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New exhibition suite opens at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
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Through April to July the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre opens a new suite of exhibitions as part of its three season calendar.
The exhibition opening weekend is Saturday 6 – Sunday 7 April, and exhibiting artists Mikala Dwyer, Nicolás Paris, Peter Wareing, and Shannon Novak will be in attendance, as will the new co-directors of the Gallery Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh.
Taranaki Daily News reviewLen Lye Centre $15 charge good value for money
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Wednesday 22 August
OPINION: You could say the Len Lye Centre is New Plymouth's most controversial institution. Since opening with much fanfare in 2015 it has faced constant criticism. Review by Stuff reporter Stephanie Mitchell
ReadWhakatāne Museum Announces Special Film Screening
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Wednesday 15 August
Whakatāne Museum’s Volcanic Artist Residency has begun hosting creative people from all over the country. Ideas, collaborations, and new opportunities are starting to emerge in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. The latest guest at the programme's historic Harbour Master House ...
ReadNew publication – An Oceanic Feeling: Cinema and the Sea
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Tuesday 31 July
First of the Govett-Brewster’s STATEMENTS series of commissioned essays, this book and the exhibition it accompanies, survey the seascape of historical and contemporary filmmaking across genres.
ReadBroadsheet MelbourneAn Art Tour of New Zealand’s North Island
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Monday 23 July
'A farm overrun with enormous abstract sculpture. Galleries showing some of the Asia Pacific’s most exciting and irreverent new work. The weather isn’t always great to the east, but the art is.' – Broadsheet Melbourne
ReadAuckland NowAuckland Council art boss wants more controversial pieces as councillor floats pricey idea
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Wednesday 11 July
Auckland Council's public art boss wants more "controversial" works throughout the city on the back of Michael Parekowhai's polarising $1.5 million 'Lighthouse' installation on Queens Wharf. Meanwhile, a $2m to $5m Len Lye installation has been labelled "completely within the ...
ReadOcula articleArtist Sriwhana Spong in conversation with curator Tendai John Mutambu
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Tuesday 10 July
In this Ocula article, Sriwhana Spong speaks with the curator of her show at the Govett-Brewster, Tendai John Mutambu, about working across film, painting, performance and sculpture to consider the relationship between the body, language and sound, as inspired by ...
ReadContemporary art meets Māori astronomy
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Wednesday 4 July
She’s not even 30 but already Taranaki curator Kararaina Te Ira has brought new meaning to contemporary New Zealand art with her exhibition at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
ReadThe best of New Zealand’s book designs come under tight scrutiny but the shortlist has been announceLen Lye book best cover award finalist
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Tuesday 26 June
It appears it’s not just the cover a book is judged on as the judges announce the finalists in the 2018 PANZ Book Design Awards. The weight of stock, the binding and the smell of the entries all came under ...
ReadSriwhana Spong is the 2018 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Aotearoa New Zealand Artist in Residence
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Tuesday 3 April
First seen at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in 2004 in the exhibition Break that tested the impact of immigration on New Zealand art, London-based Sriwhana Spong is the Govett-Brewster’s 2018 Aotearoa New Zealand Artist in Residence.
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