The Bentinck Project

Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
7 April - 28 May 2006

Published June 2006

Miriam Stannage: Sensation

John Curtin Gallery, Perth
10 February - 13 April 2006

Published June 2006

Festival Melbourne 2006

Visual arts at the Commonwealth Games
March - April 2006

Published June 2006

Seeking Origins - Whakapapa Genealogy

Published June 2006

Of New Zealand Art and Letters

When it comes to New Zealand publications, the excitement generated by each forthcoming issue is as good a yardstick as any to judge by. Kate Montgomery provides details on some of New Zealand's top publications including Natural Selection (www.naturalselection.org.nz) edited by Gwyneth Porter and Dan Arps and designed by Warren Olds, Crease (www.crease.org.nz) edited by Chloe Lane, Ceili Murphy and Susie Pratt and designed by Kentaro Yamada, Ramp (www.rampmagazine.org), White Fungus (www.whitefungus.com), Artspace catalogues and publications (www.artspace.org.nz), The Physics Room (www.physicsroom.org.nz), Artbash (www.artbash.co.nz), Presto, Landfall (www.otago.ac.nz/press/landfall) and those from artist-run spaces such as The High Street Project (www.hsp.org.nz), Enjoy (www.enjoy.org.nz), rm103 (www.rm103.org), Canary (www.canarygallery.com), Cuckoo (www.cuckoo.org.nz) and Special.

Published June 2006

Don't Misbehave! SCAPE 2006 Public Art Biennial

This article looks at the argument for public art in Christchurch subsequent to the phenomenal public debate sparked when Michael Parekowhai's 5m high fibreglass bunnies became the centrepiece of the SCAPE 2002 Biennial. Velde further examines some of the recent aims for SCAPE 2006 by curators Natasha Conland and Susanne Jaschko who are looking to embrace contemporary art's exploration of different media channels.

Published June 2006

2006 Contemporary Commonwealth

Australian Centre for the Moving Image:
24 February - 21 May

National Gallery of Victoria
24 February - 25 June
Festival Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games

Published June 2006

21st Century Modern: 2006 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art

Curated by Linda Michael
Art Gallery of South Australia
4 March - 7 March 2006

Published June 2006

Visions and Revisions: Recent Work by Shane Cotton

Strongman here looks at the recent works of New Zealand artist Shane Cotton. Issues of transformation - of an ebb and flow of changes in form and meaning over time, of visions and revisions of and between cultures - have been central concerns of Cotton's work for more than a decade. Through extensive reference to Maori and Christian culture, Cotton explores what he describes as the 'collision and collusion' of New Zealand's two official cultures.

Published June 2006

Excess: Penny Mason

Academy Gallery, Inveresk, Tasmania
13 February - 7 April 2006

Published June 2006

An Overview: 'Roots and All'

Visual Arts at the 2006
Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts

Published June 2006

An Artist's Economy: Madden, Stevenson, Upritchard

New Zealand artists Peter Madden, Michael Stevenson and Francis Upritchard have each worked within disparate environments and local economies for some years, in Auckland, Berlin and London respectively. Each of them self-consciously explores alternative economies available to them through the production of art. Between them Madden, Stevenson and Upritchard have participated in such art events as the Venice Biennale and exhibited at the Tate Gallery, Darren Knight Gallery, the Museum of New Zealand, Herbert Read Gallery and the Bart Wells Institute.

Published June 2006