Auckland Art News

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Underwater Art Hopes to Regenerate Coral Reefs

Underwater artwork helps repair and preserve threatened coral reefs.

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Berlin’s U-Bahn Wrapped in Yarn

Berlin trains get yarn bombed with knitting graffiti.

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It’s OK to Photograph This Art

Digital cameras compulsory to view this art.

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Art With Heart: Artists Get Creative for Good Causes

Artists and the internet combine to raise money for good causes.

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Corpus Libris – A Mash-Up Art Project

Readers and the books they love in photo mash-ups.

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JR Turns Tunisia “Inside Out”

JR's Inside Out project hits Tunisia.

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The Best Things to Do Around Auckland in January

Take advantage of the quiet city and long summer days to enjoy events, exhibitions, theatre, markets and some great films.
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Seven Immersive and Impressive Art Exhibitions to Visit Around New Zealand This Autumn

From immersive moving Van Gogh artworks to two-storey labyrinths of black wool, here's where you can get your art fix around the country.
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Seven Exciting and Powerful Auckland Art Exhibitions to Step Into This Spring

From tumultuous and unsettling photography to immersive moving image projects, here's where you can get your art fix around the city.
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Ten Must-See Events at Auckland Arts Festival 2019

Auckland Arts Festival launches into its 11th year with multidimensional dance, critically acclaimed dream pop and a free sing-along waiata.
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Ten Shows, Installations and Parties to Get Amongst at Auckland Fringe Festival 2019

Auckland's favourite independent open-access arts festival is back for another year.
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The Ten Best Things to do This Labour Weekend

A much-adored folk songwriter, the largest screening of Russian films outside of the motherland, an annual geek-gathering, a Sunday session to rule them all, and the man responsible for 2013’s most ...

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BMW Art Cars Head Home

BMW Art Cars unite in Munich to celebrate the collection's 35th anniversary.

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Maps Rescued and Repackaged as Art

Artist Matthew Cusick rescues a dead medium from the landfill to create beautiful and intricate collages.

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Sylvester Stallone Stirs Up The Art World

Sylvester Stallone releases a collection of artwork in Switzerland.

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Wake Up and Smell the Books at MoMA

Pick up your favourite old classic or buy something new, curl up wherever you are with a cup of coffee, and nuzzle your nose between the pages.

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Surreal Images Caused by Google Earth Glitches

These dream-like pictures look as though they could be from the set of Inception, but they're actually screenshots from Google Earth

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You’re the Spitting Image of Your Former Self

Have you looked at your childhood photos lately?

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Participate in a Global Art Project and Help Turn The World Inside Out

Semi-anonymous street artist JR has won the 2011 TED Award and is appealing to you, the public, to help him turn the world inside out.

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Corinne Vionnet’s Photo Opportunities Capture the Tourist Experience

Thousand's of observations from the tourist paparazzi come together in single, haunting images.

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Art Installation Maps the Beauty of WiFi

Immaterials acts as a reminder of what drives our society, what facilitates our social flings, and shows us the fragility of the foundation of our daily lives.

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Artsicle: An Original Artwork Rental Scheme

A new scheme running in New York let's you road test your art before you make a lifetime's commitment to it.

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Japanese Illustrator Exposes the Composition of Mammals

When you peel back the skin of any animal you find a world or spiderweb nerves and strangely fragile skeletons.

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New Book Puts Palestinian Street Art Against The Wall

New photographs from the Palestinian territories highlight the suffering, the lives torn apart by relentless fighting, and appeal to a hope for a brighter day.

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The Fall Guy

Wednesday, April 24 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Ryan Gosling is at his most charming — including while batting around screwball banter with Emily Blunt — in this dynamic action/rom-com ode to stunt performers.
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Abigail

Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

The directors of 'Ready or Not' turn their attention to monster movies in this deliciously entertaining heist-meets-vampire flick.
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Challengers

Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

For 'Call Me By Your Name' director Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist star in a smash of a tennis- and love triangle-fuelled drama.
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Back to Black

Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Amy Winehouse was anything but formulaic, but the same can't be said about this by-the-numbers biopic about the British singer.
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Robot Dreams

Thursday, April 25 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This Oscar-nominated animated gem explores love, loneliness, finding a connection and facing fate's chaos through the friendship of a dog and a robot.
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Origin

Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

'Selma' and 'A Wrinkle in Time; filmmaker Ava DuVernay returns with a sensitive, sincere and supremely smart biopic that's also an exploration of caste systems.
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Lovers and Castaways

Wednesday, March 6 - Sunday, June 9, 2024
The Pah Homestead, Auckland

This exhibition allows visitors to experience 1980s Aotearoa through the eyes of some of New Zealand's most treasured artists.
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The Effect — Auckland Theatre Company

Tuesday, April 16 - Saturday, May 11, 2024
ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland

This ethically ambiguous, toxic love story is the work of Lucy Prebble, one of the brains behind HBO’s ‘Succession’.

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Aotearoa High Tea in The Libraries at The Hotel Britomart

Saturday, March 16, 2024, Saturday, April 13, 2024 and Sunday, May 12, 2024
The Hotel Britomart, Auckland

Enjoy some of Aotearoa's best food in the elegant, heritage spaces of The Libraries.

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Feast Your Eyes: Ryan Matthew Smith’s Food Photography

High tech photography to match high tech cuisine.

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Trecho 2.8 Project Gives Homelessness a Lens

A Brazilian project puts homelessness on the other side of the camera.

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Trecho 2.8 Project Gives Homelessness a Lens

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