Q&A : Rhana Devenport

Abstract

Conversation with Rhana Devenport, previous Director of the Govett-Brewster in New Plymouth and Auckland Art Gallery (2013-2017). Mentions her curation of work by Lisa Reihana for the New Zealand Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale, and appointment as Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to the arts in 2018. Interview includes discussion of her work as Director for both galleries and ambitious projects with artists including Peter Robinson, Alex Montheith, Lisa Reihana and a number of group exhibitions. Mentions her involvement leading the Govett-Brewster's Len Lye Centre. Mentions the inclusion of Reihana's 'in Pursuit of Venus [infected]' at the 'Oceania' (2018) exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts in London.