Articles

In Conversation: Ian Kuali'i and Elsa Spigolon
Ian Kuali’i, eminent Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) and Shis Inday/Mescalero Apache artist, converses with Elsa Spigolon, Oceanic art historian from France and member of the Pacific art association CASOAR, about...
In Conversation: Ian Kuali'i and Elsa Spigolon
Ian Kuali’i, eminent Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) and Shis Inday/Mescalero Apache artist, converses with Elsa Spigolon, Oceanic art historian from France and member of the Pacific art association CASOAR, about...

A Coffee With Orama Nigou
I met Polynesian artist and designer Orama Nigou while researching an object recently identified as a possible fragment of the so-called Wallis maro ‘ura. Maro ‘ura are sacred belts made...
A Coffee With Orama Nigou
I met Polynesian artist and designer Orama Nigou while researching an object recently identified as a possible fragment of the so-called Wallis maro ‘ura. Maro ‘ura are sacred belts made...

Book Review: Paradise Camp by Yuki Kihara
Paradise Camp by Yuki Kihara is the catalog of an exhibition presented by Aotearoa/New Zealand at the 2022 Venice Biennale, and much more. A dense artistic, scientific, and political volume,...
Book Review: Paradise Camp by Yuki Kihara
Paradise Camp by Yuki Kihara is the catalog of an exhibition presented by Aotearoa/New Zealand at the 2022 Venice Biennale, and much more. A dense artistic, scientific, and political volume,...

Nikorima by Isaiah Karaitiana
Masterfully combining studded textures with smooth surfaces and warm wood with glistening inlays, the works of Nikorima, by artist Isaiah Karaitiana, seem to move organically under the shifting natural light....
Nikorima by Isaiah Karaitiana
Masterfully combining studded textures with smooth surfaces and warm wood with glistening inlays, the works of Nikorima, by artist Isaiah Karaitiana, seem to move organically under the shifting natural light....

Kanak Coins
Coins are composite objects exchanged within the Kanak world, the indigenous populations of New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean. The labeling of these objects as coins derives from the European...
Kanak Coins
Coins are composite objects exchanged within the Kanak world, the indigenous populations of New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean. The labeling of these objects as coins derives from the European...