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Rodin Comes to Waikato Museum

French sculptor Auguste Rodin is one of the world’s most well-known artists, and his work had a profound influence on the development of modern art. Born in 1840, he went on to produce some of the world’s best known and most celebrated sculptures including The Age of Bronze (1876), The Thinker (1880) and The Kiss (1882).

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Essential Workers Thank You postponed

Hamilton City Council has postponed its three-day thank you event for essential workers, planned to begin on Friday 14 August, due to restrictions under COVID-19 Alert Level 2.

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Big Hamilton thank you to essential workers

Essential workers deserve major kudos for the work they did during the COVID-19 lockdown – and Hamilton City Council has a long weekend of thanks planned for them.

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Waikato Museum is the place to celebrate Matariki this weekend

Matariki will be a real celebration at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato this Sunday (26 July), with an interactive day of weaving, family crafts, music, and a panel discussion with artists who are exploring kotahitanga (unity) through creativity to ‘flatten the curve’ on racism.

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Napier-based artist wins $5,000 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award

Napier-based artist Asaki Kajima has won the $5,000 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award for 2020 with a Dali-inspired sculptural artwork entitled 'Space Cow'.

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Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award winner to be announced this week

The 2020 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award, worth $5,000, will be presented on Thursday night (2 July) by this year’s judge, New Zealand sculptor James Wright, at ArtsPost in Hamilton.

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Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award proceeds, finalists named

Artists from across New Zealand, from as far afield as Kaipara in Northland and Waikaia in Southland, have been named as finalists in the 2020 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award – which will go ahead after a two-month delay caused by the COVID-19 crisis.

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Waikato Museum helps make programmes for national TV series

Waikato Museum educators are part of a national television series to support home and school-based learning which starts screening today.

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Waikato Museum launches new website experience for online visitors

Waikato Museum has launched a new website experience for visitors keen to try their hand at creating an online exhibition using images of items from the Museum’s collection.

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National Contemporary Art Award cancelled for 2020

Waikato Museum has cancelled the 21st running of the National Contemporary Art Award, one of New Zealand’s leading art competitions offering among the richest rewards for individual artworks each year.

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Waikato Museum extends and upgrades its online collection

Waikato Museum has extended its online collection of artworks, social history objects and taonga and has also made it easier for online visitors to find objects of interest.

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Well-known gallery director and art curator will judge the 2020 National Contemporary Art Award

One of Aotearoa’s most highly-regarded art professionals will judge the 2020 National Contemporary Art Award.