James Dignan

New Zealand

Arts Reviewer and Quiz Compiler at Allied Press Limited

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Art seen: June 19

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | James Dignan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentArts"Reflections on Time — Images Over Blueskin Bay", Angela Burns (Gallery De Novo) Readers who know Angela Burns’ art may get a surprise looking at her latest exhibition at De Novo. While much of Burns’ style is intact, these pieces are far more clearly representational than much of the artist’s former oeuvre.
Art seen: June 5

3 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | James Dignan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentArts"Eden in Dunedin"(Toitū Otago Settlers Museum)"Eden in Dunedin" displays many of the finest articles of women’s clothing and accessories from the Eden Hore Central Otago fashion collection.
Art seen: May 22

1 month ago | odt.co.nz | James Dignan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentArts"The Splendour of Ukiyo-e", various artistsBrett McDowell GalleryThe rise in appreciation for Japanese Ukiyo-e art since its time of creation is nothing short of remarkable.
Art seen: April 24

2 months ago | odt.co.nz | James Dignan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentArts"Precarious Existence", Jane Siddall and Rob Foote(The Artist’s Room)"Precarious Existence" is a joint exhibition by two artists whose disparate styles nonetheless mesh together appealingly. Jane Siddall’s impressive animal studies are created with two different media — wildly colourful pencil work, and more gentle, muted acrylic.
Art seen: April 10

2 months ago | odt.co.nz | James Dignan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentArts"Cleveland National Art Awards"(Otago Art Society)The Cleveland Art Awards are an annual opportunity to see new work by local and national artists. The 220 pieces provide a broad overview of current trends in local art. As always, landscapes and portraits, with bird studies also strongly in evidence.
Art seen: March 27

Mar 26, 2025 | odt.co.nz | James Dignan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentArts"Groundbreakers" (Dunedin Public Art Gallery)"Groundbreakers", at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, focuses on the beginnings of the rise of art in Dunedin. The display offers an excellent opportunity to examine the birth of our local art scene. In the first of the exhibition’s three sections, we see the landscapes of late 19th-century artists.
Art seen: March 3

Mar 12, 2025 | odt.co.nz | James Dignan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentArts"Wild Gaia — The Halo of Life", Kate Williamson (Moray Gallery)"Wild Gaia — The Halo of Life" celebrates the land, air, and water of the South in a series of large-scale impressions. Kate Williamson has a dynamic style, created from rich dark colours presented in broad gestural strokes, out of which her scenes emerge.
Art seen: February 27

Feb 26, 2025 | odt.co.nz | James Dignan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentArts"Ecriture Feminine", Mary McFarlane(Port Chalmers Maritime Museum)Port Chalmers Maritime Museum is inaugurating a small space for art exhibitions with a display by Mary McFarlane, "Ecriture Feminine".
Art seen: February 13

Feb 12, 2025 | odt.co.nz | James Dignan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentArts"Radical Aliveness", Sandro Kopp(Milford Gallery)Sandro Kopp’s latest exhibition at Milford Gallery displays again the artist’s skill at creating fluid, sensual worlds of abstraction. Kopp’s playful, bold forms, while clearly within the world of abstract art, seem imbued with a figurative strength.
Art seen: January 30

Jan 29, 2025 | odt.co.nz | James Dignan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentArts"The Dark Current", Angela Tiatia(Dunedin Public Art Gallery)Angel Tiatia presents a modern allegory of the Pacific in her video work "The Dark Current", on display at Dunedin Public Art Gallery.