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Arts 8 Jul 2016

Māori Language Week goes POP

POPPING and piquing public interest on Queens Wharf to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.

Arts 14 Jun 2016

Hearts of the City: Sara Hughes

Like a sun burst, this heart is exploding with everything life has to offer. Sara hopes that its rays will be positive and life affirming to passersby.

Arts 10 Jun 2016

Watch: Hauhake launches Matariki Festival

'Hauhake’ is a rain art work by Janine and Charles Williams. The public unveiling of the work also marked the launch of the programme for Auckland Council’s Matariki Festival 2016.

Arts 7 Jun 2016

Heritage hero honoured

A life spent preserving our historical past.

Kids / Family 27 May 2016

Have you tried the piano stairs?

Aotea Square has been filled with music recently as piano stairs were installed on the steps of the Aotea Centre.

Arts 18 May 2016

Watch: Heroic effort to save 50s mosaic underway

Work is underway to preserve a large mosaic that many Aucklanders will remember from the foyer of the former Odeon Theatre on Queen Street.

Arts 29 Apr 2016

Sculptor of the Week - Ramon Robertson

Ramon Robertson’s sculpture, Gravity Bag, explores themes about the urban environment and our existence in it. His work relates to an essential human need to control space and physical structural form.

Community 28 Apr 2016

Bastion Point artwork blessed

The new artwork at the entranceway to the steps on Tamaki Drive, leading from Mission Bay to Bastion Point, has been blessed.

Events122 Results

25 May 2023 - 29 Jun 2023

Portraiture In Oil

The class will cover combining observational drawing with more painterly concerns.

20 May 2023 - 09 Aug 2023

Iann An: Frank

This casement fosters a voyeuristic tension between the viewer and Frank, prompting introspection on the essence of monstrosity and its origins.

13 May 2023 - 01 Jul 2023

'When the smoke clears' Exhibition

This exhibition features works from the Manurewa Potters Club made by glazed raku firings, created with high temperatures, and unglazed pit firings.

13 May 2023 - 16 Jul 2023

In/Sight

The InSight photographers experimented with photographic processes, techniques, and subject matter to develop their own visual language.

13 May 2023 - 23 Jul 2023

Ufuoma Essi: Is My Living in Vain

The film emerges from an ongoing exploration into the histories of performance across the Black Atlantic.

11 May 2023 - 06 Jul 2023

Adventures in Abstract

Enjoy exploring abstract painting concepts and techniques in this long-running term class with James, utilising acrylic paints, gels and additives.

10 May 2023 - 08 Jun 2023

Artists on Artists Exhibition

Like links in a chain, follow the artworks around the exhibition to see how each artist has painted, photographed, and created another artist's work.

06 May 2023 - 18 Jun 2023

Africa Month 2023

Celebrate the cultural heritage of Africans and Black people in Aotearoa.