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Omitted artists - 156 | Regional News

Omitted artists

Autonomous Bodies, a new exhibition running at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata, showcases women, non-white, and LGBTQIA+ artists.

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One last ride - 155 | Regional News

One last ride

As more provincial tracks close, two photographers shine a spotlight on the horse racing community and its venues.

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Local Surrealist gets in on the action - 154 | Regional News

Local Surrealist gets in on the action

As Te Papa hosts its international Surrealism exhibition, The Kiwi Art House Gallery is drawing attention to our very own Wellington Surrealist.

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The beauty of Japanese dolls - 153 | Regional News

The beauty of Japanese dolls

An exhibition of 67 unique Japanese dolls – ningyō – is on now at the Massey University College of Creative Arts campus.

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Emerging Māori artists shine - 153 | Regional News

Emerging Māori artists shine

An exhibition will showcase the finalists for this year’s Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata until the 15th of August.

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Long-awaited Surrealist exhibition opens  - 151 | Regional News

Long-awaited Surrealist exhibition opens

Surrealist Art, the largest Surrealist exhibition ever shown in New Zealand, includes masterpieces by Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, and more.

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A different kind of family portrait  - 150 | Regional News

A different kind of family portrait

In an exhibition opening soon at The Dowse Art Museum, Claudia Kogachi sheds light on her relationship with her mother through the frame of competitive sports.

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Aotearoa through a Japanese lens - 150 | Regional News

Aotearoa through a Japanese lens

Porirua-based artist Alistair McDonald imagines how Andō Hiroshige, a great master of ukiyo-e, might interpret New Zealand in his latest exhibition.

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What it means to be good - 149 | Regional News

What it means to be good

Artist Ayesha Green deciphers what it means to be a ‘good citizen’ from a wāhine Māori perspective in her latest exhibition.

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The to and fro of technology and climate change   - 147 | Regional News

The to and fro of technology and climate change

Photographer Clayton Morgan highlights the positive and negative impacts technology has on the climate in TerraObscura, on now at Toi Pōneke Arts Centre.

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Indigenous Arctic artists share their concerns - 146 | Regional News

Indigenous Arctic artists share their concerns

Indigenous artists from the circumpolar world visualise the threats facing their people in a new exhibition running at Pātaka Art + Museum.

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The rise of graffiti in Aotearoa - 145 | Regional News

The rise of graffiti in Aotearoa

The Most Dedicated: An Aotearoa Graffiti Story, an exhibition opening soon at The Dowse Art Museum, explores the impact of street art collective TMD for the first time at any major public gallery.  

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