursday, November 8 and every day through... Read more -
John Walsh |. Stuff: 'Portrait of Ūawa Tolaga Bay by John Walsh re hung in Wellington'
November 7, 2018 An artwork completed, but deemed too radical and never hung, is on display in Wellington almost 40 years since its... Read more -
John Walsh | New Zealand Portrait Gallery: 'A Portrait of Ūawa Tolaga Bay He Whakaahua o Ūawa'
November 1, 2018 The New Zealand Portrait Gallery is showing a 30 year old painting by John Walsh early November 2018. The subject... Read more -
Art Beat Launch!
October 2, 2018 Warren Feeney's Art Beat is a monthly arts newspaper and website featuring news, reviews, commentary and a comprehensive listing of... Read more
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Ann Robinson & John Walsh | Cityscape October 2018
October 1, 2018 Ann Robinson and John Walsh's fetured ad's in October Cityscape. Exhibtion runs from 4 October - 4 November 2018 Page... Read more -
Elizabeth Thomson | Stuff: 'New Zealand artists behind $30m boost for Wellington's Town Hall'
September 12, 2018 Artist Elizabeth Thomson's work is intriguing and mysterious. Her unique style was borne from an encounter she had while blasting... Read more -
Simon Edwards: Finding the Way | Top 10 Exhibitions Christchurch September 2018
September 11, 2018 There is an appropriate metaphor in this current exhibition for Simon Edwards' journey as an artist, 'finding the way,' exploring... Read more -
New Bing Dawe Sculpture in Lincoln
August 19, 2018 A new artwork has been installed in Lincoln’s town centre. The Lincoln Community Committee has installed the artwork in Meyenburg... Read more
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Dick Frizzell: 'Something To Behold!' | Top 10 Exhibitions Christchurch August 2018
August 15, 2018 Something to behold! is an exhibition of new works by Dick Frizzell that are, without doubt, something to behold. How... Read more -
John Walsh | Radio New Zealand: 'Art, Life, Music'
July 8, 2018 Charlotte Wilson visits the studio of John Walsh - the inaugural Curator of Contemporary Māori art at Te Papa -... Read more -
Emma Camden | Turning Slabs of Glass into Luminous Artworks - North & South Magazine
July 4, 2018 It’s a rare moment when you’ll catch Emma Camden standing still. More likely, she’s throwing herself into the physical process... Read more -
Veronica Herber: 'Stuck on You' | Cityscape July 2018
July 1, 2018 Cityscape catches up with Veronica Herber about her exhibition at The Central Art GAllery and getting all tangled up in... Read more
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Neil Dawson Ferns Re-installed!
June 29, 2018 Neil Dawson's iconic sculpture Ferns, sat above Civic Square for 17 years. The work captures the spirit of Wellington and... Read more -
Lonnie Hutchinson | Architecture Now: 'Justice and Emergency Services Precinct'
June 1, 2018 Artist Lonnie Hutchinson’s Pikihuia i te ao, i te pō covers the glazing on the Durham Street face. The work... Read more -
Reuben Paterson | Cityscape June 2018
June 1, 2018 Jonathan Smart share's a few words on Reuben Paterson's first exhibtion in Christchurch here at The Central. Click Here to... Read more -
Stanley Palmer | The Big Idea: 'Get a skill you can market'
April 24, 2018 The Big Idea talked to Stanley Palmer on the eve of his latest exhibition Chart of Aotearoa. It features nine... Read more
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Elizabeth Thomson | NZ Herald: 'Fascinating creatures on show at Sarjeant Gallery'
April 15, 2018 Elizabeth Thomson's moths look as delicate and capable of flight as any living lepidopteran but these ones are made of... Read more -
Miranda Parkes looks back on a year 'warming up Dunedin with colour.
April 9, 2018 In 2016, Christchurch-based artist Miranda Parkes became the 49th recipient of Aotearoa New Zealand's longest-standing and most prestigious contemporary art... Read more -
Kirstin Carlin & Emma Fitts | Window Installation: Melanie Roger Gallery
January 15, 2018 Showing together for the sixth time Emma Fitts and Kirstin Carlin are exhibiting a work each in the Melanie Roger... Read more -
Bing Dawe and his sculptural birds fly at Ara
August 3, 2017 The work, by Art & Design tutor and prominent New Zealand artist Bing Dawe, makes a strong statement about the... Read more
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Hannah Kidd - Please Come Home
April 21, 2017 “Please Come Home” is a work that has a true sense of place. Created for the opening show “The Return”... Read more -
Ten Christchurch exhibitions to visit in April
April 4, 2017 http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/visual-art/91035334/ten-christchurch-exhibitions-to-visit-in-april Read more -
New gallery at Christchurch Arts Centre could bring echo from the past
March 10, 2017 http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/visual-art/89989540/new-gallery-at-christchurch-arts-centre-could-bring-echo-from-the-past Read more -
Fiona Van Oyen | The Big Idea: 'Alzheimers inspires award winning work'
March 8, 2017 Otago Polytechnic Master of Fine Arts student, Fiona van Oyen, has just won the inaugural Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award... Read more
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The Arts Centre - The Central opens soon
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The Central moves into the Arts Centre
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Lonnie Hutchinson | Stuff: 'Kakapo cloak design transforms justice and emergency services precinct car park'
December 12, 2016 An artwork representing a cloak of kakapo feathers has transformed what could have been an ugly Christchurch parking building. Made... Read more -
John Pule | Auckland Mural
November 16, 2016 Born in Niue, John Pule migrated to New Zealand in 1964, aged two. He is a visual artist as well... Read more
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Kirstin Carlin | Artist's Conversation Across Time: Otago Daily Times
October 3, 2016 The contemporary artwork of Kirstin Carlin is being showcased alongside that of Frances Hodgkins at Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Carlin... Read more -
Kirstin Carlin & Francis Hodgkins | 'Through the trees', Dunedin Public Art Gallery
September 29, 2016 Through the Trees sets contemporary artist Kirstin Carlin (b. 1979) onto a collision course with one of Dunedin's favourite daughters,... Read more -
Chris Heaphy | This is the World We Live in: Milford Gallery (Dunedin)
August 19, 2016 Chris Heaphy’s This is the World that We Live In describes a globalised culture in which time and space is... Read more -
Lonnie Hutchinson | Ramp Gallery, Video
July 16, 2016 Lonnie Hutchinson (Ngāi Tahu/Kai Tahu, Samoan, Ngāti Kuri ki Ngāi Tahu) is a multi-media artist who has a highly individualistic... Read more
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Emily Hartley-Skudder | Fascination with Everyday Objects
May 25, 2016 Emily Hartley-Skudder’s work may be loaded with domestic, gendered, imagery that could be seen to depict ideals of life and... Read more -
John Pule | ArtAsiaPacific: 'Odes of a Restless Spirit'
March 24, 2016 One night at a poetry reading in the early 1980s, John Pule—then a poet in his early 20s—stunned Auckland’s literary... Read more -
Hannah Kidd | Stuff: 'New Christchurch street sculptures pay tribute to quiet heroes'
September 10, 2015 A determined man mowing an absent neighbour's lawn, an elderly lady peeping through her blinds, a forlorn man in a... Read more -
Hannah Kidd/ Scape/ Avonside Drive
July 15, 2015 “ This is what keeps coming up for me when I think about how people helped each other through the... Read more
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Neil Dawson 'Fanfare', Christchurch
June 11, 2015 A new permanent landmark can be seen standing tall over the Canterbury Plains today, as Neil Dawson’s Fanfare, New Zealand’s... Read more -
Asher Newbery | Stuff 'Breathing Life into Art'
April 8, 2015 Asher Newbery is one of those people who you stop and listen to; he doesn't shout to the stars about... Read more -
Veronica Herber | Sculpture on the Gulf 2015
March 15, 2015 Veronica Herber, Landform, 2015. Veronica Herber’s art practice engages with materiality and temporary transformation; both of her chosen material, masking... Read more -
Chris Heaphy | Crossing Cultures: Ngāi Tahu Iwi
October 15, 2013 Cordons around Ōtautahi’s Square have been replaced with vibrant hoardings bearing signs, symbols and geometric architectural patterns, bringing new life... Read more
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Lonnie Hutchinson | 'All that you breathe'. Kelburn Library, University of Wellington
February 13, 2013 Lonnie Hutchinson is a multimedia visual artist who draws on themes and motifs from her multicultural heritage. Hutchinson uses her... Read more -
John Pule | Stuff: 'Pacific art with a Story'
November 14, 2012 Remembering every sketch he's completed is no easy task for a man who composes art on Niuean bark cloths bigger... Read more -
Kirstin Carlin | Ingrid Starkes Interview
July 31, 2012 IS ARTIST. Kirstin Carlin We were introduced to Kirstin Carlin by our friend Imogen Taylor, another wonderful artist living and... Read more -
Elizabeth Thomson | Stuff: 'Artists draw inspiration from remote island group'
February 15, 2012 'Wakey wakey' blasts over the loud speakers every morning to raise the nine South Pacific artists on board a navy... Read more
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John Edgar | National Museums Scotland - Ballast: Bringing the Stones Home
June 1, 2009 New Zealand sculptor John Edgar is of Scottish ancestry. Thus this exhibition ballast: bringing the stones home is in part... Read more -
John Edgar | Waitakere City Sculpture
June 8, 2008 Red Cross, a brand new sculptural piece by renowned Karekare artist John Edgar, was officially unveiled outside Waitakere Central this... Read more -
Stanley Palmer | New Zealand Geographic: Nikau, the Kiwi Palm'
October 1, 2003 Floating down the Oparara River on a rubber Lilo in the heat of summer, you could easily fancy yourself to... Read more -
John Pule | Art New Zealand: 'John Pule and the Psychic Territory of Polynesia'
July 1, 2001 Written by David Eggleton. Dreams were the holy ground from which your ancestors could stand and direct your life, introduce... Read more
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