Selected reviews & articles on ‘Paradise Camp’ by Yuki Kihara
(Continuously updated)  

1 February 2024
‘Connections Through Culture 2023’ - British Council

https://www.britishcouncil.org.nz/programmes/arts/connections-through-culture-grantee-2023#:~:text=The%20Connections%20Through%20Culture%20grants,at%20any%20stage%20of%20development

8 January 2024
‘Winners | Highly commended for the 2023 AWAPAS’ - AAANZ

https://aaanz.info/winners%E2%94%82highly-commended-for-the-2023-awapas/

22 December 2023
‘Lagoonscapes. The Venice Journal of Environmental Humanities’ - Edizioni Cafoscari

https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/the-venice-journal-of-environmental-humanities/

10 October 2023
‘Talanoa Forum: Moana Rising’ - Powerhouse Museum

https://powerhouse.com.au/program/talanoa-forum-moana-rising#overview

16 September 2023
‘Sydney exhibit pays tribute to drag icon Bertha’ - TP+

https://tpplus.co.nz/arts-music/sydney-exhibit-pays-tribute-to-drag-icon-bertha/?fbclid=IwAR1LwMxWdGs4fijmjpH5HW-Y67Wp3MlS_yKRZiugO8Zy7hBuZoFZsvYWdGA'

13 September 2023
‘Paradise Revisited’ - Mindfood Magazine

https://www.mindfood.com/article/inside-the-issue-style-spring-23/?fbclid=IwAR1F2n4UfHPGe34gvRHQ4H541uH7S1jJa9mPo_20qRJ5fN0cY_Ke1E71hVM

30 August 2023
‘Must-See Exhibitions During Sydney Contemporary and Beyond’ - Ocula

https://ocula.com/magazine/features/must-see-exhibitions-sydney-contemporary/?fbclid=IwAR2CSxPIFLD3PX2atlyw7ehj6Jx6IVLbG7Ena9sn2mRvQ7rVnMf3yGsG2GI

25 August 2023
‘Powerhouse announces new commission by Yuki Kihara and Talanoa Forum’ - National Indigenous Times

https://nit.com.au/25-08-2023/7341/powerhouse-announces-new-commission-by-yuki-kihara-and-talanoa-forum

24 August 2023
‘Powerhouse Late: BERTHA’ - Powerhouse Museum

https://powerhouse.com.au/program/powerhouse-late-bertha

24 August 2023
‘BERTHA: The Alter-ego of Harold Samu’ - Powerhouse Museum

https://powerhouse.com.au/stories/bertha

12 July 2023
‘Fa’afafine Community That Reshape Coloniser Art’ - VICE

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjxmz/photos-samoas-faafafine-community-that-reshape-coloniser-art

29 April 2023
‘Yuki Kihara Profile’ - The Saturday Paper

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/visual-art/2023/04/29/artist-yuki-kihara#hrd

15 April 2023
‘Paradise, Gender and Place’ - Aesthetica Magazine

https://aestheticamagazine.com/?p=567495&fbclid=IwAR0UAZxyeefXFtxHuQfHf_JI9X8a8fJe3oJV2hm-oPZ4qvkRiqA2cNOXrW4

14 April 2023
‘Kihara wittily upcycles and repurposes Gauguin’s images’ - ABC Arts

https://www.instagram.com/p/CrAXb9sJjj6/?fbclid=IwAR0V5DWgfQiLHxyBOXKuW7UyedTHnFTCm4-EAIbSQPi168rvOhrxjs2j4nQ

11 April 2023
‘artist Yuki Kihara flips the script on Westernised perspectives of her native Samoa’ - TimeOut Sydney

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq43pz2PKPa/?fbclid=IwAR06EEH-5opXn3nNZcIy-SbNlZT8L3bAebfVwmnQv7YrLz21ZKnP16hlasY

7 April 2023
‘a fa’afafine perspective to French Postimpressionist painter Paul Gaugin’s work’ - Yahoo!life Outtraveller

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/lgbtq-art-culture-display-down-180630870.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb&tsrc=fb

30 Mar 2023
‘How Queer Islanders Are Taking Back Paradise’ - Yahoo!news Outtraveller

https://news.yahoo.com/native-queers-taking-back-paradise-050001489.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb&tsrc=fb

29 Mar 2023
‘In Pictures: Yuki Kihara repurposes Paul Gaugin in Paradise Camp’ - Artguide Australia

https://artguide.com.au/in-pictures-yuki-kihara-repurposes-paul-gaugin-in-paradise-camp/?fbclid=IwAR2-GeLf-FMwaQ4Csvg3f5tHJZm3SlmuFDJEFiw3iXI1Z9e9SMy5Pk3M-OA

29 Mar 2023
‘Kihara’s body of work exposes the truth of Gauguin’s idyllic artworks...’ - TimeOut Sydney

https://www.timeout.com/sydney/art/paradise-camp-by-yuki-kihara?fbclid=IwAR151hxMORGSN5hT5g2g_W9Jv_oiHnkUMcGmpfMH6y1EwADfK7nA-_WSwzo

25 Mar 2023
‘Paradise Camp opens at Powerhouse Museum Ultimo’ - Australian Arts Review

https://artsreview.com.au/paradise-camp-opens-at-powerhouse-museum-ultimo/?fbclid=IwAR3yO2rnyZ0FxVEyxfSI7YU1eY-WhvCAR_q1x0xUhk-ohucOqJb-ySMnPtY

23 Mar 2023
‘Yuki Kihara: the photographer upending the cultural legacy of Paul Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings’ - The Art Newspaper

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/22/yuki-kihara-the-photographer-upending-the-cultural-legacy-of-paul-gauguins-tahitian-paintings?fbclid=IwAR2UjsfCWnLTNfLxSGd7XiRC-ate-NOqpwespLkuqf9x8f4uEI489MOp1iI

1 Mar 2023
‘a profoundly "eco-queer" perspective’ - Harper’s Bazzar Italia

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/it/lifestyle/arte/a43007960/intervista-a-yuki-kihara-artista/

8 Jan 2023
’Paradise Camp By Yuki Kihara, Curated By Natalie King’ - Art + Australia

https://artandaustralia.com/58_1/p111/paradise-camp

24 Dec 2022
’Conversa con Yuki Kihara ’ - Lei Magazine

https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/media/pdf/journals/lei/2022/7/iss-N.7Dicembre2022.pdf

15 Dec 2022
’Decolonizing Paradise: A Pasifika Artist’s Vision in Venice’ - Cultural Survival

https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/decolonizing-paradise-pasifika-artists-vision-venice

8 Dec 2022
’Powerhouse announces Paradise Camp by Yuki Kihara’ - Powerhouse Museum

https://www.maas.museum/media-story/powerhouse-announces-yuki-kihara-paradise-camp/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=paradisecamp&fbclid=IwAR3e8Z4BUQHeu9nwqRvkILpTR9-Rc9oXqKFV-MThm1uuVj_u2YcvAQcv3r8

8 Dec 2022
’Venice Biennale blockbusters to land in Sydney bigger and better’ - Arts Hub

https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/venice-biennale-blockbusters-to-land-in-sydney-bigger-and-better-2599832/?fbclid=IwAR1iGyRcsZjZQRVw4t8FoVxDGBhlHHJnOzGJP8XVOQXHtUmRYwuUW_OlBB4

21 Nov 2022
’Das sind die wichtigsten Persönlichkeiten der Kunstwelt’ - Monopol Top 100

https://www.monopol-magazin.de/monopol-top-100-kunstwelt-2022

18 Nov 2022
’Notes from artist: an exclusive look at Yuki Kihara's new project Paradise Camp.’ - HUMcard

https://mailchi.mp/8e7bef3a315f/humcard-21-yuki-kihara-venice-biennale-217654?fbclid=IwAR2dsCSVyUJ1qnQlei_PKoL5awN3fP4JFdi0epBQTt7z2QdPnPewitEww5A

18 Nov 2022
’Pimp my Gauguin: Yuki Kihara's Paradise Camp (or Why Post Impressions Matter).’ - Artlink

https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/5004/pimp-my-gauguin-yuki-kiharaE28099s-paradise-camp-28or-wh/?fbclid=IwAR2BI0WaMemaDKAx1loXMhCRICi6lZJCKF0ZgwdTYO7wwG9brweAbYzWGig

1 Nov 2022
’The triumph of Yuki Kihara’s Paradise Camp’ - Creative New Zealand

https://mailchi.mp/creativenz.govt.nz/venice-wrap-up-2022?e=1e230f7ecd

11 October 2022
’My Art Crush: Natalie King’ - ABC Radio National

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-art-show/rauschenburg-johns-natalie-king-patrick-pound/14076820

05 October 2022
’Non-binary & non-gender-conforming manifestations at la biennale arte 2022’ - Icelandic Art Center

https://icelandicartcenter.is/non-binary-non-gender-conforming-manifestations-at-la-biennale-arte-2022/

22 September 2022
’The Political Aesthetic of Bridging Worlds’ - Terremoto

https://terremoto.mx/en/online/la-estetica-politica-de-unir-mundos/

5 September 2022
’GAD’s Top Picks: National Pavilions’ - Global Art Daily

https://e-issues.globalartdaily.com/GAD-Top-Picks-National-Pavilions

10 August 2022
‘Celebrating Sāmoa’s Third Gender Through Radical Camp’ – Hyperallergic

https://hyperallergic.com/744908/celebrating-samoas-third-gender-through-radical-camp/?fbclid=IwAR1ppUZaEqROxvwIRUNVD5iAiieK96xpH9S9ptSryaUGydBOyzSA-VI9qCg

21 July 2022
‘An Unstoppable Creative Force’ – Massey University Alumni

https://alumnionline.massey.ac.nz/news/2022-yuki-kihara?erid=8584128&trid=09bd782b-ed43-4202-a200-d5b0262b50c1

13 July 2022
‘Yuki Kihara: Paradise Camp – Venice Biennale 2022’ – Studio International

https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/yuki-kihara-paradise-camp-new-zealand-venice-biennale-2022-video-interview

01 July 2022
‘The dream machine: The 59th Venice Biennale’ – The Monthly

https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2022/july/kate-van-den-boogert/dream-machine-59th-venice-biennale#mtr

01 July 2022
‘Yuki Kihara: Trouble in Paradise’ – Art Asia Pacific

https://www.zinio.com/it/article/elle/junejuly-2022-i549339/pride-and-joy-a79042?fbclid=IwAR3EjEQngzNtJt_Tn_kiyESIze3Kw-LNL6tiJsIlboCKx60wqaQ1QskX26A


26 May 2022
‘At the Venice Biennale, a Surreal and Intimate Showing for Photography’ – Aperture Magazine

https://aperture.org/editorial/at-the-venice-biennale-a-surreal-and-intimate-showing-for-photography/


25 May 2022
‘Yuki Kihara: Paradise Camp’ – Burlington Contemporary

https://contemporary.burlington.org.uk/reviews/reviews/yuki-kihara-paradise-camp?fbclid=IwAR1e_lcuHhLfTcArTvUHjiIRmuu7qfQDirgFuAlOGmRL9k1XmVGfzlJSb4Y


24 May 2022
‘An interview with Yuki Kihara: Aotearoa New Zealand at the 59th Biennale di Venezia’ – ContemporaryHUM

https://contemporaryhum.com/writing/an-interview-with-yuki-kihara/ 


13 May 2022
‘Four letters from someone else’ – Artnow

https://artnow.nz/images/ArtNowEssays_FourLettersFromSomewhereElse.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2X2Oa-Wrz142jblTm2wIAV38TEjE1SAVYK1j12VSaOtAMaDQyruhlWYr4

9 May 2022
‘Women, gender non-conforming artists dominate Venice Biennale for 1st time’ – Live Auctioneers

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/top-news/women-gender-non-conforming-artists-dominate-venice-biennale-for-1st-time/


4 May 2022
‘Humbling’ response to Fa’afafine exhibition at the Venice Biennale’ – RNZ Pacific Radio

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/466431/humbling-response-to-fa-afafine-exhibition-at-venice-biennale

1 May 2022
‘Yuki Kihara: Fa‘afafine Nation’ – Art News New Zealand

https://www.artnews.co.nz/feature-winter-2022/

1 May 2022
‘Die besten nationalen Pavillons – Biennale Venedig 2022’ - Kulturraum

https://www.kulturraum.nrw/ausstellung/die-besten-nationalen-pavillons-biennale-venedig-2022.html

27 April 2022
‘First Nations Canadian artist Rebecca Belmore, Sally Smart's dance-inspired studio and Yuki Kihara's Paradise Camp’ – Radio National

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-art-show/rebecca-belmore-yuki-kihara/13855220

26 April 2022
‘The best from the 59th Venice Biennale’ – Something Curated

https://somethingcurated.com/2022/04/26/wu-tsang-sophia-al-maria-joseph-beuys-more-the-best-from-the-59th-venice-biennale/

23 April 2022
‘Yuki Kihara’s exhibition Paradise Camp on the world stage’ – Stuff

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/300566334/yuki-kiharas-exhibition-paradise-camp-on-the-world-stage 

23 April 2022
‘Female artists dominate the Venice Biennale for 1st time’ – Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-venice-italy-new-york-italian-b2063824.html

22 April 2022 
‘Biennale Arte 2022: 10 pavilions to see (and the Leoni d’Oro)’ – Interni Magazine

https://www.internimagazine.com/agenda/venice-biennale-2022-pavilions/


22 April 2022 
‘Venice Biennale 2022: Three Pavilions To See in the Arsenale’ – ArtReview

https://artreview.com/venice-biennale-2022-three-pavilions-to-see-in-the-arsenale/?fbclid=IwAR0fvgnAl4-lgLdATPE3yBFaC4guQ5w5aoLzpxRw8p7y5zdWkxX5Jye0bEo


21 April 2022
‘History Has Arrived: Yuki Kihara In Her Own Words’ – The Big Idea

https://thebigidea.nz/stories/history-has-arrived-yuki-kihara-in-her-own-words


21 April 2022
‘Yuki Kihara’s Paradise Camp’ – Ocula

https://ocula.com/magazine/conversations/yuki-kihara-and-natalie-king/?fbclid=IwAR0qZ2hqqWKivDt_E6SGTJyOezWF5WphVzLHKHf3Qe4dcxreU58TJhye7_c


21 April 2022
‘Long road to Venice for artist’ – Otago Daily Times

https://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/arts/long-road-venice-artist


20 April 2022
‘Venice Biennale 2022: the must-see pavilions in the Arsenale’ – The Art Newspaper

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/04/20/venice-biennale-2022-the-must-see-pavilions-in-the-arsenale?fbclid=IwAR0fvgnAl4-lgLdATPE3yBFaC4guQ5w5aoLzpxRw8p7y5zdWkxX5Jye0bEo


20 April 2022
‘Powerful photo by Pacific Indigenous artist reveals truth about 1899 painting’ – CNN

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/yuki-kihara-paradise-camp-snap/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1hizEDa5HPPpO80_njb-ejmdeyOFQl7u-0Bhc8zX-sTM1heuY029XuzlM


14 April 2022
‘Yuki Kihara: ‘I want to reclaim our place as an indigenous, third-gener community’ – Financial Times

https://www.ft.com/content/8a2a1e96-1e8f-4447-8e29-a7fa44859a01?shareType=nongift&fbclid=IwAR1iR24lDSHBCOKo9wWIFS1A_OxEC3DQT4j1olQxSj4ACfOqtzDBuDCiYKY


8 April 2022
‘The Intersectional Experiences of Fa’afafine: Yuki Kihara on Representing New Zealand at the 59th Venice Biennale’ – ArtReview

https://artreview.com/the-intersectional-experiences-of-faafafine-yuki-kihara-on-representing-new-zealand-at-the-59th-venice-biennale/?fbclid=IwAR09AD1LaoTpc4fRfEq45iK1_1X-N5uLBD4v23mixshfTxhEhF3rsUgBqgk 

1 April 2022
‘The top ten pavilions to see in Venice’ – Latitudes

https://editorial.latitudes.online/blog/posts/top-ten-pavilions-to-see-at-the-venice-biennale/

30 March 2022
‘New Zealand Pavilion At The 59th Venice Biennale Presents Yuki Kihara: Paradise Camp’ – Biennial Foundation

https://biennialfoundation.org/2022/03/new-zealand-pavilion-yuki-kihara/

30 March 2022
‘5 Not-to-miss National Pavilions at the Venice Biennale 2022’ – Damn Magazine

https://www.damnmagazine.net/5-not-to-miss-national-pavilions-at-the-venice-biennale-2022


30 March 2022
‘Yuki Kihara Is Planting a Flag for Sāmoa’s Third Gender With a Film Premiering at New Zealand’s Venice Pavilion’ – artnet

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-studio-visit-yuki-kihara-2091290?utm_content=bufferd5a36&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=news&fbclid=IwAR0UyBujJq2jhuT6vlgMPKQf3VDptaSFKX2pk_grXVq6E07dqfiyJkT9B78

28 March 2022
‘Yuki Kihara Launches Solidarity Network for Artists at Venice Biennale’ – Ocula

https://ocula.com/magazine/art-news/yuki-kihara-launches-firsts-solidarity-network/?fbclid=IwAR1hizEDa5HPPpO80_njb-ejmdeyOFQl7u-0Bhc8zX-sTM1heuY029XuzlM


28 March 2022
‘Firsts Solidarity Network / New Zealand Pavilion at the Venice Biennale’ – e-flux

https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/450780/firsts-solidarity-network/


23 March 2022
‘Künstlerin Yuki Kihara "Gauguin braucht ein Upcycling"‘ - Monopol Magazine

https://www.monopol-magazin.de/yuki-kihara-gauguin-braucht-ein-upcycling


Winter 2022
‘Fafafabulous‘ - Art Monthly Australasia

https://www.artmonthly.org.au/archive

01 January 2022
Museums Journal