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The Dowse Art Museum is a free public gallery for people to enjoy contemporary art and culture.With constantly changing exhibitions, a welcoming family lounge and delightful store a visit to The Dowse Art Museum is the perfect way to upgrade your day. After you’ve feasted your eyes on the extraordinary art and attended one of our events you can have enjoy kai and kōrero with friends and whānau at Bellbird Eatery.

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Bring the baby in the buggy or front pack and join us for a tour of Candy Coated, followed by a complimentary morning tea.

A change of scene for parents and caregivers; bring the baby in the buggy or front pack and join us for a tour of Candy Coated with Senior Curator Dr. Chelsea Nichols, followed by a complimentary morning tea.

From skull lollipops to disaster-inflected dessert commercials, this exhibition features a fascinating pick ‘n mix of artworks by contemporary international and Aotearoa-based artists who play with an aesthetic of sugary to explore dark and unsettling things that lurk beneath the candy-coated surface.

Candy Coated is part of The Dowse’s 50th Anniversary programme. Since its founding in 1971, The Dowse has demonstrated a strong tradition of bringing wide-ranging international art practices to local audiences. In the first decade alone, this included exhibitions on Russian art, Japanese ikebana, Australian Aboriginal art, and the photographs of American artist Diane Arbus (1979). More recently, exhibitions of international artists have included To The Moon: Laurie Anderson and Hsin-Chien Huang (2020) and The Language of Things: Meaning and Value in Contemporary Jewellery (2018).

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