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Wecome home Echo!
'Echo' by Neil Dawson at The Arts Centre December 7, 2021Neil Dawson’s sculpture Echo rises again This week Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre celebrates the return of Neil Dawson's beautiful sculpture Echo to...Read more -
A virtual weekend at The Central - Part 2
Although we're closed, here's what you would see! August 29, 2021Another weekend, another virtual visit to The Central! Click on the artwork photos below to head to our website where you can view more images....Read more -
NZ on Screen
Documentaries with Stanley Palmer and Neil Dawson August 29, 2021Contemplating the Landscape - Stanley Palmer in Karamea 2005 'Made for TVNZ arts series Artsville, this short documentary looks at painter Stanley Palmer as he...Read more -
'Fragments of Flight'
New article about Neil Dawson by Sally Blundell November 18, 2020Neil Dawson is an Arts Laureate, a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, a sculptor of international standing. In New Zealand and around...Read more
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Neil Dawson back in Wellington's Civic Square
October 13, 2020Wellington’s fern orb returns to public view stronger than ever after a long hiatus. Neil Dawson’s Ferns 2 was initially taken down May 2019 because...Read more -
Neil Dawson 'Flights Of Fancy' by Jonathan Smart
April 20, 2020Neil Dawson has long been fascinated by feathers and showed them first in 1988 at the NSW Art Gallery then exhibiting them at The Central Art Gallery in 2019.Read more -
About the House: Home-inspired art from The Dowse Collection (Neil Dawson)
April 14, 2020From the safe bubble of her own home, Curator Grace Ryder scours The Dowse Collection for domestic-inspired art. The Dowse Art Museum is a home...Read more -
Neil Dawson | 'Horizons' on Gibbs Farm
February 16, 2020On Gibbs Farm in Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand , giant artworks pepper the landscape. The work was commissioned by entrepreneur and art collector Alan Gibbs...Read more
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Avenues Magazine | Neil Dawson
January 30, 2020The Central Art Gallery is now three years old. A vision born of five local stakeholder families to offer exhibition and selling opportunities to contemporary...Read more -
Neil Dawson | Prominent Sculptor Reflects on More Than 30 Years of Public Art
May 27, 2019Noted New Zealand sculptor Neil Dawson has been a force in contemporary sculpture for over 30 years. Most well-known for his large-scale public sculptures, Dawson...Read more -
Neil Dawson Ferns Re-installed!
June 29, 2018Neil Dawson's iconic sculpture Ferns, sat above Civic Square for 17 years. The work captures the spirit of Wellington and features in countless photographs, videos,...Read more -
Neil Dawson 'Fanfare', Christchurch
June 11, 2015A new permanent landmark can be seen standing tall over the Canterbury Plains today, as Neil Dawson’s Fanfare, New Zealand’s largest public sculpture, was officially...Read more