and Virginia Were in conversation with Simon Rees, Director of the Govett-Brewster/Len Lye Centre, about what’s ahead for the dramatically transformed gallery; Sue Gardiner talks to artists who’re working hard to find innovative solutions and responses to climate change; and Sophia McKinnon examines the phenomenon of lavish, private museums being built by wealthy art lovers all over China

JUDY MILLAR contemplates the formidable power of images, BELINDA GRIFFITHS thinks about the big challenges facing women artists and Josie McNaught finds that Tokyo has culture coursing through its veins. Utopian architecture and cloud forms inspire sculptor GREGOR KREGAR. We meet visiting artist DAVID SHRIGLEY and current McCahon House artist-in-residence DANIEL MALONE

with reviews from Auckland, Hastings, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Sydney and Bondi