Autumn 2009

Judy Millar ♦ Jeffrey Harris ♦ Judy Darragh ♦ Joe Sheehan ♦ Fairs and festivals ♦ Yinka Shonibare MBE

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postcards

From Raratonga, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland

auction scene

John Perry takes stock of the recent auctions

places

sketches

News from the art front

awards, prizes and residencies

Artists on a winning streak

upcoming

Future exhibitions and events

reviews

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Your comprehensive guide to gallery exhibitions and art events

faces

flying visit

Russia’s Factory of Found Clothing are in town

London letter

Matthew Collings eyes up the Tate’s Triennial

eye on the media

Josie McNaught ponders media funding policies

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In Europe Jeffrey Harris visits his favourite works

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Joe Sheehan finds life is sweet in SA?o Paulo

making it

Tracey Tawhiao’s new graffiti work at Brick Bay

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Stuart Shepherd at New York’s Outsider Art Fair

opening shots

Around the galleries

features

Strange new histories

United Kingdom artist Yinka Shonibare’s elaborate tableaux deconstruct art and colonial history

You really had to be there!

Sue Gardiner finds temporary works are becoming increasingly important in contemporary practice

Bringing painting to the church

Judy Millar’s exciting Venice Biennale project is well on track. Virginia Were reports.

It just gets better…

Auckland Art Fair brings together the best Australasian artists and galleries – all under one roof

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Join the artists in conversation with Kairauhī Curator Robbie Hancock on Wednesday 30 July at 6pm.
The $1,500 award will be given to the most original contribution to Len Lye scholarship.
This July, Arts Makers Aotearoa (AMA) will be launching a new service, the Artist Advice Bureau. Here, we speak to Art Aunty Claudia Jowitt, who will be hosting drop-in (or Zoom-in) sessions at Samoa House Library on Karangahape Road, offering independent advice and advocacy for artists trying to navigate the industry.
The artwork, by Graham Tipene and Amy Hawke, is on view 17 June through 13 July at Viaduct Harbour.
The sculpture was designed and constructed by emerging architects George Culling, Oliver Prisk, Henry Mabin and André Vachias.
Recipients Quishile Charan, Harry Freeth and p.Walters will exhibiting at Tautai later this year.
26 July – 4 October 2025
25 June – 20 July 2025
13 June – 25 July 2025
3 May – 27 July 2025
8 June – 24 August 2025
14 June – 11 October 2025

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