Visual Arts Events

Field was one of five major projects in the 2013 Sydney Art and About Festival.

4 - 22 March Daldy Street North An ever-changing outdoor installation formed by a grid of mirrored towers, Field reflects the world around it in visually stunning and provocative ways.

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It made you fall in love with your city again

White Night

14 March Auckland Wide More than 100 venues across Auckland present special events, exhibitions, performances, music, talks and films for the whole family from 6pm to midnight.

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original, challenging and controversial... Billy Apple was part of a generation ...

Billy Apple®:

14 - 22 March Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki A comprehensive exhibition of Billy Apple's works including his early pop and conceptual art and his more recent investigations into branding and biomedicine.

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Energetic and spontaneous? a magical experience

Close Encounters: PAH

10 - 15 March Pah Homestead Music, dance and architecture combine at Pah Homestead in a unique collaboration between leading female New Zealand artists Carol Brown, Gillian Whitehead and Star Gossage.

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The first major survey of contemporary Māori ceramicists comprising 60 hand-buil...

Uku Rere - Nga Kaihanga Uku & Beyond

7 - 21 March Objectspace The first major survey of contemporary Māori ceramicists comprising 60 hand-built works that present the life and diversity of the Māori ceramics movement.

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Some of New Zealand's most innovative artists in performance and spatial practic...

NZPQ15: Āhua o te Rangi

7 - 15 March Sir Paul Reeves Building, AUT University Some of New Zealand's most innovative artists in performance and spatial practice address the creative influence of weather in this era of climate change.

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The first major survey of Lonnie Hutchinson's varied and rich practice.

Black Bird: Lonnie Hutchinson 1997-2013: A Survey

7 - 21 March Gus Fisher Gallery The first major survey of Lonnie Hutchinson's varied and rich practice, Black Bird includes sculpture and paper-cuts, video and virtual-reality experiences.

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As the Revolutionary Artist and the Minister of Culture for The Black Panther Pa...

Emory Douglas

7 - 22 March Mangere Arts Centre - Ngā Tohu o Uenuku Revolutionary artist Emory Douglas shares his political and artistic legacy in a collaboration with Mangere-based arts organisation Nga Rangatahi Toa.

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There are lots of artists who... aren't half as profound or compelling

David Shrigley

6 - 21 March Two Rooms Showing in New Zealand for the first time, David Shrigley's work is known for its quick-witted commentary on everyday situations.

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A Delicate Balance / Rongo Taketake a Tāne examines the relationship between peo...

A Delicate Balance

5 - 22 March Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery Bringing together artists from across the North Island, A Delicate Balance examines the relationship between people, landscape and the kauri forest ecology.

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Her art practice is a living expression of her faith in the legacy and power of ...

Tai Whetuki / House of Death

4 - 22 March TimeOut Festival Garden, Aotea Square A powerful new video work by leading multi-media artist Lisa Reihana which delves into Māori and Pacific cultural practices pertaining to death and mourning.

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Her work is provocative, beautiful and playful.

Fale Ula

4 - 22 March TimeOut Festival Garden, Aotea Square Using synthetic lei, Niki Hastings-McFall 'polynises' the green space of Aotea Square into a vibrant, living artwork based on the Samoan fale.

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