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Editor: Edward Hanfling

Edward Hanfling teaches art history and theory and supervises postgraduate research at Dunedin School of Art. He writes regularly as a critic for Art New Zealand, and has published articles in journals such as the Burlington Magazine, the Journal of Australian and New Zealand Art, the Journal of Visual Art Practice and Third Text, with a particular focus on art historical issues of judgement and value. Published books include 250 Years of New Zealand Painting (Bateman 2021), as co-author and co-editor. He currently serves as editor for Scope (Art & Design) and as co-editor of Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue.

Email: ed.hanfling@op.ac.nz; pam.mckinlay@op.ac.nz; scope.editorial@op.ac.nz.
See Colophon for each issue for Editorial Board and publications team.

Art & Design 31

The journal Scope (Art & Design) aims to engage discussion on contemporary research in the visual arts and design. It is concerned with views and critical debates surrounding issues of practice, theory, history and their relationships as manifested through the visual and related arts and activities, such as sound, performance, curation, tactile and immersive environments, digital scapes and methodological considerations. With New Zealand and its Pacific neighbours as a backdrop, but not its only stage, Scope (Art & Design) seeks to address the matters which concern contemporary artists and arts enquirers in their environments of practice.

ISSN (print): 1177-5653; ISSN (online): 1177-5661.

Scope (Art & Design) 31, 2026 has an open theme.
Submissions to scope.editorial@op.ac.nz by 30 April 2026. (Chicago referencing)

Scope: Contemporary Research Topics is a series of peer-reviewed open access journals published annually online by Otago Polytechnic Press, with the print edition co-published with General Editions Studio.