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New exhibition now open.
Peter Robinson: Charcoal Drawing
A roomful of industrial-scale beams folded into unexpected and compelling new forms.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
Exploring the relationship between tākata and whenua – people and land – through Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history.
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Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Year of the Cyclops
Keep an eye out for two new works by Rob Hood titled 'Year of the Cyclops' which have recently appeared on the bunker in front of the Gallery on Montreal Street.
What's the difference between a piano and an onion?
Answer: No one cries when you chop up a piano.
Apparently that's only the third worst piano joke of all time...
Heavy Metal #3
Check out this amazing Columbian printing press that was recently discovered in an English garden.
Homer>Chapman> Keats>Parekowhai
For the record, here is the text of the poem by John Keats (1795-1821), written in 1816, entitled On first looking into Chapman's Homer.
Independence day
Just another day here in New Zealand, but the number one holiday in the United States.
Fernbank Studio
While currently curating an exhibition titled Pressed Letters: Fine Printing in New Zealand since 1975, which examines not only beautifully designed hand-printed books but also the collaborative nature that often exists between poets, artists and letterpress printers, I was...
On First Installing Chapman's Homer
If you've been down Madras Street recently you might well have seen something unusual on the vacant lot outside NG