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    New Zealand Festival Has Announced a Major Revamp for 2020

    Including changes to the festival programming, a residency program and a new annual immersive event.

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    Seven Dazzling Things You Can Do at Japan's Dreamlike Borderless Digital Art Museum

    A visit to this kaleidoscopic playground is worthy of a trip to Japan in itself.

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    One of Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms Has Taken Up Permanent Residence in Australia

    The pumpkin-filled installation is now on display at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.

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    The Royal New Zealand Ballet Announces Sensational 2019 Season

    Featuring a new series of world premieres, Swan Lake for the 21st century and a classic fairytale.

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    Japan's Latest Dazzling Interactive Art Exhibition Is Taking Over a 400-Year-Old Castle

    From the folks behind Tokyo's new digital art museum, it'll feature a field of glowing oval balls that change colour when they're pushed, as well as floral animals roaming the castle's walls.

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    Five Ways to Get Some Culture in Wellington After Work

    Jazz up your evenings once you clock off from work.

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    Wes Anderson Has Curated His First Art Exhibition, and It Opens Next Month

    Along with partner Juman Malouf, the 'Isle of Dogs' director is overseeing an art exhibition for Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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    Banksy's Iconic 'Girl with Balloon' Artwork Self-Destructs Moments After Being Sold

    The artist built a shredder into the painting a few years ago, "in case it was ever put up for auction".

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    One of Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms Is Taking Up Permanent Residence in Australia

    The National Gallery of Australia has acquired the pumpkin-filled installation, which will go on display from December.

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    Rule #1: Do not stand between the Dutch and their grammar rules.

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    Marathon Portrait Painter Finally Unveils Six Years of Work in Huge Exhibition

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    This Colourful Forest Installation Is Entirely Made Out of Discarded Plastics

    Danish artist Thomas Dambo worked with hundreds of volunteers to turn three tonnes of plastic waste into art.

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    Six Wellington Artists to Check Out at NZ Art Show 2018

    The art paradise returns for its 15th year with a solid local lineup.

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    Artist Mike Parr Will Spend 72 Hours Buried Under a Hobart Road During Dark Mofo

    He'll descend into a box measuring just 4.5 metres by 1.7 metres by 2.2 metres for three days, with traffic driving over the top.

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    Six Picks for LUX Light Festival 2018

    Wellington's brightest experience of the year returns for ten days this week.

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    Japan's Kaleidoscopic New Digital-Only Art Museum Is Your Next Reason to Visit Tokyo

    Featuring a forest filled with lamps that respond to human interaction and a virtual tea party that pairs your hot beverage with digital blooming flowers.

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    Gnocchi Gnights

    Thu, 5 Dec, 2024

    1154 Pastaria, Wellington

    Because what better way to celebrate Thursday than with a big, cheesy bowl of pillowy potato goodness?

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    Musical Punch Over Lunch

    Thu, 5 Dec, 2024

    Old St Paul, Pipitea

    Take your lunch away from the office — instead scoff it while enjoying a lineup of musical acts.

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    Koha Yoga

    Sun, 8 Dec, 2024

    Awhi Yoga & Wellbeing, Wellington

    Exercise your mind, body and soul (and support the local community) for pocket change.

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    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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    Concrete Playground's 2018 Autumn Reading List

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    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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    Ten Picks for New Zealand Festival 2018

    Psychedelic dreaminess, a ballet classic, large-scale theatre and high-flying circus — there's no excuse for sitting at home this March.

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    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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    Seven Exhibitions Worthing Checking Out in Wellington This February

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    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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    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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    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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    A Look Inside GOMA's Kaleidoscopic 'Yayoi Kusama: Life Is the Heart of a Rainbow' Exhibition

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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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    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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    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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    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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    Snapchat's New Lens Feature Is Like Pokemon Go for Art

    The app's new art lens turns the whole world into a virtual art gallery, featuring installations by Jeff Koons.

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    Berlin Is Now the Home of The World's Largest Street Art Museum

    Europe's graffiti capital gets its own five-storey urban contemporary art gallery.

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    Behind the capital's new lesbian rom-com musical mashup.

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    Louvre Abu Dhabi Will Open Its Doors This November

    It'll feature over 600 artifacts on loan from France's top museums.

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    Ai Weiwei Is Crowdfunding His Latest Security and Immigration-Focused New York Installation

    The Chinese artist will set up artworks at more than 300 sites across NYC in his largest and most ambitious public exhibition to date.

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