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NewsGame of Thrones Exhibition to Open in Sydney
Just two days after winter has officially landed, HBO has gone and announced something totally off The Wall.
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NewsAerial Photographer Captures Our Undying Love for Playgrounds
Guess you could say there's a bunch of concrete... playgrounds... out there.
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NewsNew Yorkers are Wading into the East River to Play a Broken Piano
It's time for our favourite guessing game: art, rubbish or marketing stunt?
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NewsThese Dreamy Gold Coast Landscapes Are Actually Finicky Dioramas
The Gold Coast, LA and Las Vegas reimagined.
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NewsYou’ll Be Able to Jump Into Tracey Emin’s Bed (For $2 Million)
One of modern art's most argued-about works is going under the hammer.
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NewsOver 80 Writers and Editors Slam Arts Cuts in Open Letter to the Abbott Government
Christos Tsiolkas, JM Coetzee, Anna Funder and 85 others protest against the 2014 Budget's cuts to arts funding.
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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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NewsThe Eight Best Films to See at the Architecture and Design Film Festival
The festival tackles all the grittier issues of design: screening informative, challenging and visually beautiful films.
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NewsMichelangelo’s David Is at Risk of Falling Over
A biblical hero and flawless Renaissance man brought down by his Achilles heel.
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NewsThese Artists are Painting an Entire Town in Mexico
'Painting the town red' gets a whole new meaning.
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NewsYour Guide to the 10th Semi-Permanent Design Conference
A creative platform spreading art and design inspiration.
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NewsMarina Abramovic Is Going to Do “Nothing” for Her Next Artwork
"There is not any work. It's just me."
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NewsMelbourne Street Artist Rone Unveils Nine-Storey Mural in CBD
Stunning images of Melbourne's most epic street art.
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NewsMexican Artist Saner Makes His Mark on Auckland
Watch a time-lapse video of the street graffiti installation from Saner at a prominent Newton location.
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NewsArtist Transforms Everyday Wooden Objects into Art
Yes, his name is Maskull Lasserre. What a dude.
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NewsShia LaBeouf’s Performance Art Explained
Shia's artistic collaborators shed some light on the whole weird shabang.
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NewsThe Ten Best Films To See At This Year’s French Film Festival
Concrete Playground makes choosing your Gallic poison easy with a guide to the top ten flick picks of the festival.
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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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NewsIndigenous Art Takes Centre Stage at Auckland Art Gallery
The exhibitions offer viewers an alternative perspective on the world and a way to deepen understanding around the Aboriginal and Maori cultures.
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NewsPhotographer Recreates Death Row Inmates’ Last Meals in Bittersweet Photo Series
Some food for thought.
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NewsTurning Damaged Christchurch Homes into Art Projects
If you had all the material from one house at your disposal, what would you create?
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NewsSee the Stunning Winners in the 2014 World Press Photo Contest
The world's leading visual journalism contest showcases some serious talent.
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NewsThe Ten Must-Sees of Splore 2014
One part music festival, one part art installation and two parts incredible vibe.
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NewsWanted: The Best Deputy Editor in the Business
Are you an authority on pop culture, music, food, drink, events and city life?
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NewsTen Crazy Things People Have Done in the Name of Live Art
The highs, the lows, and all the wilfully mutilated body parts.
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NewsSend a Little Guerrilla Kindness to Christchurch
Melbourne Sayraphim Lothian's latest project involves Christchurch, kindness and a whole lot of little green birds
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NewsGet paid to live and create in a Regional Park
Express your inner weirdo through a new body of work.
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NewsA Bluffer’s Guide to Street Art with WERT159
A little bit of a how-to guide on the elusive public art form.
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NewsThe Dutch Masters Recreated as Astonishing Entomological Displays
Seventeeth-century portraits get a beautiful and complex 21st-century update.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Douglas Moores
With the exhibition now under way, we had the chance to catch up with Douglas and hear a little about the how and why of our Kiwi ingenuity.
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NewsSomething’s Just a Little Off in These Photographs by Patrice Letarnec
Fall head over heels in love with the French artist's quirky photography.
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NewsGiant Rubber Duck Explodes
Yet another chapter in the misadventures of Hofman's oversized plaything.
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NewsJapan’s Sky Sofas Make for a Cosy View
Love seats in the Japanese countryside wouldn’t be a bad place to spend an afternoon.
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NewsSimon Harsent Explores the Effect of the ‘White Cube’ In Playful Photos
Photographer Simon Harsent offers up sparse objects for evaluation.
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NewsThe Strangely Wonderful Worlds of JeeYoung Lee
The artist painstakingly transforms a little studio into the setting for her extraordinary photography.
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NewsArtist Presents 99 Lifelike Animals in Scenes You’re Unlikely to See in Nature
Cai Guo-Qiang's first solo exhibition in Australia is a cross between The Lion King and Noah's Ark.
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NewsMystical Mirror House Appears in the Mojave Desert
Is it a mirage, a vision, a portal to another world?
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NewsTwo Houses in One, Made Entirely of Silk
Silken replicas of the artist's Korean and American homes come with layers of meaning.
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NewsNY Graffiti Landmark 5Pointz Is Dead; Long Live 5Pointz
Long Island's iconic graffiti landmark has had an overnight ninja whitewash.
