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Love will tear us apart

Mark Amery — Thu, 26 May 2011 12:34:12 +1200

By Mark Amery

Love is complicated; art is complex. This could be the subtitle for this fascinating exhibition. Complex, because with an array of art and artefacts contemporary and historical, from New Zealand and abroad, Tender is the Night teases out art’s ability to get under the skin of the platitudes we hear in popular culture about love. Read More »

Diamond in the Rough

Mark Amery — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:19:30 +1300

By Mark Amery

The relationship between public display and private commerce is pretty explicit when public and dealer gallery both exhibit the same artist at the same time. You like the work? You can buy it over there. Read More »

A Giddy Swirl

Mark Amery — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:47:26 +1300

By Mark Amery

I really wanted to like Roundabout. I’ve tried over several weeks, I really have. After all, what isn’t there to like? An epic exhibition spread out across the entire City Gallery, featuring over a 100 contemporary artists from every far-flung corner of the globe, yet with a bevy of outstanding New Zealand artists centre stage. Read More »

The year that was 2009

Mark Amery — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:19:51 +1300

By Mark Amery

2009 was the year we got to see what Wellington looks like without City Gallery, with our major contemporary art institution closed for most of the year for a major extension.

City Gallery’s absence emphasised the impressive array of visual arts activity happening beyond it. Read More »

Behaving publicly in private

The Big Idea Editor — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:56:16 +1300

By Mark Amery

To see an excellent example of how some dealer galleries are increasingly behaving like public ones, cross the road from City Gallery to Page Blackie off Chews Lane. Read More »