Oceanic Art Society
Promoting the understanding and appreciation of Oceanic art.
By Krisztina Turza. Gender was central to this conference commencing with Yuki Kihara’s ‘Paradise Camp’, New Zealand’s offering at the 59th Venice Biennale. This focuses on Fa’afafine (Sāmoa’s third gender) utopia – …
George Nuku’s presentation at the Pacific Arts Association 2022 Conference Review by Pierre Laffont George Nuku has become one of the best-known Māori artists due to his creation of a …
Leif Birger Holmstedt, Torso Publishing, 2021, 158 pages. Review by Jim Elmslie The strength of this book is in its excellent images, many previously unpublished. The images are mostly of …
By Pierre Laffont & Bill Rathmell. It is easy to fall for the peaceful charm of Rochefort and La Rochelle, two ports on the Atlantic Coast of France only a …
Cairns Art Gallery, 8 October-11 December 2022. Review by Margaret Cassidy This comprehensive retrospective of Torres Strait Islander artist Segar Passi was an unexpected discovery on a recent visit to the …
Creators, curators, collectors, students, visitors, audiences all have encounters with cultural objects both old and new. The new can be a celebration of the old or it can be a …
Grace Vele, a/Chief Curator Anthropology, PNG National Museum and Art Gallery The Papua New Guinea (PNG) National Museum and Art Gallery [NMAG] is a world of its own with multiple …
Interviewed by Bill Rathmell in Brussels, May 2022 BR: In 2003 you were interviewed by Tribalmania in Santa Fe (https://www.tribalmania.com/interviewconru.html) where you described your early career playing professionally in symphony orchestras …
