Title: The Elephant in the Room Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Dimensions: 750mm × 750mm Date: 18 October 2025 "The Elephant in the Room" confronts the tension between what is seen and what is suppressed.
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Leon Aarts
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Series Title: Whatdoesitmean paintings The Whatdoesitmean series is a visual meditation on the search for meaning within the chaos of contemporary life.
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Leon Aarts
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Leon Aarts
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Hunger Winter Artist Nardus van de Ven Nardus van de Ven often created works featuring landscapes and scenes from workers. The subject he depicted in this piece from the exhibition "Signs of Freedom" is the Hunger Winter. The Hunger Winter occurred during the Second World War, in the winter of 1944-1945. Food was scarce and fuel was in short supply, causing many people to starve. Nardus van de Ven's work depicts several people working in the fields. They are carrying beams, and a cart stands before them. The gray tones of the work evoke the darker side of the final months of World War II. Given the date of the work, he actually created it during this Hunger Winter. Specifications Object name painting Material oil painting, panel Year 1944 Dimensions height 72.5cm x width 52.5cm x depth 4cm Collection Collection of Maarten and Reina van Bommel van Dam Object number 00335 Acquisition donation Art movement naive art, realism
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Leon Aarts
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A colourful new addition now greets arriving and departing guests at Rarotonga International Airport.
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Media PA
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Artist Statement - Leonardus Aarts What is Art?Brett Whiteley Art is the thrilling spark that beats death - thats all.
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Leon Aarts
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Designing Catapults, aimed at enemies? The lightening bonds of of heroes-wearing thin.
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Leon Aarts
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Hamilton — Boon Arts, the group behind the Kirikiriroa Hamilton Boon Street Art Festival, is launching the Boon Sculpture Trail in the city from 3 February to 31 March 2024.
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Expert Briefing
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A new report on arts coverage in New Zealand, entitled New Mirrors, has found that the local arts sector is under-resourced and under-valued. Compounding the issue, the decline in arts critics is creating a void where reviews of arts events are concerned, leaving artists without feedback or opportunities to build new audiences, and facing difficulties when applying for future funding. In addition, the report has found that only 3.2% of media coverage in New Zealand pertains to art forms outside of film, music and TV, despite 13.5% of all coverage being arts-focused. This compares poorly to the coverage of sport, which accounts for 25% of all coverage. The report has called for a dedicated fund for arts and culture media projects, along with the creation of an Arts Media Centre to facilitate better relationships between artists and the media.
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Briefing Bot
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Tauranga — A prestigious awards night to celebrate the brightest artists who whakapapa to the iwi of Tauranga Moana will be held this June, as an inaugural Matariki event acknowledging the depth of artistic talent produced in the city.
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Village PR
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Auckland City — ArtLab, a new family-friendly and interactive art-making space located in the Gallery’s Creative Learning Centre opened at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki over Easter weekend. ArtLab encourages the discovery of art through play, self-expression and fun.
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Auckland Art Gallery
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From interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara (Venice Biennale 2022) to Graffiti Artist BERST (aka Dr Bobby Hung), K-Pop Choreographer Rina Chae to Silo Theatre's newly appointed Programme Manager Ahi Karunaharan, Aotearoa is bursting with stories of pan-Asian artists at the top of their game.
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Elephant Publicity
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Wellington City — The Urban Art Foundation (UAF) will launch its 40th exhibition on Friday, 15 April which will comprise 106 artworks selected from The Fletcher Trust Collection.
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Urban Art Foundation
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Christchurch — Hidden in plain sight across Ara Institute of Canterbury’s campuses is a remarkable art collection of nearly 700 works.
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Te Pukenga
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For many years, tattoos have been frowned upon in a significant number of workplaces across New Zealand.
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Premium SEO NZ
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For over five decades New Zealand Fine Prints has been making it easy for New Zealanders to buy art prints, posters & limited editions from their favourite artists from NZ & around the world. We've been delivering prints NZ & worldwide since 1966.
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Beckie Wright
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Only 3 months after release, artist Brad Novak’s ingenious Bowie-inspired art print sells out in record time at New Zealand Fine Prints.
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New Zealand Art Prints
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Let’s start with one simple fact: your business needs a social media presence.
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Beckie Wright
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Christchurch — As the weather cools slightly and the months march on, the outstanding Autumn work by internationally renowned designer Jenny Gillies takes pride of place in the new exhibition building "The Enchanted Garden" now inhabits.
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RedPR
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Christchurch — Giant poppies and a potting shed are just two of the new elements in the Enchanted Garden exhibition reopening in the Botanic Gardens old information centre next week.
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RedPR
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Jane Zuster - Collaged photographs of living rooms with missing walls revealing quake sites http://www.newzealandpainting.co.nz/2012/04/christchurch-art-after-the-quakes/ Jane has hand sewn the photographs together in banners, one under each other (see attached images).
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RedPR
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Last month Art Bureau interviewed about Anna Leyland, a contemporary New Zealand artist with a growing following across the country, highlighting Anna’s works and commissions.
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Beckie Wright
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