Metro Art — Visual culture in Auckland

Good Girls Write Memoirs, Bad Girls Make Art

Good Girls Write Memoirs, Bad Girls Make Art

MEGAN DUNN’s new book, Things I Learned at Art School, is a memoir-in-essays about art, sex, family and fantasy. It is, quite simply, a work of brilliance.

Text by Lana Lopesi Photography by Yvonne Todd

Showing the Way - Coastal Signs & Sarah Hopkinson

Showing the Way - Coastal Signs & Sarah Hopkinson

Text by Samuel Te Kani

Handicapping the 2021 Walters Prize Finalists

Handicapping the 2021 Walters Prize Finalists

Shane Cotton on collaboration, intervention, and Māori art

Shane Cotton on collaboration, intervention, and Māori art

Text by Chelsea Winstanley

The inner world of artist Natasha Matila-Smith

The inner world of artist Natasha Matila-Smith

Text by Lana Lopesi

Weird world: Surrealist art at Te Papa

Weird world: Surrealist art at Te Papa

Text by Simon Chesterman

YES TOMORROW: Kate Newby's exhibition at Adam Art Gallery

YES TOMORROW: Kate Newby's exhibition at Adam Art Gallery

Text by Henry Oliver

We talk to Nigel Borell, the curator of Māori art at Auckland Art Gallery

We talk to Nigel Borell, the curator of Māori art at Auckland Art Gallery

Text by Samuel Te Kani

Vunilagi Vou and Moana Fresh on their approaches to showcasing Pacific art

Vunilagi Vou and Moana Fresh on their approaches to showcasing Pacific art

Text by Lana Lopesi

Tender Bricks: An exhibition of celestial ceramics by Peter Hawkesby

Tender Bricks: An exhibition of celestial ceramics by Peter Hawkesby

Text by Bob Harvey

What Auckland's art scene needs as we enter a new decade

What Auckland's art scene needs as we enter a new decade

Text by Anthony Byrt

Denmark Design: A comprehensive and immersive exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery

Denmark Design: A "comprehensive and immersive exhibition" at Auckland Art Gallery

Text by Jo Bates

On place, and the weird aesthetics of Tuia 250

On place, and the weird aesthetics of Tuia 250

Text by Anthony Byrt

In the #metoo era, trailblazing art activist group the Guerrilla Girls are still relevant

In the #metoo era, trailblazing art activist group the Guerrilla Girls are still relevant

Text by Anthony Byrt

When it comes to New Zealand painting, Colin McCahon is still everything

When it comes to New Zealand painting, Colin McCahon is still everything

Text by Anthony Byrt

WATCH: Award-winning photographer Petra Leary captures a bird's eye view of Auckland

WATCH: Award-winning photographer Petra Leary captures a bird's eye view of Auckland

Mercury Plaza is (nearly) gone: A reflection on Chinese food in Auckland

Mercury Plaza is (nearly) gone: A reflection on Chinese food in Auckland

Text by Jean Teng

Elsewhere

Metro Eats! — Friday 8th October

Metro Eats! — Friday 8th October

Text by Jean Teng

Tae Lee is a tattoo artist with something to prove

Tae Lee is a tattoo artist with something to prove

Text by Jean Teng

Metro x Wonder Apartments

Metro x Wonder Apartments