Art New Zealand

It is entirely appropriate that a tribute to the late Peter Webb should appear in this magazine, as he founded Art New Zealand in 1976 with Ross Fraser as editor. That was a bold venture at the time, and just one of Peter’s major contributions to our

Historical record reveals a paucity of written testimonies by missionary women in New Zealand prior to 1823, which led textile scholar and embroiderer Vivien Caughley to make the startling comment in the preface to her book New Zealand’s Historic Sam

Bruce Connew is a New Zealand photographer and artist who has made images since the early 1970s. He earned wide respect for his work with the New Zealand Listener before setting afloat his independent, project-based work with the 1985 book and exhibi

Edith Amituanai Double Take Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi 11 May–14 July, curated by Ane Tonga Edith Amituanai is capturing the world as it happens. Hers are images that respond to the times, and in doing so achieve a remarkable timelessness; image

Jack Trolove paints directly and boldly, slashing layers of thick oil paint onto canvas. His process is tangible and exhilarating to observe for it seems to happen as we watch, especially when viewed close up. Marks of the palette knife are left unre

Judy Millar The Future and the Past Perfect Kunstmuseum St Gallen, Switzerland, 2 March–19 May curated by Roland Wäspe Frozen Gesture: Gesture in Painting—from Roy Lichtenstein to Katharina Grosse Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, 18 May–18 August

. . . Venice, lost and won, Her thirteen hundred years of freedom done, Sinks, like a seaweed, into whence she rose! Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage Soon after the 58th Venice Biennale opened this year, a giant cruise ship lost control in the Giud

Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki 4 May–1 September, curated by Mary Kisler There are many ways one could construct an exhibition of Frances Hodgkins’ work—and over the years a number of shows, some thematic, some

I do not dream of Sussex Downs, Or quaint old English quaint old towns, I think of what may yet be seen In Johnsonville and Geraldine. Denis Glover, Home Thoughts (1936) In the mid-1960s a rookie photographer called John B. Turner roamed the streets

Andy Leleisi’uao Kamoan Mine TSB Wallace Arts Centre Pah Homestead, Auckland 1 May–14 July, curated by Ben Bergman At night, the golden arches of McDonald’s great M glow over the flatlands of Mangere Central and its studded navel the Mangere Town Ce

The concerned photographer finds much in the present unacceptable which [s]he tries to alter . . . [and] let the world also know why it is unacceptable. Cornell Capa, photojournalist (1918–2008) Christchurch-based Heather Milne says photography facil

Like the futurist movement before it in Italy, the Futuro house1 announced in its very name a self-conscious awareness not only of its modernity, but its intentions regarding the here-to-come. While it can be argued that the Italian futurists were le

Frances Hodgkins never a home of her own, and therefore was not ‘owned’ by a home. Untethered to a conventional middle-class life, she moved on average six times a year. Her circle of friends and associates in Britain included Ben and Winifred Nichol