Various Artists with Sofia & Beth

Sofia had a kōrero with Francis McWhannell about a new group show at Season Gallery, Kith and Kin. 

She also spoke to artist Layla Rudneva-Mackay about her new show at Melanie Roger Gallery, Wrinkled Speech. 

And she spoke to curator Benny Chan about a new group exhibition at Bergman Gallery, Belonging: Stories of Contemporary New Zealand Asian Artists. 

On Stage Direction this week: Alice Canton chats with Eden Webster about the programme for Koanga Festival, an upcoming festival at Te Pou Theatre that celebrates Maori storytelling and new voices.

Kith and Kin is a new group exhibition at Season Gallery with brunelle dias, Tony Guo, Levi Kereama, Claudia Kogachi, and the esteemed Jacqueline Fahey.

Testifying to the importance of strengthening community, Kith and Kin comprises stylistically diverse figure-based paintings exploring notions of family and friendship, ancestry and diaspora, identity and belonging. 

Emblems of faith, evocative interiors, fields seen from the sky, and items of food both everyday and symbolic can be seen as common elements in the works.

Sofia spoke to Season Gallery co-curator, Francis McWhannell, about Kith and Kin, starting the interview asking him about the process for selecting artists.

Indiscreet Tourist is an exhibition by Rupert Travis opening at Föenander gallery. 

All works painted during Travis’ time spent overseas in the South of France, Indiscreet Tourist is a response to what catches our attention as we travel and observations that might go unnoticed by locals otherwise. 

Through the eyes of the tourist, it explores ideas of the familiar and the unfamiliar. 

Sofia spoke to Rupert about his practice, what inspires his work, and the themes of Indiscreet Tourist. 

Beth spoke with Lindsey about hew upcoming exhibition Defining the Means and her workshop, Rip n’ Bitch, taking place at Window Gallery on July 29th. You can sign up for Rip n’ Bitch here.

Sofia spoke to Tāmaki for Palestine’s Robin Wilson-Whiting and Dayenu’s Avigail Allan about Films for Falastin and the kaupapa of the initiative.

Beth had a kōrero with Liam Gerrard about his new exhibition After the Garden, showing at Sanderson until August 4th.

Arlo Green and Dawn Cheong joined Sofia and Beth in-studio for a kōrero about Scenes from the Climate Era, a new show they’re in, showing at Q Theatre from the 2nd to the 24th August. You can get tickets from qtheatre.co.nz.

And Sofia spoke to Rupert Travis about his practice, what inspires his work, and the themes of Indiscreet Tourist, his new exhibition.