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May 11, 2026

New Zealand’s Venice Biennale pavilion explores the secret life of birds

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 […]
May 11, 2026

Fiona Pardington’s portraits of the lost birds of Aotearoa New Zealand – in pictures

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 […]
May 7, 2026

Aotearoa Manu Take World Art Stage as 61st Venice Biennale Opens

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 […]
March 23, 2026

Fiona Pardington on Representing Aotearoa New Zealand at the 61st Venice Biennale | Art Review

“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 […]
March 5, 2026

Countdown to Venice Biennale begins as Aotearoa manu prepare to take flight

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 […]
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