The Way Through Doors
By Andrew Berardini
22.06.2022
Andrew Berardini visits Fiona Connor’s solo exhibition at Château Shatto in LA, where the artist’s carefully rendered replicas of the doors of closed down clubs conjure up memories of forgotten youth.
Andrew Berardini visits Fiona Connor’s solo exhibition at Château Shatto in LA, where the artist’s carefully rendered replicas of the doors of closed down clubs conjure up memories of forgotten youth.
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Tiffany Singh, We/Women's Boundary Narrative ~ Continuity, Flow and Convergence
25 June —
04 September 2022
Taitung Art Museum, Taitung, Taiwan
Writing
PURPLE RAIN
By Clémentine Deliss
07.06.2022
Writer and curator Clémentine Deliss reviews Aotearoa artist Ruth Buchanan’s solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel in Switzerland, an artwork as exhibition that reconfigures collecting history, curatorial practices and institutional norms.
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Areez Katki, Vanishing Act
18 June —
08 July 2022
Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, Canada
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Miranda Bellamy and Amanda Fauteux, Terrarium
11 June —
29 August 2022
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, Canada
Sarah Rose, Brent Biennial 2022
08 July — 11 September 2022
Various venues across Brent, London, United Kingdom
Writing
An interview with Yuki Kihara
By Contemporary HUM
24.05.2022
In the opening week of the 2022 Biennale di Venezia, HUM sat down with the artist representing Aotearoa, Yuki Kihara, to discuss her exhibition Paradise Camp, and what it means to bring a Pasifika, Fa'afafine voice to the international audience of this major event.
Writing
An interview with the curators of 'Paradise Camp'
By Contemporary HUM, Ioana Gordon-Smith, Natalie King
24.05.2022
In the opening week of the 2022 Biennale di Venezia, HUM sat down with the Aotearoa New Zealand pavilion’s Curator, Natalie King, and Assistant Pasifika Curator Ioana-Gordon Smith, to talk about bringing Yuki Kihara’s Paradise Camp to Venice.
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Amanda Newall, Sensitivity Training
20 May —
30 September 2022
Gabrovo Museum of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Writing
The Mind’s Eye
By Susanne Prinz
11.05.2022
On the occasion of Gill Gatfield’s first solo exhibition in Berlin, Susanne Prinz, Director of Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxembourg-Platz in Berlin, Germany, reflects on the practice of the Aotearoa artist—from her use of ancient, salvaged materials to her work creating an audience-activated virtual reality experience, and the complex resonances of memory, reality and consciousness in her work.
FAFSWAG at documenta15
18 June — 25 September 2022
documenta15, Kassel, Germany
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Talia Smith, Don't be bashful, wear the flower behind your ear
29 April —
24 July 2022
Murray Art Museum, Albury, Australia
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Dane Mitchell, EXTENDED PRESENT – TRANSIENT REALITIES
08 April —
04 September 2022
Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary
Writing
HUM live from the 2022 Venice Biennale
By Contemporary HUM
24.04.2022
From 20 - 24 April 2022, HUM brings you live coverage, exclusive images and videos from the opening week of The Milk of Dreams, The 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, including Yuki Kihara's Paradise Camp for the New Zealand Pavilion. Stay tuned!
Writing
Betty Collings and 'To Begin, Again: A Prehistory of the Wex, 1968–89'
By Dan Munn
07.04.2022
Aotearoa artist and curator Betty Collings acted as Director of the Ohio State University’s Gallery of Fine Art from 1974 to 1980, amassing during that time a significant collection of then-contemporary artworks. With many of these works showcased at the recent exhibition To Begin, Again: A Prehistory of the Wex, 1968-89, Dan Munn looks back to Collings’ influence as a Director and her own, long-running artistic career.
Reimagined Futures
By Johanna Bear
23.03.2022
Featuring work from Aotearoa artists Edith Amituanai, Brian Fuata, Christina Pataialii, Shannon Novak and Shannon Te Ao as well as collaborators from Aotearoa in the project Kā Paroro o Haumumu: Coastal Flows / Coastal Incursions, this piece from writer and curator Johanna Bear considers the 10th Asia Pacific Triennial’s celebration of Indigenous futures, collaborative and community-based practices, and new ways of understanding the world around us.
Featuring work from Aotearoa artists Edith Amituanai, Brian Fuata, Christina Pataialii, Shannon Novak and Shannon Te Ao as well as collaborators from Aotearoa in the project Kā Paroro o Haumumu: Coastal Flows / Coastal Incursions, this piece from writer and curator Johanna Bear considers the 10th Asia Pacific Triennial’s celebration of Indigenous futures, collaborative and community-based practices, and new ways of understanding the world around us.
Writing
Naahdohbii: To Draw Water & What It Means To Come Together
By Franchesca Hebert-Spence
10.03.2022
Featuring Aotearoa artists Israel Birch, Nikau Hindin, Jeremy Leatinu’u, Nova Paul, Rachel Rakena and Keri Whaitiri, the inaugural Indigenous Triennial at the Winnipeg Art Gallery/Qaumajuq (WAG/Q) in Winnipeg, Naadohbii: To Draw Water, presents a collaborative curatorial approach to Indigenous artists’ work—Franchesca Hebert-Spence visits the exhibition and talks to the curators about the curatorial process, the opportunities offered through cross-cultural exchange, and the adherence to the specificities of place and history fostered through the exhibition.
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Ruth Buchanan, Heute nacht geträumt: Pre-history – Future
19 March —
14 August 2022
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Writing
Settling troubled waters with Emma McIntyre
By Megan Macnaughton
23.02.2022
A new series of works by LA-based Aotearoa painter Emma McIntyre form the artist’s first solo exhibition in Europe, Up bubbles her amorous breath—a feminised reimagining of mythological landscapes and our relationship to them. Writer Megan Macnaughton visits the exhibition and talks with McIntyre about her developing process of painting, using her whole body, to create vividly imagined abstract works.
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Gill Gatfield in Personal Structures
23 April —
27 November 2022
Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy
Kate Newby, Reclaim the earth
15 April — 04 September 2022
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
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Fiona Amundsen, The Medium is the Message: Flags and Banners
10 April —
23 October 2022
The Wende Museum of Cold War, Los Angeles, USA
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Alicia Frankovich, An eeriness on the Plain
18 June —
23 July 2022
1301SW, Melbourne, Australia
