Construction of the nine shells that make up Michel Tuffery’s Nga Kina sculpture is at an advanced stage at a specialist Auckland business. If no unforeseen difficulties arise, they should be ready for transportation to their Kumutoto site on Wellington’s waterfront in the first days of November, with the aim of installation for an opening on 14 November 2012.
The third of Wellington’s Four Plinths Temporary Sculpture Project is to be installed by Wellington artist Joanna Langford, the Wellington Sculpture Trust has announced.
Joanna’s work will be placed on the Four Plinths between Te Papa and Circa Theatre in February 2012, in time for the next Arts Festival. Her artwork follows the current pieces on the site Mimetic Brotherhood by Peter Trevelyan and its predecessor Green Islands by Regan Gentry hich is now in the Botanic Garden.
The Trust is pleased to announce that it is advancing arrangements for the sculpture Nga Kina by Michel Tuffery to be installed on the Kumutoto feature of Wellington's Waterfront.
The Trust's Chairman, Neil Plimmer, says it is the right art work on the right site. “The initial public response has been fabulous. The work will transform and strengthen the appeal of this northern part of the waterfront.
Tauranga-based artist Cordula Taiwo is set to open her exhibition, "Of a Wild God," at Thistle Hall, intentionally overlapping with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ Wellington concerts (Feb 5 & 6). This sophisticated body of work is a deeply personal creative response to Nick Cave’s music, his public correspondence (The Red Hand Files), and his published conversations (Faith, Hope and Carnage).
The Constable Street Stage is one of the more eclectic stages at Newtown Festival. Run by Scott Oaks and Eddy Kerr-Hislop their aim is to introduce you to many genres and different sounds. Crossing sonic boundaries we aim to showcase our carefully picked virtuosi artists from Newtown and beyond. From pop to metal, there will be […]
Break out your feather boas and waistcoats as Aro Valley Jazz Jam‘s 12 piece band takes you back to the roaring ‘20s for an evening of dancing and razzle-dazzle!
