Sculpture

A gypsy caravan-maker is among people in Manawatu who are beavering away in their garages and farm sheds turning rusting iron tools, fencing wire and other bits and pieces into works of art for the… Audio, Gallery

Digging narrow trenches for eight hours a day on Banks Peninsula, then burying three lovingly carved wooden sculptures, wrapped in traditional baskets,and leaving them there, is the idea behind… Audio, Gallery

Griff Rhys-Jones has been in New Zealand filming his new series, Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip, which premieres next Sunday. Along with seeing the sights, he's on a quest to find out what it means to… Audio

"Sculpture is not a static thing, it should not be isolated, but take part in life." So said Wellington artist and designer Guy Ngan. Audio, Gallery

This weekend saw New Zealand's official contribution to the Venice Biennale open, Dane Mitchell's installation Ad Hoc, but Dane isn't the only New Zealand artist exhibiting in Venice. Also opening… Audio, Gallery

Melbourne artist Patricia Piccinini is one of Australasia's most popular contemporary artists. In 2016 the tour of one of her exhibitions in Brazil attracted more than one million visitors. Patricia's… Audio, Gallery

Dunedin-based artist Bruce Mahalski has provided commercial artwork, illustrations and cartoons to a range of outlets since the 1980s. An art teacher at Williams School of Art ('Inverlochy Art… Audio

After several years of intense focus on New Zealand's involvement in World War One, sculptor Brett Graham is offering what he describes as an anti-monument to the Great War in his new exhibition… Audio

A new collaborative project to celebrate Matariki. Wintec students have created an interactive sculpture in the form of a waka - to convey aspects of Maori culture, music and storytelling. Project… Audio, Gallery

Talented Kiwis are spread around the globe, creating magnificent art. Auckland-Born Sculptor Marian Fountain is based in Paris and has created The Earth Remembers, which marks New Zealand’s… Audio

Sir Simon says farewell to the Berlin Phil, we discover how repetition can make sounds into music, and Vincent O’Donnell heads to Paris to meet Kiwi sculpture Marian Fountain.

Sam Duckor Jones is a talented young artist best known for his distinctive, whimiscal clay sculptures of men - characters he sends out into the world. But sculpture is just one of Sam's media. He is… Audio, Gallery

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This week Ferns - a giant aluminium ball by Neil Dawson that became something of a visual icon for Wellington City - was re-suspended midair above Wellington's Civic Square. Its back… Audio, Gallery

Sculptor Fred Graham (Ngati Koroki Kahukura, Tainui), aged 89, has gained another prestigious prize, being named this week as a recipient of an Arts Foundation Icon Award. Many of his works can be… Audio

Shane Hansen is an artist, and a furniture and fashion designer of Maori (Tainui, Ngati Mahanga, Ngati Hine), Chinese, Danish and Scottish descent. He draws on his cultural background and the… Audio

Max Patte is a British-born artist who has lived in Wellington for the past decade, and is about to return to the UK. One of his best known works is the Solace In The Wind sculpture on the capital… Audio

British artist Sean Henry graduated in ceramic sculpture from Bristol in 1987 and had his first exhibition in London in 1988, going on to have more than 30 solo shows during his career. Henry's public… Audio