https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2011/04/looks-like-art.html
over the net: Looks like art
Looking like art at the Dowse Art Museum.
over the netlooks likeart
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-waiting-game.html
over the net: The waiting game
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https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2013/06/googling-on-whirly-birds-and-art.html
over the net: Googling on: Whirly birds and art
Where would art be without helicopters, especially big art and even more particularly big art in out-of-the-way-places. Want to put a sta...
over the netwhirly birdsgooglingart
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2008/03/strippers-part-2.html
over the net: Strippers Part 2
An invitation a while back to the launch of Testrip: a history of an artist-run space (1992-1997) . Fittingly this book is being launched in...
over the netstripperspart
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2014/02/now-you-know.html
over the net: Now you know
"The reason there is so much talk about money is because it is so much easier to talk about than art." Art dealer David Zwirner (...
over the netknow
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/09/art-in-workplace.html
over the net: Art in the workplace
Art hard at work in the foyers of the world. This time the University of Otago in Auckland oblivioius to a potential going-to-the-dogs metap...
over the netartworkplace
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/05/advice-to-artists-who-collect.html
over the net: Advice to artists who collect
"I always thought you should never buy anything that costs more than your own works. I thought it was a good rule, but I broke it a few time...
over the netadvice to artistscollect
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2008/11/
over the net: November 2008
over the netnovember
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2008/03/peter-principle.html
over the net: The Peter Principle
Peter Robinson meets Peter McLeavey at Peter Robinson's opening at Peter McLeavey's Gallery this morning.
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https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2009/05/advice-to-collectors.html
over the net: Advice to collectors
"Does this work do something I like, or does it simply refrain from doing everything I hate?" Dave Hickey offers up a great question in the ...
over the netadvicecollectors
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2012/05/branded-regan-gentry.html
over the net: Branded: Regan Gentry
The moment when artists become brands
over the netbrandedregangentry
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2011/02/balloon-wars-ii.html
over the net: Balloon wars II
Following up on our don't-anyone-make-balloon-dogs-or-I'll-sue Jeff Koon's story , balloon dog lovers will be pleased to hear Koons has fold...
over the netballoonwarsii
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2008/08/doubles.html
over the net: Doubles
It's official. The Dunedin City Council has decided that Priscilla Pitts, the last director of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery was doing the ...
over the netdoubles
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2014/02/righteous.html
over the net: Righteous
Did you know that we all favour the left-hand side of our face when we take/ pose for portraits? This includes over 90 percent of the dep...
over the netrighteous
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2006/12/ok-ok-ok.html
over the net: Ok, ok.... ok.
Our post about the bronze sculpture at the bottom of Wellington's Plimmer Steps caused a bit of excitement. So, in response to requests fro...
over the netok
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/11/copy-cat.html
over the net: Copy cat
Hotere-like product in the foyer of the Wellington's Bond Store apartments.
over the netcopycat
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-artist-is-present.html
over the net: The artist is present
Tonight Charles Esche will announce the Walters Prize winner. As you can imagine, at his talk last night at the Auckland Art Gallery ther...
over the netartistpresent
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/07/klimtomaniacs.html
over the net: Klimtomaniacs
The Secession, a Viennese institution established in 1897, started on the back of a walk-out by 19 artist members of the Association of Aust...
over the net
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2008/09/crowd-pleasers.html
over the net: Crowd pleasers
How many art works are there in the world that always have a crowd in front of them? The Mona Lisa is always top of the list of course. You...
over the netcrowdpleasers
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2014/07/business-opportunity.html
over the net: Business opportunity
over the netbusinessopportunity
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2008/03/secrets.html
over the net: Secrets
Well, we tried and failed. Our appeal to the Ombusdsman to require CNZ to let us have the tripofalifetime reports has been rejected. Strang...
over the netsecrets
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2014/07/just-fax.html
over the net: Just the fax
Who'd have ever thought you could sit down to watch a 72-minute documentary at the Film Festival on the artist Sol LeWitt without him mak...
over the netfax
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2008/04/bingo.html
over the net: Bingo
Finalists in top art award named 10:18AM Monday April 14, 2008 Four finalists have been announced for New Zealand's most prestigious contem...
over the netbingo
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2011/04/art-in-tyhe-workplace.html
over the net: art in the workplace
Art hard at work in the foyers of the world
over the netartworkplace
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2015/08/
over the net: August 2015
over the netaugust
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2009/07/time-warp.html
over the net: Time Warp
Anyone who visited Te Papa during its opening months will remember the thumbs up and thumbs down hands that accompanied the opening exhibiti...
over the nettimewarp
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/08/lookalike.html
over the net: Lookalike
Top, Shane Cotton Broken water , bottom Bill Culbert Off White In so far as we can thank you, thanks B
over the netlookalike
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/04/give-and-take.html
over the net: Give and take
We have always been big supporters of the idea that artists get some monetary return on the resale of their work. In our experience the risi...
over the netgivetake
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/12/unlimited-edition.html
over the net: Unlimited edition
The marketing department of the Queensland Art Gallery must be grinning from ear to ear. In Australia the publicity around the Warhol show ...
over the netunlimitededition
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2013/03/looks-like-art.html
over the net: Looks like art
Colour F ield painting with tulips
over the netlooks likeart
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/04/fissure-king.html
over the net: The fissure king
Art work of the week, this illustration showing the cracks in the Guggenheim Museum's surfaces. Click on the image to get the full effect.
over the netfissureking
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2014/11/if-i-were-king-of-timbuktu.html
over the net: If I were King of Timbuktu ....
Imagine for a moment you're Rick Ellis and you've just been made CE of Te Papa. Whoops. Just kidding. Get up off the floor. After our p...
over the netif ikingtimbuktu
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2009/08/
over the net: August 2009
over the netaugust
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2012/02/on-road.html
over the net: On the road
On the road is an ongoing series celebrating the Ministry of Land Transport and Local Body support of New Zealand artists. For others in the...
over the netroad
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/06/inside-outsider-out.html
over the net: Inside the outsider out
In the nineteenth episode of the tenth season of The Simpsons, Homer tries to assemble a barbeque. The dreadful result is spotted by an art...
over the netinsideoutsider
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2009/02/when-art-goes-to-movies.html
over the net: When art goes to the movies?
Sign seen on door at the University of Auckland Art School
over the netartgoesmovies
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2015/03/insiders.html
over the net: Insiders
over the netinsiders
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2015/03/by-numbers.html
over the net: By the numbers
Turns out in the US there are more museums (35,000) than Starbucks and McDonalds combined. More here
over the netnumbers
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2008/04/china-art-objects.html
over the net: China Art Objects
Check out this story on Boing Boing . Can it be true that 60% of the world's paintings come from one village in China? Someone needs to get ...
over the netchina artobjects
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/06/stairway-to-heaven.html
over the net: Stairway to heaven
Te Papa is working on a new exhibition called Slice of Heaven: 20th Century Aotearoa . It is expected to be open for at least 10 years and w...
over the netstairwayheaven
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2012/01/omg.html
over the net: OMG
There is still some light peeking through the Art Museum/Marketing PR divide. When three trench-coated models stripped off in the Louvre to ...
over the netomg
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2012/09/thinking-people.html
over the net: Thinking people
OTN staffers in Malta have been on the road thinking about Colin McCahon (Thanks as always P)
over the netthinkingpeople
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/12/snap.html
over the net: Snap
Like two divas on the red carpet Te Papa and the Auckland Art Gallery have stepped out wearing the same beachware Christmas card by Brake of...
over the netsnap
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/02/house-and-garden.html
over the net: House and garden
The Colin McCahon house in French Bay is worth a visit. The house is tiny and shows starkly the primitive living conditions of an isolated b...
over the nethousegarden
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/07/look-alike-xv.html
over the net: Look alike XV
Not for the faint hearted, on the left Paul McCarthy Black plug and on the right a chocolate fountain in Brussels. Note: this is the last p...
over the netlook alikexv
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2011/11/lean-pickings.html
over the net: Lean pickings
Although only three and a half years old, the Gallery Apartments in Christchurch is on a post-earthquake lean and has to come down. The bloc...
over the netleanpickings
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2011/05/in-hong-kong_05.html
over the net: In Hong Kong
Rongopai on our minds
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https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2009/08/look-alike-tragic-division.html
over the net: Look alike: Tragic division
Image: Roadside Spider on the way to the Happy Valley tip in Wellington.
over the netlook aliketragicdivision
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/06/snap.html
over the net: Snap
Is there anyone who is not a sucker for before and after images? We also love those photos of views that artists have interpreted alongside ...
over the netsnap
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/07/show-time.html
over the net: Show time
Today's the day the Trip of a Lifetime Tour travellers have to pay the Piper, and hand in personal reports on their tax payer funded trip ...
over the netshowtime
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/10/cool-art-2.html
over the net: Cool art 2
Who would have thought it possible? The second in our series of large-scale murals on the sides of nuclear plant cooling towers. Still, as ...
over the netcool art
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2008/05/when-worms-make-art.html
over the net: When worms make art
And they said it couldn't be done.
over the networmsmakeart
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2009/07/size-matters.html
over the net: Size matters
Over the years we have been going to them dealer galleries have changed a lot. In Wellington, in particular, they used to be mostly domestic...
over the netsizematters
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/07/small-print.html
over the net: Small print
To save readers from having to wade through boring information they are not in the least bit interested in, we will be using this post space...
over the netsmallprint
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/03/mind-gap.html
over the net: Mind the gap
How do we tell if an artist is regarded as important to our culture? There are a number of rules of thumb to work with: appearing on the cov...
over the netmindgap
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/10/behind-closed-doors.html
over the net: Behind closed doors
Back in the mid seventies the Auckland Art Gallery allowed David Mealing to conduct a free-for-all jumble sale in its galleries and went alo...
over the netbehindcloseddoors
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2009/03/saturday-at-movies.html
over the net: Saturday at the movies
From the director that gave you the 1994 classic Degas and Pissarro Fall Out comes Little Ashes . The movie features ex Harry Potter cast ...
over the netsaturdaymovies
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/10/
over the net: October 2010
over the netoctober
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/09/flawed.html
over the net: Flawed
One of our earliest lookalikes (in fact number eight ) was of students taping each other to the ceiling matched with Maurizio Cattelan tapin...
over the netflawed
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/09/looks-like-art.html
over the net: Looks like art
If it's not art it damn well should be. Seen on the way up the stairs to the Sue Crockford Gallery in Auckland.
over the netlooks likeart
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2014/08/te-papa-reveals-art-plans.html
over the net: Te Papa reveals art plans
News from Te Papa last week on what we can expect from it art-wise over the next five years. It comes from the Head of Arts and Visual Cu...
over the nette paparevealsartplans
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/06/spitting-in-eyes-of-blind-man.html
over the net: Spitting in the eyes of a blind man
Objects become powerful and evocative when they change the way you see and think about them afterwards. Coming out of the Gabriel Orozco exh...
over the netof aspittingeyesblind
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2013/09/dress-for-less.html
over the net: Dress for less
Stuck inside on a wet day with nothing to play with but your computer? What better way to while away the time than putting hipster clothi...
over the netdressless
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2009/03/by-numbers.html
over the net: By the numbers
1 The number of tissues required to wipe up the leak in the Monet exhibition. 2 The number of floors in the addition Wellingt...
over the netnumbers
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/03/courier-post.html
over the net: Courier post
One of the greatest of curatorial perks is at risk, in the US anyway. Ask any curator what they dream of at night and (apart from the odditi...
over the netcourierpost
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/12/and-then-there-was-one.html
over the net: And then there was one
Creative New Zealand is going through some important changes. As we have mentioned before , the cake will stay the same but more and thinner...
over the netand thenone
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2013/09/well-thanks-for-that.html
over the net: Well thanks for that
Twitter's Ask-a-curator day responds to questions
over the netwellthanks
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2006/12/giovanni-we-hardly-knew-you.html
over the net: Giovanni we hardly knew you.
This postcard from Giovanni Intra was stuck inside a file of animals-make-art clippings (including the fabulous Jodi, Wellington Zoo's pain...
over the netgiovannihardlyknew
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/12/night-at-movies.html
over the net: A night at the movies
Time to kill? Get down to your local video store or onto Amazon and do an actors-as-artists film festival. Top picks: Chic flics Frida . Dir...
over the netnightmovies
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2007/08/opportunity-knocks.html
over the net: Opportunity knocks
As you can see from our side bar WAITING FOR GODOT, we are trying to find out how many artists-with-PhDs the Elam School of Fine Arts intend...
over the netopportunityknocks
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2013/09/on-road.html
over the net: On the road
On the road is an ongoing series celebrating the Ministry of Land Transport and Local Body support of New Zealand artists. For others ...
over the netroad
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2009/09/hirsts-castle.html
over the net: Hirst's castle
For anyone who said there was no money in art this chart created from Artnet information will no doubt come as something of a shock. For mo...
over the nethirstcastle
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2009/06/advice-to-collectors_11.html
over the net: Advice to collectors
When collectors take over the work of curators and try to stage intelligent and intelligible shows, their efforts can easily backfire. Pinau...
over the netadvicecollectors
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/10/toilet-humour.html
over the net: Toilet humour
The Frieze Art Fair has just closed in London. New Zealand was there with Michael Lett showing Simon Denny and Hany Armanious as well as Fra...
over the nettoilethumour
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2010/04/branded-shane-cotten.html
over the net: Branded: Shane Cotton
The moment when artists become brands
over the netbrandedshanecotton
https://overthenet.blogspot.com/2008/12/baby-come-back.html
over the net: Baby come back
Neil Dawson once told us that one of the reasons for hanging his sculptures in the air was to keep them out of the way of climbers, drunks a...
over the netbabycomeback
https://midwestchick.com/
Midwest Chick's Place – –Co-opting good stuff from all over the 'Net and maybe some original...
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