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My father's fingerprints on an 1898 copy of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility as part of 'The Choice' @adamartgallery by @excgrl

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ISSUE 03 now live on our website — orders shipping today!

Cover one features artist George Watson (@excgrl) ☆ photographed by Scott Hardy (@scotthardy.work), styled by Natasha Ovely (@natashaovely) and Becky Hemus (@uberbeige) — wearing a Masami dress (@masami_clothing) from The Shelter (@theshelternz) — with hair and makeup by An Era Creative (@aneracreative)

Watson’s exhibition, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚, is on view now at Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi in Pōneke (@adamartgallery) — and issue 03 features an essay by Anisha Sankar (@ani_mality) ❤️❤️

She is represented by Robert Heald (@roberthealdgallery) in Pōneke by @excgrl

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The Choice @adamartgallery
Curated by Abby Cunnane and Keani Rewha
Install photos by @ted.black by @excgrl

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Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, Gisborne, artist George Watson (@excgrl) has been awarded the 2026 Jann Medlicott Award for Contemporary Art.⁠
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The $30,000 prize, facilitated by Toi Tauranga Art Gallery and generously supported by the Acorn Foundation (@acornfoundationnz), recognises a single or body of work that has made a critical impact within the field of contemporary art in the last 12 months. 2026 marks the inaugural presentation of this significant new national art award.⁠
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Watson (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Mutunga) was awarded for her exhibition 𝘈𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘢, presented at Wellington's Robert Heald Gallery in 7 to 30 August 2025. It explored invasion and ancestry using symbolic materials such as wool bale sacking, pins, cultivated sea pearls and paraffin wax. As part of the prize, she will present an exhibition at Toi Tauranga Art Gallery, opening in November 2026.⁠
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The judges were Andrew Clifford, Director of Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui; Sophie Davis, Director of Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery; and John Vea, an Ōtautahi Christchurch academic and artist.⁠
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George Watson says, “I am incredibly honoured to be awarded the first iteration of the Jann Medlicott award for Contemporary Art. It has been a privilege to get to meet some of Jann’s close friends and hear more about her love of, and ongoing support for, the arts in Aotearoa. ⁠
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This generous award will undoubtedly have a hugely positive impact on my work and the development of my artistic practice as well as the practices of future recipients”. ⁠
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(1) George Watson, photography by Tink Lockett. (2) 𝘈𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘢, installation view, courtesy the artist and Robert Heald Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, photography by Russell Kleyn. (3) 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 (detail), 2025, courtesy the artist and Robert Heald Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, photography by Russell Kleyn. ⁠ by @excgrl

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Appreciation post for @tyson______campbell…artist, curator, intellectual, DJ, mana management & Park Hyatt ambassador 😈🖤 by @excgrl

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The Puawānanga is flowering, time for some blurry mirror photos by @excgrl

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Details of ‘The Matriarch’ and ‘Finishing School’
wool bale sacking, pins, cultivated sea pearls and vintage baroque freshwater pearls, satin ribbon, paraffin wax by @excgrl

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Install images of Apologia @roberthealdgallery open now until 30 August by @excgrl

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‘Apologia’ opens next week @roberthealdgallery by @excgrl

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Samuel Te Kani on ‘The Farm’ at Coastal Signs & WIP by @excgrl

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Made for Ramp Gallery & ANZAAE project NGAA KAAKANO earlier this year by @excgrl

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