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Working the space between art and fashion
April 14, 2014
As Australian designers at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week vie for the attention of international buyers from fashion retailers, the designers of…
Public Smog will save the earth
April 14, 2014
As public awareness of climate change grows, Amy Balkin's Public Smog project highlights the need to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Public Smog is…
IPCC climate change report: slashing carbon emissions is affordable
April 13, 2014
Catastrophic climate change can be averted without sacrificing living standards according to a UN report, which concludes that the transformation required to…
Final day for Layla Rudneva-Mackay's Blue Squares, Purple Pairs
April 11, 2014
Layla-Rudneva Mackay's Starkwhite exhibition Blue squares, purple pairs closes today at 3pm Image: Layla Rudneva-Mackay, Still life and sleepless nights (detail), oil on canvas, 400 x…
Seung Yul Oh's MOAMOA on the move
April 11, 2014
Seung Yul Oh's exhibition MOAMOA closes at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery (DPAG) on 29 April and then travels to the City…
Jens Hoffmann's new book on the most influential exhibitions of contemporary art
April 9, 2014
Show Time: The 50 Most influential Exhibitions of Contemporary Art is a new book by Jens Hoffmann covering a period in which…
The seriously playful work of making art
April 9, 2014
Rebecca Baumann's Automated Colour Field (Variation IV) is currently showing in Burster Flipper Wobbler Dripper Spinner Stacker Shaker Maker at the Christchurch…
Artspace announces new director
April 8, 2014
Adan Yildiz has been appointed director of Auckland's Artspace, replacing Caterina Riva who steps down at the end of May. Originally from Turkey,…
A prize-winning image
April 8, 2014
Sydney-based artist Shaun Galdwell has picked up the $25,000 prize for the 2014 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award for his…
New York's new commissioner of cultural affairs
April 7, 2014
Tom Finkelpearl, the president and director of Queens Museum, is scheduled to be named as New York's commissioner of cultural affairs by…
Artspace launches new benefactor programme
April 7, 2014
Auckland's Artspace launches a new benefactor programme tonight, along with works to be sold to assist with the fundraising drive. Martin Basher's…
This week at Starkwhite
April 6, 2014
Layla-Rudneva Mackay's Blue squares, purple pairs continues at Starkwhite to 12 April. Image: Layla Rudneva-Mackay, Pink peach jubes and glass jar, oil on canvas, 400…
Songlines exhibition sparks aboriginal culture wars
April 4, 2014
A exhibition showcasing ancient aboriginal stories has been postponed indefinitely after a group of traditional owners threatened legal action. Although the South…
IMF report gives a tick for New Zealand's economic performance
April 3, 2014
A recent IMF report delivers good news for those following trends that will impact on the performance of the New Zealand art…
China's largest private art museum opens in Shanghai
April 2, 2014
Less than a year after the Long Museum was founded in Pudong by the collector couple Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei, another…
Gavin Hipkins' Leisure Valley opens at ST PAUL ST Gallery
April 2, 2014
Gavin Hipkins' photographic installation Leisure Valley opens tonight at ST PAUL ST Gallery. Captured during a visit to Chandrigah in 2013, Hipkins' images play with…
The Distance Plan
April 2, 2014
Recently we were introduced to The Distance Plan, a project initiated by a group of visual artists, writers, urban planners, poets, environmental…
UN report warns of climate change risks
March 31, 2014
Climate change is being felt in all corners of the globe and some parts may be undergoing irreversible change, an assessment by…
Three new Pacifika soundtracks for Len Lye's Tusalava
March 30, 2014
Recently the Mangare Arts Centre Nga Tohu o Uenuku presented Len Lye: Agiagia, an exhibition co-curated by Paul Brobbel and James Pinker…
This week at Starkwhite
March 30, 2014
Layla-Rudneva Mackay's Blue squares, purple pairs continues at Starkwhite to 12 April.Image: Layla Rudneva-Mackay, Still life and sleepless nights (detail), oil on…
2014 Serpentine Pavilion: adding primitive space to the tradition of the folly in the park
March 29, 2014
Chilean architect Smiljan Radic will design this year's Serpentine Pavilion, an architectural intervention that the Guardian's Oliver Wainwright says will be one…
Art patron and collector of photography appointed to New Zealand's new arts council
March 28, 2014
New Zealand's Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Christopher Finlayson, has appointed 13 inaugural members to a new streamlined arts council, which…
Ross Manning to curate MCA ARTBAR for the Sydney Biennale
March 27, 2014
Brisbane-based artist Ross Manning continues his exploration of the mechanisms of technology and nature of light and the role it plays in…
Melbourne to join the triennial club
March 27, 2014
Buoyed by the success of Melbourne Now, a large exhibition showcasing work by Melbourne artists (the show has attracted 750,000 visits since…
Hans Ulrich Obrist on the delights and dangers of curating
March 26, 2014
“I've never thought of the curator as a creative rival to the artist,” says Hans Ulrich Obrist. “When I started curating I…
2014 Pritzker Prize laureate announced
March 26, 2014
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has been awarded this year's prestigious Pritzker Prize. He is best known for his post-disaster zone design projects, such as…
A conversation with the curator of Sydney's controversial biennale
March 25, 2014
Juliana Engberg talks about her biennale, You imagine what you desire, including her stance on Australia's off-shore detention centres and human rights issues.…
Controversy surrounds Biennale of Sydney
March 25, 2014
The 19th Sydney Biennale, You imagine what you desire, opened last week with a suite of launches at Cockatoo Island, the Art…
Biennale of Sydney chair resigns in the wake of artist protests over links with Australia's offshore detention centers
March 7, 2014
Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, son of Biennale founding patron Franco-Belgiorno-Nettis, has resigned as chair of the Biennale of Sydney, a move that comes in…
Five artists withdraw from the Biennale of Sydney
February 27, 2014
Five artists have withdrawn from the Biennale of Sydney over links between Transfield Holdings (founding patron and sponsor of the Biennale) and…
Biennale responds to concerns over links between sponsor and detention centres for asylum seekers
February 24, 2014
A few weeks before the Biennale of Sydney opens, 35 artists (of the 90 taking part) wrote to the board expressing their…
Lovers at Starkwhite
February 23, 2014
Lovers continues at Starkwhite this week, through to 6 March. You can read a review of the show here.Image: installation view of…
Starkwhite at Art Basel Hong Kong
February 18, 2014
Starkwhite and the Walters Estate will present an exhibition of works by pioneer abstract artist Gordon Walters at this year's edition of…
A gallery-centred view of the art world
February 13, 2014
“What artist wants to show with a gallery that can't offer them shows?” says Marc Spiegler, the director of Art Basel. “We…
A shift in focus from Basel to Hong Kong?
February 13, 2014
Overthenet has picked up on news that there are no New Zealand (or Australian) galleries in the lineup for this year's Art…
Summer Lovers at Starkwhite
February 10, 2014
Starkwhite's 2014 season begins with Lovers, a late-summer group show organized by gallery artist Martin Basher. Picking up on the semantic slippage of…
Year of the Horse
January 30, 2014
Celebrations are underway in New Zealand to mark the arrival of the Year of the Horse. Communities here join over a billion…
Hedge-fund managers throwing their weight around in the art market
January 29, 2014
A decade ago only a handful of Wall Street investors, such as Steve Cohen and Daniel Loeb, were collecting art, but now…
The homecoming
January 29, 2014
Two of our best curators have returned to New Zealand to take up new positions. After a stint as director of Brisbane's…
New Zealand outpaces crawling world economy
January 23, 2014
Our first post for 2014 is a good news story for those following trends that will impact on the performance of the…
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