Objectspace in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is closed for exhibition changeover,
re-opening 2 December with The Chair: A story of design and making in Aotearoa.

Objectspace at Sir Miles Warren Gallery in Ōtautahi Christchurch is open showing Living Room.

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Archived exhibitions

Past

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Angel Numbers on the Dash

30 Sep–19 Nov 2023

Past

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Ngaro nga tikanga tuku iho / Lost traditions of my ancestors

30 Sep–19 Nov 2023

Past

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

KOHA: The speculative worlds of Rewi Thompson

30 Sep–19 Nov 2023

Past

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Alliance Graphique Internationale Special Project: Kōrero

19 Sep–22 Sep 2023

Past

Ōtautahi Christchurch

Less than 5 per cent: Athfield’s First Church of Christ Scientist

4 Aug–16 Sep 2023

Past

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Pohewa Pāhewa: a Māori design kaupapa

1 Jul–3 Sep 2023

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Ōtautahi Christchurch

Coastal Cannibals

15 Jun–23 Jul 2023

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Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

TDC68 Aotearoa: The World's Best Typography

21 May–28 May 2023

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Ōtautahi Christchurch

Grand Tourist: Miles Warren's European watercolours

4 May–11 Jun 2023

Past

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Less than 5 per cent: Athfield’s First Church of Christ Scientist

18 Mar–14 May 2023

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Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Cook & Company

18 Mar–14 May 2023

Past

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Pūtoi: as we gather our branches

18 Mar–14 May 2023

Past

Ōtautahi Christchurch

Oceanic Architectural Routes: The photographic archive of Mike Austin

16 Mar–30 Apr 2023

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Oceanic Architectural Routes: The photographic archive of Mike Austin

3 Dec–26 Feb 2023

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The Ulumate Project

3 Dec–26 Feb 2023

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Round Round

1 Nov–20 Nov 2022

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Mid-Sentence

4 Oct–30 Oct 2022

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Wonderlump

10 Sep–20 Nov 2022

Past

A Stone, an Echo, a Sign: Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial

10 Sep–20 Nov 2022

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Riffing off Brown Eyes Blue

10 Sep–2 Oct 2022

Past

twisting, turning, winding: takatāpui + queer objects

4 Jun–21 Aug 2022

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The Golden Lady Finger

4 Jun–21 Aug 2022

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More than Castles

4 Jun–21 Aug 2022

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Lapping at Your Door

2 Apr–26 Feb 2023

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Mark Work

12 Mar–15 May 2022

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Toro Whakaara: Responses to our built environment

12 Nov–20 Feb 2022

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Hīnātore: A Love Story

19 Jun–10 Oct 2021

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Competitive Plastics

19 Jun–10 Oct 2021

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Pouwātū: Active Presence

9 Mar–30 May 2021

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Everybody WiNZ

9 Mar–10 Oct 2021

Past

Te Moananui-a-Kiwa

9 Mar–30 May 2021

Past

Matua moe Tama: Weaving Within Magafaoa

9 Mar–30 May 2021

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Past

Syokes

21 Nov–21 Feb 2021

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The Poetry of Michelangelo

21 Nov–21 Feb 2021

Past

Tender Brick: The Material Epiphanies of Peter Hawkesby

21 Nov–21 Feb 2021

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Caravannex on Tour

20 Nov–20 Dec 2020

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Mahoranuiatea Looking Out in Every Direction

1 Aug–23 Oct 2020

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Forty Years Drawn

1 Aug–23 Oct 2020

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Deadweight Loss: The Value of Making

1 Aug–23 Oct 2020

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Tongpop Fetish

12 Mar–12 Jul 2020

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Animacy

12 Mar–12 Jul 2020

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Transmission

12 Mar–12 Jul 2020

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Past

Ena Snuggles

7 Dec–28 Feb 2020

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Eléna Gee: World/Body/Myth Excerpts from the archive of a jewellery-maker 1981-1999

7 Dec–29 Feb 2020

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Head[case]

7 Dec–29 Feb 2020

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Place

19 Oct–30 Nov 2019

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Mulame

19 Oct–24 Nov 2019

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A Short Run: A Selection of New Zealand Lathe-Cut Records

19 Oct–30 Nov 2019

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Seeing is Believing

20 Sep–28 Feb 2021

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Making Ways: Alternative Architectural Practice in Aotearoa

14 Sep–13 Oct 2019

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Recto Verso

10 Aug–6 Oct 2019

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Yea Well, Now Since Then

10 Aug–12 Oct 2019

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In Context

10 Aug–7 Sep 2019

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Common Ground

2 Jun–21 Jul 2019

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Alive

2 Jun–21 Jul 2019

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Awakening

1 Jun–21 Jul 2019

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The Room

6 Apr–19 May 2019

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John Scott Works

14 Feb–24 Mar 2019

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I Too Am in Paradise II

14 Feb–19 May 2019

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Inside, Outside

14 Feb–19 May 2019

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Elizabeth Lissaman: the Art of Pottery

24 Nov–3 Feb 2019

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Ex Libris

24 Nov–3 Feb 2019

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To Weave Again

30 Sep–3 Feb 2019

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Fafetu

30 Sep–11 Nov 2018

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All I Want is a Face Lift

30 Sep–20 Jul 2019

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Asaba

11 Aug–22 Sep 2018

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How to Decorate a Dump

11 Aug–11 Nov 2018

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Whenua Hou: New Māori Ceramics

29 Jun–4 Aug 2018

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Warm Blood

29 Jun–22 Sep 2018

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There is no such thing as a New Zealand typeface

29 Jun–4 Aug 2018

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Penumbral Reflections

12 May–23 Jun 2018

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Mirror Grain

12 May–23 Jun 2018

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Happy Together

12 May–23 Jun 2018

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IWA: NZ Makers

7 Mar–13 Mar 2018

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Design Generation

3 Mar–29 Apr 2018

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dendrochronology

3 Mar–29 Apr 2018

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Resource Rise Again

3 Mar–29 Apr 2018

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Opal Moon, Local Lime

8 Dec–18 Feb 2018

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Ground Work

8 Dec–18 Feb 2018

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Kahoa Kakala

8 Dec–18 Feb 2018

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Objectmarket

6 Oct–10 Oct 2017

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The Company of Potters

30 Sep–26 Nov 2017

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Midway: a Collectif Génération collaboration

30 Sep–26 Nov 2017

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untitled (pending welcome)

30 Sep–26 Nov 2017

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Offsite at Fresh Gallery Ōtara: Kahoa Kakala

5 Aug–7 Sep 2017

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Untitled

28 Jul–17 Sep 2017

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In Praise of Volcanoes

28 Jul–2 Sep 2018

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Future Islands: NZIA at the Venice Biennale

28 Jul–18 Sep 2017

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Untitled (Waiata)

27 Jul–21 Aug 2022

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Susan Holmes: Fabric Artist

19 Nov–4 Feb 2017

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Half-blood

1 Oct–5 Nov 2016

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Rare Collection

1 Oct–5 Nov 2016

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Beauty is in the Street

27 Aug–24 Sep 2016

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Forged

20 Aug–21 Sep 2016

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Handshake 3

9 Jul–13 Aug 2016

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Samundar and Haldi

9 Jul–10 Aug 2016

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Show_sell_shift

27 May–2 Jul 2016

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Still Life Forms

26 May–2 Jul 2016

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The Way of Matter

23 Apr–21 May 2016

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A Storage Problem

5 Mar–16 Apr 2016

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Fixing the Unbroken: New making on the Vessel

30 Jan–27 Feb 2016

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The Group: home-wares

30 Jan–27 Feb 2016

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Past

Empire of Dirt: Writing about Ceramics

14 Nov–19 Dec 2015

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ICONZ

14 Nov–19 Dec 2015

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Fallout

7 Nov–19 Dec 2015

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Ruth Castle: Basket Maker

3 Oct–7 Nov 2015

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Unwearable Art

11 Sep–4 Nov 2015

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Vintage Paua Shell Jewellery from the 1930's to the 1970's

11 Sep–31 Oct 2015

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STRANDS: Weaving a New Fabric

22 Aug–26 Sep 2015

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Recovered

22 Aug–10 Sep 2015

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Whakapaipai - Jewellery as Pepeha

6 Jun–4 Jul 2015

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The Family Jewels

11 May–5 Sep 2015

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Make/Use

11 May–8 Aug 2015

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Best in Show 2015

18 Apr–16 May 2015

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Transforming Common Objects

18 Apr–16 May 2015

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Meta Vessel

7 Mar–11 Apr 2015

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Uku Rere: Nga Kaihanga Uku & Beyond

7 Mar–9 Apr 2015

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F.O.U.N.D or Foundation of Unfathomable and Notable Discoveries

19 Feb–28 Feb 2015

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The Transmogrifier Collection

5 Feb–28 Feb 2015

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The Bricks

6 Jan–7 Mar 2015

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Rococo Revolution

12 Nov–20 Dec 2014

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Fingers: Jewellery for Aotearoa New Zealand

8 Nov–20 Dec 2014

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The Effects of Crack

31 Oct–5 Jan 2015

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Janus Press: The New Zealand Connection

17 Oct–1 Nov 2014

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Parian-oia

26 Aug–8 Nov 2014

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Mark Cleverley: Objectspace Master of Craft

23 Aug–11 Oct 2014

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Am I Liminal Yet

21 Aug–30 Oct 2014

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Bootcamp

7 Aug–26 Sep 2014

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New Objects

7 Aug–14 Aug 2014

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The Stillness of Movement

21 Jun–19 Aug 2014

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Object Shift

20 Jun–2 Aug 2014

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The Talisman Project

3 May–14 Jun 2014

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Wondering about Nature

3 May–14 Jun 2014

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Stretched

25 Mar–26 Apr 2014

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Put a Cover on It

17 Mar–26 Apr 2014

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Best in Show 2014

15 Mar–26 Apr 2014

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Liminals

1 Feb–22 Mar 2014

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Precious Cargo

1 Feb–8 Mar 2014

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Muslin from Mosul

1 Feb–8 Mar 2014

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Bitter Harvest

21 Nov–17 Dec 2013

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Resisting Africa

19 Oct–18 Nov 2013

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Nanette Cameron: Objectspace Master of Craft

18 Oct–17 Dec 2013

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Biostructure

21 Sep–16 Oct 2013

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Hollow Adaption

31 Jul–21 Sep 2013

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Sole Desire

27 Jul–21 Sep 2013

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Clarice Cliff: The Art of Bizarre

27 Jul–21 Sep 2013

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Te Mana Motuhake

15 Jun–31 Jul 2013

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Handshake

15 Jun–20 Jul 2013

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Bows, Shanks and Blades

15 Jun–20 May 2013

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Joyaviva

1 May–8 Jun 2013

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Islanders

9 Mar–4 May 2013

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Under the Rose

1 Mar–27 Apr 2013

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Best in Show 2013

2 Feb–2 Mar 2013

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Bliss

25 Jan–27 Feb 2013

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Blikfang

24 Nov–20 Dec 2012

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The Absolute Object of Desire

24 Nov–19 Dec 2012

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Ice Mosaic

16 Nov–19 Dec 2012

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Seeding the Cloud

12 Sep–28 Nov 2012

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Kobi Bosshard: Objectspace Master of Craft

8 Aug–17 Nov 2012

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Reading Room

3 Aug–26 Sep 2012

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Ubiquitous: Aspects of Contemporary Pattern

30 Jun–1 Aug 2012

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7UP Talkfest

18 Jun–23 Jul 2012

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Extraction

8 Jun–1 Aug 2012

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Kapiti Ceramics: The Brian Wood Collection

11 May–9 Jun 2012

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Fancy Fools Flight

28 Apr–9 Jun 2012

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Best in Show 2012

17 Mar–21 Apr 2012

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Talente: One Year On

9 Mar–18 Apr 2012

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Manon van Kouswijk, Fabrizio Tridenti and Ted Noten

7 Feb–10 Mar 2012

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Domestic Disturbance

27 Jan–7 Mar 2012

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The Glenn Jowitt Collection

25 Nov–22 Dec 2011

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Nimamea'a: The fine arts of Tongan embroidery and crochet

19 Nov–22 Dec 2011

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Ladies a Plate

5 Nov–24 Jan 2012

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Rings Without End

4 Nov–23 Nov 2011

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Type Specimens: A Berlin Miscellany

8 Oct–21 Nov 2011

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Still Lives 1980 - 2007

8 Oct–5 Nov 2011

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Lugosi's Children

27 Aug–1 Oct 2011

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Pacific Allsorts

23 Aug–2 Nov 2011

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Subsequence

22 Aug–21 Sep 2011

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Wunderkammer

9 Jul–6 Aug 2011

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Yunomi and Choko: The Art of the Everyday

9 Jul–6 Aug 2011

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Eye Catch

11 Jun–6 Aug 2011

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Souvenirs

11 Jun–7 Jul 2011

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Blue Willow

14 May–8 Jul 2011

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Why Milan? New Zealand Designers Reflect

14 May–4 Jun 2011

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Colonial Goose

6 May–8 Jun 2011

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Talk

1 Apr–4 Apr 2011

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Richard Parker: Objectspace Master of Craft

5 Mar–7 May 2011

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Structure: Life

1 Mar–30 Mar 2011

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Best in Show 2011

29 Jan–24 Feb 2011

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Night Cities

17 Dec–26 Jan 2011

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The Museum of True History: Recent Acquisitions

6 Nov–18 Dec 2010

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One Brown Box: A Storybook Exhibition for Children

6 Nov–18 Dec 2010

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Lisa Walker

6 Nov–15 Dec 2010

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Shore Party

1 Oct–3 Nov 2010

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Talking to Me: Collecting and Making

18 Sep–30 Oct 2010

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Imitation on Paper - Nineteenth Century Wallpaper in New Zealand

4 Sep–3 Oct 2010

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Manawa Wera - Defiant Chants: Weaving Meaning within Contemporary Practice

7 Aug–11 Sep 2010

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Okoshi-ezu: Unfolding the New Japanese Architecture

6 Aug–1 Sep 2010

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Drapes for Real Men

3 Aug–29 Sep 2010

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Chapter Three: Sleights of Hand

9 Jul–4 Aug 2010

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Domestic Splendour

3 Jul–28 Aug 2010

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Metadecorative

3 Jul–31 Jul 2010

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Piix

10 Jun–7 Jul 2010

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Quotidian: Finding Inspiration in Everyday Design

15 May–26 Jun 2010

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Humming on a Windless Slope

6 May–9 Jun 2010

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Meccano Man: Laconic Constructions

27 Mar–26 Jun 2010

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Best in Show 2010

27 Mar–8 May 2010

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DIP

26 Mar–5 May 2010

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Auckland Studio Potters Collection

28 Jan–20 Mar 2010

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Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award: A Cultural Enquiry

28 Jan–20 Mar 2010

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Transmogrifier

22 Jan–23 Mar 2010

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Apparatus

16 Dec–21 Jan 2010

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Jamie McLellan

18 Nov–19 Dec 2009

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Latticework Vases

5 Nov–15 Dec 2009

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To Have & To Hold: Making Collections

23 Sep–19 Dec 2009

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Overheard Conversation

23 Sep–14 Nov 2009

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Gilded Blessing

17 Sep–4 Nov 2009

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Printing Types: New Zealand Type Design since 1870

25 Jul–12 Sep 2009

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I Came Back as Someone Else

23 Jul–16 Sep 2009

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In from the Garden

6 Jun–18 Jul 2009

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Aerial Antics

4 Jun–22 Jul 2009

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Tea Bowls From a Non Tea Drinker

25 May–12 Sep 2009

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Fancywork: Beaded Bags

2 May–18 Jul 2009

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New Threads: Contemporary Male Weaving

18 Apr–30 May 2009

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Sashimono: Japanese Fine Boxes

18 Apr–29 Apr 2009

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Sugar Mountain

2 Apr–3 Jun 2009

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Autopoios

19 Mar–22 Apr 2009

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Ice Terrane

27 Feb–9 Apr 2009

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2D/3D

12 Feb–18 Mar 2009

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Selections from a Collection of Small British Ceramics

24 Jan–21 Feb 2009

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Best in Show 2009

24 Jan–21 Feb 2009

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Exotic Blend

17 Dec–11 Feb 2009

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Tekoteko

15 Nov–20 Dec 2008

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No Rules: Rediscovering Embroidery

15 Nov–20 Dec 2008

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Digital Craft

14 Nov–16 Dec 2008

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Fold

11 Oct–8 Nov 2008

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Basalt Ware and Georgian Glass

11 Oct–8 Nov 2008

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1839 Exchanges: Jewellery by Jason Hall

11 Oct–8 Nov 2008

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Liquid Life

6 Sep–4 Oct 2008

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More than Beads

6 Sep–4 Oct 2008

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Unwearable

6 Sep–4 Oct 2008

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Save for Best

2 Aug–30 Aug 2008

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Clay Economies

2 Aug–30 Aug 2008

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The Tomb of the Unknown Maker

28 Jun–26 Jul 2008

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Strange/Familiar

28 Jun–26 Jul 2008

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The Floor Pictures of Beatrice Cross

27 May–10 Jul 2008

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Precious

27 May–21 Jun 2008

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Uhengaparaoa: Works by Tangimoe Clay

27 May–21 Jun 2008

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Outside: Inside

12 Apr–17 May 2008

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A Lace Life: The Alwynne Crowsen Collection

12 Apr–17 May 2008

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Scentiment

1 Mar–5 Apr 2008

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Redefining Agility: Craft/Science/Sport

1 Mar–5 Apr 2008

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Requiem

29 Jan–5 Apr 2008

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Best in Show 2008

29 Jan–23 Feb 2008

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The Loving Cup

23 Jan–24 Feb 2008

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Memento

21 Dec–21 Jan 2008

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Far Sight

17 Nov–22 Dec 2007

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Small Wonders: 7 Installations By 7 Curators

17 Nov–22 Dec 2007

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The Inside Story

13 Oct–10 Nov 2007

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Modern Buttons

13 Oct–10 Nov 2007

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Homeliness

13 Oct–10 Nov 2007

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Mr Moorhouse's Garden

8 Oct–6 Nov 2007

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European Voices

2 Oct–6 Oct 2007

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ShowRoom

8 Sep–6 Oct 2007

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Metaphysical Heart: Jewellery by Peter McKay

28 Jul–25 Aug 2007

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Hats with Wings

23 Jun–25 Aug 2007

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Jo Torr

23 Jun–21 Jul 2007

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Refresh

19 May–16 Jun 2007

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The Crafted Container

19 May–16 Jun 2007

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Mind's I

14 Apr–17 May 2004

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Heiner Zimmermann

14 Apr–12 May 2007

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Best in Show 2007

14 Apr–12 May 2007

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Jewellery out of Context

10 Mar–5 Apr 2007

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Albino Wood in Blue Ribbon

27 Jan–3 Mar 2007

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The Faux

27 Jan–3 Mar 2007

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Push Play

8 Dec–21 Jan 2007

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Brickwork

8 Dec–21 Dec 2006

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Imaginary Friends

28 Oct–2 Dec 2006

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8+1

28 Oct–18 Nov 2006

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Tony Kuepfer's Bottles

30 Sep–21 Dec 2006

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More Than Meets the Eye

30 Sep–21 Oct 2006

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Urban Paradise Playground

30 Sep–21 Oct 2006

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Lanois, Goldenpoint and Angelus

7 Aug–2 Sep 2006

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Suspending Belief

22 Jul–30 Sep 2006

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Save the Snails - Guadalcanal '44

10 Jul–5 Aug 2006

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Vonney Ball

12 Jun–8 Jul 2006

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Stuff of Life

17 Apr–13 May 2006

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The Sleek New Shape of Excitement

27 Mar–13 May 2006

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Works from Beaded Loop series, Chroma series and Crimp series

27 Mar–15 Apr 2006

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Chandelier

4 Mar–1 Apr 2006

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Play

27 Feb–25 Mar 2006

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Big Bad Wolf and Friends

30 Jan–25 Mar 2006

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Body of Work

30 Jan–25 Feb 2006

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Best in Show 2006

28 Jan–25 Feb 2006

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The History of the Cup (Clam Cup)

5 Dec–18 Dec 2005

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Sweets for My Sweet

21 Nov–4 Dec 2005

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Cabinet of Curiosities

1 Nov–26 Nov 2005

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Au Revoir Marilyn Sainty

29 Oct–26 Nov 2005

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Designs on Antactica

24 Sep–22 Oct 2005

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Some...Progress

20 Sep–22 Oct 2005

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Cosy Times

6 Sep–22 Oct 2005

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Limelight

20 Aug–17 Sep 2005

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Doing Furniture Conversations...

23 Jul–13 Aug 2005

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Ornaments for the Pākehā

18 Jun–16 Jul 2005

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Fell in Love With Stitches

24 May–16 Jul 2005

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Minus Reason

23 Apr–21 May 2005

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Best In Show 2005

19 Mar–16 Apr 2005

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Superstrata

25 Feb–12 Mar 2005

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Seventeen Years' Work

1 Feb–26 Mar 2005

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Light Vessels

25 Jan–22 May 2005

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