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NewsYayoi Kusama Is Transforming an Airbnb Into a Work of Art
Imagine living in a polka dot paradise.
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View Photos of Tiger Beer's Streets of Singapore at Dirty Little Secret
The bustling streets of Singapore were brought to inner city Wellington.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Picks for the Auckland Writers Festival 2016
Five days of conversation, storytelling and sharing of ideas.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Artist Josh Lancaster
We discuss with the Auckland artist the intricacies of what he'll be painting at the upcoming Tiger Streets of Singapore event on Sunday - a serving of Tom Yum Soup in a massive white and rusty old dinged-up tin dish he found at a second-hand shop in Hastings.
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NewsThe Arts Sector Are Approaching a Funding Crisis, Retaliate With Anti-Bingo Night
Suitably-titled The Arts is Not a Lottery Bingo Night.
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View Photos of Tiger Beer's Woks of Art
Tiger Beer has partnered with renowned artist and curator James Dive of Glue Society to bring Singapore's streets to life right here in Auckland.
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NewsThis New York Artist Leaves Piles of His Books in the Busiest Spots Around the City
Shaheryar Malik has passed on his unwanted paperbacks in probably the best way possible.
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NewsYour Guide to the Auckland Arts Festival 2016
Whether you have a thing for comedy, theatre, ballet, or maybe even a slightly concerning obsession with fire, this year's festival will have something to tickle your fancy.
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GuideBrilliant Things to Do in Auckland This March
The third month of the year welcomes a bumper selection of activities.
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NewsSee the Incredible Winning Pictures from the 2016 World Press Photo Contest
See the heartbreaking year that was through the lenses of the world's best photojournalists.
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NewsAuckland City Limits Reveals Festival Artwork Program
Bringing a sense of playfulness and practical adventure to the one-day music festival.
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NewsVan Gogh Has Listed His 'Bedroom' on Airbnb, and You Can Stay in It
Spend a night in a replica of the post-impressionist's The Bedroom.
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NewsScore a Lonesome Beast Native Print by Shelton Woolright
Plus exhibition entry for you and your friends.
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NewsYou Can't Swim in Artist Leandro Erlich's Pool (But You Can Walk Along the Bottom)
One of our favourite, most Instagrammable optical illusions to date.
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NewsBuy an Original Banksy and Get This Free House Thrown in
Three bedrooms, a patio and a mural by the world's most famous street artist.
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NewsAi Weiwei Sets Up Studio in Lesbos to Draw Attention to Refugee Crisis
Plans include a memorial for refugees who lost their lives at sea.
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NewsNew Artworks by Banksy Focus on the Plight of Syrian Refugees
Artwork depicting Steve Jobs, son of a Syrian migrant, to be preserved by city of Calais.
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NewsAnnie Leibovitz's Powerful 2016 Pirelli Calendar Is One Big 'Yassss Queen'
Featuring a whole year of kickass women, from Amy Schumer to Patti Smith.
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NewsBrilliant Things To Do in Auckland This December
A Christmas musical satire, a dose of Fryish delight, the Auckland Fair, some pampering options and some high quality musical offerings.
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NewsAuckland Arts Festival Announces Diverse 2016 Lineup
A creative feast of theatre, dance, music, circus and cabaret that won't fail to satisfy.
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NewsThe Five Best Events in Auckland This Halloween
Five excuses to dress like a weirdo and drink punch till the sun comes up.
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NewsBrilliant Things to Do in Auckland This November
The country’s largest culinary festival, the latest offering from Cirque du Soleil, a music prize recognising up-and-coming Kiwi artists, a multi-genre film festival showcasing work from here and across the Pacific, and one of the greatest bands of all time.
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NewsThis Is How to Support Ai Weiwei and Stick it to Lego
If Lego won't supply the bricks, we will.
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NewsShake Cats Is the New Photo Series from the Creator of Shake Dogs
The logical sequel we've been waiting for. LOOK AT THEIR FACES.
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NewsConscientious Cleaners Put Artists Goldschmied & Chiari's Party Installation in the Bin
Luckily, Tracey Emin's bed isn't in the same gallery.
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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 popular internet dance craze.
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NewsNew Zealand Festival is Bringing Us Sufjan Stevens And Many More Magical Acts
Including a reinterpretation of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Miranda July, Calexico and a Salvador Dali-inspired theatre piece.
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NewsA Guide to Artweek Auckland
An eight-day bender of gallery hopping, Segway riding, artist talks and creative madness.
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NewsBrilliant Things to do in Auckland This October
Brilliant activities to distract you from the imminent presence of all things Christmas.
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NewsThe World’s Largest Titanium 3D Printed Sculpture is Coming to Auckland
Representing a man in metamorphosis through life-size sculptures.
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NewsSee the World's Last Surviving Pizza Hut Restaurants Thanks to a Sydney Photographer
Let the global Pizza Hunt begin.
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NewsStudio One Toi Tu Launch an Artist Residency Programme
A creative hideaway in the birthplace of the panini and the man-bun.
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NewsThese 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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GuideBrilliant Things To Do in Wellington this September
A plethora of pursuits from the capital's galleries, bars and stages.
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NewsBrilliant 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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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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