Fiona Pardington is showing her towering portraits of the country’s endangered and extinct bird life After the absence of its national pavilion in 2024, New Zealand makes its return to Venice with Fiona Pardington’s Taharaki Skyside, a major solo presentation by […]

For more than two decades, Pardington has been photographing taonga (Māori cultural treasures) and natural history specimens in museums around the world. In the South Canterbury museum, she was struck by a collection of stuffed native birds which had been […]

Aotearoa New Zealand has unveiled its national pavilion, Taharaki Skyside, a major new exhibition by Fiona Pardington (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, Clan Cameron of Erracht) ONZM, at the opening of the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale […]

“I’m a decadent soul and I like having my ego stroked by the Establishment on occasion” ArtReview sent a questionnaire to artists and curators exhibiting in and curating the various national pavilions of the 2026 Venice Biennale, the responses to […]

Long-silent Aotearoa manu (birds), vividly captured in photographs, are preparing to take flight to Venice, where they will represent Aotearoa New Zealand at one of the world’s most prestigious arts events. The artworks, created by renowned international photographer Fiona Pardington […]