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Shane Cotton’s eerie painting, Te Waiwhariki, travels back into family history
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Hamish Coney reckons now is the perfect time for good buys and occasional bargains
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The cream of Te Papa’s collections, New Zealand International Arts Festival, indigenous Pacific artists at Waikato Museum, Waitakaruru Arboretum and Sculpture Park, Hamilton’s stone sculpture symposium, Mercury Energy Pohutukawa Festival, Mercury Bay Cultural Weekend, gallery with a mission, Skirt travels to Vienna, Tattoonesia in Moorea, award round-up
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Sriwhana Spong’s videos take us on a magical mystery tour of horror flicks and counter culture
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Photographer Gil Hanly documents the completion of a monumental copper work by Stephen Bambury
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Reuben Paterson milks goats and paints gounds on a tiny Greek island
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Australian artist Linde Ivimey’s extraordinary saints send shivers down the spine
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Humour in New Zealand art? You must be joking
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