Gregory O’Brien and eight other artists on the complexity, mystery and sheer vastness of the Kermadec Trench, Virginia Were in conversation with curators, gallerists and collectors on the potential of collecting, and Melanie Bell talking to Frans Baetens and Magda Van Gils about their project Muka Youth Prints and the future of Muka. We profile Rob McLeod, visit Lauren Lysaght’s studio and look closely at Catherine Opie’s powerful photographic portraits. Josie McNaught ponders creativity at home and abroad, Matthew Collings ruminates on love and the market and John Perry reports on a quiet Spring in the auction houses; Elliot Collins finds himself in the midst of a Van Gogh painting, while Coralie Winn and Ryan Reynolds search for inspiration and insight in Berlin, and Mark Graver takes the pulse of the printmaking scene in Sofia. Reviews come in from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Cairns, Dresden and New York