Featured talk:
Kate Sylvester in conversation with Dr Chelsea Nichols

New Zealand fashion legend Kate Sylvester is known for her intelligent and sophisticated clothing designs, which often draw on references to history, literature and art history. She sits down with Dowse Senior Curator Dr Chelsea Nichols to discuss the influence of modern and contemporary art on her practice, with a special focus on her collaboration with contemporary artist Michael Parekowhai and the fabric designs of modernist painter Frances Hodgkins.