In November the Ashburton Art Gallery opened "Configure" a group exhibition by six Ōtepoti-Dunedin artists responding to Judy Chicago’s and Miriam Schapiro’s "Womanhouse" in California in 1972. Transforming a domestic space into an exhibition/installation, "Womanhouse" shifted perspectives on ideas about the relationships between women and home. In addition CoCA Toi Moroki gallery opens "Toro Whakaara: Responses to our Built Environment" an exhibition that features the work of ten artists, divided evenly between CoCA in Christchurch and Objectspace in Auckland. "Toro Whakaara: Response to our Built Environment" ‘ Director of both galleries, Kim Paton, describes the exhibition as exploring "the notion of hostile architecture or defensive design, urban planning strategies designed to deter certain types of behaviour." Plus three gallery reviews, a recommended list of the 10 best art publications in 2021 and a review of a new publication on artist Kees Bruin, Visions of the Real
