Edith Collier ’ — Vanessa Hatley Owen

’ — Vanessa Hatley Owen

I’d add the book designer Gary Stewart of The Gas Project (‘design and stuff’)

so comprehensive it would make a great movie’ – Jim Mora

its neighbourhoods and its people at the turn of the twentieth century

gives the book real depth

Edith Collier ’ — Vanessa Hatley OwenRediscovering a remarkable woman painter Shortlisted for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Published to coincide with the reopening of the Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui, this substantial and handsome book examines the continuing impact of Whanganui born and British trained Edith Collier and her artistic legacy. In an era of growing international interest in women artists, Colliers work is finding a new audience via books, exhibitions,