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Interview with David Males, Director of Business Development, SSI In this week’s episode of Vanguard Radio, host J. Richard Jones sits down with David Males, Director of Business Development, SSI . Mr. Males has 35+ years as a trusted sales and marketing executive in IT & Related Services in the US and Canada. His previous experience serving the industrial manufacturing and infrastructure development (AEC) sectors allows him to bring a practical perspective to help the marine and shipbuilding industry address key challenges surrounding digital transformation, lifecycle management, and the impact of emerging technology on current and future workers. David is a frequent presenter at marine industry conferences addressing key challenges surrounding business transformation to digital shipbuilding and asset lifecycle management. He has been published in Maritime Technology magazine and chairs the SNAME O-52 Digital Twin Panel that aims to provide guidance to assist industry ...

Moana Pasifika captain Ardie Savea. Photo: Nine.com.au Neueli Mauafu | Reporter  “No one was expecting us to win. We came here and did the job” (Ardie Savea) The Super Rugby Pacific competition has so far provided some major upsets and results. And it was no different in Christchurch over the weekend as Moana Pasifika fully dismantled the Crusaders with a 45-29 win. But does this result fall into the category of upsets, or are we as a rugby nation undermining the capability of Moana Pasifika? One thing for sure is that Moana demands the respect they deserve. Right from the get go, it was clear that the Crusaders were fielding a more younger side, resting a couple of their key players for the matchup. Coach Rob Penney said that it was an opportunity for him to test out the depth of their squad. The plan must have backfired because at half time Moana was ahead 28-10, and immediate changes were made to the Crusaders side for the second half. “We’re certainly going to g...

Above: That winning feeling at fulltime in last year’s Jubilee Cup final, the space every player and club wants to be in four months from now. Photo: Stewart Baird.  By Scott MacLean A regular part of our pre-season coverage has been our selection of players to watch. As usual, we’ve scanned the likely Premier squads...

Serop Simonian, the alleged leader of an Egyptian antiquities trafficking ring, mysteriously left Paris for Hamburg during his jail sentence in January. The now 83-year-old dealer is believed to be behind the sale of allegedly smuggled Egyptian antiquities to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre Abu Dhabi for a collective €60 million ($64 million). In 2022,  following a criminal investigation , several objects were seized including  a gold sarcophagus  and five other antiquities from the Met, as well as the indictment of seven dealers, collectors, and curators such as  the former president of the Musée du Louvre Jean-Luc Martinez . French authorities issued a warrant for Simonian’s arrest, which prompted the criminal investigation. He was charged with trafficking and laundering in September 2023 and was subsequently jailed in Paris . Simonian’s lawyer Chloé Arnoux told the Art Newspaper that he “suffers from health problems and needs the as...

Tagata Pasifika | Television Series Join host Marama T-Pole as she takes you through all the Pacific news from our community! We talanoa with ‘Young New Zealander of the Year’ Namulau’ulu Nu’uali’i Eteroa Lafaele. Solomon Airlines has recently launched it’s inaugural flight between Auckland and the town of Munda. And reporter Neueli Mauafu give us this week’s Pacific news wrap from the region, thanks to our partners at Pasifika TV (PCBL).

Marama T-Pole | Presenter This years Kiwibank New Zealander of the year awards were held last week. And taking out the prize for ‘Young New Zealander of the Year’ was software engineer Namulau’ulu Nu’uali’i Eteroa Lafaele who joins Marama T-Pole for our talanoa.

After three years of climate activism, the British protest group Just Stop Oil announced on Thursday that it would end demonstrations directly targeting museums and public spaces in the country. The group has become known for high-profile demonstrations that have involved throwing food at paintings by artists like Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci in museums. But it will officially cease organizing those protests at the end of April. Earlier this month, the UK adopted a law early this month that bars license for new oil and gas projects that haven’t already been approved, a change the eco-group had been pushing for in legal complaints. The policy change was announced earlier this month and confirmed by the UK’s energy secretary Ed Miliband, who said the decision was made to implement a new “clean energy future” plan. Previous Just Stop Oil actions have included defacing Stonehenge and targeting Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London. The activists have claimed that e...

The former home of one of New York’s most storied galleries is officially on the market. The first and second floors of the Chelsea Arts Tower, which once housed Marlborough Gallery, have been  listed for $10.9 million . Jeffrey Zoldan and Roger Gillen of Brown Harris Stevens are handling the sale, offering a space that doubles as a piece of art history. The 545 West 25th Street location boasts 18-foot-high ceilings, curb-cut access, and a street-level garage door capable of accommodating monumental artworks. With its flexible zoning and an expansive second-floor terrace, the space could potentially become another gallery, a museum, a school, or even a gym. But for those familiar with the art world, the address is synonymous with one thing: Marlborough Gallery’s rise and eventual fall. The sale is the latest chapter in the slow dissolution of Marlborough, once one of the most powerful galleries on both sides of the Atlantic. The gallery, which built its reputation on artists lik...

Swanson Cemetery, once seen as a backup to Waikumete, is also full – with all remaining plots already pre-purchased. Photo / nzwargraves.org.nz Local Democracy Reporting | Free Public Interest News Service By Mary Afemata of Local Democracry Reporting With cemeteries in West Auckland now full, a local couple fears they will be separated from the community they have always called home. The concern echoes warnings from local board members who believe the lack of burial space has become a critical issue. Die-hard Westies will need to find a new resting place as Waikumete Cemetery, New Zealand’s largest, has reached capacity. With no new burial plots available until 2027, Oscar Kightley, Henderson-Massey Local Board member, says it’s disappointing that families can no longer say farewell to their loved ones in their own community. “It sucks.” Having moved from Sāmoa and grown up in Te Atatū, Kightley considers himself a proud Westie. “I grew up there. All my schooling was ...

Wildfires in South Korea have killed 28 people so far and destroyed large parts of Gounsa, a major Buddhist temple complex founded in 681 CE. Approximately 20 out of its 30 structures were completely burned down, according to the Associated Press . The destroyed buildings included two that were designated national treasures: Gaunru, the pavilion-shaped structure constructed in 1668, and Yeonsujeon, built in 1904. “I went there this morning and found they’ve been reduced to heaps of ashes,” Doryun, a senior monk who had lived at the temple for more than three years when he was younger, told the Associated Press . “I feel really empty. Life is transient.” “The buildings and remains of what Buddhist monks have left over 1,300 years are now all gone,” Deungwoon, the head of the Gounsa Temple, told Reuters. The temple was located at the bottom of Deungun Mountain, in the town of Uiseong. It was completely on fire on March 25, with strong winds worsening conditions. Officials from th...

For the first time online, a Wellington club rugby tipping competition is being run. The inaugural online tipping competition is for the Wellington men’s Premier competition – the Swindale Shield and Jubilee Cup and Hardham Cup competitions. The link is here: https://ift.tt/UQv9Oe4  Please head over and sign up with a username of your choice at...

 Marques Tominiko with his proud parents and family, celebrating his selection as Māngere’s Youth MP – a journey inspired by his late grandfather. Photo: Mary Afemata / LDR Local Democracy Reporting | Free Public Interest News Service By Mary Afemata of Local Democracy Reporting The country’s youngest Youth MP has dedicated his selection to his grandfather, who came from Sāmoa with his grandmother to build their future in Māngere. Marques Tominiko, 15, says the South Auckland suburb is incredibly special to him. “This is the land of opportunity. For me and my family, Māngere was the land of milk and honey.” Marques is the youngest student to be selected for Youth Parliament, a nationwide development opportunity for those aged 16-18 to experience the political process and represent their communities. It’s a full-circle moment for the De La Salle College student, who aspires to pursue politics in the future. “I’m just feeling immensely proud of this achievement. I fe...

On Wednesday, Art Basel Hong Kong, Asia’s largest and most important art fair, opened to VIPs, with around 240 galleries exhibiting at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre—just a shade under last year’s 243 exhibitors. While dealers were in consensus that the energy was high and a wide range of serious collectors from across the region as well as Europe and the US were in attendance, the sales reports appeared to tell a story of two different fairs. At the blue-chip and mega-galleries, sales were swift, with many works pre-sold or already on hold by the time the figurative starting bell rang at 12 pm. But, in conversations with dealers at around a dozen small- and medium-size galleries, most relayed that they had sold only a few middle-tier or lower-priced works by the end of the day. “This is not a first-day fair,” a sales director of a US-based gallery told me, before asking if I might wait to write the sales report until later in the fair, which runs until Sunday. Sti...

Joe Goode, a painter who counted as a core figure of the Los Angeles art scene of the 1960s, died on March 22 at his home in Los Angeles at 88. He would have turned 89 the following day. Michael Kohn Gallery and Zander Galerie, Goode’s representatives in LA and Cologne, respectively, announced his death this week but did not specify a cause. Goode’s painting practice has been tough to categorize, which may be the reason it has yet to receive canonization across the country—even though his work was praised widely and seen by many during the ’60s. Though lumped by some with the Pop art movement, Goode’s work did not contain the same obsession with commercial imagery that Andy Warhol’s and Roy Lichtenstein’s did. And though he frequently alluded to ready-made objects and pictures in his paintings, his work had a lighter touch than that of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. Goode remains most famous for his “Milk Bottle” paintings of the early ’60s, in which hand-painted milk bottle...

Temporal dislocation—the sensation of experiencing multiple temporalities at once—can be felt inside three galleries of New York’s Americas Society /Council of the Americas, now host to the latest collaboration of Beatriz Cortez and rafa esparza. Titled “Earth and Cosmos,” it’s exhibition of sculpture and installation art with vast ambitions. Here, visitors will pass through the planet’s core, exiting in southern Mexico, where the ancient Olmec civilization began, with a side trip to Los Angeles’s Boyle Heights neighborhood. And all without leaving Manhattan. “The Americas Society is linked to the idea of a nation, to the idea of how the United States relates to Latin America, what kind of power is in that relationship,” Cortez told ARTnews, speaking within the gallery. “[David] Rockefeller himself established this place, and he’s the one who moved the [Olmec artifacts].” For both artists, the extraction of art to the United States is where this show begins. Cortez, who immigrated ...

A trove of more than 800 Iron Age artifacts were discovered in a field near Melsonby in North Yorkshire, England. A number of standout objects were among the finds including two cauldrons, three ceremonial spears, seven four-wheeled wagons or two-wheeled chariots, elaborate harnesses for at least 14 horses, bridle fragments, 28 iron tyres, and Mediterranean coral and colored glass. One of the cauldrons, thought to have been used for mixing wine, was decorated in both Mediterranean and Iron Age styles. Buried about 2,000 years ago, examples such as these indicate that Iron Age residents of northern England were trading with the growing Roman Empire in Western Europe. Metal detectorist Peter Heads uncovered what has been dubbed the Melonsby Hoard, which was subsequently excavated by Durham University . Authorities were tipped off in December 2021 and archaeologists began digging at the site in 2022, with the help of the British Museum and a £120,000 ($155,458) grant from Historic Eng...

In 2016 I sent Lorraine O’Grady an invitation to be the first guest for my talk-show project, What is shared, what is offered , at Independent Curators International in New York. I was 32 at the time; Lorraine was 82. At that point, she and I had met briefly through Simone Leigh’s initiative Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter, organized as part of “The Waiting Room,” Leigh’s New Museum exhibition that same year. In my initial email, I addressed Lorraine formally as “Ms. O’Grady” and presented myself as someone who had been profoundly influenced by her conceptual work. Five days later, I received a response that has become the cornerstone of my own ability to say no. Henceforth, I have referred to this message, both privately and publicly, as a lesson from the “Lorraine O’Grady School of Refusal.” After expressing thanks for the invitation, Lorraine wrote, “Sadly, due both to greatly increased production and writing schedules and to advancing age—and with a heavy dose of ‘tou...

Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from  Yoko , a new biography about Yoko Ono from author David Sheff. It releases March 25 from Simon and Schuster . On September 14, 1966, there was an announcement in the International Times of an exhibition of “Instruction Paintings” by the “Japanese-born American artist Yoko Ono” at Indica Gallery, 6 Mason’s Yard, St. James, London, co-owned by artist John Dunbar. The exhibition, “Unfinished Paintings and Objects by Yoko Ono,” included pieces that Yoko had shown in the past as well as new work. There was a Painting to Be Stepped On and an Add Colour Painting , which consisted of white wood panels meant to be painted on by visitors (brushes and cans of paint were nearby on a white chair). Eternal Time , set on a pedestal, was a version of Clock Piece that had a ticking second hand but no minute or hour hands. Sky TV was a closed- circuit TV that “brought the sky” into the gallery (a skyward-facing camera was set up on the roof). Painting ...

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The Avalon and Wellington Axemen Premier squads in action at Naenae College on Saturday. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. More photos from this game and others at https://ift.tt/bZPvcNy Monday morning edition – check back for updates and editions: It’s the end of the Kali Yuga cycle this week but supporters are gearing up for a rugby eruption,...

On April 10, Sotheby’s Paris will hold a sale dedicated to Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt, a Brazilian businesswoman and journalist and the founder of Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro. Bittencourt, who died in 2003, was a prodigious collector of mid-century Modernist masterpieces, including works by Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso, and Max Ernst, as well as leading Brazilian artists of the era including Almir Da Silva Mavignier and Franz Krajcberg. For those unfamiliar with Bittencourt, that may soon change. Later this year, according to Sotheby’s, a biography by author Ricardo Cota will be released. Titled A Mulher que Enfrentou o Brasil (The Woman Who Faced Brazil), the book will tell how Bittencourt both shaped Brazil’s modern art scene and courageously defied the Brazilian military dictatorship of the ’60s and ’70s. In the 1940s, while Brazil’s cultural establishment remained skeptical of modernism, Bittencourt founded the MAM with little funding and against stif...