Profoundly Tested
“We are profoundly tested.” That’s how Christchurch Art Gallery director Jenny Harper described the situation she found herself in just one year after the [...]
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Abbey McCulloch’s The Shallows
Swimming in deep water unnerves me. I discovered this about a million years ago when I was a lifesaver on the Gold Coast. Being scared of what’s below you in the darkness [...]
Child’s Play
I was disappointed during last week’s GOMA visit to see that Michael Parekowhai’s lovely elephant statue The World Turns had been cordoned off. I’m not [...]
Debris, Detritus and Delicacy at Anchorage Museum
If you attended APT7 at Brisbane’s GOMA last year, you may remember this ethereal work from Kiwi artist Joanna Langford: Born in Gisborne, New Zealand (just like me!) [...]
A Primitive View of Art
What came first – the craftsman or the artist? It’s a question I seem to be constantly returning to at the moment. The words seem obvious and intertwined – [...]
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