Category: Interview

The mirror world of Ronnie van Hout

We speak to Ronnie van Hout about doubles, ‘bad’ dads and his new work at Melbourne Art Fair, where he’ll be exhibiting with Darren Knight Gallery.

Matthew Browne’s counter-cacophony

Matthew Browne’s abstract paintings seem to hold a moment taut through their careful composition. We spoke to the artist about the pursuit of stillness in a noisy world ahead of his upcoming presentation with Wagner Contemporary at Melbourne Art Fair.

Tia Ansell on weaving

We spoke with Aotearoa-born, Melbourne-based artist Tia Ansell ahead of her presentation at Melbourne Art Fair in February.

Anto Yeldezian: Plastic History

Anto Yeldezian discusses with Faisal Al-Asaad the ways in which his paintings, per Walter Benjamin, contest the West’s hold on the popular imagination and render history ‘plastic.’

Ngahina Hohaia: He Ara Uru Ora

Ngahina Hohaia speaks with Anna-Marie White about her newly commissioned work for Te Hau Whakatonu at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.

Nova Paul: “You Point to the World”

Karl Chitham and Nova Paul, who both whakapapa to Te Uriroroi in Te Tai Tokerau Northland, speak about Ngā Pūrākau Nō Ngā Rākau,
Paul’s exhibition, exhibited jointly at City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi and Whāngerei Art Museum.

Michael Stevenson: The Fourth Wall

Tim Wagg speaks to Michael Stevenson about crypto-finance, philanthropy and visualising digital and economic systems in Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop: seating proposals for a Grantmaker.

Gabriella Hirst: An English Garden with Atom Bomb Roses

Gabriella Hirst, as told to Hana Pera Aoake and Morgan Godfery, on her projects An English Garden (2021) and ‘How to Make a Bomb’ (2015–ongoing), which consider the British Imperial histories of ‘gardening the world’ and their ongoing nuclear armament programmes.

Always Song in the Water

We speak to curator Gregory O’Brien about the exhibition, which runs 25 August 2023–28 February 2024 at New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa.

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