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Director mucks in

Director mucks in

Back in 1986, when exhibition crates arrived, not only did they have to be manhandled through the front-door, but the Director himself got up on the back of the truck and supervised the operation.

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Now that's what I call sound art

Now that's what I call sound art

OK, so yesterday we heard about ""sound art"", today let's record the birthday of Richard Wagner, the world's greatest composer of opera, in 1813. Happy 201st.

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Covers

Covers

Our next Outer Spaces exhibition opens next week at the Peterborough Street Library

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Barbarians, gates

Barbarians, gates

The central library is in a bad way

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Aaaaagh!

Aaaaagh!

We've had the Virgin Mary on a pizza, now here's Munch on a pebble I found...

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It's Shakespeare's birthday

It's Shakespeare's birthday

So here are some Shakespeare items from our collection

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Homage or plagiarism?

Homage or plagiarism?

A guest blog from Auckland curator and art historian Jane Davidson-Ladd on a discovery that resulted from her research into Louis John Steele.

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Woman visits Christchurch

Woman visits Christchurch

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Gordon Bryan by Leo Bensemann

Gordon Bryan by Leo Bensemann

This article first appeared as 'Pricking the performer's pompous pose' in The Press on 11 April 2014.

Exhibition

The Art of the Dust Jacket

This exhibition brings together a selection of book covers created by some of New Zealand's most respected artists: Colin McCahon, Ralph Hotere, Don Peebles and many others.

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