What’s On
New exhibition opening soon
From Here on the Ground
The Design Store is having a revamp!
We'll be closed while we get a fresh new look. Visit us again from 14 May.
Exhibition closing soon
Spring Time is Heart-break: Contemporary Art in Aotearoa
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
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The Incredible Trans-Tasman Opening Trifecta
You may be a foxy old prestidigitator, David Copperfield...
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One good reason to visit 209 Tuam Street
As reported on Tuesday, glitter's one reason to get along to our outpost at 212 Madras Street.
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Keeping up appearances
Some of the more touching sights in the red-zoned eastern suburbs during the first big exodus of residents were immaculately mown front lawns. The homes might have been due for demolition and the neighbourhood might having turning apocalyptic, but a few house-proud owners were still coming back to keep things looking dignified out front.
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Into the black
Okay, we've changed our colours. Last week I was praising the sight of our new space at 209 Tuam Street going into the white.
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Ten good reasons to visit 209 Tuam Street
Ten good reasons to visit our new digs on the first floor at 209 Tuam Street (opening March 21).
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Speaking sticks and moving targets
New works by Shane Cotton
The Hanging Sky brings together Shane Cotton's skyscapes from the past five years. But the core of the exhibition is a big group of freshly made works of art. Senior curator Justin Paton first saw them in completed form during the show's installation in Brisbane. Here he describes his encounters with a body of work 'at once beautiful, aggressive, protective and evasive.'
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Into the white
'The white cube.' It's copped a lot of artcritophilostorical flak over the past couple of decades. Ever since, in fact, Brian O'Doherty wrote his still wonderful series of essays gathered in the book Inside the White Cube. (Haven't read it? Do.)
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Subtly engaging security
We've all heard the stories about confusions occurring on the edge where art meets life. The London cleaning lady, for instance, who threw out hundreds of cigarette butts that turned out to be a Damien Hirst. Naturally, no self-respecting gallery professional wants to see their favourite artworks confused with mere stuff.