Press Release – Venture Taranaki
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre – photo credit Patrick Reynolds
The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre have teamed up with the Auckland Art Fair 2021 as its exclusive Museum Partner, forging a stronger connection between the national art event and Taranaki as a vibrant, creative place.
The Auckland Art Fair is the biggest event on the nation’s visual arts calendar, and an important opportunity for Taranaki to connect to thousands of art collectors and supporters. Through a creative collaboration between Taranaki organisations and attractions Len Lye’s Big Blade sculpture will be on display for the first time in Auckland this February.
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How many of New Zealand s big roadside objects have you passed? Sarah Pollok makes a big deal out of these local landmarks
When it comes to celebrating our love of something, it seems we Kiwis love building a big old sculpture of it. So, if seeing an enormous avocado or towering takahe, gigantic carrot or huge human hand has been on your bucket list, you re in the right country. Sometimes wonderful, often weird, here are some of New Zealand s quirkiest landmarks.
Ohakune s Big Carrot
As it turns out, the roots of this beloved landmark were commercial, with the giant carrot created for an ANZ TV commercial in the 80s. Done with filming and unsure what to do with a 7.5-meter-tall vegetable, the producers donated it to the town of Ohakune, where it was embraced as the city s mascot, beloved by tourists and locals alike.
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Change the system
How do you fix a broken fashion system no longer conducive to the changing ways we buy clothes? In March, Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten organised a series of Zoom brainstorms with the industry, calling into question discounting in season and retail’s out of sync delivery deadlines.
When we spoke to the designer in November upon the release of his new spring/summer 2020/2021 collection inspired by New Zealand-born artist Len Lye, he explained 2020’s situation had ignited real commitment, with the initiative supported by the likes of newly appointed Chloe creative director Gabriela Hearst and leaders from Nordstrom and
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Thursday, 10 December 2020, 5:18 pm
Early
bird tickets are officially on sale for the 2021 Auckland
Art Fair, Aotearoa’s premier showcase for contemporary
art. The first-ever summer edition will take place from
24-28 February at The Cloud on Auckland s Queens Wharf.
Early bird tickets are available from the Art Fair website
until midnight on 24 December - don’t miss
out.
Discover art by more than 150 artists, exhibited
by leading art galleries of the wider Pacific Rim region.
The Fair spotlights the breadth and diversity of the best
art and artists working in our region.
Whether you re
interested in painting, photography, sculpture, moving