March issue of Artbeat. Includes background and comment on Judy Darragh's "Competitive Plastics' exhibition and installation at CoCA Toi Moroki - details about a major street art festival, "Flare" in Ōtautahi Christchurch from 2 - 12 March - a new artist-run space Mercury Tower, opens at 324 Barbadoes Street - arts writer Orissa Keane discusses Nina Oberg Humphries' Avaiki (A Place of Remembering ) at the Christchurch Art Gallery - The first NFT exhibition is held in Christchurch and the verdict is both affirmation and not so enthused - listings for 46 galleries are detailed - and the Ashburton Art Gallery's exhibition of soft sculptures made from recycled materials by Ōtepoti Dunedin artist, Motoko Watanabe is a highlight for 2022 already
