Art
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NZ Comedy Fest 2015 Review: Neel Kolhatkar
Read more: NZ Comedy Fest 2015 Review: Neel KolhatkarNeel Kolhatkar is a young and new Australian comedian. Stand-up comedy is a difficult gig to break into – you’ve got to be fresh, and interesting, and possibly a bit edgy, and most of all you’ve got to be funny. It also helps if your jokes are unique. Neel Kolhatkar has got a lot of…
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Aaron Waghorn- Dance to the beat of the living dead
Read more: Aaron Waghorn- Dance to the beat of the living deadArtist, Aaron Waghorn’s latest exhibition ‘Dance to the beat of the living dead’ was recently shown at Bowen Galleries. While Waghorn insists that there are no particular themes in his hybrid series of paintings, the striking pieces are efficaciously provoking. For me, the miscellany of elements that stem from high renaissance to pop culture floods…
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Semi-Permanent Wellington 2014
Read more: Semi-Permanent Wellington 2014We sent Morgan Ashworth of Hyacinth Girl along to Semi-Permanent Wellington 2014 for Thread.co.nz and she has reported back with this story of her highlights of the international Creatives conference… Last week Wellington hosted the latest Semi-Permanent event – a two-day symposium on all things creative bringing together art and design superstars from across the…
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We meet: Annie Sloan of Chalkpaint
Read more: We meet: Annie Sloan of ChalkpaintIf you love colour, creativity, and renovating old things to make them new, you will adore Annie Sloan of Chalkpaint. Annie, an Australian-born artist, ex-rockstar, and mother of 3 grown-up boys, lives and works in Oxford, England with her husband David who runs the business with her. She lived in New Zealand as a child and…
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Highlights of Day 2 at Semi-Permanent Auckland 2014
Read more: Highlights of Day 2 at Semi-Permanent Auckland 2014Here are just a few of our highlights of day 2 at the 10th Semi-Permanent Auckland on Saturday 3rd May 2014 with some of the memorable soundbites, photos I shot, and some top Tweets. Read our highlights of Day 1 at Semi-Permanent Auckland here. See our Streetstyle at Semi-Permanent here. Every year, there is a…
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Highlights of Semi-Permanent Auckland 2014
Read more: Highlights of Semi-Permanent Auckland 2014I had a fascinating, inspiring day at the 10th Semi-Permanent design conference; so much creativity across the fields of photography, graphic design, fashion, and film, that my mind is full and I came home for a cuppa and ate jaffas to recover and brew on it all. Here are just a few of my highlights…
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Melbourne Now at NGV
Read more: Melbourne Now at NGVMelbourne is well known as the Arts Capital, and if Melbourne Now’s wide selection of art is somewhat of a buffet, here is what I would call a degustation…
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Bron Alexander Design
Read more: Bron Alexander DesignWe love the pretty illustrations and graphic designs of Hamilton designer, Bron Alexander, whose passion for coffee, babushka dolls, and deer comes through in her art…
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AUT Design Network
Read more: AUT Design NetworkAUT Design Network has been created to bring together key designers, policy makers, business & community leaders to engage social, economic & cultural issues through design and to shape a vibrant and dynamic Auckland.
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The world of Xoe Hall
Read more: The world of Xoe HallFrom the Electric Avenue Bar to Mena’s Convenience store, you can’t miss Wellington artist Xoe Hall’s murals. We chatted with Xoe about her painted babes…