The City– Becoming and Decaying
"The City– Becoming and Decaying" is an exhibition of photographs curated by the Goethe Institute, currently showing at Aratoi. In the introduction to his book ‘Century’ featuring 100 years of photography (1900 – 2000),
Close to Home – William Beetham Portraits
Portraits are a statement about societal manners as much as they are the record of the appearance of a particular individual. Above all perhaps, throughout the history of image making, portraits have been an attempt
Breath – the Fleeting Intensity of Life by Vincent Ward
Video installation 4.50m, 2012, showing at Aratoi Gallery until 28 February Vincent Ward’s video is a shortened version of a larger work that circulated around New Zealand Galleries in late 2011 and 2012. Much of
Art, the Rubber Duck and Love
Three events coincided recently which raised the perennial question of ‘What is Art?’. The first was the death at age 89 of the renowned art theorist and philosopher Arthur Danto in October; the second was
The Unknown Craftsman
I recently read a short article in the last issue of Ceramics Quarterly from an Auckland Potter raising some interesting questions about the nature and definition of domesticware. Suzy Dünser’s discussion revolved around a much-heralded
Look at us Now. Tirohia Mai. National Library
Posters at Look at us Now Two of the posters on one wall recalling the poster campaign through the 120 year period. The Katherine Mansfield poster on the right claims that behind every