Melbourne Art Fair 2024

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ISSUE °200, Summer 2023

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Fantasy Exit
SIMON DENNY and QUINN SLOBODIAN on the political economy of the space-colony

The purple shall govern
ROBERTA JOY RICH and MATARIKI WILLIAMS on apartheid histories and global solidarity

He Ara Uru Ora
NGAHINA HOHAIA speaks to ANNA-MARIE WHITE about her new work at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

Plastic History
ANTO YELDEZIAN and FAISAL AL-ASAAD on history’s metastasis in Monument Valley

Drawn to the Place
LUCINDA BENNETT on horror, annihiliation and From the other side at ACCA

A Manifesto
LUKE WILLIS THOMPSON

and reviews on ALANIS OBOMSAWIN, LONNIE HUTCHINSON, Friends + Family, ALISON LEAUANAE and LINDA VA’AELUA, To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life

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News

Coming soon: Sculpture on the Gulf 2024

Sculpture on the Gulf returns for its twentieth edition from 24 February–24 March 2024.

Boon Sculpture Trail takes shape

The inaugural event is on now in Kirikiriroa Hamilton and runs through 31 March.

Claudia Kogachi now represented by Phillida Reid

After several presentations at the London gallery, the young, Auckland-based painter joins its stable.

Programme announced for 24th Sydney Biennale: Ten Thousand Suns

For its 50th anniversary year, the Sydney Biennale embraces joyful futures, produced in common and shared widely.

Australia announce title and first details for 60th Venice Biennale Pavilion

Archie Moore will present an immersive installation titled kith and kin.

Hastings City Art Gallery awards four Gwen Malden Te Matau-a-Māui Contemporary Art Commissions

Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery partners with the Gwen Malden Charitable Trust to award four local artists contemporary art commissions worth $40,000.

Open now: The Evan Webb Award for Len Lye Research

The award is open until 31 August and commemorates the artist Evan Webb (1952-2023) who was a key figure in the research and restoration of the work of Len Lye.

What’s on: Waitangi Day

Manatū Taonga are supporting events and projects around the country to promote wider engagement in Tuesday's Waitangi Day commemorations, including several that showcase and share toi Māori practices.

Reverse Shot: Aotearoa Artists Head to Venice

While the 60th Venice Biennale braces for a controversial change of leadership, eight Aotearoa artists look ahead to their presentations in the Curator's International Exhibition.

Apply now: Niu Dawn Raids Funding Initiative Grants

CNZ invites funding applications for large-scale professional artistic and historical projects by 9 February that capture and reflect community experiences of the Dawn Raids.

Position vacant: The Physics Room Curator

The Physics Room is seeking applications for the role of Curator. Apply now until midnight, Friday 23 February 2024.

Hana Pera Aoake announced as the 2024 Delfina Foundation New Zealand curator-in-residence

The artist was selected from over 30 applicants and will work alongside Metroland Cultures in Brent as well as pursue their own research during the residency.

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Current Exhibitions

Sean Hill, Energtopia

02 Mar – 16 Jun 2024

11th Annual Autumn Exhibition

2 – 17 March 2024

Becky Richards, Lumplandia

14 October 2023 – 10 March 2024

Nikau Hindin & Gail Mabo, Badu Gili: Celestial

15 December 2023 – 1 December 2024

Tacita Dean

8 December 2023 – 3 March 2024

Don Binney, Drawing the Waitākere Coast

18 November 2023 – 03 March 2024

Threads of Time: Travel, Trade & Textiles

2 Sep 2023 – 2 Aug 2026

Wendy Hannah, Liberty – Herekoretanga

19 September 2023 – 19 September 2024

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Articles

The mirror world of Ronnie van Hout

We speak to Ronnie van Hout about doubles, 'bad' dads and his new work at Melbourne Art Fair, where he'll be exhibiting with Darren Knight Gallery.

Matthew Browne’s counter-cacophony

Matthew Browne's abstract paintings seem to hold a moment taut through their careful composition. We spoke to the artist about the pursuit of stillness in a noisy world ahead of his upcoming presentation with Wagner Contemporary at Melbourne Art Fair.

Tia Ansell on weaving

We spoke with Aotearoa-born, Melbourne-based artist Tia Ansell ahead of her presentation at Melbourne Art Fair in February.

On the New Zealand Gothic

Jane Wallace revisits the New Zealand Gothic, fifteen years since Robert Leonard first proposed the concept.

Plastic History

Anto Yeldezian discusses with Faisal Al-Asaad the ways in which his paintings, per Walter Benjamin, contest the West’s hold on the popular imagination and render history ‘plastic.’

Alanis Obomsawin, To move between: Healing and Resistance

Hana Pera Aoake reviews the exhibition at Artspace Aotearoa, 1 September–26 November 2023.

To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life

Thomasin Sleigh reviews the exhibition at Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, 16 September–11 November 2023.

Friends + Family

Francis McWhannell reviews the exhibition at The Arts House Trust, 1 September–26 November 2023.

Alison Leauanae and Linda Va‘aelu,

Kim Meredith reviews the exhibition at Bergman Gallery, 7 September–7 Octotober 2023.

On Billy Apple’s Art for Sale

Christina Barton reflects on a turning point in the artist’s practice and a milestone in the emergence of a properly contemporary art scene in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Lonnie Hutchinson, From Me To You

Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman reviews the exhibition at Milford Galleries Dunedin, 7–30 October 2023.

Steamed Hams

Eliana Gray reviews the exhibition at The Dowse Art Museum, 12 August 2022–19 November 2023.

An English Garden with Atom Bomb Roses

Gabriella Hirst, as told to Hana Pera Aoake and Morgan Godfery, on her projects An English Garden (2021) and ‘How to Make a Bomb’ (2015–ongoing), which consider the British Imperial histories of ‘gardening the world’ and their ongoing nuclear armament programmes.

Absurd Theatre

Jo Bragg on Tony Guo’s whimsical alienations.

In the Wake

Bridget Reweti speaks to Simon Kaan about collaboration and care with artist-elders.

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