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‘The wild country of my Taihape’: a painting by Douglas MacDiarmid

One of my favourite paintings in Ngā Toi | Arts Te Papa is a small oil by Douglas MacDiarmid – Papa cliff pool with bathers, Taihape. Whenever I see it, I’m struck by its clarity and intensity. Everything contributes to the sense of dream-like wonder: the emerald-green water, the sensuousRead more

By: Jill Trevelyan

On: 11 Dec 2015

In: Art

Rita Angus: The devil is in the detail

Around 1945, Rita Angus painted a man sitting in an armchair, next to a table of books and a bunch of flowers. Nothing too strange so far, right? Except that there is a devil in a long purple robe creeping up behind him. Not to mention the huge spider crawlingRead more

By: Chelsea Nichols

On: 14 May 2015

In: Art