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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 23/09/2026

Nicky Hager speaks to a packed Unity Books in Wellington last night at the launch of kluge.

Nicky Hager speaks to a packed Unity Books in Wellington last night at the launch of Dirty Work (featuring kluge poster immediately behind him)

Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 09/09/2026

Here's my poster for Max Harris’ campaign launch Tāmaki Together. If you're about next Saturday 19th, you need to go along to this!

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 13/08/2026

Amped by all of the bookshop love for kluge on publication day. Like Philip Matthews said in his ReadingRoom review yesterday: ‘No one else in New Zealand is writing books like this.’

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 05/08/2026

The Rehearsal is very in-stock at Unity Wellington, which, of course, should always be the case.

A stack of Eleanor Catton’s The Rehearsal at Unity Books Wellington

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 28/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to see Alas Alas in Auckland. The exhibition will tour to another city soon, so watch this space…

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 23/07/2026

Final two days to catch Alas Alas in Auckland!

Blue alas against white, one of the paintings in the show.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 20/07/2026

Potential adversity is lurking behind every corner. Don’t fear it, embrace it. Installation shots of Alas Alas, open 10am-4pm daily until this Saturday at the Tasman Building, 16-22 Anzac Ave in downtown Auckland.

Installation shot of Alas Alas exhibition in downtown Auckland

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 17/07/2026

Some very kind words from Steve Braunias in his ReadingRoom newsletter today.

Text: There was Thursday night's opening of a new show of artwork by Todd Atticus, best-known for his amazing range of book covers for Te Herenga Waka University Press, eg The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey. You could hear a kind of melody of that playful cover in his pictures on display at The Tasman Building, 16-22 Anzac Ave, downtown Auckland. Each image presented the word ALAS in various poses of aquamarine blue against white. God they're great, and priced between $950-$2400. The exhibition runs till July 25. Go, see, collect.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 17/07/2026

Alas Alas is open daily, 10am-4pm, until July 25th at 16-22 Anzac Avenue, Auckland.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 17/07/2026

Why do I enjoy sharing my art in physical spaces? Just look at what light and shadow do to the work and the environment.

Installation shot of the current Auckland show Alas Alas.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 15/07/2026

On an entirely non-footie related note: folk of Auckland, come along tonight to the opening of Alas Alas, my first solo show in your city.

Poster for the Alas Alas exhibition by Todd Atticus

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 15/07/2026

To my English compatriots, do I have the word for you:

A painting with the word Alas in blue against white

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 23/06/2026

Auckland, it’s your turn. My alas works are coming to Tāmaki for a brand new show next month.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 17/06/2026

A clutch of kluge! The brand new novel by @pipadam.bsky.social, hitting bookshops in four different colourways in August.

The four different coloured covers of pip Adam’s kluge

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 10/06/2026

Here's a pairing of new blue works from last month’s group exhibition at Inverlochy House, Wellington.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 07/06/2026

Winter walk up Ahumairangi.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 16/05/2026

“Vital and important” Time Out Bookstore

A stack of Asher Emanuel’s The Valley in Time Out Bookstore, Mt Eden, Auckland

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 15/05/2026

Low has been extended by three weeks. The exhibition is now open until June 5, by appointment only. Email hello@sprgd.co for info.

An arrangement of artworks in the Todd Atticus exhibition Low.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 12/05/2026

NZ Labour clearly so chuffed with this headline that it shared it in a graphic. But what does it even mean? It’s the same brand of vacuous sloganeering which has come to characterise much of the Party’s messaging. Worse that it stands as placeholder for any sort of meaningful policy.

A graphic from NZ Labour showing Chris Hiokins grinning in front of some microphones.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 10/05/2026

Happy publication day to The Valley!

The cover of The Valley: Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City by Asher Emanuel.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 05/05/2026

And How Are Things With You by Mia Farlane, publishing in September by Mākaro Press

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 03/05/2026

Crossing live to RNZ from the window of Unity Books Wellington at 12:30pm today.

A microphone set up at the Cover Story stand

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 02/05/2026

All will be revealed on Tuesday!. I'll be chatting with Mākaro Press and author Mia Farlane about designing the cover for their forthcoming novel And How Are Things With You live in the window of Unity Books. Come along! Tuesday 5 May, 12:30pm Unity Books Wellington

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 24/04/2026

This could be really great and a lot of fun but it could also be terrifying and a complete disaster. Come along from Tuesday to see which!

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 16/04/2026

Announcing COVER STORY, a real-time design event kicking-off on April 28th. For one week only, I will be designing a book cover live and from scratch in the window of Unity Books Wellington.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 27/03/2026

The Book of Guilt is the latest to join the Catherine Chidgey collection just in time for its Ockham shortlisting.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 19/03/2026

Low continues at Supergood, 1/115 Taranaki St, Wellington. Contact hello@sprgd.co for more info or to arrange a viewing. The show is open until May 15th.

Installation of blue artworks in Todd Atticus’ exhibition Low in Wellington New Zealand.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 23/02/2026

If this photo could have sound you would hear the former prime minister bellowing CHARTRUESE at the top of his lungs. Such is the power of design.

Sir Geoffrey Palmer holding his new book Parliamentary Privilege in the air at his book launch.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 16/02/2026

This is Alas No. 28, a new sculptural work installed as part of my latest exhibition, Low, which opens today at Supergood in Wellington.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 12/02/2026

Happy publication day to Bill Manhire and your Lyrical Ballads!

The published poetry collection Lyrical Ballads by Bill Manhire.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 09/02/2026

Opening next Monday: Low, a new arrangement of works and an arrangement of new works, on show at Supergood, 1/115 Taranaki St, Wellington from 16th Feb to 15th May.

Poster for Todd Atticus' Low exhibition. White stairs descend to a blue pool.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 17/01/2026

Join me on the 30th for the closing night of Picking up the Pieces, my current exhibition at Inverlochy Art School. To commemorate the end of this latest show, I have curated a line-up of incredible poets for an evening of readings that respond to the themes and ideas in the artworks.

Poster for the closing event of Picking up the Pieces.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 14/01/2026

This suite of small canvas works is Sixteen Doses, currently showing as part of Picking up the Pieces at Inverlochy Art School. Can vulnerability be flipped on its head, or made into an opportunity? If a pill is hard to swallow, perhaps chop it up first.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 11/01/2026

Beautiful day to open a show

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 11/01/2026

This is Handling Instructions, one of the last pieces I completed in 2025. It’s just been hung on a wall at Inverlochy Art School as part of my new show Picking up the Pieces, opening there tomorrow.

A triple-panelled painting depicting fragile package icons in blue.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 27/12/2025

And that's a wrap for 2025. Here's every book cover I've been involved in designing that's been published this year. Well, the spine of every book, I guess...

A stack of all the books I’ve been involved with designing that were published in 2025.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 11/12/2025

Announcing Picking up the Pieces, a sister exhibition to Sala Alas, open January 12th – 30th 2026 at Inverlochy Art School in Wellington.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 27/11/2025

The NZ Lyrical Ballads cover has a sibling. Here is the UK cover for Bill Manhire’s new collection, publishing in March by Carcanet (Feb in NZ by Te Herenga Waka!) This cover features an 18th century mezzotint plate by Thomas Wright from his An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe.

The New Zealand edition of Lyrical Ballads

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 12/11/2025

Sala Alas over and out. Thank you all for coming x

Todd Atticus leans against a wall of the gallery at the opening of Sala Alas.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 07/11/2025

It's the last weekend to see Sala Alas. The show is open 10-4 daily until November 12th at 218c Willis Street, Wellington.

Dose No. 2 painting featuring white circles and semi-circles on a blue field.

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.com · 04/11/2025

A few pics from the opening last week. Thanks again to everyone who came along and made it such an incredible evening.

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