Sue Gardiner on four new female gallery directors are helping redefine the arts in New Zealand, Dick Frizzell on his career highlights and latest exhibition and Dan Chappell on the twelve New Zealand artists with works in Sculpture by the Sea at Bondi Beach. Josie McNaught writes on art, identity and our shaky national persona, Judy Millar discusses the current love affair with mystical art practices and John Perry reports on the latest round of auctions. We profile Tessa Laird and Josephine Cachemaille, visit the contemporary art collection of Naomi Milgrom, visit Fiona Pardington in her studio, look at Chris Pole’s latest paintings celebrating Kuala Lumpur’s architectural diversity, and hear from Peter James Smith as he voyages through the Pacific and Caterina Riva as she checks out the vigorous Chinese art scene, with reviews from around the country