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Julian Dashper & Friends

Julian Dashper & Friends

Visual Arts 05 Dec – 25 Apr

This show offers a tribute to key New Zealand artist Julian Dashper, presenting his works in conversation with works by other artists, including Colin McCahon, Rita Angus, Milan Mrkusich, Gordon Walters and Billy Apple.
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Unseen City

Unseen City

Visual Arts 21 Nov – 13 Mar

In the 1960s, as new motorways enabled suburban sprawl, Auckland’s population passed half a million. Unseen city is a snapshot of that moment, in photography, film and painting.
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Camille Henrot: Grosse Fatigue

Camille Henrot: Grosse Fatigue

Visual Arts 21 Nov – 13 Mar

French artist Camille Henrot’s encyclopaedic video Grosse Fatigue (2013) takes on the history of the universe. Henrot mashes scientific history and creation stories, the rational and the mythic, computers and primitive mindsets.
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Ngā Toi / Arts Te Papa

Ngā Toi / Arts Te Papa

Visual Arts 06 Nov – 31 Jul

During the New Zealand Festival, Te Papa is hosting a vibrant season of Ngā Toi | Arts Te Papa — the museum’s ever-changing showcase of works drawn from the national art collection, including New Zealand Photography Collected, an exhibition that showcases hundreds of Te Papa’s rare and fascinating photographs. 
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Dreamworks Animation: The Exhibition

Dreamworks Animation: The Exhibition

Visual Arts 12 Dec – 28 Mar

From the studio that brought you Shrek, Madagascar and the awesome Kung Fu Panda comes an exhibition exclusive to Te Papa: a celebration of 20 years of DreamWorks Animation.
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Grayson Perry / Kushana Bush

Grayson Perry / Kushana Bush

Visual Arts 20 Nov – 20 Mar

Turner Prize-winning artist, writer and broadcaster Grayson Perry CBE is a British institution. Like Perry, Dunedin artist Kushana Bush's intricate and colourful tragi-comic paintings comment on modern life but are loaded with references to arts of other times and places.