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News
Te Papa's New Two-Storey Art Gallery Opens This Weekend
The gallery's opening weekend will welcome five new exhibitions and ten exclusive artworks that spotlight Aotearoa and the Pacific.
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News
Concrete Playground's 2018 Autumn Reading List
Seven books to binge without the call of summer.
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News
Childish Gambino Is Bringing His Three-Day Concert Experience to New Zealand
The immersive virtual reality and multi-sensory concert experience will be held this November.
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Guide
Thirteen Picks for Auckland Arts Festival 2018
Street pyrotechnics, Vietnamese bamboo circus, a walk-through labyrinth and lunar drama — there's no excuse for sitting at home this March.
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News
Auckland's Four-Day Fashion Festival Is Back for 2018
The program features 30 free events from 25 central city boutiques, brands and retailers.
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Guide
Ten Picks for the 2018 Auckland Fringe Festival
Including a show with cats, modern dance about polar bears and literally watching paint dry.
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Guide
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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Guide
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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Guide
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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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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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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Guide
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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News
Wes Anderson Is Curating a New Vienna Art Exhibition
Along with partner Juman Malouf, the Moonrise Kingdom director curate an art exhibition for Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum.
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News
Auckland Museum Has Announced its 2018 Exhibition Lineup
Putting the spotlight on South Auckland music, butterflies, gender equality and LEGO.
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News
This Photography Series Turns Tokyo Into a Blade Runner-Like Futuristic Realm
See the Japanese capital in a different light courtesy of Australian photographer Tom Blachford.
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News
Your Guide to Splore 2018
Strange and intriguing performances, soul nourishing workshops and an eco-friendly kaupapa — here's what to expect at the annual beachside festival.
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News
Australia's Kaleidoscopic House of Mirrors Is Coming to Auckland
Get lost in an optical illusion.
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News
This App Will Search More Than a Thousand Museums and Galleries For Your Artistic Doppelganger
Always thought that your selfies look like art? Maybe they do.
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Restaurant
This That
57 Lorne St , Auckland City
A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.
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News
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art Will Start Charging Tourists Entry Fees
Headed to NY this year? Prepare to pay to get into this iconic site.
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News
This Japanese Art Project Collects Origami Sculptures Made From Chopstick Wrappers
Turning rubbish into art.
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News
Auckland Council Wants Artists for a Unique Regional Parks Residency
Calling all 'outdoorsy' choreographers, poets, installation artists, composers, photographers, filmmakers and painters.
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News
New York's Madison Square Park Has Been Turned Into a Glowing Field of Light
Hundreds of LED-filled globes will be swaying over the public space until March.
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Guide
Ten Free Auckland Exhibitions Worth Checking Out This December
It's the perfect season for gallery hopping.
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Event
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Thursday, May 9 - Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
More than half a century after the first film, Hollywood's paws are still on this sci-fi franchise — and this is a thoughtful and engaging new instalment.
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Event
Boy Kills World
Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
Bill Skarsgård makes a mesmerising action star in this cartoonishly OTT revenge flick that's produced by iconic 'Evil Dead' filmmaker Sam Raimi.
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Event
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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Event
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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News
Auckland's Favourite Strange Festival Just Made Its First Program Announcement
Shows and exhibitions that are just a touch (or way) too strange for general theatrical consumption.
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News
Concrete Playground's 2017 Ethical Christmas Gift Guide
Christmas present options that are a little bit better for the world.
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News
An Epic Banksy Exhibition Is Coming to Auckland
It's the largest showcase of Banksy pieces to ever make its way to our shores.
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A Look Inside GOMA's Kaleidoscopic 'Yayoi Kusama: Life Is the Heart of a Rainbow' Exhibition
The Japanese artist's polka dot Obliteration Room, immersive mirror rooms and pumpkins have landed in Brisbane.
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Guide
Ten Exhibitions Worth Checking Out in Auckland This November
It's the perfect season for gallery hopping.
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This Luminous Tokyo Greenhouse Lets You Turn Vegetables Into a Symphony of Light and Music
The multi-sensory installation responds to interactions with the cherry tomatoes and eggplants.
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News
Auckland Arts Festival Drops Its Full 2018 Program
The city-wide arts throw down returns for 2018.
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Meet Auckland's New Anti-Seminar Workshop Series
From the folks behind the Everything's Fucked discussion series.
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The Six Best Things to Do in Auckland After Payday
Who needs financial security when you can fly a helicopter to a winery for lunch?
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The Best Things to Do in Auckland Before Payday
There's no reason to stay cooped up at home when the cash isn't flowing.
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Auckland Arts Festival Announces Five More Shows for 2018
The veritable arts feast returns next March.
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News
Ai Weiwei Is Setting Up Fences Around New York to Draw Attention to the Refugee Crisis
Shining a spotlight on a global issue, the artist's latest project features more than 300 sites across five boroughs.
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News
This New Artwork-Identifying App Smartify Works Like Shazam for Art
The technology identifies artworks to take your gallery gazing to the next level.
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News
London's Tate Modern Has Been Turned Into a Swing-Filled Playground for Adults
Running until April 2018, it's the latest project from Danish artists’ collective SUPERFLEX.
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