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NewsThis Eye-Popping Installation Turns Japanese Hot Springs Into a Vivid Interactive Art Playground
It's the latest dazzling venture from teamLab, the folks behind Japan's vibrant digital art museum.
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NewsArtweek Auckland Has Dropped Its Jam-Packed 2019 Lineup
Auckland's nine-day art celebration returns with drawing clubs, late-night events and food fit for a gallery.
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NewsYayoi Kusama's Next Enchanting Exhibition Will Take Over a 250-Acre New York Garden
It's the first-ever large-scale exploration of the acclaimed Japanese artist's love of the natural world — and you won't be able to see it anywhere else.
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NewsYou Can Now Buy Perfumes Inspired by The Louvre's Famous Artworks
If you've ever wanted to smell like the 'Venus de Milo', here's your chance.
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NewsA Huge Program Has Been Announced for Matariki Festival 2019
Mark the arrival of Māori New Year with a massive street party, gourmet hāngi and an illuminated parade.
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NewsA New Tech, Music, Film and Design Festival Is Coming to Wellington
Held across five days, it will bring together some of the world’s most exciting innovators — from tech geeks to film gurus, aspiring musicians and serial entrepreneurs.
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GuideThe 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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GuideSeven 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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GuideSeven 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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GuideTen 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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GuideTen 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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GuideThe 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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NewsAuckland's Full-Scale Globe Theatre Has Announced Its First Winter Season
A new roof has transformed the theatre into an all-weather venue.
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NewsAuckland's New Winter Festival Has Dropped Its 2019 Lineup
Tune out winter with interactive light shows, culinary events and cultural performances.
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NewsDark Mofo Announces Boundary-Pushing 2019 Lineup with Ai Weiwei and Mike Parr
It's time to book those flights.
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NewsAirbnb Is Giving Away an Insane Sleepover Inside the Actual Louvre
You'll also get to have a cocktail with the 'Mona Lisa' and enjoy a feast next to 'Venus de Milo'.
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NewsYou Can Play 'Snake' in Your Google Maps App Right Now
Instead of an 8-bit snake, it's a train — and you pick up passengers, landmarks and local dishes for points.
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Guide
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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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Walk Along a Digital Waterfall In This Immersive Shanghai Installation
It's the latest work from teamLab, the folks behind Tokyo's huge digital art museum.
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NewsA New Multimillion-Dollar Nature Zone Is Opening at Te Papa
At the heart of the new space will be a 700-year-old moa egg.
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Guide
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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NewsA Huge Nelson Mandela Exhibition Is Coming to New Zealand
Auckland will be the second stop on the exhibition's 20-city world tour.
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NewsThis New Art Installation Is Playing Toto's 'Africa' Non-Stop in the African Desert
It's set up to play all day, every day "for all eternity".
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NewsBanksy's Shredded 'Girl with Balloon' Painting Is Going on Display to the Public
Now retitled 'Love is in the Bin', it'll be on show for free for four weeks in Germany.
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EventChristmas Lights at MOTAT 2024
Tue, 10 Dec - Mon, 23 Dec 2024
MOTAT, Western Springs
MOTAT is bringing nights of festive fun and dazzling lights back for another year.
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EventFat Daddy's Bottomless
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
The Elephant Wrestler, Takapuna
How many burgers and beers can you down in 90 minutes? Find out at The Elephant Wrestler.
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EventCasa Bacardi in Auckland Viaduct
Thu, 5 Dec, 2024
Viaduct Harbour, Auckland
Casa Bacardi has popped up on Auckland's Viaduct, but a warning to rum-lovers: its here for a good time, not a long time.
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EventTwilight Tuesdays
Tue, 3 Dec, 2024
Auckland War Memorial Museum, Parnell
Wander through Auckland Museum's beautifully-lit galleries after dark.
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EventBritomart Saturday Farmer's Market
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
Takutai Square, Britomart., Auckland
This weekly inner-city farmer's market sells everything from fresh produce and flowers to coffee, vegan foods, pastries, sweet buns, crepes, juices and savoury snacks.
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EventPasta and Peroni Nights at The Grounds
Sun, 8 Dec, 2024
The Grounds at Whoa! Studios, Auckland
See out the last sunny evenings of autumn with fresh pasta handmade by an ex-Baduzzi chef and ice-cold beers on tap.
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EventYoga in the Sky
Multiple single dates
SkyCity Auckland, Auckland
Take your yoga practice to a whole new level — level 51, that is.
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EventSmales Farmers Market
Mon, 9 Dec, 2024
Smales Farm, North Shore
Auckland's newest farmers market arrives across the harbour.
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NewsAuckland Pride Festival Returns for 2019 with a Colourful Lineup
The two-week festival is loaded with over 80 events, showcasing music, theatre, visual arts, drag, comedy, literature, open days and parties.
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NewsA Look Inside Wes Anderson's First Curated Art Exhibition
Along with partner Juman Malouf, the 'Isle of Dogs' director is overseeing an art exhibition for Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum.
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NewsRussian Activist Collective Pussy Riot Leads the Lineup for Auckland Fringe Festival 2019
The group's 'Riot Days' is just one of the 91 shows taking place next February and March.
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NewsSeven Dazzling Things You Can Do at Japan's Dreamlike Borderless Digital Art Museum
A visit to this kaleidoscopic playground is worthy of a trip to Japan in itself.
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NewsOne of Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms Has Taken Up Permanent Residence in Australia
The pumpkin-filled installation is now on display at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.
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NewsThe Royal New Zealand Ballet Announces Sensational 2019 Season
Featuring a new series of world premieres, Swan Lake for the 21st century and a classic fairytale.
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NewsJapan's Latest Dazzling Interactive Art Exhibition Is Taking Over a 400-Year-Old Castle
From the folks behind Tokyo's new digital art museum, it'll feature a field of glowing oval balls that change colour when they're pushed, as well as floral animals roaming the castle's walls.
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Auckland Arts Festival Has Unveiled a Diverse Lineup for 2019
The eleventh edition of the arts and culture festival will take place from 7-24 March.
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NewsFive Ways to Get Some Culture in Auckland After Work
There's no need for your midweek nights to be unremarkable.
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NewsWes Anderson Has Curated His First Art Exhibition, and It Opens Next Month
Along with partner Juman Malouf, the 'Isle of Dogs' director is overseeing an art exhibition for Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum.
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NewsAuckland Museum Has Received Funding for a New Gallery Space
The interactive gallery will tell the stories of an evolving Tāmaki Makaurau.
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News
Banksy's New Video Takes You Behind the Scenes During the 'Girl with Balloon' Shredding Stunt
"In rehearsals it worked every time."
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Banksy's Iconic 'Girl with Balloon' Artwork Self-Destructs Moments After Being Sold
The artist built a shredder into the painting a few years ago, "in case it was ever put up for auction".
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NewsSix Picks for Artweek Auckland 2018
Auckland's ten-day art celebration returns with live drawing events, late-night cycle tours, feminist exhibitions and food fit for a gallery.
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One of Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms Is Taking Up Permanent Residence in Australia
The National Gallery of Australia has acquired the pumpkin-filled installation, which will go on display from December.
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NewsFive Nuggets of Wisdom and Insight from Semi Permanent 2018
Rule #1: Do not stand between the Dutch and their grammar rules.
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Shakespeare's Historic Globe Theatre Is Returning to Auckland
Back for its fourth outing with more battles, more blood and The Bard's most controversial comedy.
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NewsThis Colourful Forest Installation Is Entirely Made Out of Discarded Plastics
Danish artist Thomas Dambo worked with hundreds of volunteers to turn three tonnes of plastic waste into art.
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NewsTen Auckland Galleries Where You Can See Exceptional Art for Free
Where to see fresh art for zero dollars.
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News
A Huge Program Has Been Announced for Matariki Festival 2018
Mark the arrival of Māori New Year with a massive street party, gourmet hāngi and an illuminated parade.
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NewsArtist Mike Parr Will Spend 72 Hours Buried Under a Hobart Road During Dark Mofo
He'll descend into a box measuring just 4.5 metres by 1.7 metres by 2.2 metres for three days, with traffic driving over the top.
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NewsFive Picks for Auckland Writers Festival 2018
More than 230 of the planet's best writers have been booked for this year's literary feast — here are five essential events to pencil in your diary.
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NewsJapan's Kaleidoscopic New Digital-Only Art Museum Is Your Next Reason to Visit Tokyo
Featuring a forest filled with lamps that respond to human interaction and a virtual tea party that pairs your hot beverage with digital blooming flowers.
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