Various Artists with Beth & Sofia

Lots going on in the wide art world of Tāmaki Makaurau this week!

Sofia had a kōrero with curator Natasha Conland about the Walters Prize candidates and exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery.  

Beth spoke with Whanganui-based artist Katherine Claypole about her exhibition Kodachroma, currently on at Suite Gallery.

Sofia also spoke to artist Shannon Te Ao about an exhibition of his at Coastal Signs, Te pōtiki o te ao. 

And Beth had a kōrero with curator James Gatt about Milkstars: Sound Constellations, an exhibition currently on at Te Uru Gallery.

For Stage Direction this week: Alice Canton is in to chat with Keagan Carr Fransch about ANTi, a show about a family forced to meet at the intersection of queer love, religious expectations, tragic heroines and Black womanhood at Basement Theatre from the 27th to the 31st of August. 

And to round off the show, as always, we have your weekly Arts Guide!

Milkstars: Sound Constellations is an exhibition currently on at Te Uru Gallery. It ‘draws on sound-oriented works in the Chartwell Collection to map relationships between artists across time and space.’ The exhibition also marks the 50th anniversary of the Chartwell Collection.

Beth spoke with curator at Te Uru Gallery, James Gatt, about Milkstars and the process of curation.

Te pōtiki o te ao is an exhibition by Shannon Te Ao (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Wairangi, Ngāti Te Rangi-ita, Te Pāpaka-a-Maui) on at Coastal Signs. 

Sofia spoke to Shannon about the exhibition and his practice, as well as a work of his to be presented at the 15th Gwangju Biennale Pavilion later this year. 

Modern Women: Flight of Time is a new major show at Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Art Gallery. 

Combining over 80 paintings, prints, sculptures and textiles from public and private collections across Aotearoa from 1920 to 1970, the exhibition highlights the leading role women artists have played in shaping the development of modern art. 

Including iconic figures such as Rita Angus, Frances Hodgkins, and A Lois White, the exhibition also aims to celebrate the significant contributions of lesser known women artists such as June Black, Flora Scales and Pauline Yearbury.

The exhibition has been curated by Auckland Art Gallery Curator of New Zealand Art Julia Waite.

Sofia spoke to Julia about the show, her curation process, and how the exhibition uncovers themes of women’s artistic practices in the 20th century.