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Latest Places
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RestaurantThis That
57 Lorne St , Auckland City
A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.
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NewsThe Best Advice and Observations to Come Out of Semi-Permanent 2015
"Nothing I know belongs to me, I'm really just a product of all the people I've met and been exposed to."
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NewsUnderstanding the Work of Marina Abramovic in Five Phases
How the performance artist got from bodily extremes to quiet introspection — and with it, superstardom.
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NewsBrilliant Things to Do in Auckland this July
A photo exhibition that encapsulates 2014, the best local tour of the year, unprofessional professional EDM artists and a live music and film crossbreed are just some of the things that make July a brilliant time to explore this fine city of ours.
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NewsGoogle 'Bad Ass Mother Fucker' to Find Artist and Hacker Evan Roth
He builds fake Google street cars to wreck havoc on the streets, collabs with Jay Z and has a permanent art installation at MoMA.
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Latest Events
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EventThe Promised Land
Thursday, June 13 - Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
More than a decade after 'A Royal Affair', Mads Mikkelsen and filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel have made another grand and gripping drama set in Denmark's past.
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EventInside Out 2
Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
Amy Poehler still brings joy in this nine-years-later sequel to one of Pixar's best films, which proves as emotionally intelligent as its predecessor.
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EventThe Watchers
Thursday, June 6 - Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
With this intriguing gothic-tinged horror film, Ishana Night Shyamalan makes her feature directorial debut and lives up to her surname.
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EventThe Taste of Things
Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
This Oscar-shortlisted, Cannes Best Director-winning French delight simmers up a 19th-century romance between a cook and a gourmand.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Contemporary Artist Joe Helmore
Like his paintings, Joe Helmore is a bit of a pick and mix.
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NewsKen Griffen's 'Face Value' Distills Superficial Encounters into Art
The Huffer art director's first solo exhibition is a series of disembodied remainders of fleeting relationships.
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NewsWin a MINI x FLY Screen Print Plus Six Tickets to Urbis Design Day Worth $450
Enjoy art which balances aesthetic beauty with functionality.
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NewsSee the Eye-Opening Pictures from the 2015 World Press Photo Contest
The world's best photojournalism.
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NewsFood Artists Bompas & Parr Make Bespoke Cocktails Based on Your DNA
These cocktails could not be more biologically bespoke.
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NewsYour Guide to the Auckland Arts Festival 2015
Pyrotechnics, Macbeth set in Congo, contemporary ballet from New York, an Indian cooking performance and art by David Shrigley.
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NewsSome Jerks Are Trying to Control the Outbreak of a Fairy Epidemic in an Enchanted Forest in England
"We’re not anti-fairy. But we’ve got little doors everywhere. It’s in danger of getting out of control."
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NewsBanksy Just Visited Gaza and Came Back with This Dark Tourism Ad
"On the internet people only look at pictures of kittens."
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NewsBrilliant Things To Do in Auckland This March
The world's biggest waterslide, a surf film festival and sunrise yoga are just a few things to look forward to.
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NewsVictor Solomon's Stained Glass Basketball Hoops are Too Pretty to Slam Dunk
"Literally balling."
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NewsAlex Chinneck's Newest Installation Shouldn't Be Tried at Home
The London artist installed this overnight. Overnight.
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NewsEpic New Zealand Surf Photography Up For Auction on TradeMe
Buy some coastline for that empty wall space and help a worthy cause while you're at it.
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NewsGeorge RR Martin Wants to Kickstart an Insane-Sounding Art Complex
What can the 'Game of Thrones' mastermind do with an old bowling alley?
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NewsAnish Kapoor Creates Hypnotic Black Water Vortex in Gallery Floor
The Indian sculptor blows your mind again for the first Kochi-Muziris Biennale.
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NewsPop-Up Gallery to Raise Funds for Piha Surf Life Saving Club
The pop-up gallery will feature art from world-renowned surf and travel photographers.
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NewsThis Local Artist Wants Your Name on Her Giant Playable Sculpture
From the maker of giant banana boat ice-cream, oversized pizza and a phallic knob inside a deep freeze.
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NewsThis Sydney Photographer Is Adding a Little Magic to Your Morning Commute
Attention all people watchers.
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NewsSeven Pop Artists Who Should Be As Famous As Warhol
After ticking off the big names at Sydney's Pop to Popism, make sure you spend some time with these local and lesser-known artists.
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NewsThis Photographer Has Captured The Strange Faces People Make After a Shot
Prepare to be very self-conscious next time you're at the bar.
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NewsThe World Would Be a Better Place If Our Coins Looked Like This
Finally, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are getting the recognition they deserve.
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NewsAre Smartphones Responsible For the Death of Conversation?
This photo series will make you think twice before reaching for the phone.
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