News
New Zealand Wants to Be the “Best Place to Have Herpes”
A new award-winning ad campaign uses filmstock aesthetics, retro travel imagery, and irreverent humor to change perceptions of the common virus.
New Zealand
News
Indigenous Artists Win Top Prizes at Venice Biennale
Archie Moore and the Mataaho Collective took home Golden Lions for Australia and New Zealand, respectively.
Art
Celebrating Sāmoa's Third Gender Through Radical Camp
With Paradise Camp, artist Yuki Kihara attempts to challenge and undermine colonial images of Sāmoa through a radical camp aesthetic.
News
Auction House Sells Glass Negatives As NFTs And Tells Buyers To "Smash" the Originals
"Perhaps you might want to make it permanently digital," said a specialist at Webb's.
Interview
Modern Knights Compete in Medieval-Style Sword Fighting
Hyperallergic talks to the directors of the documentary Bludgeon about portraying a subculture without making fun of it.
In Brief
Cut-Up Carpet Wins New Zealand Drawing Prize
When is a drawing not a drawing?
Art
The Shimmering Glory of a Modern Indigenous New Zealand Chapel
Designed by architect John Scott, the Futuna Chapel was created for a Catholic religious order with elements adopted from Māori culture.
News
Six Years After the Christchurch Earthquake, a Homegrown Memorial Faces an Uncertain Future
As the official memorial to victims of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake is unveiled, an unofficial but beloved installation commemorating the dead remains in limbo.
Art
After an Earthquake Destroyed a Museum, an Artist Stepped in to Fill the Void
New Zealand’s Lyttelton Museum lost its building five years ago, but Julia Holden is giving it a public presence through a project focused on local history.
Art
Māori Portraits Offer a Window into New Zealand’s Colonial History
Gottfried Lindauer's portraits present a collective history of colonial New Zealand, capturing individual identities in a time of great social change and upheaval.
In Brief
New Zealand Votes to Preserve Colonial-era Flag
After a nearly yearlong process that involved two national referendums and that cost taxpayers US$17.6 million, New Zealanders have finally voted to hold on to the flag their country has been flying for 114 years.
News
New Zealanders Embarrassed by Finalists for National Flag and Banknote Redesigns
New Zealand is attempting to rebrand itself to better convey its national identity and cultural heritage, but those efforts aren't going as smoothly as one would hope.