A selection of art I’ve seen and admired
from August through September 2016, including Warsaw, Szczecin, Łódź, Pacanów, Zalipe, Orońsko, Janowiec, Kazimerz, Zakopane, Gdańsk and Sopot in Poland; and Auckland, NZ Read more
A selection of art I’ve seen and admired
from April through July 2016, from Wellington, NZ in the far south and Lake Iseo, Bergamo and Milan in Italy; to Warsaw, Szczecin, Gdansk, Sopot and Berlin in northern Europe Read more
Slides from my presentation Curating urban art as if I don't know what I'm doing ... 9 points of attraction ... at the LUX Helsinki Conference (January 2016) on the invitation of Ilkka Paloniemi, LUX Helsinki Director. Read more
"Sounds of Sea" (2011) by Korean/Finnish artist duo Aamu Song and Johan Olin (COMPANY) was inspired by the sights and sounds of the Waitemata Harbour beneath the artists' feet as they explored the North Wharf in Auckland's brownfields Waterfront development.
"Sounds of Sea" is one of… Read more
Originally aired on "Sunday Morning" with Wallace Chapman; 2 November 2014. "Every two years the cliffs around Narrow Neck Beach in Auckland are decorated with some of the country's sculptures - everything from 3D art installations to lightworks to traditional stone sculpture." Read more
Auckland Council public art policy project
Following the amalgamation of Auckland's eight local government bodies into a single region-wide Auckland Council on November 1, 2010, Rob Garrett was engaged by Auckland Council to lead the development of a new public art policy for regional Auckland. The… Read more