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Centring Palestine: a Summer Reading List
We invited Hana Pera Aoake of Kei te pai press to compile a reading list in response to the ongoing crisis in Gaza.
Elam graduate exhibition 2023
Connor Ward attends the Elam Grad show and photographs the event for your pleasure.
Exhibition opening: Sunlighting
Connor Ward photographs the opening of Artspace Aotearoa’s new artist exhibition featuring Prairie Hatchard-McGill, Angela Pan, Hulita Koloi.
Connor Ward visits the AUT Toi Ataata Visual Arts grad show
Photographer Connor Ward documents the opening event for BVA graduate students, which took place on 16 November.
Backstage photos from the inaugural Rogue Aotearoa fashion show
Photographer Connor Ward had a backstage pass to the event which platformed emerging creatives from across Aotearoa.
Instax photos from our event with Catherine Boddy and Heather Brennan Evans
Audience-led snaps and behind-the-scenes pics from our Catherine Boddy and Heather Brennan Evans x The Art Paper fashion show, courtesy of Instax.
Catherine Boddy and Heather Brennan Evans x The Art Paper
Olivia Renouf visits the Catherine Boddy and Heather Brennan Evans x The Art Paper fashion show. We speak to the designers.
“Soon enough, I will feel the same way about myself right now as I did in the past”
We talk to Savannah Mattyasovszky about her presentation maybe twelve-year-old me would think i’m cool, recently shown at ST PAUL St Gallery as part of the Master of Visual Arts Graduating Exhibition.
“A Book from a Friend I Don’t Speak to Anymore”
We talk to Isabella Dampney on the occasion of her recent presentation A Child of Divorce at ST PAUL St Gallery as part of the Master of Visual Arts Graduating Exhibition.
Calissa Teiniker presents a new collection inspired by Ilona Staller
One for the Archive is inspired by the iconic Ilona Staller. The collection, which debuted in Berlin on 8 June at 6:30pm and was styled by Franca Chase, includes one-of-one slow fashion pieces that accentuate curves, folds and scars on the body—existing in dialogue and forming intimacy with the wearer.
Contours of migration
Dr Kirsty Baker on Rozana Lee’s Sekali pendatang, tetap pendatang at Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, 18 March – 30 July 2023.
Murmuring Shadows
Francis McWhannell on Hamish Coleman, Wax and Wane, 13 May–17 June 2023.
Pure Stars
PURE STARS had its premiere screening at The Art Paper HQ on March 3 2023. PURE STARS is a short film written and directed by Stanton Cornish-Ward, with assistant director Constance McDonald, featuring garments by Maroske Peech (Aus), Urte Kat (Lithuania), Boddypart (NZ) and Efukum (Lithuania).
Meet Ming Ranginui
Ming Ranginui is an artist whose recent practice explores fantasy and illusions in our turbulent times, creating satin sculptures manifest in “impractical but impactful ways.” Here, we chat to Ming about the works in her current exhibition Late to the Ball at Season Aotearoa.
Print Archive: George Watson, Filial
Lily McElhone on George Watson’s Filial; Envy6011, 9 September – 8 October 2022.
Priscilla Rose Howe x The Art Paper, Banquet
We document Banquet, an exhibition with Priscilla Rose Howe at The Art Paper HQ.
Meet Iann An
Iann An is an artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau whose practice explores the vulnerability and frailty of being human. Her works subvert the idea of a polished, flawless body, seeking to dismantle socially constructed notions of being 'healthy', 'able' or 'perfect'.
Sabotage MFG x The Art Paper, City Ceremony
Olivia Renouf visits the City Ceremony opening party, a collaborative exhibition and pop-up at The Art Paper HQ, feat. designers Baobei, Byskinny, Companion, Jess Grindell, Taylor Groves, Emma Jing, Alice Langbrown, RGK, Stockist, and more; and artworks by Zoë Gow, Ronan Lee, Ali Senescall, and August Ward.
Notes On: Utility
Connie Brown on Zoe Thompson-Moore’s Open-field; RM Gallery, 23 November - 17 December
Sanc x The Art Paper, Bottega Pradada
Olivia Renouf visits Bottega Pradada, the inaugural exhibition at The Art Paper HQ in collaboration with Sanc.