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Seven Unexpected Things You Can Do at Sydney Contemporary
Sydney Contemporary art fair is back, and this time, it's bursting beyond the walls of Carriageworks.
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Concrete Playground's Ten Picks of the Archibald Prize
We know it's rude to stare, but we couldn't help it with these works.
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These Flat Lays of Refugee Bags Will Give You a Hit of Perspective
This new photo series actually puts the popular Instagram technique to good use.
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Brilliant Things To Do in Wellington this September
A plethora of pursuits from the capital's galleries, bars and stages.
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Check Out the Incredible Finalists for the Australian Life Photography Contest
Art and About's most beautiful snapshot into everyday Australian life.
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Brilliant Things to Do in Auckland this September
A pop-up inflatable alien-like structure, one of the longest running feline musicals in history, a street-wide homegrown alternative music festival, a celebration of the country’s most enthusiastic do-gooders, a marriage of food and fashion and a Shakespearian classic.
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The Other Art Fair Comes to Sydney
Sydney will have two art fairs in September, but they're not doubling up.
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Eat Like James Bond with Henry Hargreaves' New Photo Series
None of Ian Fleming's fictional meals come shaken or stirred.
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Win This Tiger Beer x Joe Helmore Painting Valued at $3000
Joe Helmore is a bold, intriguing new contemporary artist on the New Zealand art scene.
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A Giant, Inflatable Quasi-Cathedral is Coming to New Zealand
Enter into an inflated space that looks kind of like the set from a deleted scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Eight Unusual Takes on Portraiture by This Year’s Archibald Finalists
Archie finalists in their own words.
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BMD Thinks Safety is a Place Where Creativity Goes to Die
"There are big challenges with working large scale outdoors, opposed to the fine artist who can sit inside, work in peace on his work with a cup of tea and the heater on. But how boring is that?"
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Five New Art Exhibitions to Brighten Up Your August
Inject a little colour into your wintry existence with these bold new shows.
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Brilliant Things to do in Auckland This August
Everything from an environmental singles event on an island, a talk about intense animal encounters, sardonic observation comedy, and some ballet from across the ditch.
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Sydney Art Week Reveals Epic Inaugural Program
Toast Sydney's latest art initiative with a cocktail by an Archibald Prize winner.
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Brilliant Things to Do in Wellington This August
The forecast for a Wellingtonian's social calendar this month is brilliant with a high chance of busy.
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Perfect Match Brings Collaborative Street Art to the Inner West
Street artists get a blank canvas, inner west residents get their very own mural. Everyone wins.
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Unleash Your Inner Awesome with Work-Shop's DIY Classes
From terrarium-building to street art and Japanese flower arranging.
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Seven Treasures from the State Library's Inspiration by Design Exhibition
From Blinky Bill's beginnings to art deco QANTAS ads and Beatrix Potter's early Peter Rabbit drawings.
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The Ten Best Things Happening in Sydney This Weekend
Whether it's gourmet coffee, old-school hamburgers, indie flicks or the very best Splendour in the Grass sideshows, Concrete Playground has you covered.
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Five Things You're Allowed to Do at Underbelly Arts Festival This Year
Visit a bar that only serves air, stuff your face with Mary's and throw shapes at an art party.
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Nigel Milsom's Haunting Portrait Wins the 2015 Archibald Prize
For his Edgar Allan Poe-like portrait of Australian barrister Charles Waterstreet.
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Tim Flower on Shooting New Zealand with Camouflage Detection Film
Using camouflage detection film to reinterpret the New Zealand landscape.
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National Geographic Photographer Steve Winter on Competing with Pictures of Cute, Fluffy Kittens on the Internet
Steve Winter spends six or so months get the shot that you spend six or so seconds looking at.
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Archibald Prize 2015 Finalists and Packing Room Prize Announced
The Australian faces everyone will be talking about for the next few months.
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This Massive Ball Pit 'Beach' Is Made for Art-Loving Kidults
An ocean of 750,000 recyclable plastic balls has taken over the entire atrium of DC's National Building Museum.
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The 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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Five Out-of-the-Ordinary New Art Exhibitions to See in July
Bye bye Marina, hello robot attempting to eat a chicken nugget.
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Understanding 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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Brilliant 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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Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei Double-Billed for NGV's Summer Exhibition
Two of the most groundbreaking artists and craziest cat ladies of our time, in one epic show.
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Brilliant Things to Do in Wellington This July
Play with Lego under the guise of participating in interactive art, see the best local tour of the year, experience the unprofessional professional EDM artists and get your popcorn ready for the annual NZIFF.
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Google '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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Understanding 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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Degraves Street Underpass to Relaunch Public Art Program
Campbell Arcade's glass cabinets have been rechristened 'The Dirty Dozen'.
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Concrete Playground Meets Contemporary Artist Joe Helmore
Like his paintings, Joe Helmore is a bit of a pick and mix.