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Josie McNaught wonders about the recent proliferation of outdoor ‘art’.
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Fiona Amundsen engages with the history of Asia-Pacific conflict.
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Greg Semu stages a post-colonial love affair between Samoa and Germany.
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Kathy Temin comes to Auckland to make her most ambitious project ever.
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Sue Gardiner talks to artists who salvage, hoard and treasure objects overlooked by the wider culture – sometimes to use in their work and sometimes to draw ideas from.
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Len Lye’s sparkling new temple
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COVER: Kathy Temin, My Monument: White Forest, 2008, synthetic fur, synthetic filling, steel, MDF board, paint, 400 x 1373 x 860cm overall installed, variable. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Collection of Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. Photo: Roslyn Oxley