First Solo Exhibition in the US for Xiao Se at Eli Klein Fine Art in NY (Art Daily)
Xiao Se, Magical Love, 2009. Oil on canvas, 230 x 200 cm. Photo: Courtesy Eli Klein Fine Art. NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Klein Fine Art will present the first solo exhibition in the United States of Xiao Se, a talented and unique new force in Chinese contemporary art.
(Nov 1, 2009)
UCOL Relaunches Wairarapa's Cookery Porgramme (Scoop.co.nz)
Carpentry Programme Coordinator Brett Tickner swapped his hammer for tongs at UCOL Wairarapa’s Cookery programme relaunch on Labour weekend. Brett was one of several volunteers who assisted celebrity chef Al Brown during his outdoor cooking demonstration at the Masterton campus.
(Nov 2, 2009)
Little company makes big difference for Samoa (Scoop.co.nz)
New Zealand owned travel company Mondo has shown that even a small organisation can make a big difference in people’s lives. Through its 14 retail stores nationwide, the company has collected 36 pallets of food, bedding, clothing and medical supplies to send to the Islands.
(Nov 2, 2009)
Evidence-Based Educational Thought Leadership (Scoop.co.nz)
The Cognition Education Trust announced its major new philanthropic initiative when it launched the Cognition Institute in Auckland on Saturday night.
(Nov 2, 2009)
Work of Chinese artist on display at museum of art (Zanesville Times Recorder)
ZANESVILLE -- Geese flying over the snowcapped mountains as the crystal blue water flows through the autumn forest is just one of the landscapes featured in the new Jianmin Dou: Chinese Master Painter artworks exhibit on display at the Zanesville Museum of Art through Dec. 6.
(Nov 2, 2009)
JING DAILY LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE FOCUSING ON THE BUSINESS OF LUXURY AND CULTURE IN CHINA (PitchEngine)
NEW YORK November 5, 2009 Jing Daily, the source for the most important and timely news about the business of luxury and culture in China, today announced the launch of its new website http://www.jingdaily.com. With insight and commentary gathered from the Chinese- and English-language blogosphere and top news sources around the world, Jing Daily offers up-to-date ...
(Nov 5, 2009)
Sperone Westwater (Teknemedia arte)
Sperone Westwater is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by Liu Ye. This is the artist’s second solo show at Sperone Westwater in New York. For this new body of work, Liu Ye continues to engage the history of Modernism in Western art.
(Nov 7, 2009)
Science, nature & art in Govett-Brewster's summer (Scoop.co.nz)
Nature, science and uncertainty are explored in the summer season exhibitions at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
(Nov 9, 2009)
Peppers on the Point Offers Int'l Lauded Wine (Scoop.co.nz)
A five course degustation dinner matched with Unison Vineyard wines – it doesn’t get much better than that! Except when you get to experience it in the exclusive surrounds of Peppers on the Point, Rotorua’s exclusive lakeside luxury lodge.
(Nov 9, 2009)
Manukau Institute Hosts Hair Award Event (Scoop.co.nz)
Trainee hair fashionistas have the rare privilege of their hair design creations being judged by renowned specialists in the hair industry and celebrity hair stylist, Grant Bettjeman.
(Nov 10, 2009)
50 Metre Chocolate Log Guinness World Record (Scoop.co.nz)
The bakers at New World Whakatane will have an extra early start on Thursday morning – they have to prepare a 50 metre chocolate log. The giant cake will be sold off slice by slice in support of CanTeen.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Biennale Artist Awarded New York Residency (Scoop.co.nz)
Judy Millar, one of the New Zealand artists currently exhibiting at the 2009 Venice Biennale, has been awarded the Creative New Zealand Visual Arts Residency in New York.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Viticulturist Wins NZ Title (Scoop.co.nz)
Mission Estate’s Caine Thompson competed with eight other candidates on Friday night (6 November 2009) to win New Zealand's Young Horticulturist of the Year 2009.
(Nov 10, 2009)
YMCA Managers Ride For White Ribbon (Scoop.co.nz)
White Ribbon Day, 25 November, is the international day when people wear a white ribbon to show that they do not condone violence towards women.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Great Ideas During Global Entrepreneurship Week (Scoop.co.nz)
The e-centre, the University’s business incubator unit at the Albany campus has organised Entrepreneurs Day on November 17, which offers a free 20-minute appointment with an expert for anyone with a business idea.
(Nov 10, 2009)
New Zealand scientist to research nuclear energy (Scoop.co.nz)
A Dunedin student with a view of a clean and safe nuclear-powered future has been recognised as one of the world’s top young scientists, and will complete a PhD at a leading American university thanks to his selection for a prestigious International ...
(Nov 10, 2009)
Christchurch City Gallery Exhibits Charlotte Jane (Scoop.co.nz)
From today, visitors to Christchurch Art Gallery will have a stunning visual reminder of the early settlers’ arrival in Canterbury onboard the Charlotte Jane.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Engineering students mix creativity and complexity (Scoop.co.nz)
Complex engineering problems and their solutions will be on display in an exhibition that caps four years of study for engineering students at the Wellington campus. Observe, Invent, Realise will be held at the Holiday Inn on Wednesday and showcases ...
(Nov 10, 2009)
Internet Law Seminar to Examine Contempt Issues (Scoop.co.nz)
InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc), the Law Commission and the Ministry of Justice are co-hosting a seminar next month for legal, media and Internet professionals to discuss issues around suppression orders, contempt of court and the Internet. The ...
(Nov 10, 2009)
Recycled raffia tops Cult-Couture awards (Scoop.co.nz)
A gorgeous, monumental gown of black raffia has seen Auckland designer Lindah Lepou take out the premier prize at the Villa Maria Cult-Couture 09 fashion awards.
(Nov 11, 2009)
Fantastic Year of Theatre and Film Mentoring (Scoop.co.nz)
The Emerging Arts Trust (EAT) is proud to announce the success of a productive and motivating Arts mentoring programme within the theatre and film sectors of Wellington.
(Nov 11, 2009)
A Painful Waxing and 1000k to Go (Scoop.co.nz)
When Martin Feeney’s cousin got breast cancer, he remembered his own bout with Hodgkin’s lymphoma 19 years ago. He wanted to step up, especially to assist those practitioners that had helped him out.
(Nov 11, 2009)
Taupo Launches New Pedal-Powered Ambulance (Scoop.co.nz)
Taupo St John ambulance officer and ‘pedalmedic’, Tony More knows a thing or two about bikes.
(Nov 11, 2009)
Awards Continue for Parents Centre (Scoop.co.nz)
Following their recent success winning the Health & Well Being category at the Waitakere City Council - Infratil awards in last month, West Auckland Parents Centre has gone on to win the coverted Bigger & Better Award at the National Parents Centre AGM beating out 51 other centres for the title.
(Nov 11, 2009)
Swine Flu - Update 159 (Scoop.co.nz)
Although the number of new pandemic influenza cases in New Zealand is now low, the virus is still circulating and causing illness in our communities.
(Nov 11, 2009)
Five NZIPP Winners in '09 Kodak Gold Awards (Scoop.co.nz)
Five members of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) have taken multiple prizes in the prestigious Kodak Gold Awards—a competition honouring and promoting the importance and value of excellence in professional photography. ...
(Nov 11, 2009)
Pacific people encouraged on to school boards (Scoop.co.nz)
Pasifika parents are being encouraged to stand for school boards of trustees through two community fonos being held in Auckland this month. The fono are part of a joint initiative by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs called ...
(Nov 11, 2009)
'Pain thermometers' urged to combat injustices (Scoop.co.nz)
Social workers should draw on their experiences with clients in difficulty to highlight the serious need for policy change on issues such as housing, income support and mental health treatment, says social work and social policy researcher Associate ...
(Nov 11, 2009)
Government axes Manukau literacy programme (Scoop.co.nz)
The government has chosen not to invest in a new adult literacy and education programme developed by COMET and the Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT).
(Nov 11, 2009)
Key Mucosal Immune Response Mechanism Identified (Scoop.co.nz)
A key mechanism involved in immune surveillance in the intestinal system is described by a team of researchers at RIKEN and Yokohama City University. Their research will appear in Nature on 12 November and could provide new targets for oral vaccines for ...
(Nov 12, 2009)
University Celebrates New Fellows of Royal Society (Scoop.co.nz)
Six of the ten newly elected Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ) are from The University of Auckland. "Fellowship of the Royal Society signifies national recognition of academic excellence and we are delighted that our researchers have ...
(Nov 12, 2009)
UCOL Utilizes Pavement for Poetry (Scoop.co.nz)
Visitors to Wanganui’s Saturday market are likely to notice something colourfully cultural underfoot.
(Nov 12, 2009)
Get More From Scoop (Scoop.co.nz)
In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re in the middle of a an intense cinematically creative week in Wellington, with an excess of opportunities to participate.
(Nov 12, 2009)
Partnership With Early Childhood Council (Scoop.co.nz)
Ece Astute Enters Partnership With Early Childhood Council. The Early Childhood Council is the largest representative body of licensed early child care, daycare and education centres in New Zealand.
(Nov 12, 2009)
White Sox World Champs Buildup (Scoop.co.nz)
New Zealand’s women’s softball team, the White Sox, will compete in the Gilleys Shield, the Australian interstate championship, over the next three months, thanks to a strategically timed sponsorship from Bartercard New Zealand.
(Nov 12, 2009)
Kiwis to be among first to hear new UNICEF Anthem (Scoop.co.nz)
Wellington, 12 November 2009. – A New Zealand orchestra will be one of the first in the world to perform a new anthem dedicated to the world’s children.
(Nov 12, 2009)
OUSA seeks alternatives to Toga Parade (Scoop.co.nz)
The Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) has confirmed its mid year decision to remove the Toga Parade from its Orientation programme. The decision was made after the April release of an independent report into this year’s event, conducted by ...
(Nov 12, 2009)
Bay of Islands Arts Festival 2010 (Scoop.co.nz)
Presenting Fourteen Fabulous acts- eleven New Zealand and four international at the 2010 Bay of Islands Arts Festival - 35º South.
(Nov 12, 2009)
Lopdell House Gallery: Robin Kewell Film Night (Scoop.co.nz)
A filming trip to North Borneo (Sabah) where mountains were climbed, rain forests explored, politics exposed, durian and mangostines devoured, traitors, t-shirts, pitcher plants, cockroaches, cartoons, cable cars and orchid poaching... once again cameraman Robin Kewell dips into his film archive to bring this talk alive.
(Nov 12, 2009)
Beenie Man: statement from the Big Day Out (Scoop.co.nz)
The Big Day Out Festival booked Jamaican Dancehall artist Beenie Man for the 2010 tour in the knowledge that the artist has a controversial past.
(Nov 12, 2009)
Conference supports striking polytech workers (Scoop.co.nz)
TEU’s first annual conference concluded this week unanimously voting support for its members in the six polytechnics currently in dispute with their employers.
(Nov 12, 2009)
Theater, Dance and Visual Arts Listings for Nov. 12 (Provo Daily Herald)
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(Nov 12, 2009)
Theater, Dance and Visuals Arts Listings for Nov. 19 (Provo Daily Herald)
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(Nov 19, 2009)
Bigger and Better than Ever-TEFAF Maastricht to be Held March 12-21, 2010 (Art Daily)
TEFAF Design. Photo: Bastiaan van Musscher. MAASTRICHT.- TEFAF Maastricht , the world’s most influential art and antiques fair, will have a record number of 260 exhibitors from 17 countries when the 23rd edition opens at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in the southern Netherlands from 12-21 March 2010. The European Fine Art Fair will reinforce its reputation for quality with ...
(Nov 21, 2009)
On the record (China Daily)
Artist Zhang Xiaogang says he's a person who lives in the past.
(Nov 23, 2009)
Stamp of approval (China Daily)
Twenty-one Chinese artists - including Zeng Fanzhi, Yue Minjun and Fang Lijun - have become the first group of appointed artists at the newly founded Contemporary Art Academy of China (CAAC).
(Nov 24, 2009)
Maps of historical Beijing courtyards get carpet treatment (China Economic Net)
Courtyard-map detail. (Photo: GlobalTimes.cn, courtesy of Instant Hutong) An exhibition featuring carpets with map stitchings that shed some light onto the status quo of Beijing's ever changing historical courtyards is open to the public at the Italian Institute of Culture and will conclude this Friday.
(Nov 24, 2009)
Maps of historical Beijing courtyards get carpet treatment (People's Daily)
&$ &$Courtyard-map detail. (Global Times Photo)&$ &$ An exhibition featuring carpets with map stitchings that shed some light onto the status quo of Beijing's ever changing historical courtyards is open to the public at the Italian Institute of Culture and will conclude this Friday. The show, Urban Carpet, was put together as part of the "Instant Hutong" project, and is comprised of eight wool ...
(Nov 24, 2009)
For Sale: Contemporary Art by Premier Talent to Benefit the LIVESTRONG(R) Global Cancer Campaign (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - 11/24/09) - STAGES, the global art exhibition produced by Nike and dedicated to raising awareness for the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Campaign, will have its finale at the most important art show in the United States, Art Basel Miami Beach, Dec. 4-6, in Miami, Florida. STAGES features 14 works of art for sale by premier artistic talent including Cai Guo-Qiang, the Clayton ...
(Nov 24, 2009)
For Sale: Contemporary Art by Premier Talent to Benefit the LIVESTRONG(R) Global Cancer Campaign (Marketwire)
Nike's STAGES Exhibition Holds Its Finale at Art Basel Miami Beach, Dec. 4-6; Artists Inspired by Lance Armstrong and Works Reflect Themes of Cancer, Cycling and Pop Culture
(Nov 24, 2009)
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