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Hamish McKay
Wellington, New Zealand

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Billy Apple, Pioneering Pop and Conceptual Artist, Died Age 85 Ocula News Billy Apple, Pioneering Pop and Conceptual Artist, Died Age 85 Auckland, 8 September 2021 Born Barrie Bates, the artist was quick to identify ways artists could exploit ideas developed by marketers. Fade out copy. Read More Wellington’s City Gallery May Lose Senior Staff Ocula News Wellington’s City Gallery May Lose Senior Staff Wellington, 26 May 2021 The city's mayor said a proposed restructure could compromise the gallery's ability to attract and present major exhibitions. Fade out copy. Read More Auckland Lowdown: Shows to See in 2021 Ocula Feature Auckland Lowdown: Shows to See in 2021 By Sam Gaskin, Auckland During the Auckland Art Fair, a host of intriguing exhibitions are being mounted around the city. Fade out copy. Read More Taika Waititi Narrates Video Launching Major Māori Art Show Ocula News Taika Waititi Narrates Video Launching Major Māori Art Show Auckland, 7 December 2020 The video was created by Chelsea Winstanley, director of a forthcoming documentary on the sprawling survey of Māori contemporary art. Fade out copy. Read More Redressing Gender Imbalances at National Gallery of Australia Ocula Conversation Redressing Gender Imbalances at National Gallery of Australia By Emma-Kate Wilson, Canberra Curators Elspeth Pitt and Jessi England talk about the National Gallery of Australia's Know My Name initiative. Fade out copy. Read More Billy Apple: In Focus Ocula Feature Billy Apple: In Focus By John Hurrell, Auckland The exhibition of Apple's work does a good job of tracking the development of an artist who, out of his passion for the nuts and bolts of advertising, turned himself into a product and proceeded to interrogate the nature of transaction and negotiation on art's stage. Fade out copy. Read More Alexie Glass-Kantor Ocula Conversation Alexie Glass-Kantor By Rachael Vance, Hong Kong Art occurs within, around and in direct contact with a broad range of groups: the art market, collections, museums, foundations, independent spaces, festivals, biennials and all sorts of other collaborations. Fade out copy. Read More Julian Dashper: Calling the future Ocula Feature Julian Dashper: Calling the future By Kate Brettkelly-Chalmers Dashper’s point? Your art is important, but just as important are the words that surround it. And even more important than that is the crisp white edge of a perfectly folded piece of paper. Fade out copy. Read More Sydney Summer Report Ocula Feature Sydney Summer Report By Rachel Fuller, Sydney Ocula correspondent Rachel Fuller reports on three of the top exhibitions to see in Sydney this summer Fade out copy. Read More A report on Australian representation at the 56th Venice Biennale: 'All The World’s Futures' curated by Okwui Enwezor Ocula Feature A report on Australian representation at the 56th Venice Biennale: 'All The World’s Futures' curated by Okwui Enwezor By Tess Maunder, Venice On the 120th anniversary of its inaugural exhibition in 1895, Nigerian-born curator, Okwui Enwezor, has this year directed the 56th iteration of the Venice Biennale. Titled  All The Worl Fade out copy. Read More Melbourne Now Ocula Feature Melbourne Now By Emily Cormack, Melbourne For a city consistently referred to as Australia’s ‘cultural capital’ Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has had a track record of casual disregard for the vigorous cultural activities that have been occurring in its midst. It has seemed odd at best, that despite healthy acquisitions of contemporary... Fade out copy. Read More Notes On Desire: The 19Th Biennale Of Sydney Ocula Feature Notes On Desire: The 19Th Biennale Of Sydney By Stella Rosa McDonald, Sydney " Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will." George Bernard Shaw In 1879, a French postman named Ferdinand Cheval began building an esoteric homage to the beauty of sandstone. On one of his postal rounds, Cheval came across small pieces of... Fade out copy. Read More
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