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Yto Barrada
Yto Barrada is a Moroccan artist who lives between Tangier and New York. The artist uses, in her work, natural dyes and has created a garden estate, “The Mothership“, near…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week a playlist of audio is curated to go alongside the blog. The audio in the playlist reflects the blog articles, sometimes obviously and sometimes obliquely. You can listen…
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The Garden Egg Chair updated
At the moment the art collection is being catalogued and research is ongoing about the pieces, including an original red Egg Chair. Designed in the late 1960s by Peter Ghyczy,…
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All about poi
You might be familiar with the Māori art of “poi“, the dextrous dance movements that use balls on cord. According to some, poi was once used by men to strengthen…
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Elizabeth Talford Scott
The craft of creating quilts became an art in the hands of Elizabeth Talford Scott. Born into a family of sharecroppers in South Carolina, Scott was the sixth of fourteen…
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UngKlang
Over the past ten days Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland has been hosting the World Choir Games. These, the 13th Games, bring together the largest number of choirs and nations in the…
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Playlist for the Week – 21st July 2024
Each week a curation of audio from Spotify goes alongside the blog. Each of the pieces is chosen to reflect something in the blog, sometimes obviously and sometimes less so.…
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Maija Kolsi-Mäkelä
Maija Kolsi-Mäkelä was a Finnish textile designer who caught the imagination of an artist, researcher and writer, Mandy Pedigo. In an article published in 2020 in Surface Design Journal from…
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Thandiwe Muriu
The Kenyan artist, Thandiwe Muriu, started out in commercial photography but quickly found herself questioning what it means to be a woman through images of strength and beauty. Having struggled…
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Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
In Central Wellington/ Pōneke stands the Cathedral of St Paul. The Cathedral is the result of decades of lobbying, land purchases, interruptions and changes in materials, as well as delays…
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