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Urban Legend, Bena Jackson’s first solo exhibition to be commissioned by a major public gallery. Character Studies by Lolani Dalosa, commissioned for the Te Tuhi billboards by Papatūnga.

A panel at the PULiiMA Indigenous Languages and Technology Conference discussed the preferred usages of First People's languages.

Auckland artist wins Tauranga Art Gallery prize Ayesha Green. Photo: Supplied. Auckland artist Ayesha Green has won the 2021 Rydal Art Prize. As the second recipient of the bi-annual award run by Tauranga Art Gallery in partnership with Seeds Trust, Ayesha receives $25,000 and an opportunity to develop an exhibition in Tauranga Art Gallery’s 2022 programme. The Rydal Art Prize was established in 2019 to acknowledge an artist who has made a substantial contribution to contemporary painting. A non-acquisitive award, the Rydal Art Prize seeks to celebrate the vitality that painting continues t...

Ross Giblin/Stuff Dowse Art Museum director Karl Chitham is the judge of this year's National Contemporary Art Award. (File photo) Avant-garde artists from around New Zealand are being invited to enter their works for one of the country’s top modern arts prizes. The $20,000 National Contemporary Art Award regularly attracts art that challenges the viewer and compels them to consider social and environmental issues, as well as the very nature of what constitutes art. Entries open on Thursday and close at 1pm on Wednesday, June 2. The winner, as well as the recipient of a $5000 runner-up pr...