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Artist Spotlight: Kara Walker's 'A Subtlety' (2014)
How do we react when we are confronted with invisible voices made visible?
Mar 14, 20212 min read


Happiness is only real when shared
An exhibition exploring modern capitalist desires and the collective human experience through three widely acclaimed artists.
Mar 10, 20215 min read


Artist Spotlight: Matt Gondek
Bright, loud colours are Gondek’s weapons against his pop culture characters. Through his work, you can witness a darker side to the charac
Mar 5, 20212 min read


NFTs: the future of selling digital art but at what cost?
Technology has finally allowed for digital artists to be paid their dues through the crypto market but what does this mean for their carbon
Mar 2, 20214 min read


Artwork Spotlight: Yayoi Kusama's 'Yellow Pumpkin' (1994)
From her polka dot series or her pumpkins, Yayoi Kusama allows the viewer a unique glimpse into how she sees the world.
Feb 25, 20212 min read


What's so great about the Renaissance anyway?
Renaissance Art is thrown around as one of the heights of artistic achievement. But why?
Feb 23, 20214 min read


It's 2021 and we need to support our local creatives
I’ve scoured the instagram follow lists of NZ based creatives so that you can take a peek, have a gander and exercise your wallet in exchang
Feb 21, 20214 min read


Artwork Spotlight: Yue Minjun's 'Sea of the Brain' (1962)
From one of the highest-selling contemporary Chinese artists, Yue Minjun offers a thinly veiled social commentary on China's past.
Feb 18, 20212 min read


Sweeten up your valentine with a delicious take on a kiwi lolly
Leading New Zealand artist Simon Lewis Wards interprets the classic kiwi lolly and transforms it into an eclectic art object.
Feb 14, 20213 min read


The Seoul art collective making (literal) waves in the digital art world
The design agency using projection and sound to alter your everyday landscape.
Sep 17, 20202 min read


Illustrators you've probably seen before but didn't learn their name
The digital world has a way of anonymising artists. I introduce four illustrators whose names you won't forget anytime soon.
Sep 14, 20203 min read


Why are adults still obsessing over toys?
The world of the designer toy: just another a consumer tactic or accessible art?
Sep 7, 20204 min read


How digital technology can transform the colonial narrative
Morehshin Allahyari and her commanding use of technology to reassert power and rewrite the colonial narrative.
Sep 4, 20205 min read


Gimhongsok: when a balloon becomes art
Is a balloon still a balloon if it's stainless steel? Gimhongsok questions our values in this bright and playful series.
Sep 1, 20204 min read


Move over Elon, we're sending art to space now
my favourite artist KAWSÂ pushes the bounds of art once again by sending one of his companions on a space walk.
Aug 30, 20203 min read


Agnes Martin: finding patience and thoughtfulness in a chaotic world
in a time when the world feels like it is falling apart, agnes martin reminds us to breathe.
Aug 25, 20203 min read


"Superflat" the movement combining anime and fine art
takashi murakami ushered in a new movement that brought two seemingly opposite cultures together: anime and fine art.
Aug 25, 20205 min read
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