The May/June issue of Artbeat features exhibitions, art reviews and commentary on the visual arts in Ōtautahi Christchurch and Waitaha Canterbury. The front page story is an interview with lead curator at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Felicity Milburn discussing artist Francis Upritchard's exhibition Paper, Creatures, Stone. Street Art academic Reuben Woods critiques the recent Flare Street Art Festival in Christchurch, and reviews of recent exhibitions include Tyne Gordon's Wet Plate at the Jonathan Smart Gallery.
